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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 123 120
Rank change year-on-year -28 -3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 945 1,388 1,394
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.74% 2.17% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 2.53% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 473 738 1,004
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £49,945 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +9.14% -0.74%
75th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £108,250 £87,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,390 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.37% +14.00% -

All Process and 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 45,523 54,873 47,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.89% 85.86% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 27,788 28,510 36,562
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,905 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -0.94%

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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025. 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 -28 818 £57,500 -11.54% 514
UK excluding London +12 530 £45,390 -20.37% 480
London -46 355 £70,000 -9.68% 185
Work from Home -28 277 £57,500 -19.01% 309
South East +19 183 £49,000 -24.62% 190
North of England -4 99 £45,000 -14.29% 81
Midlands +36 93 £45,000 -21.74% 78
Scotland +3 66 £51,250 -31.67% 17
North West +26 57 £42,500 -22.44% 53
West Midlands +32 51 £52,000 -7.56% 45
South West -12 48 £40,000 -25.58% 58
East Midlands +25 42 £42,500 -26.72% 31
East of England +11 30 £57,500 -15.44% 50
Yorkshire -27 30 £45,000 -5.26% 19
North East +15 12 £55,000 +10.00% 10
Wales +2 8 £41,250 -13.16% 12
Northern Ireland -1 5 - - 4

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 46 (4.87%) Apache Spark
2 37 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.17%) Confluence
4 21 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (1.48%) Apache
6 5 (0.53%) Apache Synapse
6 5 (0.53%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.53%) WordPress
7 4 (0.42%) Camunda
7 4 (0.42%) CMS
7 4 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.32%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.32%) SAS
9 2 (0.21%) R Markdown
9 2 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.21%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 187 (19.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.59%) AutoCAD
4 13 (1.38%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.85%) SOLIDWORKS
7 6 (0.63%) Trello
8 4 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.32%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.32%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.21%) Blender
10 2 (0.21%) Civil 3D
10 2 (0.21%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.21%) Maya
10 2 (0.21%) Navisworks
10 2 (0.21%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.21%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 54 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.59%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.32%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.32%) Bloomberg AIM
5 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.21%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.21%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 439 (46.46%) Power Platform
2 215 (22.75%) Azure
3 114 (12.06%) AWS
4 83 (8.78%) GCP
5 71 (7.51%) Azure DevOps
6 68 (7.20%) Azure Data Factory
6 68 (7.20%) Snowflake
7 56 (5.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 40 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
9 39 (4.13%) Power Automate
10 32 (3.39%) Amazon S3
11 31 (3.28%) PowerApps
12 30 (3.17%) GitHub
13 27 (2.86%) Google Analytics
14 24 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
15 21 (2.22%) Fivetran
16 20 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
16 20 (2.12%) Figma
16 20 (2.12%) Serverless
17 19 (2.01%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.74%) Firewall
2 5 (0.53%) LAN
2 5 (0.53%) WAN
3 4 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.32%) Modbus
5 2 (0.21%) Internet
5 2 (0.21%) MQTT
5 2 (0.21%) Profibus
5 2 (0.21%) PuTTY
5 2 (0.21%) VPN
6 1 (0.11%) ADSL
6 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.11%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 437 (46.24%) Power BI
2 200 (21.16%) Tableau
3 92 (9.74%) SQL Server
4 63 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
5 61 (6.46%) BigQuery
6 50 (5.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 50 (5.29%) Looker
7 43 (4.55%) Metadata
8 41 (4.34%) Data Lake
8 41 (4.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 33 (3.49%) NoSQL
10 30 (3.17%) Data Mining
11 24 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
11 24 (2.54%) Spark SQL
12 23 (2.43%) Big Data
12 23 (2.43%) Delta Lake
13 22 (2.33%) BusinessObjects
14 20 (2.12%) MySQL
15 19 (2.01%) DynamoDB
15 19 (2.01%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 96 (10.16%) JIRA
2 53 (5.61%) eCATT
3 22 (2.33%) MLflow
3 22 (2.33%) NeoLoad
4 21 (2.22%) Git
5 11 (1.16%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.74%) JUnit
7 6 (0.63%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.42%) webpack
9 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.32%) Vite
10 2 (0.21%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.11%) GitLab
11 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.11%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
11 1 (0.11%) Protractor
11 1 (0.11%) RStudio
11 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 403 (42.65%) Finance
2 388 (41.06%) Social Skills
3 341 (36.08%) Analytical Skills
4 176 (18.62%) Marketing
5 167 (17.67%) Law
6 144 (15.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 89 (9.42%) Presentation Skills
8 88 (9.31%) Manufacturing
9 84 (8.89%) Banking
10 73 (7.72%) Influencing Skills
11 62 (6.56%) Retail
12 48 (5.08%) Public Sector
13 38 (4.02%) Front Office
14 37 (3.92%) Legal
15 31 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
16 28 (2.96%) Advertising
17 22 (2.33%) French Language
18 19 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
19 17 (1.80%) Games
20 15 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 291 (30.79%) Analyst
2 202 (21.38%) Senior
3 128 (13.54%) Data Analyst
3 128 (13.54%) Developer
4 101 (10.69%) Lead
5 72 (7.62%) Software Engineer
6 63 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
7 58 (6.14%) Data Engineer
8 44 (4.66%) Data Scientist
9 34 (3.60%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 34 (3.60%) Java Engineer
9 34 (3.60%) Java Software Engineer
10 30 (3.17%) Insight Analyst
11 29 (3.07%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 29 (3.07%) Senior Developer
12 26 (2.75%) Operations Engineer
12 26 (2.75%) Performance Analyst
13 24 (2.54%) Commercial Analyst
13 24 (2.54%) Senior Manager
14 21 (2.22%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.03%) React
2 51 (5.40%) PySpark
3 34 (3.60%) Pandas
4 33 (3.49%) scikit-learn
5 32 (3.39%) NumPy
6 29 (3.07%) CSS
7 28 (2.96%) Kafka
7 28 (2.96%) PyTorch
8 27 (2.86%) Spring
9 25 (2.65%) REST
10 24 (2.54%) TensorFlow
11 22 (2.33%) WebSockets
12 21 (2.22%) FIX Protocol
12 21 (2.22%) Highcharts JS
13 19 (2.01%) Keras
13 19 (2.01%) Lambda Expressions
13 19 (2.01%) Metaflow
13 19 (2.01%) OpenFin
13 19 (2.01%) YAML
14 18 (1.90%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 95 (10.05%) Algorithms
2 62 (6.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 37 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (3.81%) Cloud Native
4 36 (3.81%) Product Ownership
5 29 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.86%) Fixed Income
7 24 (2.54%) Blog
8 23 (2.43%) Management Information System
9 21 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
10 20 (2.12%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.38%) FMCG
12 11 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.16%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.16%) Reinsurance
13 10 (1.06%) Social Media
14 9 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (0.95%) IoT
15 8 (0.85%) Derivative
15 8 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (3.17%) Unix
2 13 (1.38%) Linux
3 10 (1.06%) Windows
4 6 (0.63%) Android
5 5 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 456 (48.25%) Business Intelligence
2 453 (47.94%) Data Visualisation
3 428 (45.29%) Analytics
4 301 (31.85%) Decision-Making
5 266 (28.15%) Problem-Solving
6 252 (26.67%) Agile
7 234 (24.76%) AI
8 227 (24.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 206 (21.80%) Data Analysis
10 195 (20.63%) Data Science
11 182 (19.26%) Machine Learning
12 180 (19.05%) Actionable Insight
13 146 (15.45%) Data Modelling
13 146 (15.45%) ETL
14 134 (14.18%) Data Analytics
15 133 (14.07%) CI/CD
16 127 (13.44%) Data Engineering
17 121 (12.80%) DevOps
18 113 (11.96%) Data Management
18 113 (11.96%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 459 (48.57%) SQL
2 368 (38.94%) Python
3 83 (8.78%) JavaScript
4 63 (6.67%) Java
5 56 (5.93%) R
6 50 (5.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 30 (3.17%) C#
8 27 (2.86%) TypeScript
9 20 (2.12%) VBA
10 15 (1.59%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.48%) Scala
12 13 (1.38%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.85%) Bash
14 7 (0.74%) C++
15 5 (0.53%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.42%) Ruby
17 3 (0.32%) Bicep
17 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
18 2 (0.21%) Go
18 2 (0.21%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 278 (29.42%) Degree
2 57 (6.03%) Master's Degree
3 51 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (4.87%) Security Cleared
5 41 (4.34%) SC Cleared
6 35 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.43%) CISSP
8 22 (2.33%) CISA
9 21 (2.22%) PhD
10 20 (2.12%) CISM
11 17 (1.80%) ACCA
11 17 (1.80%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.80%) CIMA
12 15 (1.59%) Numerate Degree
13 12 (1.27%) CRISC
13 12 (1.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (1.06%) DBS Check
14 10 (1.06%) MBA
15 8 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (11.64%) Data Quality
2 56 (5.93%) QA
3 34 (3.60%) GDPR
4 32 (3.39%) Accessibility
5 27 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
6 15 (1.59%) NIST
7 12 (1.27%) COBIT
7 12 (1.27%) GRC
7 12 (1.27%) ITGC
8 10 (1.06%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.53%) PMO
10 3 (0.32%) ISO 19650
11 2 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.11%) EMIR
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 47 (4.97%) Docker
2 5 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.21%) Apache Flume
3 2 (0.21%) HDFS
4 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 56 (5.93%) Kubernetes
2 50 (5.29%) HP ALM
3 48 (5.08%) Terraform
4 20 (2.12%) Kubeflow
5 12 (1.27%) Ansible
6 8 (0.85%) Grafana
7 7 (0.74%) Kibana
8 5 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.53%) RSA Archer
9 4 (0.42%) CASB
9 4 (0.42%) logstash
10 3 (0.32%) Argo
11 2 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.21%) Oozie
Vendors
1 183 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 96 (10.16%) Databricks
2 96 (10.16%) SAP
3 88 (9.31%) Google
4 50 (5.29%) HP
5 45 (4.76%) Oracle
6 29 (3.07%) Salesforce
7 24 (2.54%) Adobe
8 22 (2.33%) Alteryx
9 19 (2.01%) OpenAI
10 17 (1.80%) Qualtrics
11 13 (1.38%) Splunk
12 11 (1.16%) ServiceNow
13 10 (1.06%) Adaptive Insights
13 10 (1.06%) Workday
14 8 (0.85%) Cisco
14 8 (0.85%) Dynatrace
15 7 (0.74%) ESRI
15 7 (0.74%) Progress
16 6 (0.63%) Informatica