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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 149 119
Rank change year-on-year -128 -30 +15
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 782 1,046 1,605
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 2.11% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 2.37% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 445 495 726
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £39,516
25th Percentile £39,570 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £95,000 £96,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,750 £57,000
% change year-on-year -5.76% -16.23% +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 86,281 44,107 61,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.16% 89.14% 81.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,444 24,402 33,284
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,274
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.62% -2.88%
75th Percentile £79,091 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,250
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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -111 706 £51,356 -10.69% 1,643
UK excluding London -136 440 £45,000 -5.76% 924
London -99 296 £62,750 -7.04% 880
Work from Home -60 261 £55,000 -4.35% 683
North of England -35 141 £42,500 -10.53% 189
North West +9 103 £40,000 -17.10% 94
Midlands -43 95 £47,500 +5.56% 138
South East -128 82 £45,000 -8.16% 221
South West -80 53 £42,500 -15.00% 104
West Midlands -43 50 £45,000 -13.46% 96
East Midlands -40 45 £70,000 +64.71% 42
Yorkshire -34 27 £52,500 +16.67% 70
Wales -53 25 £45,175 +2.67% 44
Scotland -54 22 £75,000 +27.66% 89
East of England -38 21 £44,000 -27.14% 107
North East -66 11 £41,919 -6.85% 25
Northern Ireland -85 1 - - 43

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 27 (3.45%) Apache Spark
2 15 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.90%) SAS
4 6 (0.77%) Apache
4 6 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.64%) WinCC
6 4 (0.51%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.26%) Appian
7 2 (0.26%) IIS
7 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Confluence
8 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 108 (13.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.05%) EPLAN
4 6 (0.77%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.64%) Blender
6 4 (0.51%) Maya
7 3 (0.38%) 3ds Max
7 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.38%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.26%) InDesign
8 2 (0.26%) Lightworks
8 2 (0.26%) Notion
8 2 (0.26%) Revit
8 2 (0.26%) SPSS
8 2 (0.26%) Windchill
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.51%) SAP PM
2 3 (0.38%) 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
1 414 (52.94%) Power Platform
2 188 (24.04%) Azure
3 123 (15.73%) AWS
4 75 (9.59%) GCP
5 45 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (4.99%) dbt
7 38 (4.86%) Azure Data Factory
8 36 (4.60%) Snowflake
9 35 (4.48%) SaaS
10 31 (3.96%) Google Analytics
11 29 (3.71%) Microsoft Purview
12 26 (3.32%) Power Automate
13 22 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
14 21 (2.69%) PowerApps
15 19 (2.43%) Azure Machine Learning
16 14 (1.79%) Amazon S3
17 12 (1.53%) Azure Databricks
17 12 (1.53%) GitHub
18 11 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 9 (1.15%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.30%) Profibus
2 8 (1.02%) Internet
3 7 (0.90%) Broadband
3 7 (0.90%) Modbus
4 6 (0.77%) 5G
5 5 (0.64%) VLAN
6 4 (0.51%) MQTT
7 3 (0.38%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.38%) Wireless
8 2 (0.26%) HTTP
8 2 (0.26%) Network Security
8 2 (0.26%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.26%) SNMP
8 2 (0.26%) WAN
9 1 (0.13%) AMQP
9 1 (0.13%) DHCP
9 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.13%) VoIP
9 1 (0.13%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 414 (52.94%) Power BI
2 189 (24.17%) Tableau
3 82 (10.49%) Data Warehouse
4 56 (7.16%) Looker
5 50 (6.39%) Power Query
6 43 (5.50%) SQL Server
7 35 (4.48%) Data Lake
8 28 (3.58%) Big Data
9 27 (3.45%) Metadata
10 26 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 26 (3.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (3.20%) Data Mining
11 25 (3.20%) Relational Database
12 21 (2.69%) Amazon QuickSight
12 21 (2.69%) BigQuery
13 17 (2.17%) GIS
14 16 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
14 16 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
15 15 (1.92%) NoSQL
16 12 (1.53%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 50 (6.39%) Git
2 12 (1.53%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.90%) JIRA
4 5 (0.64%) GitLab
5 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.26%) ERwin
6 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.26%) 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%) Selenium
7 1 (0.13%) Storybook
7 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.13%) Xcode
7 1 (0.13%) Yeoman
General
1 371 (47.44%) Analytical Skills
2 350 (44.76%) Social Skills
3 264 (33.76%) Finance
4 92 (11.76%) Marketing
5 71 (9.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 70 (8.95%) Law
7 67 (8.57%) Retail
8 62 (7.93%) Public Sector
9 49 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
10 39 (4.99%) Banking
11 36 (4.60%) Back Office
12 34 (4.35%) Military
13 33 (4.22%) Manufacturing
14 31 (3.96%) Telecoms
15 29 (3.71%) Legal
16 23 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (1.92%) Financial Institution
19 14 (1.79%) Local Government
20 12 (1.53%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 218 (27.88%) Analyst
2 129 (16.50%) Senior
3 123 (15.73%) Data Analyst
4 82 (10.49%) Lead
5 77 (9.85%) Developer
6 66 (8.44%) Data Engineer
7 41 (5.24%) Consultant
8 37 (4.73%) Senior Analyst
9 34 (4.35%) Software Engineer
10 30 (3.84%) Data Scientist
11 29 (3.71%) Data Manager
12 28 (3.58%) Senior Data Analyst
13 27 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 26 (3.32%) Analytics Manager
15 20 (2.56%) Data Consultant
15 20 (2.56%) Performance Analyst
16 19 (2.43%) Architect
16 19 (2.43%) Power BI Analyst
17 18 (2.30%) Automation Engineer
18 17 (2.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.22%) PySpark
2 26 (3.32%) .NET
3 21 (2.69%) Pandas
3 21 (2.69%) React
3 21 (2.69%) Terraform
4 20 (2.56%) Kafka
5 18 (2.30%) CSS
6 15 (1.92%) PyTorch
7 14 (1.79%) REST
8 13 (1.66%) NumPy
8 13 (1.66%) scikit-learn
9 12 (1.53%) HTML
9 12 (1.53%) Streamlit
9 12 (1.53%) TensorFlow
10 10 (1.28%) AngularJS
10 10 (1.28%) jQuery
11 9 (1.15%) Ajax
11 9 (1.15%) HTML5
11 9 (1.15%) LESS
11 9 (1.15%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.80%) Onboarding
2 57 (7.29%) Management Information System
3 38 (4.86%) Algorithms
4 32 (4.09%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.20%) SCADA
6 22 (2.81%) Cloud Native
7 21 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 19 (2.43%) Blog
9 16 (2.05%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.41%) NHS
12 11 (1.41%) Robotics
13 10 (1.28%) AI Agents
14 9 (1.15%) Educational Technology
14 9 (1.15%) Social Media
15 8 (1.02%) Clustering
15 8 (1.02%) IoT
16 7 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.53%) Linux
2 6 (0.77%) Windows
3 3 (0.38%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.38%) Unix
3 3 (0.38%) 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
1 444 (56.78%) Data Visualisation
2 438 (56.01%) Business Intelligence
3 412 (52.69%) Analytics
4 298 (38.11%) Decision-Making
5 250 (31.97%) Problem-Solving
6 243 (31.07%) AI
7 205 (26.21%) Actionable Insight
8 198 (25.32%) Data Analysis
9 192 (24.55%) Data Modelling
10 171 (21.87%) Machine Learning
11 162 (20.72%) Agile
12 159 (20.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 157 (20.08%) Data Science
14 134 (17.14%) Data Engineering
15 127 (16.24%) Stakeholder Management
16 126 (16.11%) Data Governance
17 115 (14.71%) Dashboard Development
18 110 (14.07%) Data Analytics
19 103 (13.17%) Data Pipeline
20 95 (12.15%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 410 (52.43%) SQL
2 328 (41.94%) Python
3 53 (6.78%) R
4 52 (6.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 44 (5.63%) C#
6 41 (5.24%) JavaScript
7 29 (3.71%) TypeScript
8 21 (2.69%) Java
9 20 (2.56%) C++
10 19 (2.43%) Scala
11 18 (2.30%) Ladder Logic
12 15 (1.92%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (1.02%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.90%) C
15 5 (0.64%) Bash
15 5 (0.64%) Go
15 5 (0.64%) Rust
15 5 (0.64%) VBA
16 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 169 (21.61%) Degree
2 91 (11.64%) Security Cleared
3 61 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.56%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.92%) Numerate Degree
7 14 (1.79%) HND
7 14 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.66%) HNC
9 12 (1.53%) Chartered Engineer
9 12 (1.53%) Postgraduate
10 10 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.15%) PhD
12 8 (1.02%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.51%) ACCA
13 4 (0.51%) CIMA
14 3 (0.38%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.26%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (28.52%) Data Quality
2 43 (5.50%) GDPR
3 28 (3.58%) Accessibility
4 25 (3.20%) QA
5 15 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
5 15 (1.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 14 (1.79%) IEC 61131
7 6 (0.77%) PMO
8 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.51%) NEBOSH
8 4 (0.51%) NIST
8 4 (0.51%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.13%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.13%) PERC
10 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (3.32%) Docker
2 5 (0.64%) 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 29 (3.71%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.64%) Ansible
2 5 (0.64%) EnCase
2 5 (0.64%) FTK
3 2 (0.26%) Kibana
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.13%) Consul
4 1 (0.13%) Grafana
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
1 156 (19.95%) Microsoft
2 78 (9.97%) Databricks
3 65 (8.31%) Google
4 23 (2.94%) Siemens
5 20 (2.56%) SAP
6 12 (1.53%) Oracle
7 11 (1.41%) YouTube
8 10 (1.28%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.02%) SYSPRO
10 7 (0.90%) Informatica
10 7 (0.90%) MicroStrategy
11 6 (0.77%) Alteryx
11 6 (0.77%) CA Agile Central
12 5 (0.64%) AVEVA
12 5 (0.64%) Cellebrite
12 5 (0.64%) Foundry
12 5 (0.64%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.64%) Nuix
12 5 (0.64%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.64%) Relativity