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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 145 100
Rank change year-on-year -150 -45 +45
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 692 1,107 2,058
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 2.22% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 2.49% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 431 574 863
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,800 £37,900
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,375 £93,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £56,509
% change year-on-year -10.00% -11.52% +8.67%

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 79,759 44,399 67,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.84% 80.67%
Number of salaries quoted 55,200 25,247 42,330
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -122 636 £50,000 -9.09% 370
UK excluding London -140 395 £45,000 -10.00% 208
London -118 255 £70,000 +7.69% 208
Work from Home -90 214 £55,000 -4.35% 134
North of England -26 146 £42,500 -11.46% 49
North West +18 103 £40,000 -16.67% 24
Midlands -53 82 £47,500 +5.56% 25
South East -94 75 £46,500 -7.00% 45
South West -93 44 £42,500 -10.53% 53
West Midlands -43 42 £40,000 -25.50% 13
East Midlands -32 40 £70,000 +64.71% 12
Yorkshire -35 33 £52,500 - 21
Wales -44 21 £66,000 +50.00% 9
East of England -45 15 £62,500 +3.49% 12
North East -62 10 £49,630 +16.78% 4
Scotland -80 10 £100,000 +42.86% 14
Northern Ireland -80 2 - - 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 17 (2.46%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.30%) SAS
4 7 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.01%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.58%) Apache
5 4 (0.58%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.29%) IIS
6 2 (0.29%) WinCC
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.14%) Appian
7 1 (0.14%) CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Confluence
7 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 99 (14.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.30%) Chatbot
3 9 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.87%) EPLAN
5 5 (0.72%) Blender
6 4 (0.58%) CATIA
6 4 (0.58%) Maya
7 3 (0.43%) 3ds Max
7 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.43%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.29%) Lightworks
8 2 (0.29%) Revit
8 2 (0.29%) Windchill
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.02%) SAP PM
2 3 (0.43%) 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
1 351 (50.72%) Power Platform
2 164 (23.70%) Azure
3 119 (17.20%) AWS
4 66 (9.54%) GCP
5 47 (6.79%) dbt
6 36 (5.20%) Snowflake
7 33 (4.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 33 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (4.48%) SaaS
9 28 (4.05%) Google Analytics
10 23 (3.32%) Power Automate
11 21 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
12 20 (2.89%) PowerApps
13 19 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
14 17 (2.46%) Azure Machine Learning
15 13 (1.88%) GitHub
16 11 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (1.59%) Dataform
16 11 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
17 9 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.16%) Profibus
2 7 (1.01%) Broadband
3 6 (0.87%) 5G
3 6 (0.87%) Internet
4 4 (0.58%) Modbus
4 4 (0.58%) MQTT
5 2 (0.29%) HTTP
5 2 (0.29%) Network Security
5 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.29%) VLAN
6 1 (0.14%) AMQP
6 1 (0.14%) Intranet
6 1 (0.14%) PPP
6 1 (0.14%) VoIP
6 1 (0.14%) Wireless
6 1 (0.14%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 351 (50.72%) Power BI
2 176 (25.43%) Tableau
3 72 (10.40%) Data Warehouse
4 61 (8.82%) Looker
5 36 (5.20%) SQL Server
6 35 (5.06%) Power Query
7 27 (3.90%) Data Lake
8 25 (3.61%) Data Mining
8 25 (3.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 24 (3.47%) Metadata
10 21 (3.03%) Amazon QuickSight
10 21 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 20 (2.89%) Big Data
11 20 (2.89%) BigQuery
12 16 (2.31%) GIS
13 13 (1.88%) QlikView
13 13 (1.88%) Relational Database
14 12 (1.73%) Star Schema
15 11 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
16 10 (1.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (4.19%) Git
2 8 (1.16%) JIRA
3 7 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
4 6 (0.87%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.58%) Vite
6 3 (0.43%) GitLab
6 3 (0.43%) MLflow
6 3 (0.43%) Selenium
7 2 (0.29%) ERwin
7 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.14%) CocoaPods
8 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.14%) ESLint
8 1 (0.14%) fastlane
8 1 (0.14%) RStudio
8 1 (0.14%) Storybook
8 1 (0.14%) Xcode
8 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 317 (45.81%) Analytical Skills
2 290 (41.91%) Social Skills
3 230 (33.24%) Finance
4 83 (11.99%) Marketing
5 73 (10.55%) Retail
6 70 (10.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 69 (9.97%) Law
8 46 (6.65%) Public Sector
9 41 (5.92%) Back Office
10 39 (5.64%) Military
11 35 (5.06%) Telecoms
12 34 (4.91%) Manufacturing
13 33 (4.77%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (4.19%) Banking
15 22 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (2.17%) Financial Institution
18 13 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
18 13 (1.88%) Legal
19 11 (1.59%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 187 (27.02%) Analyst
2 120 (17.34%) Senior
3 103 (14.88%) Data Analyst
4 66 (9.54%) Lead
5 63 (9.10%) Developer
6 53 (7.66%) Data Engineer
7 41 (5.92%) Data Scientist
8 35 (5.06%) Consultant
8 35 (5.06%) Data Manager
9 33 (4.77%) Analytics Manager
9 33 (4.77%) Senior Analyst
10 32 (4.62%) Software Engineer
11 24 (3.47%) Senior Data Analyst
12 21 (3.03%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 21 (3.03%) Performance Analyst
13 20 (2.89%) Architect
14 19 (2.75%) Data Consultant
14 19 (2.75%) Power BI Analyst
15 16 (2.31%) Head of Business Intelligence
16 15 (2.17%) Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.61%) .NET
2 24 (3.47%) React
3 23 (3.32%) PySpark
4 22 (3.18%) scikit-learn
4 22 (3.18%) Terraform
5 21 (3.03%) Pandas
6 18 (2.60%) CSS
7 17 (2.46%) PyTorch
7 17 (2.46%) Streamlit
8 16 (2.31%) Matplotlib
9 15 (2.17%) Kafka
10 14 (2.02%) HTML
11 13 (1.88%) NumPy
12 12 (1.73%) REST
13 11 (1.59%) jQuery
13 11 (1.59%) TensorFlow
14 10 (1.45%) Ajax
14 10 (1.45%) CSS3
14 10 (1.45%) HTML5
14 10 (1.45%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.36%) Algorithms
2 40 (5.78%) Management Information System
3 39 (5.64%) Onboarding
4 30 (4.34%) Product Ownership
5 22 (3.18%) Cloud Native
6 21 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (2.89%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.17%) Blog
8 15 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.73%) SCADA
9 12 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.59%) NHS
11 9 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.30%) Social Media
12 8 (1.16%) Clustering
12 8 (1.16%) Educational Technology
12 8 (1.16%) IoT
13 7 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.30%) Linux
2 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.43%) Unix
2 3 (0.43%) Windows
3 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.14%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (56.65%) Data Visualisation
2 376 (54.34%) Analytics
3 375 (54.19%) Business Intelligence
4 256 (36.99%) Decision-Making
5 212 (30.64%) AI
6 206 (29.77%) Problem-Solving
7 175 (25.29%) Data Modelling
8 172 (24.86%) Data Analysis
9 169 (24.42%) Actionable Insight
10 163 (23.55%) Machine Learning
11 158 (22.83%) Data Science
12 139 (20.09%) Agile
13 117 (16.91%) Data Governance
14 115 (16.62%) Continuous Improvement
15 111 (16.04%) Data Engineering
16 97 (14.02%) Dashboard Development
17 96 (13.87%) Data Analytics
18 91 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
19 88 (12.72%) Data-Driven Decision Making
20 85 (12.28%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 355 (51.30%) SQL
2 296 (42.77%) Python
3 46 (6.65%) JavaScript
3 46 (6.65%) R
4 42 (6.07%) C#
5 41 (5.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 31 (4.48%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.31%) C++
8 15 (2.17%) Java
8 15 (2.17%) T-SQL
9 13 (1.88%) Scala
10 8 (1.16%) Ladder Logic
11 6 (0.87%) C
11 6 (0.87%) Julia
12 5 (0.72%) Go
12 5 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.72%) Rust
12 5 (0.72%) VBA
13 4 (0.58%) Bash
13 4 (0.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 142 (20.52%) Degree
2 71 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 43 (6.21%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.31%) DBS Check
5 15 (2.17%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.73%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.73%) Numerate Degree
8 11 (1.59%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.30%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.30%) Postgraduate
10 7 (1.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (1.01%) HNC
10 7 (1.01%) HND
11 6 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.43%) ACCA
12 3 (0.43%) CIMA
12 3 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (25.29%) Data Quality
2 42 (6.07%) GDPR
3 35 (5.06%) QA
4 27 (3.90%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 8 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.72%) IEC 61131
7 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.72%) NIST
7 5 (0.72%) PMO
8 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 4 (0.58%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.14%) PERC
10 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (3.03%) Docker
2 5 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (3.18%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.58%) Ansible
3 3 (0.43%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.29%) Grafana
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) Consul
5 1 (0.14%) MOM
5 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.14%) SCCM
5 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 124 (17.92%) Microsoft
2 61 (8.82%) Databricks
3 59 (8.53%) Google
4 25 (3.61%) SAP
5 13 (1.88%) Oracle
6 10 (1.45%) Siemens
7 8 (1.16%) SYSPRO
8 7 (1.01%) Informatica
8 7 (1.01%) MicroStrategy
8 7 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.87%) IBM
10 5 (0.72%) Alteryx
10 5 (0.72%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.58%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (0.58%) Cognos
11 4 (0.58%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.58%) YouTube
12 3 (0.43%) Adobe
12 3 (0.43%) Cognizant
12 3 (0.43%) Foundry