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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 155 115
Rank change year-on-year -139 -40 +19
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 754 1,014 1,683
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 2.05% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 2.31% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 427 505 740
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £38,375 £42,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £56,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.10% -13.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,250 £57,000
% change year-on-year -6.74% -15.35% +14.00%

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 85,853 43,932 62,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.10% 88.75% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,280 24,639 34,370
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -3.39%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -113 685 £50,678 -10.30% 1,749
UK excluding London -141 425 £45,000 -6.74% 1,022
London -104 286 £65,000 - 948
Work from Home -68 250 £55,000 -4.35% 698
North of England -20 142 £42,500 -10.99% 203
North West +13 104 £40,000 -17.53% 94
Midlands -56 90 £47,500 +5.56% 163
South East -78 83 £45,000 -8.16% 247
South West -83 49 £42,500 -15.00% 112
West Midlands -40 48 £45,000 -14.29% 104
East Midlands -38 42 £70,000 +64.71% 59
Yorkshire -44 27 £52,500 +7.69% 77
Wales -47 23 £54,425 +23.69% 39
Scotland -63 20 £75,000 +27.66% 104
East of England -44 17 £42,959 -28.87% 118
North East -62 11 £41,919 -1.37% 33
Northern Ireland -85 1 - - 52

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 24 (3.18%) Apache Spark
2 12 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.93%) SAS
4 6 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.53%) Apache
5 4 (0.53%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.53%) WinCC
6 2 (0.27%) Appian
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Confluence
7 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 105 (13.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.86%) EPLAN
4 5 (0.66%) Blender
4 5 (0.66%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.53%) Maya
6 3 (0.40%) 3ds Max
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.40%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.27%) InDesign
7 2 (0.27%) Lightworks
7 2 (0.27%) Revit
7 2 (0.27%) SPSS
7 2 (0.27%) Windchill
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.13%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.13%) Maximo
3 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 399 (52.92%) Power Platform
2 184 (24.40%) Azure
3 117 (15.52%) AWS
4 72 (9.55%) GCP
5 43 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (5.17%) dbt
7 38 (5.04%) Azure Data Factory
8 35 (4.64%) Snowflake
9 33 (4.38%) SaaS
10 32 (4.24%) Google Analytics
11 29 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
12 23 (3.05%) Power Automate
13 21 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
14 19 (2.52%) PowerApps
15 18 (2.39%) Azure Machine Learning
16 13 (1.72%) Amazon S3
16 13 (1.72%) GitHub
17 12 (1.59%) Azure Databricks
18 11 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 9 (1.19%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.12%) Profibus
2 7 (0.93%) Broadband
2 7 (0.93%) Internet
3 6 (0.80%) 5G
3 6 (0.80%) Modbus
4 4 (0.53%) MQTT
4 4 (0.53%) VLAN
5 3 (0.40%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.40%) Wireless
6 2 (0.27%) HTTP
6 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.27%) SNMP
6 2 (0.27%) WAN
7 1 (0.13%) AMQP
7 1 (0.13%) DHCP
7 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.13%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.13%) PPP
7 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 399 (52.92%) Power BI
2 188 (24.93%) Tableau
3 81 (10.74%) Data Warehouse
4 56 (7.43%) Looker
5 49 (6.50%) Power Query
6 43 (5.70%) SQL Server
7 35 (4.64%) Data Lake
8 27 (3.58%) Metadata
8 27 (3.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 26 (3.45%) Big Data
9 26 (3.45%) Data Mining
9 26 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 21 (2.79%) Amazon QuickSight
10 21 (2.79%) BigQuery
10 21 (2.79%) Relational Database
11 17 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
11 17 (2.25%) GIS
12 15 (1.99%) NoSQL
13 14 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
14 12 (1.59%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 44 (5.84%) Git
2 12 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.93%) JIRA
4 5 (0.66%) GitLab
5 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.27%) ERwin
6 2 (0.27%) Selenium
6 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.27%) Vite
7 1 (0.13%) CocoaPods
7 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.13%) fastlane
7 1 (0.13%) MLflow
7 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.13%) Storybook
7 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.13%) Xcode
7 1 (0.13%) Yeoman
General
1 355 (47.08%) Analytical Skills
2 333 (44.16%) Social Skills
3 254 (33.69%) Finance
4 90 (11.94%) Marketing
5 68 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (9.02%) Retail
6 66 (8.75%) Law
7 57 (7.56%) Public Sector
8 49 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
9 38 (5.04%) Banking
10 36 (4.77%) Back Office
11 34 (4.51%) Military
12 31 (4.11%) Manufacturing
12 31 (4.11%) Telecoms
13 27 (3.58%) Legal
14 23 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (1.99%) Financial Institution
17 14 (1.86%) Local Government
18 12 (1.59%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 209 (27.72%) Analyst
2 127 (16.84%) Senior
3 116 (15.38%) Data Analyst
4 80 (10.61%) Lead
5 73 (9.68%) Developer
6 61 (8.09%) Data Engineer
7 40 (5.31%) Consultant
8 36 (4.77%) Senior Analyst
9 31 (4.11%) Software Engineer
10 29 (3.85%) Data Manager
10 29 (3.85%) Data Scientist
11 27 (3.58%) Senior Data Analyst
12 26 (3.45%) Analytics Manager
12 26 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 21 (2.79%) Performance Analyst
14 20 (2.65%) Data Consultant
15 19 (2.52%) Architect
16 18 (2.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 18 (2.39%) Power BI Analyst
17 17 (2.25%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.24%) PySpark
2 25 (3.32%) .NET
3 19 (2.52%) CSS
3 19 (2.52%) Kafka
3 19 (2.52%) Pandas
3 19 (2.52%) React
3 19 (2.52%) Terraform
4 15 (1.99%) PyTorch
5 13 (1.72%) HTML
5 13 (1.72%) scikit-learn
6 12 (1.59%) NumPy
6 12 (1.59%) TensorFlow
7 11 (1.46%) jQuery
7 11 (1.46%) Streamlit
8 10 (1.33%) Ajax
8 10 (1.33%) CSS3
8 10 (1.33%) HTML5
8 10 (1.33%) LESS
8 10 (1.33%) REST
8 10 (1.33%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 57 (7.56%) Onboarding
2 55 (7.29%) Management Information System
3 37 (4.91%) Algorithms
4 32 (4.24%) Product Ownership
5 22 (2.92%) SCADA
6 21 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (2.65%) Cloud Native
8 17 (2.25%) Blog
9 16 (2.12%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.46%) NHS
13 10 (1.33%) Robotics
14 9 (1.19%) Social Media
15 8 (1.06%) AI Agents
15 8 (1.06%) Clustering
15 8 (1.06%) Educational Technology
16 7 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
16 7 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.46%) Linux
2 6 (0.80%) Windows
3 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.40%) Unix
3 3 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) CentOS
4 1 (0.13%) Debian
4 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (56.63%) Data Visualisation
2 421 (55.84%) Business Intelligence
3 403 (53.45%) Analytics
4 289 (38.33%) Decision-Making
5 240 (31.83%) Problem-Solving
6 235 (31.17%) AI
7 196 (25.99%) Actionable Insight
8 192 (25.46%) Data Analysis
9 187 (24.80%) Data Modelling
10 163 (21.62%) Machine Learning
11 157 (20.82%) Agile
12 153 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 151 (20.03%) Data Science
14 127 (16.84%) Data Engineering
15 121 (16.05%) Data Governance
16 118 (15.65%) Stakeholder Management
17 112 (14.85%) Dashboard Development
18 108 (14.32%) Data Analytics
19 98 (13.00%) Data Pipeline
20 93 (12.33%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 396 (52.52%) SQL
2 316 (41.91%) Python
3 50 (6.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 50 (6.63%) R
4 43 (5.70%) C#
4 43 (5.70%) JavaScript
5 27 (3.58%) TypeScript
6 21 (2.79%) Java
7 20 (2.65%) C++
8 19 (2.52%) Scala
9 16 (2.12%) Ladder Logic
10 14 (1.86%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.06%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.93%) C
12 7 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.66%) Bash
13 5 (0.66%) Go
13 5 (0.66%) Rust
13 5 (0.66%) VBA
14 2 (0.27%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 159 (21.09%) Degree
2 86 (11.41%) Security Cleared
3 57 (7.56%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.25%) DV Cleared
5 15 (1.99%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.59%) HNC
7 12 (1.59%) HND
7 12 (1.59%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.59%) Numerate Degree
8 11 (1.46%) Chartered Engineer
8 11 (1.46%) Postgraduate
9 10 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.06%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.80%) PhD
13 3 (0.40%) ACCA
13 3 (0.40%) CIMA
14 2 (0.27%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.27%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (28.38%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.44%) GDPR
3 27 (3.58%) Accessibility
4 24 (3.18%) QA
5 15 (1.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 14 (1.86%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (1.59%) IEC 61131
8 6 (0.80%) PMO
9 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.53%) NEBOSH
9 4 (0.53%) NIST
9 4 (0.53%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.13%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.13%) PERC
11 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (3.05%) Docker
2 6 (0.80%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) Ceph
3 1 (0.13%) Lustre
3 1 (0.13%) NFS
3 1 (0.13%) Samba
3 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (3.58%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.66%) Ansible
2 5 (0.66%) EnCase
2 5 (0.66%) FTK
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.13%) Consul
4 1 (0.13%) Grafana
4 1 (0.13%) Kibana
4 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.13%) logstash
4 1 (0.13%) MOM
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle ZFS
4 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 147 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.81%) Databricks
3 63 (8.36%) Google
4 20 (2.65%) Siemens
5 19 (2.52%) SAP
6 11 (1.46%) Oracle
7 10 (1.33%) YouTube
8 8 (1.06%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.06%) SYSPRO
9 7 (0.93%) Informatica
9 7 (0.93%) MicroStrategy
10 6 (0.80%) Alteryx
10 6 (0.80%) CA Agile Central
11 5 (0.66%) Cellebrite
11 5 (0.66%) Hotjar
11 5 (0.66%) Nuix
11 5 (0.66%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.66%) Relativity
12 4 (0.53%) AVEVA
12 4 (0.53%) Foundry