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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 121 106
Rank change year-on-year -57 -15 +24
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 816 1,311 1,700
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.34% 2.46% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 2.71% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 458 690 1,053
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £88,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,250 £115,000 £84,056
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +1.28%

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 49,245 48,425 53,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.71% 90.86% 89.54%
Number of salaries quoted 28,981 23,503 40,689
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 18 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 18 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 -51 733 £60,000 -7.69% 589
UK excluding London -26 452 £52,500 - 551
London -61 313 £70,000 -15.15% 156
Work from Home -52 272 £58,750 -9.62% 213
South East +30 166 £55,000 -15.38% 186
North of England -16 97 £45,000 -5.26% 119
Midlands -4 78 £45,000 -18.18% 80
North West -4 52 £45,000 -14.29% 58
West Midlands +4 50 £50,000 -9.09% 34
Yorkshire -24 36 £45,000 - 45
South West -33 36 £50,000 +17.65% 59
Scotland -40 33 £57,500 +9.52% 27
East of England +18 32 £57,500 -6.50% 64
East Midlands -22 28 £42,500 -24.78% 45
North East +2 9 £62,500 -7.41% 17
Wales -2 7 £41,250 -13.16% 24
Northern Ireland -13 4 - - 10

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 37 (4.53%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.43%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (3.19%) Confluence
4 18 (2.21%) Apache
5 17 (2.08%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.86%) WordPress
7 5 (0.61%) IIS
8 4 (0.49%) Apache Superset
8 4 (0.49%) SAS
9 3 (0.37%) CMS
9 3 (0.37%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 207 (25.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.84%) AutoCAD
4 13 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.10%) SOLIDWORKS
7 6 (0.74%) Trello
8 4 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.37%) Blender
9 3 (0.37%) Maya
9 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.25%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.25%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.12%) CATIA
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 51 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.86%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.86%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.37%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 3 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.25%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 426 (52.21%) Power Platform
2 199 (24.39%) Azure
3 81 (9.93%) AWS
4 72 (8.82%) Azure Data Factory
5 70 (8.58%) Azure DevOps
6 67 (8.21%) GCP
7 64 (7.84%) Snowflake
8 46 (5.64%) Power Automate
9 43 (5.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 41 (5.02%) PowerApps
11 40 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
12 25 (3.06%) Google Analytics
13 22 (2.70%) GitHub
14 19 (2.33%) Figma
15 18 (2.21%) Adobe Analytics
15 18 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (2.08%) dbt
16 17 (2.08%) Fivetran
17 16 (1.96%) Amazon S3
18 14 (1.72%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.86%) Firewall
2 5 (0.61%) LAN
2 5 (0.61%) Modbus
2 5 (0.61%) MQTT
2 5 (0.61%) WAN
3 4 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.25%) Profibus
4 2 (0.25%) VPN
5 1 (0.12%) ADSL
5 1 (0.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 424 (51.96%) Power BI
2 168 (20.59%) Tableau
3 82 (10.05%) SQL Server
4 58 (7.11%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (5.39%) Looker
6 42 (5.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 39 (4.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 36 (4.41%) BigQuery
9 32 (3.92%) Amazon Redshift
10 31 (3.80%) Metadata
11 26 (3.19%) Data Lake
12 23 (2.82%) BusinessObjects
12 23 (2.82%) MySQL
13 18 (2.21%) Power Query
14 17 (2.08%) Big Data
14 17 (2.08%) NoSQL
14 17 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (1.72%) Data Mining
16 13 (1.59%) Hadoop
17 12 (1.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 85 (10.42%) JIRA
2 50 (6.13%) eCATT
3 32 (3.92%) Git
4 22 (2.70%) NeoLoad
5 6 (0.74%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.49%) GitLab
6 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.37%) MLflow
8 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 325 (39.83%) Social Skills
2 304 (37.25%) Analytical Skills
3 300 (36.76%) Finance
4 145 (17.77%) Marketing
5 86 (10.54%) Manufacturing
6 79 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
7 73 (8.95%) Influencing Skills
8 50 (6.13%) Law
9 48 (5.88%) Public Sector
10 40 (4.90%) Banking
11 37 (4.53%) Legal
12 31 (3.80%) Front Office
13 30 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
14 27 (3.31%) Retail
15 22 (2.70%) Advertising
16 20 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (1.96%) French Language
18 14 (1.72%) Billing
19 12 (1.47%) Games
Job Titles
1 251 (30.76%) Analyst
2 144 (17.65%) Senior
3 122 (14.95%) Developer
4 109 (13.36%) Data Analyst
5 71 (8.70%) Lead
6 55 (6.74%) Data Engineer
7 44 (5.39%) Data Scientist
8 42 (5.15%) Senior Analyst
9 39 (4.78%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 36 (4.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 29 (3.55%) Insight Analyst
12 28 (3.43%) Data Manager
13 27 (3.31%) Senior Developer
14 25 (3.06%) React Developer
15 24 (2.94%) Commercial Analyst
16 23 (2.82%) Senior Manager
17 22 (2.70%) Consultant
18 21 (2.57%) Junior
18 21 (2.57%) Performance Analyst
18 21 (2.57%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.41%) React
2 25 (3.06%) PySpark
2 25 (3.06%) WebSockets
3 22 (2.70%) CSS
4 21 (2.57%) FIX Protocol
4 21 (2.57%) Highcharts JS
4 21 (2.57%) OpenFin
5 16 (1.96%) HTML5 Canvas
5 16 (1.96%) Kafka
6 15 (1.84%) Pandas
6 15 (1.84%) REST
6 15 (1.84%) scikit-learn
7 14 (1.72%) HTML
8 13 (1.59%) JSON
8 13 (1.59%) NumPy
9 12 (1.47%) PyTorch
10 9 (1.10%) Flask
10 9 (1.10%) TensorFlow
11 8 (0.98%) EDI
11 8 (0.98%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 47 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (4.17%) Algorithms
4 32 (3.92%) Management Information System
5 29 (3.55%) Product Ownership
6 27 (3.31%) Cloud Native
6 27 (3.31%) Fixed Income
7 24 (2.94%) Blog
7 24 (2.94%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.96%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.59%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.47%) FMCG
11 11 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.35%) IoT
12 8 (0.98%) Reinsurance
12 8 (0.98%) SCADA
12 8 (0.98%) Social Media
13 7 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (0.61%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.23%) Linux
1 10 (1.23%) Windows
2 8 (0.98%) Unix
3 5 (0.61%) Android
4 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.37%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (55.27%) Data Visualisation
2 443 (54.29%) Business Intelligence
3 418 (51.23%) Analytics
4 281 (34.44%) Decision-Making
5 214 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
6 195 (23.90%) Data Analysis
7 188 (23.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 173 (21.20%) AI
9 172 (21.08%) Actionable Insight
10 155 (19.00%) ETL
11 148 (18.14%) Agile
12 147 (18.01%) Data Modelling
12 147 (18.01%) Data Science
13 133 (16.30%) Data Analytics
14 124 (15.20%) Data Management
15 115 (14.09%) Machine Learning
16 108 (13.24%) Data Engineering
17 96 (11.76%) Computer Science
18 93 (11.40%) Project Management
19 89 (10.91%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 391 (47.92%) SQL
2 301 (36.89%) Python
3 67 (8.21%) JavaScript
4 58 (7.11%) R
5 53 (6.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 27 (3.31%) VBA
7 19 (2.33%) C#
7 19 (2.33%) Java
8 14 (1.72%) Scala
8 14 (1.72%) TypeScript
9 11 (1.35%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.10%) Bash
11 8 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.74%) C++
13 4 (0.49%) ANSI SQL
13 4 (0.49%) Ruby
14 3 (0.37%) Bicep
14 3 (0.37%) C
14 3 (0.37%) Go
14 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 266 (32.60%) Degree
2 50 (6.13%) Master's Degree
2 50 (6.13%) Security Cleared
3 46 (5.64%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (2.33%) CISSP
7 18 (2.21%) CISA
7 18 (2.21%) MBA
8 16 (1.96%) PhD
9 14 (1.72%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.72%) Numerate Degree
10 12 (1.47%) CISM
10 12 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 11 (1.35%) CRISC
12 9 (1.10%) ACCA
12 9 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.10%) CIMA
13 8 (0.98%) APMP
14 7 (0.86%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (16.18%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.76%) QA
3 31 (3.80%) Accessibility
4 22 (2.70%) GDPR
4 22 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (2.45%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (1.59%) NIST
7 11 (1.35%) COBIT
7 11 (1.35%) GRC
7 11 (1.35%) ITGC
8 10 (1.23%) Good Clinical Practice
8 10 (1.23%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.61%) PMO
10 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.12%) EMIR
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.12%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (2.45%) Docker
2 5 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (6.13%) HP ALM
2 16 (1.96%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.47%) Terraform
4 7 (0.86%) Ansible
5 5 (0.61%) RSA Archer
6 4 (0.49%) CASB
7 3 (0.37%) Argo
7 3 (0.37%) Grafana
7 3 (0.37%) Kibana
7 3 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.25%) logstash
8 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 163 (19.98%) Microsoft
2 93 (11.40%) SAP
3 57 (6.99%) Google
4 50 (6.13%) HP
5 48 (5.88%) Databricks
6 28 (3.43%) Oracle
7 27 (3.31%) Salesforce
8 22 (2.70%) Adobe
9 17 (2.08%) Qualtrics
10 11 (1.35%) Alteryx
11 8 (0.98%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.86%) Cisco
12 7 (0.86%) ESRI
12 7 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 6 (0.74%) Informatica
13 6 (0.74%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.74%) Progress
14 5 (0.61%) BT
14 5 (0.61%) Epicor
14 5 (0.61%) VMware