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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 119 111
Rank change year-on-year -50 -8 +17
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 846 1,357 1,518
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.43% 2.45% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 2.73% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 456 700 959
10th Percentile £36,575 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £99,375 £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 48,671 49,754 47,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.04% 89.85% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 28,569 24,792 36,014
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £42,631
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 £80,000
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% -3.67%

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 29 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 29 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 -50 758 £60,000 -7.69% 1,395
UK excluding London -24 465 £50,000 -9.09% 1,150
London -57 323 £70,000 -12.50% 389
Work from Home -34 278 £57,500 -17.86% 542
South East +22 175 £55,000 -15.38% 347
North of England -32 93 £45,000 -7.22% 221
Midlands -6 79 £45,000 -20.00% 202
North West +5 52 £43,750 -16.67% 108
West Midlands -4 49 £52,250 -7.11% 111
South West -23 42 £50,000 +8.70% 135
East of England +16 33 £57,500 -11.54% 159
Yorkshire -23 32 £45,000 - 96
Scotland -31 32 £57,500 +1.75% 62
East Midlands -18 30 £42,500 -24.78% 82
North East +10 9 £62,500 -7.41% 18
Wales -6 7 £41,250 -13.16% 32
Northern Ireland -8 5 - - 13

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 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.19%) Confluence
3 26 (3.07%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (2.25%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.77%) Apache
6 6 (0.71%) WordPress
7 5 (0.59%) IIS
7 5 (0.59%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.47%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.35%) CMS
9 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.35%) SAS
10 2 (0.24%) Apache Synapse
10 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.24%) R Markdown
10 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 205 (24.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.77%) AutoCAD
4 13 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.42%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.95%) SOLIDWORKS
7 6 (0.71%) Trello
8 4 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.35%) 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 (6.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.77%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.47%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.24%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.12%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 429 (50.71%) Power Platform
2 205 (24.23%) Azure
3 79 (9.34%) AWS
4 76 (8.98%) GCP
5 70 (8.27%) Azure Data Factory
5 70 (8.27%) Azure DevOps
6 68 (8.04%) Snowflake
7 47 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 38 (4.49%) Power Automate
9 37 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (3.66%) PowerApps
11 25 (2.96%) GitHub
12 24 (2.84%) Google Analytics
13 22 (2.60%) dbt
14 20 (2.36%) Figma
14 20 (2.36%) Fivetran
15 19 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
16 18 (2.13%) Adobe Analytics
17 16 (1.89%) SaaS
17 16 (1.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.83%) Firewall
2 5 (0.59%) LAN
2 5 (0.59%) WAN
3 4 (0.47%) Modbus
3 4 (0.47%) MQTT
3 4 (0.47%) 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
1 427 (50.47%) Power BI
2 186 (21.99%) Tableau
3 86 (10.17%) SQL Server
4 60 (7.09%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (5.91%) BigQuery
6 48 (5.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 47 (5.56%) Looker
8 41 (4.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 36 (4.26%) Data Lake
10 29 (3.43%) Amazon Redshift
11 25 (2.96%) Metadata
12 23 (2.72%) BusinessObjects
13 22 (2.60%) MySQL
13 22 (2.60%) NoSQL
14 21 (2.48%) Big Data
15 19 (2.25%) Power Query
16 18 (2.13%) Data Mining
16 18 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 15 (1.77%) Hadoop
17 15 (1.77%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 88 (10.40%) JIRA
2 50 (5.91%) eCATT
3 25 (2.96%) Git
4 22 (2.60%) NeoLoad
5 6 (0.71%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.59%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.47%) GitLab
8 3 (0.35%) MLflow
9 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 343 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 319 (37.71%) Finance
3 318 (37.59%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (18.09%) Marketing
5 91 (10.76%) Manufacturing
6 84 (9.93%) Presentation Skills
7 76 (8.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 72 (8.51%) Influencing Skills
9 70 (8.27%) Law
10 43 (5.08%) Banking
10 43 (5.08%) Public Sector
11 38 (4.49%) Legal
12 36 (4.26%) Retail
13 33 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
14 30 (3.55%) Front Office
15 25 (2.96%) Advertising
15 25 (2.96%) Pharmaceutical
16 19 (2.25%) French Language
17 18 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (1.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 262 (30.97%) Analyst
2 161 (19.03%) Senior
3 119 (14.07%) Developer
4 114 (13.48%) Data Analyst
5 76 (8.98%) Lead
6 62 (7.33%) Data Engineer
7 51 (6.03%) Senior Analyst
8 44 (5.20%) Data Scientist
9 36 (4.26%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 30 (3.55%) Insight Analyst
11 27 (3.19%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 25 (2.96%) Senior Developer
12 25 (2.96%) Senior Manager
13 24 (2.84%) Commercial Analyst
13 24 (2.84%) Data Manager
13 24 (2.84%) Performance Analyst
14 22 (2.60%) React Developer
15 21 (2.48%) Junior
15 21 (2.48%) Test Analyst
16 20 (2.36%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.37%) React
2 29 (3.43%) PySpark
3 23 (2.72%) WebSockets
4 20 (2.36%) CSS
4 20 (2.36%) FIX Protocol
4 20 (2.36%) Highcharts JS
4 20 (2.36%) OpenFin
5 17 (2.01%) Kafka
6 16 (1.89%) HTML5 Canvas
6 16 (1.89%) REST
7 14 (1.65%) Pandas
7 14 (1.65%) scikit-learn
8 13 (1.54%) JSON
9 12 (1.42%) HTML
9 12 (1.42%) NumPy
10 11 (1.30%) PyTorch
11 10 (1.18%) Flask
12 8 (0.95%) FastAPI
12 8 (0.95%) TensorFlow
13 7 (0.83%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 44 (5.20%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (4.14%) Algorithms
4 31 (3.66%) Management Information System
5 29 (3.43%) Product Ownership
6 28 (3.31%) Cloud Native
7 26 (3.07%) Fixed Income
7 26 (3.07%) Onboarding
8 24 (2.84%) Blog
9 18 (2.13%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.54%) Low-Code
11 12 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.42%) FMCG
11 12 (1.42%) Reinsurance
12 10 (1.18%) IoT
13 8 (0.95%) Social Media
14 7 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
15 6 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
15 6 (0.71%) SCADA
16 5 (0.59%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.42%) Linux
2 10 (1.18%) Windows
3 9 (1.06%) Unix
4 6 (0.71%) Android
5 4 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 466 (55.08%) Data Visualisation
2 443 (52.36%) Business Intelligence
3 415 (49.05%) Analytics
4 292 (34.52%) Decision-Making
5 243 (28.72%) Problem-Solving
6 203 (24.00%) Data Analysis
7 178 (21.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 176 (20.80%) Actionable Insight
9 175 (20.69%) AI
10 166 (19.62%) Data Science
11 163 (19.27%) Agile
12 153 (18.09%) ETL
13 148 (17.49%) Data Modelling
14 132 (15.60%) Data Analytics
15 123 (14.54%) Machine Learning
16 119 (14.07%) Data Management
17 118 (13.95%) Data Engineering
18 99 (11.70%) DevOps
19 97 (11.47%) Project Management
20 95 (11.23%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 420 (49.65%) SQL
2 326 (38.53%) Python
3 65 (7.68%) JavaScript
4 61 (7.21%) R
5 53 (6.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 23 (2.72%) VBA
7 19 (2.25%) C#
7 19 (2.25%) Java
8 15 (1.77%) Scala
9 13 (1.54%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.30%) T-SQL
10 11 (1.30%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.95%) Bash
12 5 (0.59%) C++
13 4 (0.47%) ANSI SQL
13 4 (0.47%) Ruby
14 3 (0.35%) Bicep
14 3 (0.35%) Go
14 3 (0.35%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.24%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 280 (33.10%) Degree
2 55 (6.50%) Master's Degree
3 49 (5.79%) Security Cleared
4 45 (5.32%) SC Cleared
5 44 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.72%) CISSP
8 22 (2.60%) CISA
9 18 (2.13%) PhD
10 17 (2.01%) ACCA
10 17 (2.01%) CIMA
10 17 (2.01%) CISM
11 16 (1.89%) MBA
12 14 (1.65%) Numerate Degree
13 13 (1.54%) Azure Certification
14 12 (1.42%) CRISC
14 12 (1.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 9 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (1.06%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.71%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (14.66%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.56%) QA
3 31 (3.66%) Accessibility
4 27 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (3.07%) GDPR
6 20 (2.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (1.77%) NIST
8 12 (1.42%) COBIT
8 12 (1.42%) GRC
8 12 (1.42%) ITGC
9 10 (1.18%) Good Clinical Practice
9 10 (1.18%) IEC 61131
10 5 (0.59%) 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 (2.60%) Docker
2 5 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (5.91%) HP ALM
2 17 (2.01%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.65%) Terraform
4 7 (0.83%) Ansible
5 5 (0.59%) RSA Archer
6 4 (0.47%) CASB
6 4 (0.47%) Kibana
7 3 (0.35%) Argo
7 3 (0.35%) Grafana
7 3 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.24%) logstash
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 172 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 98 (11.58%) SAP
3 67 (7.92%) Databricks
4 62 (7.33%) Google
5 50 (5.91%) HP
6 32 (3.78%) Oracle
7 26 (3.07%) Salesforce
8 23 (2.72%) Adobe
9 17 (2.01%) Qualtrics
10 16 (1.89%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.18%) Adaptive Insights
11 10 (1.18%) Workday
12 8 (0.95%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.83%) Cisco
13 7 (0.83%) ESRI
13 7 (0.83%) Progress
14 5 (0.59%) BT
14 5 (0.59%) Epicor
14 5 (0.59%) Verint
14 5 (0.59%) VMware