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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 124 112
Rank change year-on-year -45 -12 +14
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 870 1,363 1,452
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.50% 2.34% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 2.64% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 471 723 973
10th Percentile £36,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,411 £48,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +9.14% +0.92%
75th Percentile £74,000 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £114,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £56,509 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.94% +13.02% -

All Process and 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 48,535 51,647 46,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.52% 88.55% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 28,396 26,504 35,505
10th Percentile £28,432 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £99,899
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £54,793 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.49% +4.37% -2.51%

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 14 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 14 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 -40 783 £59,500 -8.46% 447
UK excluding London -19 483 £47,500 -15.94% 409
London -49 328 £70,000 -9.68% 129
Work from Home -25 279 £57,500 -17.86% 277
South East +22 178 £50,000 -23.08% 130
North of England -15 97 £45,000 -14.29% 74
Midlands +13 92 £45,000 -21.74% 74
North West +18 55 £42,500 -22.44% 41
West Midlands +9 53 £51,000 -9.33% 42
South West -27 42 £47,500 -5.00% 62
East Midlands -2 39 £42,500 -26.72% 31
East of England +8 33 £57,500 -11.54% 53
Yorkshire -23 32 £45,000 -5.26% 30
Scotland -28 29 £51,250 -15.98% 18
North East +1 10 £62,500 +21.95% 4
Wales -2 8 £41,250 -13.16% 9
Northern Ireland -4 5 - - 4

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 38 (4.37%) Apache Spark
2 35 (4.02%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.45%) Confluence
4 20 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.26%) Apache
6 5 (0.57%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.57%) WordPress
7 4 (0.46%) Apache Synapse
8 3 (0.34%) CMS
8 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.23%) Apache Superset
9 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.23%) R Markdown
9 2 (0.23%) SAS
9 2 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.11%) Drupal
10 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 192 (22.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.72%) AutoCAD
4 13 (1.49%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.92%) SOLIDWORKS
6 6 (0.69%) Trello
7 4 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.34%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.23%) Blender
9 2 (0.23%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.23%) Maya
9 2 (0.23%) Sketch
9 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.11%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 54 (6.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.72%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.23%) Bloomberg AIM
4 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.23%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.23%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 438 (50.34%) Power Platform
2 207 (23.79%) Azure
3 86 (9.89%) AWS
4 77 (8.85%) GCP
5 72 (8.28%) Azure DevOps
6 67 (7.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 67 (7.70%) Snowflake
7 52 (5.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 37 (4.25%) Power Automate
9 36 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (3.56%) PowerApps
11 28 (3.22%) GitHub
12 25 (2.87%) Amazon S3
12 25 (2.87%) Google Analytics
13 20 (2.30%) dbt
13 20 (2.30%) Figma
13 20 (2.30%) Fivetran
14 19 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
14 19 (2.18%) Amazon ELB
14 19 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.80%) Firewall
2 5 (0.57%) LAN
2 5 (0.57%) WAN
3 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.34%) Modbus
4 3 (0.34%) MQTT
5 2 (0.23%) Profibus
5 2 (0.23%) VPN
6 1 (0.11%) ADSL
6 1 (0.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 436 (50.11%) Power BI
2 193 (22.18%) Tableau
3 88 (10.11%) SQL Server
4 59 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
5 55 (6.32%) BigQuery
6 50 (5.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 47 (5.40%) Looker
8 42 (4.83%) Metadata
9 41 (4.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 39 (4.48%) Data Lake
11 26 (2.99%) Amazon Redshift
12 25 (2.87%) Data Mining
13 23 (2.64%) Delta Lake
14 22 (2.53%) BusinessObjects
15 21 (2.41%) MySQL
15 21 (2.41%) NoSQL
16 20 (2.30%) Spark SQL
17 19 (2.18%) DynamoDB
17 19 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 17 (1.95%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 93 (10.69%) JIRA
2 53 (6.09%) eCATT
3 22 (2.53%) MLflow
3 22 (2.53%) NeoLoad
4 20 (2.30%) Git
5 7 (0.80%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.69%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.23%) GitLab
8 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 373 (42.87%) Social Skills
2 330 (37.93%) Finance
3 327 (37.59%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (17.24%) Marketing
5 91 (10.46%) Law
5 91 (10.46%) Manufacturing
6 89 (10.23%) Presentation Skills
7 75 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 74 (8.51%) Influencing Skills
9 54 (6.21%) Retail
10 43 (4.94%) Public Sector
11 42 (4.83%) Banking
12 35 (4.02%) Legal
13 32 (3.68%) Front Office
13 32 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (2.87%) Advertising
15 20 (2.30%) French Language
16 19 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (1.84%) Games
18 14 (1.61%) Billing
Job Titles
1 282 (32.41%) Analyst
2 178 (20.46%) Senior
3 124 (14.25%) Data Analyst
4 121 (13.91%) Developer
5 83 (9.54%) Lead
6 58 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
7 55 (6.32%) Data Engineer
8 46 (5.29%) Data Scientist
9 36 (4.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 30 (3.45%) Insight Analyst
11 29 (3.33%) Operations Engineer
12 28 (3.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 26 (2.99%) Performance Analyst
14 25 (2.87%) Senior Developer
15 24 (2.76%) Commercial Analyst
15 24 (2.76%) Senior Manager
16 23 (2.64%) Machine Learning Engineer
17 22 (2.53%) React Developer
18 21 (2.41%) Test Analyst
19 20 (2.30%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.29%) PySpark
2 36 (4.14%) React
3 32 (3.68%) Pandas
4 31 (3.56%) scikit-learn
5 29 (3.33%) NumPy
6 28 (3.22%) PyTorch
7 25 (2.87%) TensorFlow
8 23 (2.64%) WebSockets
9 20 (2.30%) CSS
9 20 (2.30%) FIX Protocol
9 20 (2.30%) Highcharts JS
9 20 (2.30%) OpenFin
10 19 (2.18%) Keras
10 19 (2.18%) Lambda Expressions
10 19 (2.18%) Metaflow
10 19 (2.18%) YAML
11 17 (1.95%) Kafka
12 16 (1.84%) HTML5 Canvas
12 16 (1.84%) REST
13 13 (1.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.01%) Analytical Mindset
2 38 (4.37%) Algorithms
2 38 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 28 (3.22%) Onboarding
5 27 (3.10%) Cloud Native
6 26 (2.99%) Fixed Income
7 25 (2.87%) Management Information System
8 24 (2.76%) Blog
9 21 (2.41%) Linux Command Line
10 19 (2.18%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.38%) FMCG
11 12 (1.38%) Reinsurance
12 11 (1.26%) Low-Code
13 9 (1.03%) IoT
14 8 (0.92%) Social Media
15 7 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
16 6 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
17 5 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.22%) Unix
2 12 (1.38%) Linux
3 10 (1.15%) Windows
4 6 (0.69%) Android
5 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 462 (53.10%) Data Visualisation
2 452 (51.95%) Business Intelligence
3 412 (47.36%) Analytics
4 298 (34.25%) Decision-Making
5 247 (28.39%) Problem-Solving
6 198 (22.76%) Data Analysis
7 196 (22.53%) AI
8 188 (21.61%) Data Science
9 178 (20.46%) Agile
10 177 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 175 (20.11%) Actionable Insight
12 148 (17.01%) Machine Learning
13 144 (16.55%) Data Modelling
13 144 (16.55%) ETL
14 128 (14.71%) Data Analytics
15 118 (13.56%) Data Engineering
16 116 (13.33%) DevOps
17 112 (12.87%) Data Management
18 94 (10.80%) Computer Science
19 93 (10.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 445 (51.15%) SQL
2 339 (38.97%) Python
3 67 (7.70%) JavaScript
4 56 (6.44%) R
5 52 (5.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 22 (2.53%) C#
6 22 (2.53%) VBA
7 14 (1.61%) Java
7 14 (1.61%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.38%) T-SQL
9 11 (1.26%) Scala
10 10 (1.15%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.69%) Bash
12 5 (0.57%) C++
13 4 (0.46%) Ruby
14 3 (0.34%) Bicep
14 3 (0.34%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.23%) ABAP
15 2 (0.23%) ANSI SQL
15 2 (0.23%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 272 (31.26%) Degree
2 58 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 47 (5.40%) Security Cleared
4 46 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (4.94%) SC Cleared
6 32 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.64%) CISSP
8 22 (2.53%) CISA
9 20 (2.30%) PhD
10 19 (2.18%) CISM
11 17 (1.95%) ACCA
11 17 (1.95%) CIMA
12 15 (1.72%) Azure Certification
13 14 (1.61%) Numerate Degree
14 12 (1.38%) CRISC
14 12 (1.38%) MBA
14 12 (1.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (1.15%) DBS Check
16 9 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
17 6 (0.69%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (13.22%) Data Quality
2 50 (5.75%) QA
3 30 (3.45%) Accessibility
4 29 (3.33%) GDPR
5 27 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.84%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (1.72%) NIST
8 12 (1.38%) COBIT
8 12 (1.38%) GRC
8 12 (1.38%) ITGC
9 10 (1.15%) IEC 61131
10 5 (0.57%) PMO
11 2 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.23%) Good Clinical Practice
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.11%) EMIR
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 42 (4.83%) Docker
2 5 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (5.75%) HP ALM
2 36 (4.14%) Kubernetes
3 35 (4.02%) Terraform
4 20 (2.30%) Kubeflow
5 8 (0.92%) Ansible
6 5 (0.57%) Kibana
6 5 (0.57%) RSA Archer
7 4 (0.46%) CASB
8 3 (0.34%) Argo
8 3 (0.34%) Grafana
8 3 (0.34%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.23%) logstash
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 173 (19.89%) Microsoft
2 98 (11.26%) SAP
3 88 (10.11%) Databricks
4 78 (8.97%) Google
5 50 (5.75%) HP
6 32 (3.68%) Oracle
7 25 (2.87%) Salesforce
8 23 (2.64%) Adobe
9 20 (2.30%) Alteryx
10 17 (1.95%) Qualtrics
11 13 (1.49%) OpenAI
12 10 (1.15%) Adaptive Insights
12 10 (1.15%) Workday
13 8 (0.92%) Cisco
14 7 (0.80%) Progress
14 7 (0.80%) ServiceNow
15 6 (0.69%) ESRI
16 5 (0.57%) Epicor
16 5 (0.57%) Verint
16 5 (0.57%) VMware