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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 117 106
Rank change year-on-year -54 -11 +26
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 825 1,357 1,560
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.38% 2.50% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.77% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 456 690 971
10th Percentile £37,125 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

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 48,581 48,989 48,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.32% 90.25% 90.41%
Number of salaries quoted 28,539 24,001 36,978
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 7 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 7 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 -53 737 £60,000 -7.69% 988
UK excluding London -29 455 £50,000 -9.09% 1,015
London -67 313 £70,000 -12.50% 236
Work from Home -45 270 £57,500 -17.86% 816
South East +18 167 £55,000 -15.38% 285
North of England -25 92 £45,000 -6.25% 156
Midlands -10 79 £43,750 -20.45% 129
North West +2 50 £45,000 -14.29% 60
West Midlands +1 50 £52,000 -5.45% 68
South West -32 40 £50,000 +11.11% 84
East of England +10 34 £57,500 -11.54% 156
Yorkshire -28 33 £45,000 - 57
Scotland -39 33 £57,500 +1.75% 96
East Midlands -10 29 £42,500 -24.78% 60
North East +4 9 £62,500 -7.41% 39
Wales -1 7 £41,250 -13.16% 91
Northern Ireland -8 4 - - 33

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 35 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (3.27%) Confluence
4 17 (2.06%) Apache Spark
5 16 (1.94%) Apache
6 6 (0.73%) WordPress
7 5 (0.61%) IIS
8 4 (0.48%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.36%) CMS
9 3 (0.36%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.36%) SAS
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 (24.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.82%) AutoCAD
4 13 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.45%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.97%) SOLIDWORKS
7 6 (0.73%) Trello
8 4 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.36%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.36%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.24%) Blender
10 2 (0.24%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.24%) Maya
10 2 (0.24%) Sketch
10 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.12%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.12%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 51 (6.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.33%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.73%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.24%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.12%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 420 (50.91%) Power Platform
2 193 (23.39%) Azure
3 78 (9.45%) AWS
4 71 (8.61%) GCP
5 69 (8.36%) Azure DevOps
6 68 (8.24%) Azure Data Factory
7 66 (8.00%) Snowflake
8 44 (5.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 42 (5.09%) Power Automate
10 37 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
11 35 (4.24%) PowerApps
12 24 (2.91%) GitHub
12 24 (2.91%) Google Analytics
13 20 (2.42%) Figma
14 19 (2.30%) Fivetran
15 18 (2.18%) Adobe Analytics
15 18 (2.18%) dbt
15 18 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
16 15 (1.82%) SaaS
17 14 (1.70%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.85%) Firewall
2 5 (0.61%) LAN
2 5 (0.61%) WAN
3 4 (0.48%) Modbus
3 4 (0.48%) MQTT
3 4 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.24%) Profibus
4 2 (0.24%) VPN
5 1 (0.12%) ADSL
5 1 (0.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 418 (50.67%) Power BI
2 181 (21.94%) Tableau
3 79 (9.58%) SQL Server
4 58 (7.03%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (5.58%) Looker
6 45 (5.45%) BigQuery
7 44 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
8 39 (4.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 33 (4.00%) Data Lake
10 30 (3.64%) Amazon Redshift
11 27 (3.27%) Metadata
12 23 (2.79%) BusinessObjects
13 22 (2.67%) MySQL
14 18 (2.18%) Big Data
14 18 (2.18%) NoSQL
14 18 (2.18%) Power Query
15 15 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (1.70%) Data Mining
17 13 (1.58%) Hadoop
18 12 (1.45%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 88 (10.67%) JIRA
2 50 (6.06%) eCATT
3 27 (3.27%) Git
4 22 (2.67%) NeoLoad
5 6 (0.73%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.48%) GitLab
6 4 (0.48%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.36%) MLflow
8 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
General
1 334 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 311 (37.70%) Finance
3 308 (37.33%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (18.06%) Marketing
5 86 (10.42%) Manufacturing
6 83 (10.06%) Presentation Skills
7 77 (9.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 73 (8.85%) Influencing Skills
9 57 (6.91%) Law
10 42 (5.09%) Banking
10 42 (5.09%) Public Sector
11 38 (4.61%) Legal
12 33 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
13 31 (3.76%) Front Office
14 28 (3.39%) Retail
15 24 (2.91%) Advertising
16 22 (2.67%) Pharmaceutical
17 18 (2.18%) French Language
18 16 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
19 14 (1.70%) Billing
Job Titles
1 259 (31.39%) Analyst
2 149 (18.06%) Senior
3 119 (14.42%) Developer
4 112 (13.58%) Data Analyst
5 72 (8.73%) Lead
6 57 (6.91%) Data Engineer
7 47 (5.70%) Senior Analyst
8 42 (5.09%) Data Scientist
9 36 (4.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 31 (3.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 30 (3.64%) Insight Analyst
12 25 (3.03%) Data Manager
12 25 (3.03%) Senior Developer
13 24 (2.91%) Commercial Analyst
13 24 (2.91%) React Developer
13 24 (2.91%) Senior Manager
14 23 (2.79%) Performance Analyst
15 21 (2.55%) Electronic Trading Developer
15 21 (2.55%) Junior
15 21 (2.55%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.48%) React
2 25 (3.03%) WebSockets
3 22 (2.67%) PySpark
4 21 (2.55%) FIX Protocol
4 21 (2.55%) Highcharts JS
4 21 (2.55%) OpenFin
5 20 (2.42%) CSS
6 16 (1.94%) HTML5 Canvas
7 15 (1.82%) Kafka
7 15 (1.82%) Pandas
7 15 (1.82%) REST
7 15 (1.82%) scikit-learn
8 13 (1.58%) JSON
8 13 (1.58%) NumPy
9 12 (1.45%) HTML
9 12 (1.45%) PyTorch
10 9 (1.09%) Flask
10 9 (1.09%) TensorFlow
11 8 (0.97%) FastAPI
12 7 (0.85%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.91%) Analytical Mindset
2 45 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (4.24%) Algorithms
4 30 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 28 (3.39%) Cloud Native
6 27 (3.27%) Fixed Income
7 26 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 26 (3.15%) Product Ownership
8 24 (2.91%) Blog
9 17 (2.06%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.58%) Low-Code
11 12 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.45%) FMCG
12 10 (1.21%) IoT
12 10 (1.21%) Reinsurance
13 8 (0.97%) Social Media
14 7 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
15 6 (0.73%) SCADA
16 5 (0.61%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.21%) Linux
1 10 (1.21%) Windows
2 9 (1.09%) Unix
3 6 (0.73%) Android
4 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 456 (55.27%) Data Visualisation
2 440 (53.33%) Business Intelligence
3 411 (49.82%) Analytics
4 279 (33.82%) Decision-Making
5 229 (27.76%) Problem-Solving
6 197 (23.88%) Data Analysis
7 180 (21.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 170 (20.61%) AI
9 169 (20.48%) Actionable Insight
10 155 (18.79%) Agile
11 153 (18.55%) Data Science
12 147 (17.82%) ETL
13 141 (17.09%) Data Modelling
14 134 (16.24%) Data Analytics
15 120 (14.55%) Data Management
16 117 (14.18%) Machine Learning
17 109 (13.21%) Data Engineering
18 98 (11.88%) Computer Science
19 94 (11.39%) Project Management
20 84 (10.18%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 403 (48.85%) SQL
2 310 (37.58%) Python
3 65 (7.88%) JavaScript
4 59 (7.15%) R
5 53 (6.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 23 (2.79%) VBA
7 19 (2.30%) C#
7 19 (2.30%) Java
8 15 (1.82%) Scala
9 13 (1.58%) TypeScript
10 11 (1.33%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.09%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.97%) Bash
13 5 (0.61%) C++
14 4 (0.48%) ANSI SQL
14 4 (0.48%) Ruby
15 3 (0.36%) Bicep
15 3 (0.36%) Go
15 3 (0.36%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.24%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 273 (33.09%) Degree
2 51 (6.18%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.94%) Master's Degree
4 47 (5.70%) SC Cleared
5 44 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.79%) CISSP
8 22 (2.67%) CISA
9 17 (2.06%) PhD
10 16 (1.94%) CISM
10 16 (1.94%) MBA
11 14 (1.70%) Numerate Degree
12 13 (1.58%) ACCA
12 13 (1.58%) CIMA
13 12 (1.45%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.45%) CRISC
13 12 (1.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 9 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.97%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.73%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (15.39%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.70%) QA
3 32 (3.88%) Accessibility
4 27 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (2.79%) GDPR
6 20 (2.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (1.82%) NIST
8 12 (1.45%) COBIT
8 12 (1.45%) GRC
8 12 (1.45%) ITGC
9 10 (1.21%) Good Clinical Practice
9 10 (1.21%) IEC 61131
10 5 (0.61%) PMO
11 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.12%) EMIR
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 1 (0.12%) MiFID
System Software
1 22 (2.67%) Docker
2 5 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (6.06%) HP ALM
2 17 (2.06%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.58%) Terraform
4 7 (0.85%) Ansible
5 5 (0.61%) RSA Archer
6 4 (0.48%) CASB
6 4 (0.48%) Kibana
7 3 (0.36%) Argo
7 3 (0.36%) Grafana
7 3 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.24%) logstash
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 162 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 96 (11.64%) SAP
3 57 (6.91%) Google
4 53 (6.42%) Databricks
5 50 (6.06%) HP
6 29 (3.52%) Oracle
7 27 (3.27%) Salesforce
8 23 (2.79%) Adobe
9 17 (2.06%) Qualtrics
10 14 (1.70%) Alteryx
11 8 (0.97%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.85%) Cisco
12 7 (0.85%) ESRI
12 7 (0.85%) Progress
13 6 (0.73%) Adaptive Insights
13 6 (0.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 6 (0.73%) Workday
14 5 (0.61%) BT
14 5 (0.61%) Epicor
14 5 (0.61%) VMware