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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 126 118
Rank change year-on-year -27 -8 +4
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 944 1,394 1,397
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.74% 2.15% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 2.51% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 467 740 1,010
10th Percentile £36,050 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £49,982 £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 £73,125 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,800 £107,750 £87,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.87% +15.00% -

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 45,446 55,486 47,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.93% 85.56% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 27,712 28,853 36,694
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,750 £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 £98,474 £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 1 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 1 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 -28 816 £57,500 -11.54% 383
UK excluding London +12 529 £45,500 -20.87% 342
London -39 355 £70,000 -9.68% 143
Work from Home -30 276 £57,500 -20.13% 216
South East +31 183 £49,000 -24.62% 129
North of England -15 98 £43,750 -16.67% 62
Midlands +37 92 £45,000 -21.74% 56
Scotland +5 67 £51,250 -31.67% 9
North West +23 56 £42,500 -22.44% 40
West Midlands +36 50 £52,250 -7.11% 29
South West -14 48 £40,000 -27.27% 46
East Midlands +25 42 £42,500 -26.72% 26
East of England +7 30 £57,500 -18.15% 38
Yorkshire -26 30 £45,000 -5.26% 14
North East +17 12 £55,000 +10.00% 9
Wales +5 8 £41,250 -13.16% 9
Northern Ireland -2 5 - - 2

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 45 (4.77%) Apache Spark
2 37 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.18%) Confluence
4 20 (2.12%) 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
1 186 (19.70%) 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 (0.64%) 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%) Civil 3D
10 2 (0.21%) Maya
10 2 (0.21%) Navisworks
10 2 (0.21%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.21%) Revit
10 2 (0.21%) Sketch
10 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 54 (5.72%) 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
1 436 (46.19%) Power Platform
2 212 (22.46%) Azure
3 113 (11.97%) AWS
4 82 (8.69%) GCP
5 71 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
6 66 (6.99%) Azure Data Factory
6 66 (6.99%) Snowflake
7 54 (5.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 40 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
9 39 (4.13%) Power Automate
10 31 (3.28%) Amazon S3
10 31 (3.28%) PowerApps
11 30 (3.18%) GitHub
12 27 (2.86%) Google Analytics
13 24 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (2.22%) Fivetran
15 20 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (2.12%) Figma
16 19 (2.01%) Amazon ELB
16 19 (2.01%) Serverless
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
1 434 (45.97%) Power BI
2 201 (21.29%) Tableau
3 91 (9.64%) SQL Server
4 62 (6.57%) Data Warehouse
5 61 (6.46%) BigQuery
6 50 (5.30%) Looker
7 49 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 43 (4.56%) Metadata
9 41 (4.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 39 (4.13%) Data Lake
11 33 (3.50%) NoSQL
12 30 (3.18%) Data Mining
13 24 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
13 24 (2.54%) Spark SQL
14 23 (2.44%) Big Data
14 23 (2.44%) Delta Lake
15 22 (2.33%) BusinessObjects
16 20 (2.12%) MySQL
17 19 (2.01%) DynamoDB
17 19 (2.01%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 97 (10.28%) JIRA
2 53 (5.61%) eCATT
3 22 (2.33%) MLflow
3 22 (2.33%) NeoLoad
4 21 (2.22%) Git
5 11 (1.17%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.74%) JUnit
7 6 (0.64%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.53%) webpack
9 4 (0.42%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.42%) Vite
10 2 (0.21%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.11%) Ant
11 1 (0.11%) GitLab
11 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
11 1 (0.11%) Maven
11 1 (0.11%) RStudio
11 1 (0.11%) Selenium
11 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 403 (42.69%) Finance
2 387 (41.00%) Social Skills
3 339 (35.91%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (18.86%) Marketing
5 171 (18.11%) Law
6 145 (15.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 89 (9.43%) Presentation Skills
8 88 (9.32%) Manufacturing
9 84 (8.90%) Banking
10 73 (7.73%) Influencing Skills
11 62 (6.57%) Retail
12 48 (5.08%) Public Sector
13 37 (3.92%) Front Office
14 36 (3.81%) Legal
15 31 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
16 27 (2.86%) 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
1 294 (31.14%) Analyst
2 202 (21.40%) Senior
3 127 (13.45%) Data Analyst
3 127 (13.45%) Developer
4 101 (10.70%) Lead
5 73 (7.73%) Software Engineer
6 63 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
7 57 (6.04%) 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 29 (3.07%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 29 (3.07%) Insight Analyst
10 29 (3.07%) Senior Developer
11 26 (2.75%) Operations Engineer
11 26 (2.75%) Performance Analyst
12 24 (2.54%) Commercial Analyst
12 24 (2.54%) Senior Manager
13 21 (2.22%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.04%) React
2 51 (5.40%) PySpark
3 34 (3.60%) Pandas
4 33 (3.50%) scikit-learn
5 32 (3.39%) NumPy
6 30 (3.18%) CSS
7 28 (2.97%) Kafka
7 28 (2.97%) PyTorch
8 27 (2.86%) Spring
9 25 (2.65%) REST
10 24 (2.54%) TensorFlow
11 21 (2.22%) WebSockets
12 20 (2.12%) FIX Protocol
12 20 (2.12%) Highcharts JS
13 19 (2.01%) HTML
13 19 (2.01%) Keras
13 19 (2.01%) Lambda Expressions
13 19 (2.01%) Metaflow
13 19 (2.01%) YAML
14 18 (1.91%) OpenFin
Miscellaneous
1 96 (10.17%) Algorithms
2 62 (6.57%) 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 26 (2.75%) Fixed Income
7 24 (2.54%) Blog
8 23 (2.44%) Management Information System
9 21 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
10 19 (2.01%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.38%) FMCG
12 11 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.17%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.17%) 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 (3.18%) Unix
2 13 (1.38%) Linux
3 10 (1.06%) Windows
4 6 (0.64%) Android
5 5 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (47.99%) Business Intelligence
2 451 (47.78%) Data Visualisation
3 429 (45.44%) Analytics
4 301 (31.89%) Decision-Making
5 265 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
6 253 (26.80%) Agile
7 232 (24.58%) AI
8 226 (23.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 205 (21.72%) Data Analysis
10 198 (20.97%) Data Science
11 184 (19.49%) Actionable Insight
12 181 (19.17%) Machine Learning
13 144 (15.25%) Data Modelling
13 144 (15.25%) ETL
14 137 (14.51%) Data Analytics
15 133 (14.09%) CI/CD
16 125 (13.24%) Data Engineering
17 120 (12.71%) DevOps
18 114 (12.08%) Software Engineering
19 112 (11.86%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 457 (48.41%) SQL
2 365 (38.67%) Python
3 83 (8.79%) JavaScript
4 63 (6.67%) Java
5 56 (5.93%) R
6 49 (5.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 30 (3.18%) C#
8 28 (2.97%) TypeScript
9 20 (2.12%) VBA
10 15 (1.59%) PowerShell
11 13 (1.38%) Scala
11 13 (1.38%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.85%) Bash
13 7 (0.74%) C++
14 5 (0.53%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.42%) Ruby
16 3 (0.32%) Bicep
16 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
17 2 (0.21%) ABAP
17 2 (0.21%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 281 (29.77%) Degree
2 57 (6.04%) Master's Degree
3 51 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 45 (4.77%) Security Cleared
5 40 (4.24%) SC Cleared
6 35 (3.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.44%) 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%) CIMA
12 16 (1.69%) Azure Certification
13 15 (1.59%) Numerate Degree
14 12 (1.27%) CRISC
14 12 (1.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (1.06%) DBS Check
15 10 (1.06%) MBA
16 8 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
17 6 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (11.44%) 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 4 (0.42%) 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 (4.98%) 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 (5.30%) 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
1 182 (19.28%) Microsoft
2 96 (10.17%) SAP
3 94 (9.96%) Databricks
4 88 (9.32%) Google
5 50 (5.30%) HP
6 45 (4.77%) Oracle
7 29 (3.07%) Salesforce
8 24 (2.54%) Adobe
9 22 (2.33%) Alteryx
10 19 (2.01%) OpenAI
11 17 (1.80%) Qualtrics
12 13 (1.38%) Splunk
13 11 (1.17%) ServiceNow
14 10 (1.06%) Adaptive Insights
14 10 (1.06%) Workday
15 8 (0.85%) Cisco
15 8 (0.85%) Dynatrace
16 7 (0.74%) ESRI
16 7 (0.74%) Progress
17 6 (0.64%) Informatica