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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 154 102
Rank change year-on-year -142 -52 +42
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 704 1,051 1,910
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 2.13% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 2.41% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 430 531 791
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £39,196 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £55,233 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% -11.63% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -12.28% +13.46%

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 81,075 43,637 63,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.98% 88.47% 80.58%
Number of salaries quoted 56,400 24,673 38,159
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,700 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -4.74%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 -118 646 £51,356 -6.63% 1,021
UK excluding London -138 408 £45,000 -10.00% 570
London -111 255 £70,000 +7.69% 601
Work from Home -94 219 £60,924 +5.95% 364
North of England -15 148 £42,500 -11.46% 106
North West +35 109 £40,000 -17.10% 61
Midlands -54 84 £47,500 +5.56% 86
South East -89 80 £46,500 -6.06% 134
South West -94 46 £42,500 -10.53% 87
West Midlands -47 43 £45,000 -16.18% 42
East Midlands -39 41 £70,000 +64.71% 44
Yorkshire -49 29 £63,076 +20.14% 31
Wales -48 23 £66,000 +50.00% 15
East of England -57 14 £62,500 +3.49% 70
Scotland -75 12 £95,000 +26.89% 59
North East -62 10 £49,630 +16.78% 14
Northern Ireland -81 1 - - 21

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 18 (2.56%) Apache Spark
2 12 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.14%) SAS
4 6 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.57%) Apache
5 4 (0.57%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.57%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.28%) Appian
6 2 (0.28%) IIS
6 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.28%) WinCC
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.14%) CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Confluence
7 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 100 (14.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.42%) EPLAN
4 8 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.85%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.71%) Blender
7 4 (0.57%) CATIA
7 4 (0.57%) Maya
8 3 (0.43%) 3ds Max
8 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.43%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.28%) InDesign
9 2 (0.28%) Lightworks
9 2 (0.28%) Revit
9 2 (0.28%) Windchill
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.99%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.14%) Maximo
3 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 363 (51.56%) Power Platform
2 171 (24.29%) Azure
3 122 (17.33%) AWS
4 67 (9.52%) GCP
5 46 (6.53%) dbt
6 36 (5.11%) Azure Data Factory
6 36 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (4.83%) Snowflake
8 30 (4.26%) SaaS
9 28 (3.98%) Google Analytics
10 23 (3.27%) Power Automate
11 22 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
12 21 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
13 18 (2.56%) Azure Machine Learning
13 18 (2.56%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.99%) GitHub
15 12 (1.70%) Amazon S3
16 11 (1.56%) Dataform
17 9 (1.28%) Azure Databricks
17 9 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.70%) Profibus
2 7 (0.99%) Broadband
3 6 (0.85%) 5G
4 5 (0.71%) Internet
5 4 (0.57%) Modbus
5 4 (0.57%) MQTT
6 2 (0.28%) HTTP
6 2 (0.28%) Network Security
6 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.28%) VLAN
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
7 1 (0.14%) Intranet
7 1 (0.14%) PPP
7 1 (0.14%) VoIP
7 1 (0.14%) Wireless
7 1 (0.14%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 363 (51.56%) Power BI
2 180 (25.57%) Tableau
3 73 (10.37%) Data Warehouse
4 60 (8.52%) Looker
5 37 (5.26%) Power Query
5 37 (5.26%) SQL Server
6 30 (4.26%) Data Lake
7 26 (3.69%) Data Mining
7 26 (3.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 25 (3.55%) Metadata
9 22 (3.13%) Big Data
9 22 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 21 (2.98%) Amazon QuickSight
11 20 (2.84%) BigQuery
12 16 (2.27%) GIS
13 13 (1.85%) QlikView
13 13 (1.85%) Relational Database
14 12 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (1.70%) NoSQL
14 12 (1.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (4.12%) Git
2 8 (1.14%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.99%) JIRA
4 4 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.43%) GitLab
5 3 (0.43%) MLflow
5 3 (0.43%) Selenium
6 2 (0.28%) ERwin
6 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.14%) CocoaPods
7 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.14%) fastlane
7 1 (0.14%) RStudio
7 1 (0.14%) Vite
7 1 (0.14%) Xcode
7 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 327 (46.45%) Analytical Skills
2 302 (42.90%) Social Skills
3 235 (33.38%) Finance
4 81 (11.51%) Marketing
5 71 (10.09%) Law
6 70 (9.94%) Retail
7 65 (9.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (6.39%) Public Sector
9 41 (5.82%) Back Office
10 39 (5.54%) Military
11 36 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (4.97%) Telecoms
13 31 (4.40%) Manufacturing
14 30 (4.26%) Banking
15 22 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (2.13%) Financial Institution
17 15 (2.13%) Legal
17 15 (2.13%) Local Government
18 13 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 191 (27.13%) Analyst
2 117 (16.62%) Senior
3 106 (15.06%) Data Analyst
4 73 (10.37%) Lead
5 63 (8.95%) Developer
6 55 (7.81%) Data Engineer
7 40 (5.68%) Data Scientist
8 36 (5.11%) Consultant
9 35 (4.97%) Data Manager
10 33 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
11 32 (4.55%) Analytics Manager
12 30 (4.26%) Software Engineer
13 25 (3.55%) Senior Data Analyst
14 21 (2.98%) Performance Analyst
15 20 (2.84%) Architect
16 19 (2.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 17 (2.41%) Data Consultant
17 17 (2.41%) Power BI Analyst
18 16 (2.27%) Head of Business Intelligence
19 15 (2.13%) Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.55%) .NET
1 25 (3.55%) PySpark
2 22 (3.13%) Terraform
3 21 (2.98%) CSS
4 20 (2.84%) React
5 19 (2.70%) scikit-learn
6 18 (2.56%) Pandas
6 18 (2.56%) PyTorch
7 16 (2.27%) HTML
7 16 (2.27%) Kafka
8 14 (1.99%) Streamlit
9 12 (1.70%) TensorFlow
10 11 (1.56%) jQuery
10 11 (1.56%) Matplotlib
11 10 (1.42%) Ajax
11 10 (1.42%) CSS3
11 10 (1.42%) HTML5
11 10 (1.42%) LESS
11 10 (1.42%) NumPy
11 10 (1.42%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.11%) Onboarding
2 41 (5.82%) Algorithms
3 40 (5.68%) Management Information System
4 31 (4.40%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.98%) Cloud Native
6 20 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (2.56%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.27%) SCADA
9 15 (2.13%) Blog
10 12 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.56%) NHS
12 10 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.28%) Social Media
14 8 (1.14%) Clustering
14 8 (1.14%) Educational Technology
14 8 (1.14%) Robotics
15 7 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (0.99%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.28%) Linux
2 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.43%) Unix
2 3 (0.43%) Windows
3 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.14%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (56.53%) Data Visualisation
2 385 (54.69%) Business Intelligence
3 377 (53.55%) Analytics
4 264 (37.50%) Decision-Making
5 217 (30.82%) AI
5 217 (30.82%) Problem-Solving
6 182 (25.85%) Data Analysis
6 182 (25.85%) Data Modelling
7 171 (24.29%) Actionable Insight
8 161 (22.87%) Machine Learning
9 158 (22.44%) Data Science
10 142 (20.17%) Agile
11 127 (18.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 120 (17.05%) Data Governance
13 119 (16.90%) Data Engineering
14 100 (14.20%) Stakeholder Management
15 98 (13.92%) Dashboard Development
16 94 (13.35%) Data Analytics
17 91 (12.93%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 89 (12.64%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 365 (51.85%) SQL
2 302 (42.90%) Python
3 51 (7.24%) R
4 47 (6.68%) JavaScript
5 44 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 41 (5.82%) C#
7 28 (3.98%) TypeScript
8 17 (2.41%) Java
9 16 (2.27%) C++
10 15 (2.13%) Scala
10 15 (2.13%) T-SQL
11 12 (1.70%) Ladder Logic
12 6 (0.85%) C
12 6 (0.85%) Julia
12 6 (0.85%) VBA
13 5 (0.71%) Go
13 5 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.71%) Rust
14 4 (0.57%) Bash
14 4 (0.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 153 (21.73%) Degree
2 76 (10.80%) Security Cleared
3 48 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.27%) DBS Check
5 15 (2.13%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.85%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.70%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.70%) Numerate Degree
8 10 (1.42%) HNC
8 10 (1.42%) HND
8 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.42%) Postgraduate
9 9 (1.28%) Chartered Engineer
10 6 (0.85%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (0.43%) ACCA
12 3 (0.43%) CIMA
12 3 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (26.85%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.54%) GDPR
3 33 (4.69%) QA
4 26 (3.69%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (1.14%) IEC 61131
8 6 (0.85%) PMO
9 5 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.71%) NIST
10 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 4 (0.57%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.14%) GRC
12 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.14%) PERC
12 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (2.98%) Docker
2 5 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (3.27%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.57%) Ansible
3 3 (0.43%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) Consul
5 1 (0.14%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) MOM
5 1 (0.14%) SCCM
5 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 131 (18.61%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.66%) Databricks
3 58 (8.24%) Google
4 27 (3.84%) SAP
5 14 (1.99%) Siemens
6 12 (1.70%) Oracle
7 8 (1.14%) SYSPRO
8 7 (0.99%) MicroStrategy
8 7 (0.99%) Salesforce
8 7 (0.99%) YouTube
9 6 (0.85%) CA Agile Central
9 6 (0.85%) IBM
9 6 (0.85%) Informatica
10 5 (0.71%) Alteryx
10 5 (0.71%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.57%) Adobe
11 4 (0.57%) Cognos
11 4 (0.57%) Foundry
11 4 (0.57%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.43%) Cognizant