Visualisation Job Trends

Visualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Visualisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 123 99
Rank change year-on-year -52 -24 +24
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 818 1,280 1,964
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.29% 2.44% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.67% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 454 672 1,232
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £33,539
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,813 £89,813 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £84,056
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Visualisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,778 48,019 60,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.25% 91.58% 88.81%
Number of salaries quoted 30,009 23,112 46,660
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Visualisation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Visualisation job vacancy trend in the UK

Visualisation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Visualisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Visualisation

Visualisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visualisation over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visualisation within the UK over the 6 months to 29 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -54 736 £60,000 -7.69% 548
UK excluding London -30 455 £52,500 - 505
London -66 313 £70,000 -17.65% 164
Work from Home -49 272 £57,500 -11.54% 213
South East +11 167 £55,000 -15.38% 176
North of England -15 103 £45,000 - 117
Midlands -29 74 £47,085 -16.29% 80
North West +14 59 £45,000 -3.74% 67
West Midlands +3 51 £47,085 -14.39% 36
South West -28 37 £50,000 +17.65% 51
Yorkshire -37 34 £55,117 +22.48% 39
Scotland -38 33 £57,500 +21.69% 28
East of England +15 31 £57,500 -11.54% 39
East Midlands -27 23 £42,695 -26.39% 43
North East -1 10 £62,500 -7.41% 12
Wales +1 7 £41,250 -13.16% 19
Northern Ireland -17 4 - - 7

Visualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 40 (4.89%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.67%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (3.18%) Confluence
4 20 (2.44%) Apache
5 18 (2.20%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.86%) WordPress
7 5 (0.61%) IIS
7 5 (0.61%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.49%) Apache Superset
8 4 (0.49%) SAS
9 3 (0.37%) CMS
9 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 203 (24.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.83%) AutoCAD
5 11 (1.34%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.10%) SOLIDWORKS
7 6 (0.73%) Trello
8 4 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.37%) Blender
9 3 (0.37%) CATIA
9 3 (0.37%) Maya
9 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.24%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.24%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.12%) Houdini
11 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 51 (6.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.98%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.49%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.24%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 419 (51.22%) Power Platform
2 199 (24.33%) Azure
3 84 (10.27%) AWS
4 75 (9.17%) Azure Data Factory
5 71 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (7.95%) GCP
7 58 (7.09%) Snowflake
8 46 (5.62%) Power Automate
9 42 (5.13%) PowerApps
10 41 (5.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 41 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
11 24 (2.93%) Google Analytics
12 22 (2.69%) Adobe Analytics
12 22 (2.69%) GitHub
13 20 (2.44%) Figma
14 18 (2.20%) Amazon S3
14 18 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (1.96%) dbt
16 14 (1.71%) Fivetran
16 14 (1.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.86%) Firewall
2 5 (0.61%) LAN
2 5 (0.61%) Modbus
2 5 (0.61%) MQTT
2 5 (0.61%) WAN
3 4 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.24%) Profibus
4 2 (0.24%) VPN
5 1 (0.12%) ADSL
5 1 (0.12%) Broadband
5 1 (0.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 417 (50.98%) Power BI
2 156 (19.07%) Tableau
3 80 (9.78%) SQL Server
4 61 (7.46%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 40 (4.89%) Looker
7 37 (4.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 34 (4.16%) Amazon Redshift
9 30 (3.67%) Metadata
10 29 (3.55%) BigQuery
11 24 (2.93%) BusinessObjects
12 23 (2.81%) MySQL
13 21 (2.57%) Data Lake
14 19 (2.32%) Power Query
15 18 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 17 (2.08%) Big Data
16 17 (2.08%) NoSQL
17 15 (1.83%) Data Mining
18 13 (1.59%) Amazon QuickSight
18 13 (1.59%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 85 (10.39%) JIRA
2 50 (6.11%) eCATT
3 36 (4.40%) Git
4 22 (2.69%) NeoLoad
5 7 (0.86%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.49%) GitLab
6 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.24%) MLflow
8 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 320 (39.12%) Social Skills
2 308 (37.65%) Analytical Skills
3 302 (36.92%) Finance
4 146 (17.85%) Marketing
5 89 (10.88%) Manufacturing
6 80 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 78 (9.54%) Influencing Skills
8 76 (9.29%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (6.23%) Public Sector
10 46 (5.62%) Law
11 42 (5.13%) Banking
12 40 (4.89%) Legal
13 34 (4.16%) Front Office
14 30 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
15 27 (3.30%) Retail
16 20 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
17 19 (2.32%) Advertising
18 16 (1.96%) French Language
19 14 (1.71%) Billing
20 11 (1.34%) Games
Job Titles
1 233 (28.48%) Analyst
2 139 (16.99%) Senior
3 128 (15.65%) Developer
4 99 (12.10%) Data Analyst
5 70 (8.56%) Lead
6 56 (6.85%) Data Engineer
7 45 (5.50%) Data Scientist
8 40 (4.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 39 (4.77%) Senior Analyst
10 31 (3.79%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 29 (3.55%) Insight Analyst
11 29 (3.55%) React Developer
12 27 (3.30%) Data Manager
12 27 (3.30%) Senior Developer
13 24 (2.93%) Commercial Analyst
13 24 (2.93%) Consultant
14 22 (2.69%) Electronic Trading Developer
15 21 (2.57%) Performance Analyst
15 21 (2.57%) Senior Manager
15 21 (2.57%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (5.01%) React
2 29 (3.55%) WebSockets
3 27 (3.30%) CSS
3 27 (3.30%) PySpark
4 22 (2.69%) FIX Protocol
4 22 (2.69%) Highcharts JS
4 22 (2.69%) OpenFin
5 19 (2.32%) HTML
6 18 (2.20%) Kafka
7 17 (2.08%) Pandas
7 17 (2.08%) scikit-learn
8 16 (1.96%) HTML5 Canvas
9 15 (1.83%) NumPy
9 15 (1.83%) REST
10 13 (1.59%) JSON
11 11 (1.34%) PyTorch
12 10 (1.22%) EDI
13 9 (1.10%) .NET
13 9 (1.10%) Flask
13 9 (1.10%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 49 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (4.40%) Algorithms
3 36 (4.40%) Management Information System
4 31 (3.79%) Cloud Native
4 31 (3.79%) Product Ownership
5 30 (3.67%) Fixed Income
6 26 (3.18%) Onboarding
7 24 (2.93%) Blog
8 15 (1.83%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.59%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.47%) FMCG
11 11 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.34%) IoT
12 8 (0.98%) SCADA
13 7 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
13 7 (0.86%) Social Media
14 6 (0.73%) Reinsurance
15 5 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.10%) Linux
2 8 (0.98%) Windows
3 7 (0.86%) Android
3 7 (0.86%) Unix
4 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.37%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (54.89%) Data Visualisation
2 435 (53.18%) Business Intelligence
3 424 (51.83%) Analytics
4 280 (34.23%) Decision-Making
5 215 (26.28%) Problem-Solving
6 197 (24.08%) Data Analysis
7 190 (23.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 182 (22.25%) AI
9 168 (20.54%) Actionable Insight
10 156 (19.07%) ETL
11 149 (18.22%) Agile
12 148 (18.09%) Data Modelling
13 145 (17.73%) Data Science
14 136 (16.63%) Data Analytics
15 121 (14.79%) Data Management
15 121 (14.79%) Machine Learning
16 106 (12.96%) Data Engineering
17 101 (12.35%) Computer Science
18 93 (11.37%) Project Management
19 88 (10.76%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 375 (45.84%) SQL
2 296 (36.19%) Python
3 76 (9.29%) JavaScript
4 55 (6.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 52 (6.36%) R
6 29 (3.55%) VBA
7 21 (2.57%) C#
8 19 (2.32%) Java
9 16 (1.96%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.59%) Scala
11 12 (1.47%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.34%) Bash
13 6 (0.73%) C++
13 6 (0.73%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.61%) Ruby
15 4 (0.49%) ANSI SQL
15 4 (0.49%) Go
15 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.37%) Bicep
16 3 (0.37%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 267 (32.64%) Degree
2 53 (6.48%) Master's Degree
3 52 (6.36%) Security Cleared
4 48 (5.87%) SC Cleared
5 39 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.32%) MBA
8 17 (2.08%) PhD
9 15 (1.83%) CISSP
10 14 (1.71%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.71%) CISA
10 14 (1.71%) Numerate Degree
11 12 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 11 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (1.22%) CISM
14 9 (1.10%) APMP
14 9 (1.10%) CRISC
14 9 (1.10%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.73%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.73%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (15.16%) Data Quality
2 46 (5.62%) QA
3 31 (3.79%) Accessibility
4 20 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
5 18 (2.20%) GDPR
6 17 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.34%) NIST
8 10 (1.22%) Good Clinical Practice
8 10 (1.22%) IEC 61131
9 9 (1.10%) COBIT
9 9 (1.10%) GRC
9 9 (1.10%) ITGC
10 6 (0.73%) PMO
11 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.12%) EMIR
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 19650
13 1 (0.12%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (2.44%) Docker
2 6 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (6.11%) HP ALM
2 17 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.59%) Terraform
4 8 (0.98%) Ansible
5 4 (0.49%) CASB
5 4 (0.49%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.37%) Argo
6 3 (0.37%) Grafana
6 3 (0.37%) Kibana
6 3 (0.37%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.24%) logstash
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.12%) MOM
8 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 161 (19.68%) Microsoft
2 94 (11.49%) SAP
3 56 (6.85%) Google
4 50 (6.11%) HP
5 43 (5.26%) Databricks
6 27 (3.30%) Oracle
7 26 (3.18%) Adobe
7 26 (3.18%) Salesforce
8 19 (2.32%) Qualtrics
9 10 (1.22%) Alteryx
10 8 (0.98%) IBM
11 7 (0.86%) Cisco
11 7 (0.86%) ESRI
11 7 (0.86%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 7 (0.86%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.73%) Informatica
12 6 (0.73%) VMware
13 5 (0.61%) BT
13 5 (0.61%) Epicor