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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 117 95
Rank change year-on-year -64 -22 +31
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 881 1,224 2,187
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.27% 2.59% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.79% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 514 626 1,339
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £70,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,292 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.92% +10.53% -

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 54,747 43,918 66,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.09% 92.80% 88.41%
Number of salaries quoted 32,789 21,812 51,500
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -54 793 £60,000 -7.69% 451
UK excluding London -28 514 £47,292 -9.92% 405
London -66 315 £70,000 -17.65% 179
Work from Home -62 287 £57,500 -5.34% 138
South East +35 177 £58,750 -7.11% 141
North of England -16 129 £40,500 -14.74% 90
Midlands -30 86 £42,500 -22.73% 73
North West +15 71 £45,000 -7.22% 45
West Midlands -13 56 £44,000 -20.00% 38
Yorkshire -47 44 £42,500 -5.56% 32
South West -65 44 £47,500 +13.10% 43
Scotland -44 36 £51,250 +13.89% 15
East of England +1 31 £56,250 -21.05% 38
East Midlands -35 30 £40,000 -29.20% 34
North East -2 14 £37,500 -44.44% 13
Wales -8 7 £38,500 -18.95% 12
Northern Ireland -33 5 - - 6

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 48 (5.45%) Jupyter
2 46 (5.22%) SharePoint
3 42 (4.77%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (3.29%) Apache Spark
5 26 (2.95%) Confluence
6 21 (2.38%) Apache
7 7 (0.79%) WordPress
8 5 (0.57%) IIS
9 4 (0.45%) CMS
9 4 (0.45%) SAS
10 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 193 (21.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (5.33%) Chatbot
3 38 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.59%) AutoCAD
6 12 (1.36%) MS Visio
7 9 (1.02%) SOLIDWORKS
8 6 (0.68%) CATIA
8 6 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.68%) Trello
9 5 (0.57%) Blender
9 5 (0.57%) Maya
10 4 (0.45%) 3ds Max
10 4 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.34%) CINEMA 4D
12 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.23%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 51 (5.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.02%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.57%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 417 (47.33%) Power Platform
2 197 (22.36%) Azure
3 135 (15.32%) AWS
4 77 (8.74%) Azure Data Factory
5 73 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (7.26%) GCP
7 56 (6.36%) Snowflake
8 53 (6.02%) Cloud Computing
9 48 (5.45%) Power Automate
10 47 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
10 47 (5.33%) PowerApps
11 42 (4.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 31 (3.52%) dbt
13 24 (2.72%) GitHub
14 22 (2.50%) Google Analytics
15 21 (2.38%) Adobe Analytics
15 21 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
16 20 (2.27%) Figma
17 19 (2.16%) Amazon S3
18 15 (1.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.79%) Broadband
1 7 (0.79%) Modbus
2 6 (0.68%) Firewall
3 5 (0.57%) MQTT
4 3 (0.34%) LAN
4 3 (0.34%) WAN
4 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.23%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (0.23%) Profibus
5 2 (0.23%) VPN
5 2 (0.23%) Wireless
6 1 (0.11%) ADSL
6 1 (0.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 415 (47.11%) Power BI
2 151 (17.14%) Tableau
3 73 (8.29%) SQL Server
4 69 (7.83%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (4.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (4.20%) Amazon Redshift
6 37 (4.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 35 (3.97%) Metadata
8 34 (3.86%) BigQuery
9 32 (3.63%) Looker
10 24 (2.72%) Data Lake
11 23 (2.61%) BusinessObjects
12 22 (2.50%) MySQL
13 21 (2.38%) Power Query
14 20 (2.27%) Big Data
15 16 (1.82%) NoSQL
15 16 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (1.59%) Data Mining
16 14 (1.59%) Hadoop
16 14 (1.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 83 (9.42%) JIRA
2 50 (5.68%) eCATT
3 47 (5.33%) Visual Studio Code
4 37 (4.20%) Git
5 22 (2.50%) NeoLoad
6 7 (0.79%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.57%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.45%) GitLab
10 2 (0.23%) MLflow
11 1 (0.11%) ESLint
11 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.11%) Storybook
11 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 341 (38.71%) Finance
2 317 (35.98%) Social Skills
3 309 (35.07%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (16.46%) Marketing
5 134 (15.21%) Manufacturing
6 74 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 72 (8.17%) Influencing Skills
8 70 (7.95%) Presentation Skills
9 69 (7.83%) Retail
10 54 (6.13%) Public Sector
11 46 (5.22%) Law
12 41 (4.65%) Banking
13 38 (4.31%) Legal
14 37 (4.20%) Front Office
15 24 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
17 17 (1.93%) Advertising
18 14 (1.59%) Billing
19 12 (1.36%) French Language
20 10 (1.14%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 226 (25.65%) Analyst
2 137 (15.55%) Senior
3 132 (14.98%) Developer
4 103 (11.69%) Data Analyst
5 65 (7.38%) Data Engineer
6 63 (7.15%) Lead
7 49 (5.56%) Trainee
8 48 (5.45%) Data Scientist
9 47 (5.33%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
9 47 (5.33%) Programmer
9 47 (5.33%) Trainee Programmer
10 41 (4.65%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 36 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
12 34 (3.86%) React Developer
13 33 (3.75%) Consultant
14 30 (3.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 26 (2.95%) Commercial Analyst
15 26 (2.95%) Data Manager
16 24 (2.72%) Architect
16 24 (2.72%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.47%) scikit-learn
2 56 (6.36%) Pandas
3 54 (6.13%) NumPy
4 52 (5.90%) Matplotlib
5 51 (5.79%) Hugging Face
6 50 (5.68%) React
7 49 (5.56%) Streamlit
8 31 (3.52%) WebSockets
9 30 (3.41%) CSS
10 28 (3.18%) Kafka
11 27 (3.06%) PySpark
12 21 (2.38%) Highcharts JS
12 21 (2.38%) HTML
13 20 (2.27%) FIX Protocol
13 20 (2.27%) OpenFin
14 17 (1.93%) HTML5 Canvas
15 12 (1.36%) JSON
16 11 (1.25%) REST
17 10 (1.14%) .NET
18 9 (1.02%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 81 (9.19%) Algorithms
2 60 (6.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 49 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (4.20%) Management Information System
5 33 (3.75%) Fixed Income
6 32 (3.63%) Cloud Native
7 31 (3.52%) Product Ownership
8 24 (2.72%) Blog
9 20 (2.27%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.93%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.59%) IoT
12 13 (1.48%) FMCG
12 13 (1.48%) Low-Code
13 12 (1.36%) SCADA
13 12 (1.36%) Social Media
14 8 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 7 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
16 6 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.48%) Linux
2 9 (1.02%) Unix
3 7 (0.79%) Windows
4 6 (0.68%) Android
5 4 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (52.67%) Data Visualisation
2 434 (49.26%) Business Intelligence
3 430 (48.81%) Analytics
4 287 (32.58%) Decision-Making
5 237 (26.90%) AI
6 226 (25.65%) Problem-Solving
7 209 (23.72%) Data Analysis
8 193 (21.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 167 (18.96%) Machine Learning
10 162 (18.39%) Data Modelling
11 161 (18.27%) ETL
12 160 (18.16%) Actionable Insight
13 158 (17.93%) Data Science
14 152 (17.25%) Agile
15 137 (15.55%) Data Analytics
16 123 (13.96%) Data Management
17 112 (12.71%) Data Engineering
18 106 (12.03%) Data Governance
19 105 (11.92%) Computer Science
20 89 (10.10%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 389 (44.15%) SQL
2 363 (41.20%) Python
3 84 (9.53%) JavaScript
4 60 (6.81%) R
5 58 (6.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 39 (4.43%) VBA
7 31 (3.52%) Java
8 27 (3.06%) C#
9 24 (2.72%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.04%) Scala
11 12 (1.36%) Bash
11 12 (1.36%) C++
12 11 (1.25%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.68%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.57%) C
14 5 (0.57%) Ruby
15 4 (0.45%) Go
15 4 (0.45%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.45%) VB
15 4 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 259 (29.40%) Degree
2 58 (6.58%) Security Cleared
3 52 (5.90%) AWS Certification
4 49 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 48 (5.45%) Master's Degree
6 47 (5.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 38 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.61%) MBA
10 16 (1.82%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.70%) Numerate Degree
12 14 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (1.48%) APMP
14 12 (1.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (1.25%) DBS Check
16 10 (1.14%) CISSP
17 9 (1.02%) CISA
18 8 (0.91%) PhD
19 7 (0.79%) DV Cleared
20 6 (0.68%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (15.78%) Data Quality
2 35 (3.97%) QA
3 30 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 24 (2.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 22 (2.50%) GDPR
6 12 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.14%) Good Clinical Practice
7 10 (1.14%) IEC 61131
8 7 (0.79%) NIST
9 6 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 5 (0.57%) COBIT
10 5 (0.57%) GRC
10 5 (0.57%) ITGC
10 5 (0.57%) PMO
11 2 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.11%) EMIR
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (2.27%) Docker
2 8 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (5.68%) HP ALM
2 19 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.04%) Terraform
4 6 (0.68%) Ansible
4 6 (0.68%) Grafana
4 6 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.45%) SCCM
6 3 (0.34%) Argo
6 3 (0.34%) CASB
6 3 (0.34%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.23%) Kibana
7 2 (0.23%) logstash
7 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.23%) MOM
Vendors
1 204 (23.16%) Microsoft
2 94 (10.67%) SAP
3 51 (5.79%) Google
4 50 (5.68%) HP
5 38 (4.31%) Databricks
6 28 (3.18%) Adobe
7 27 (3.06%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.95%) Oracle
9 19 (2.16%) Qualtrics
10 14 (1.59%) IBM
11 13 (1.48%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.91%) VMware
13 7 (0.79%) ESRI
13 7 (0.79%) Informatica
13 7 (0.79%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 6 (0.68%) Cognos
15 5 (0.57%) BT
15 5 (0.57%) Cisco
15 5 (0.57%) Epicor