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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 106 88
Rank change year-on-year -98 -18 +44
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 818 1,140 2,704
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.03% 2.79% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 3.00% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 550 639 1,371
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.16%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,375 £110,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,195 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.91% +5.00% +3.63%

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 60,831 38,033 77,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.64% 93.07% 86.50%
Number of salaries quoted 37,418 22,319 57,741
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%

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 April 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 April 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 -89 734 £60,000 -0.65% 455
UK excluding London -85 470 £45,195 -13.91% 379
London -82 292 £70,000 -12.50% 160
Work from Home -83 276 £60,000 +4.35% 170
North of England -63 147 £40,000 -16.67% 87
South East -21 118 £57,500 -0.86% 118
Midlands -56 87 £42,500 -22.73% 80
North West -30 84 £40,000 -17.53% 46
West Midlands -25 60 £43,250 -21.36% 37
Yorkshire -60 50 £40,000 -15.79% 26
South West -88 40 £48,373 +13.82% 42
East of England -19 37 £57,500 -16.67% 25
Scotland -48 29 £57,500 +27.78% 15
East Midlands -66 27 £40,000 -17.95% 43
North East -23 13 £37,500 -42.31% 17
Wales -19 6 £38,500 -23.00% 15
Northern Ireland -37 6 - - 9

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 54 (6.60%) Jupyter
2 43 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 42 (5.13%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (3.67%) Apache Spark
5 23 (2.81%) Confluence
6 21 (2.57%) Apache
7 8 (0.98%) WordPress
8 6 (0.73%) SAS
9 5 (0.61%) IIS
10 3 (0.37%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.37%) CMS
11 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 174 (21.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (6.60%) Chatbot
3 32 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
4 25 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.10%) CATIA
6 6 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.73%) Trello
7 5 (0.61%) Blender
7 5 (0.61%) Maya
8 4 (0.49%) 3ds Max
8 4 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.49%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.37%) CINEMA 4D
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.12%) Houdini
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.83%) SAP PM
2 9 (1.10%) SAP CO
3 7 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.61%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.49%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 395 (48.29%) Power Platform
2 196 (23.96%) Azure
3 143 (17.48%) AWS
4 80 (9.78%) Azure Data Factory
5 60 (7.33%) Cloud Computing
6 57 (6.97%) GCP
7 50 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (5.50%) Power Automate
8 45 (5.50%) PowerApps
9 44 (5.38%) Snowflake
10 40 (4.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 39 (4.77%) dbt
12 27 (3.30%) GitHub
13 26 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
14 23 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
15 22 (2.69%) Google Analytics
16 19 (2.32%) Amazon S3
17 16 (1.96%) Serverless
18 14 (1.71%) SaaS
19 13 (1.59%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.86%) Broadband
1 7 (0.86%) Modbus
2 5 (0.61%) MQTT
3 2 (0.24%) Firewall
3 2 (0.24%) Internet
3 2 (0.24%) LoRaWAN
3 2 (0.24%) Wireless
4 1 (0.12%) ADSL
4 1 (0.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 394 (48.17%) Power BI
2 143 (17.48%) Tableau
3 69 (8.44%) Data Warehouse
4 64 (7.82%) SQL Server
5 41 (5.01%) Azure SQL Database
6 36 (4.40%) Amazon Redshift
7 35 (4.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 30 (3.67%) BigQuery
9 27 (3.30%) Looker
10 26 (3.18%) Metadata
11 23 (2.81%) BusinessObjects
12 21 (2.57%) MySQL
12 21 (2.57%) Power Query
13 20 (2.44%) Big Data
13 20 (2.44%) Data Lake
14 18 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (1.96%) NoSQL
15 16 (1.96%) Relational Database
16 15 (1.83%) Data Mining
17 14 (1.71%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 54 (6.60%) Visual Studio Code
2 44 (5.38%) Git
3 35 (4.28%) JIRA
4 9 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
4 9 (1.10%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.73%) eCATT
6 5 (0.61%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.49%) GitLab
8 3 (0.37%) MLflow
8 3 (0.37%) NeoLoad
8 3 (0.37%) Vite
9 2 (0.24%) ESLint
9 2 (0.24%) Selenium
9 2 (0.24%) Storybook
10 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.12%) RStudio
10 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 303 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
2 300 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 267 (32.64%) Finance
4 99 (12.10%) Manufacturing
5 84 (10.27%) Marketing
6 82 (10.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 80 (9.78%) Retail
8 60 (7.33%) Public Sector
9 56 (6.85%) Law
10 38 (4.65%) Banking
11 34 (4.16%) Legal
12 31 (3.79%) Front Office
13 29 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
15 24 (2.93%) Pharmaceutical
16 21 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
17 19 (2.32%) Telecoms
18 16 (1.96%) Billing
19 15 (1.83%) Back Office
19 15 (1.83%) Military
Job Titles
1 164 (20.05%) Analyst
2 127 (15.53%) Developer
3 116 (14.18%) Senior
4 88 (10.76%) Data Analyst
5 65 (7.95%) Data Engineer
6 59 (7.21%) Data Scientist
7 56 (6.85%) Trainee
8 51 (6.23%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
8 51 (6.23%) Programmer
8 51 (6.23%) Trainee Programmer
9 44 (5.38%) Lead
10 40 (4.89%) Consultant
11 37 (4.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 33 (4.03%) React Developer
13 31 (3.79%) Data Manager
14 28 (3.42%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 25 (3.06%) Architect
16 24 (2.93%) Junior
17 23 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
18 22 (2.69%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (7.95%) Pandas
1 65 (7.95%) scikit-learn
2 61 (7.46%) Matplotlib
3 58 (7.09%) NumPy
4 56 (6.85%) Streamlit
5 54 (6.60%) Hugging Face
6 52 (6.36%) React
7 31 (3.79%) Kafka
8 30 (3.67%) WebSockets
9 27 (3.30%) PySpark
10 23 (2.81%) CSS
11 22 (2.69%) HTML
12 18 (2.20%) Highcharts JS
13 17 (2.08%) FIX Protocol
13 17 (2.08%) OpenFin
14 16 (1.96%) HTML5 Canvas
15 13 (1.59%) PyTorch
16 11 (1.34%) JSON
17 10 (1.22%) .NET
17 10 (1.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 87 (10.64%) Algorithms
2 47 (5.75%) Analytical Mindset
3 44 (5.38%) Management Information System
4 43 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (3.55%) Cloud Native
5 29 (3.55%) Fixed Income
6 26 (3.18%) Blog
6 26 (3.18%) Product Ownership
7 21 (2.57%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.83%) IoT
9 14 (1.71%) Social Media
10 12 (1.47%) Low-Code
11 11 (1.34%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.22%) SCADA
13 9 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 6 (0.73%) Anti-Piracy
16 6 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
17 5 (0.61%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.47%) Linux
2 9 (1.10%) Unix
3 5 (0.61%) Android
3 5 (0.61%) Windows
4 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (55.26%) Data Visualisation
2 404 (49.39%) Analytics
3 401 (49.02%) Business Intelligence
4 266 (32.52%) Decision-Making
5 235 (28.73%) AI
6 228 (27.87%) Problem-Solving
7 209 (25.55%) Data Analysis
8 176 (21.52%) Machine Learning
9 165 (20.17%) Data Modelling
10 151 (18.46%) Data Science
11 142 (17.36%) ETL
12 138 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 133 (16.26%) Actionable Insight
14 132 (16.14%) Agile
15 117 (14.30%) Data Management
16 115 (14.06%) Data Analytics
17 113 (13.81%) Data Governance
18 104 (12.71%) Data Engineering
19 92 (11.25%) Dashboard Development
20 91 (11.12%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 367 (44.87%) SQL
2 352 (43.03%) Python
3 83 (10.15%) JavaScript
4 65 (7.95%) R
5 63 (7.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 38 (4.65%) VBA
7 32 (3.91%) Java
8 30 (3.67%) C#
9 28 (3.42%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.96%) Scala
11 13 (1.59%) C++
12 12 (1.47%) Bash
13 9 (1.10%) MATLAB
14 7 (0.86%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.73%) Julia
16 5 (0.61%) C
16 5 (0.61%) PowerShell
16 5 (0.61%) Ruby
16 5 (0.61%) VB
16 5 (0.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 212 (25.92%) Degree
2 66 (8.07%) Security Cleared
3 60 (7.33%) AWS Certification
4 54 (6.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 53 (6.48%) SC Cleared
6 37 (4.52%) Master's Degree
7 26 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (2.57%) DBS Check
10 19 (2.32%) MBA
11 17 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (1.71%) Azure Certification
13 13 (1.59%) APMP
14 12 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (1.22%) DV Cleared
16 9 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
17 7 (0.86%) PhD
18 6 (0.73%) ACCA
18 6 (0.73%) CIMA
19 5 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (17.73%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.55%) GDPR
3 27 (3.30%) Accessibility
4 26 (3.18%) QA
5 24 (2.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.22%) Good Clinical Practice
7 9 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 5 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.61%) PMO
9 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.24%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.24%) NIST
10 1 (0.12%) EMIR
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.12%) MiFID
System Software
1 19 (2.32%) Docker
2 6 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.12%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (2.08%) Terraform
2 14 (1.71%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.98%) Grafana
3 8 (0.98%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.73%) HP ALM
5 5 (0.61%) SCCM
6 3 (0.37%) Ansible
6 3 (0.37%) Argo
7 2 (0.24%) Kibana
7 2 (0.24%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.24%) logstash
7 2 (0.24%) MOM
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 193 (23.59%) Microsoft
2 62 (7.58%) SAP
3 50 (6.11%) Google
4 44 (5.38%) Databricks
5 25 (3.06%) Oracle
6 21 (2.57%) Adobe
7 20 (2.44%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.20%) IBM
9 11 (1.34%) Qualtrics
10 10 (1.22%) Alteryx
11 8 (0.98%) Informatica
12 6 (0.73%) Cognos
12 6 (0.73%) HP
12 6 (0.73%) Talend
12 6 (0.73%) VMware
13 5 (0.61%) BT
13 5 (0.61%) Epicor
13 5 (0.61%) Infor
13 5 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.61%) Snow