Visualisation Job Trends

Visualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Visualisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 104 135
Rank change year-on-year -45 +31 -34
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 1,047 1,872 1,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.13% 2.41% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 2.98% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 525 777 1,142
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,400 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £88,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £57,000 £50,238
% change year-on-year -13.16% +13.46% +0.48%

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 43,561 62,745 58,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.66% 80.90% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 24,438 36,124 43,818
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Visualisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Visualisation 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -35 863 £55,317 -11.49% 1,009
UK excluding London -67 561 £49,500 -13.16% 733
London -13 409 £65,000 -13.33% 531
Work from Home -51 309 £57,500 -11.54% 489
South East 0 150 £49,500 -23.85% 374
Scotland -32 108 £74,870 -0.17% 30
Midlands +32 104 £45,000 -10.00% 98
North of England -26 99 £47,500 -13.08% 107
South West +2 62 £47,500 -13.64% 62
North West -28 61 £48,000 -12.40% 75
West Midlands +38 54 £53,500 -9.01% 59
East Midlands +30 50 £42,500 -5.56% 37
East of England -17 33 £60,394 -1.40% 58
Yorkshire -4 28 £48,750 -12.16% 27
North East +15 10 £42,500 -19.05% 6
Wales +7 6 £44,000 -7.37% 7
Northern Ireland +13 1 - - 10

Visualisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 67 (6.40%) Apache Spark
2 24 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.72%) Apache
3 18 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.62%) Confluence
5 8 (0.76%) Camunda
5 8 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.67%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.67%) SAS
7 5 (0.48%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.38%) Apache Synapse
8 4 (0.38%) CMS
8 4 (0.38%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.19%) R Markdown
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
10 1 (0.096%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.096%) Drupal
10 1 (0.096%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 162 (15.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.81%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.86%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.76%) SOLIDWORKS
7 7 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.29%) Civil 3D
9 3 (0.29%) Navisworks
9 3 (0.29%) Revit
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.19%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.19%) Maya
10 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.19%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.19%) Sketch
10 2 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.29%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.29%) Bloomberg AIM
7 2 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.19%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.19%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 1 (0.096%) Actimize
8 1 (0.096%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.096%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.096%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 479 (45.75%) Power Platform
2 251 (23.97%) Azure
3 183 (17.48%) AWS
4 92 (8.79%) GCP
5 78 (7.45%) Snowflake
6 64 (6.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 59 (5.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 43 (4.11%) Amazon S3
9 36 (3.44%) Power Automate
10 35 (3.34%) Google Analytics
11 30 (2.87%) Vertex AI
12 26 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
12 26 (2.48%) PowerApps
13 23 (2.20%) Serverless
14 21 (2.01%) Fivetran
14 21 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (1.81%) Amazon ELB
16 19 (1.81%) SaaS
17 18 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.76%) WAN
2 7 (0.67%) LAN
3 6 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.48%) Firewall
4 5 (0.48%) Internet
5 4 (0.38%) DNS
6 3 (0.29%) DHCP
6 3 (0.29%) HTTP
6 3 (0.29%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.19%) Profibus
7 2 (0.19%) TETRA
8 1 (0.096%) CHAP
8 1 (0.096%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.096%) Modbus
8 1 (0.096%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.096%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.096%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 477 (45.56%) Power BI
2 252 (24.07%) Tableau
3 94 (8.98%) Data Warehouse
4 89 (8.50%) SQL Server
5 64 (6.11%) BigQuery
6 54 (5.16%) Big Data
6 54 (5.16%) NoSQL
7 53 (5.06%) Data Lake
7 53 (5.06%) Metadata
8 51 (4.87%) Data Mining
9 47 (4.49%) Looker
10 43 (4.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 37 (3.53%) Amazon Redshift
12 34 (3.25%) Relational Database
13 33 (3.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 28 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
14 28 (2.67%) Spark SQL
15 23 (2.20%) Delta Lake
16 22 (2.10%) Hadoop
17 21 (2.01%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (3.72%) JIRA
2 26 (2.48%) Git
3 22 (2.10%) MLflow
4 18 (1.72%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.53%) JUnit
6 10 (0.96%) Visual Studio
7 9 (0.86%) Cypress.io
7 9 (0.86%) webpack
8 7 (0.67%) Vite
9 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.38%) Spinnaker
11 3 (0.29%) eCATT
11 3 (0.29%) Postman
11 3 (0.29%) Selenium
11 3 (0.29%) Subversion
12 2 (0.19%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.19%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 1 (0.096%) Gatling
13 1 (0.096%) GitLab
13 1 (0.096%) RStudio
General
1 445 (42.50%) Finance
2 399 (38.11%) Social Skills
3 364 (34.77%) Analytical Skills
4 278 (26.55%) Law
5 193 (18.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 146 (13.94%) Marketing
7 135 (12.89%) Banking
8 104 (9.93%) Retail
9 49 (4.68%) Public Sector
10 44 (4.20%) Legal
11 35 (3.34%) Manufacturing
12 33 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (2.58%) Front Office
14 25 (2.39%) Advertising
15 24 (2.29%) Games
16 22 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
17 20 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
17 20 (1.91%) French Language
18 17 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
19 16 (1.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 288 (27.51%) Analyst
2 221 (21.11%) Senior
3 153 (14.61%) Lead
4 143 (13.66%) Developer
5 135 (12.89%) Software Engineer
6 129 (12.32%) Data Analyst
7 92 (8.79%) Data Engineer
8 66 (6.30%) Java Engineer
8 66 (6.30%) Java Software Engineer
9 53 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
10 45 (4.30%) Data Scientist
11 44 (4.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 36 (3.44%) Business Analyst
12 36 (3.44%) Python Engineer
13 35 (3.34%) Python Software Engineer
13 35 (3.34%) Senior Developer
14 31 (2.96%) Data Manager
14 31 (2.96%) Senior Data Engineer
15 30 (2.87%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 29 (2.77%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (7.16%) React
2 69 (6.59%) PySpark
3 56 (5.35%) Spring
4 50 (4.78%) CSS
5 48 (4.58%) Kafka
6 42 (4.01%) Pandas
7 38 (3.63%) NumPy
8 37 (3.53%) scikit-learn
9 34 (3.25%) Spring Boot
10 33 (3.15%) REST
11 31 (2.96%) HTML
12 28 (2.67%) PyTorch
12 28 (2.67%) TensorFlow
13 24 (2.29%) Web Services
14 22 (2.10%) AngularJS
15 21 (2.01%) Django
15 21 (2.01%) Keras
16 20 (1.91%) Flask
16 20 (1.91%) Lambda Expressions
16 20 (1.91%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 178 (17.00%) Algorithms
2 40 (3.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 30 (2.87%) Cloud Native
4 29 (2.77%) Data Structures
5 28 (2.67%) Onboarding
6 24 (2.29%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.29%) Product Ownership
7 21 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
8 20 (1.91%) FMCG
9 19 (1.81%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.15%) Fixed Income
13 12 (1.15%) Social Media
14 10 (0.96%) Derivative
15 9 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (0.86%) Reinsurance
16 8 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 7 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.67%) Unix
2 10 (0.96%) Linux
3 7 (0.67%) Windows
4 6 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (47.76%) Data Visualisation
2 475 (45.37%) Business Intelligence
3 454 (43.36%) Analytics
4 334 (31.90%) Decision-Making
5 328 (31.33%) Agile
6 306 (29.23%) Problem-Solving
7 252 (24.07%) Machine Learning
8 247 (23.59%) Artificial Intelligence
9 239 (22.83%) Data Science
10 217 (20.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 212 (20.25%) Data Analysis
12 197 (18.82%) Actionable Insight
13 195 (18.62%) CI/CD
14 177 (16.91%) ETL
15 174 (16.62%) Software Engineering
16 173 (16.52%) Data Modelling
17 151 (14.42%) DevOps
18 147 (14.04%) Data Engineering
19 137 (13.09%) Data Analytics
19 137 (13.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 512 (48.90%) SQL
2 402 (38.40%) Python
3 117 (11.17%) Java
4 84 (8.02%) JavaScript
5 61 (5.83%) R
6 47 (4.49%) TypeScript
7 40 (3.82%) C#
7 40 (3.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 32 (3.06%) T-SQL
9 19 (1.81%) PowerShell
10 17 (1.62%) Scala
11 14 (1.34%) VBA
12 11 (1.05%) Bash
12 11 (1.05%) C++
13 9 (0.86%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.67%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.38%) PHP
16 3 (0.29%) Bicep
16 3 (0.29%) PROC SQL
16 3 (0.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 258 (24.64%) Degree
2 61 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 58 (5.54%) Master's Degree
4 43 (4.11%) Security Cleared
5 34 (3.25%) SC Cleared
6 31 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (2.58%) PhD
8 21 (2.01%) CISM
8 21 (2.01%) CISSP
9 19 (1.81%) Azure Certification
9 19 (1.81%) CISA
10 18 (1.72%) DBS Check
11 15 (1.43%) ACCA
11 15 (1.43%) CIMA
12 11 (1.05%) CRISC
13 10 (0.96%) Numerate Degree
14 7 (0.67%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.57%) CCNP
15 6 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (0.38%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (13.47%) Data Quality
2 63 (6.02%) GDPR
3 57 (5.44%) QA
4 44 (4.20%) Accessibility
5 29 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.43%) NIST
7 14 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (1.05%) COBIT
8 11 (1.05%) GRC
8 11 (1.05%) ITGC
9 10 (0.96%) IEC 61131
10 7 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.38%) ISO 19650
12 2 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.19%) IFRS
12 2 (0.19%) WCAG
13 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.096%) ISO 9000
13 1 (0.096%) PMO
13 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
System Software
1 54 (5.16%) Docker
2 7 (0.67%) HDFS
3 5 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.38%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.29%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 80 (7.64%) Kubernetes
2 70 (6.69%) Terraform
3 20 (1.91%) Kubeflow
4 15 (1.43%) Ansible
5 14 (1.34%) Grafana
6 7 (0.67%) Kibana
7 6 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.38%) CASB
8 4 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.38%) RSA Archer
9 3 (0.29%) logstash
9 3 (0.29%) Oozie
10 1 (0.096%) Nessus
10 1 (0.096%) SCCM
Vendors
1 258 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 118 (11.27%) Databricks
3 115 (10.98%) Google
4 69 (6.59%) Oracle
5 47 (4.49%) SAP
6 33 (3.15%) Salesforce
7 32 (3.06%) OpenAI
8 26 (2.48%) Splunk
9 21 (2.01%) Alteryx
10 19 (1.81%) ServiceNow
11 15 (1.43%) Dynatrace
12 14 (1.34%) Informatica
13 13 (1.24%) Adobe
13 13 (1.24%) Anaplan
14 11 (1.05%) Adaptive Insights
14 11 (1.05%) Workday
15 10 (0.96%) IBM
16 9 (0.86%) Cognos
17 7 (0.67%) Cisco
17 7 (0.67%) Sage