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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 114 97
Rank change year-on-year -71 -17 +32
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 883 1,261 2,344
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.22% 2.72% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 2.91% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 535 660 1,368
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £33,925
25th Percentile £40,532 £45,000 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +10.44% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,390 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.54% +10.53% -0.52%

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 56,779 43,287 71,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.47% 93.48% 87.85%
Number of salaries quoted 34,177 22,512 54,463
10th Percentile £29,262 £32,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,875 £80,100 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -64 796 £60,000 -4.00% 566
UK excluding London -39 511 £45,390 -13.54% 500
London -60 318 £70,000 -15.15% 202
Work from Home -72 287 £57,500 -2.34% 178
South East +45 172 £58,750 -0.42% 145
North of England -38 134 £40,000 -20.00% 130
Midlands -40 83 £42,500 -22.73% 89
North West -19 76 £40,000 -20.00% 63
West Midlands -15 55 £44,000 -20.00% 43
South West -52 46 £47,500 +11.76% 49
Yorkshire -58 44 £40,000 -15.79% 49
Scotland -45 35 £57,500 +27.78% 17
East of England +4 31 £56,250 -17.28% 48
East Midlands -44 28 £40,000 -15.79% 45
North East -8 14 £37,500 -44.44% 20
Northern Ireland -32 6 - - 10
Wales -14 5 £38,500 -18.95% 28

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 50 (5.66%) Jupyter
2 47 (5.32%) SharePoint
3 43 (4.87%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (3.28%) Apache Spark
5 26 (2.94%) Confluence
6 21 (2.38%) Apache
7 8 (0.91%) WordPress
8 5 (0.57%) IIS
8 5 (0.57%) SAS
9 4 (0.45%) CMS
10 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 187 (21.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (5.66%) Chatbot
3 31 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.68%) AutoCAD
5 6 (0.68%) CATIA
5 6 (0.68%) Trello
6 5 (0.57%) Blender
6 5 (0.57%) Maya
6 5 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.45%) 3ds Max
7 4 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.34%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.11%) Houdini
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 51 (5.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.02%) SAP CO
3 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.57%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.57%) SAP PM
5 4 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 411 (46.55%) Power Platform
2 193 (21.86%) Azure
3 135 (15.29%) AWS
4 75 (8.49%) Azure Data Factory
5 74 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (6.46%) GCP
7 56 (6.34%) Cloud Computing
8 55 (6.23%) Snowflake
9 50 (5.66%) Power Automate
10 49 (5.55%) Microsoft 365
10 49 (5.55%) PowerApps
11 41 (4.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 32 (3.62%) dbt
13 24 (2.72%) GitHub
14 23 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
15 22 (2.49%) Google Analytics
16 21 (2.38%) Adobe Analytics
17 20 (2.27%) Figma
18 19 (2.15%) Amazon S3
19 15 (1.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.79%) Broadband
1 7 (0.79%) Modbus
2 5 (0.57%) MQTT
3 4 (0.45%) Firewall
4 2 (0.23%) Internet
4 2 (0.23%) LoRaWAN
4 2 (0.23%) VPN
4 2 (0.23%) Wireless
5 1 (0.11%) ADSL
5 1 (0.11%) LAN
5 1 (0.11%) WAN
5 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 410 (46.43%) Power BI
2 149 (16.87%) Tableau
3 71 (8.04%) SQL Server
4 69 (7.81%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 38 (4.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 36 (4.08%) Amazon Redshift
8 33 (3.74%) Metadata
9 31 (3.51%) BigQuery
10 28 (3.17%) Looker
11 23 (2.60%) BusinessObjects
12 22 (2.49%) Data Lake
12 22 (2.49%) MySQL
12 22 (2.49%) Power Query
13 19 (2.15%) Big Data
14 16 (1.81%) Relational Database
14 16 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (1.70%) NoSQL
16 14 (1.59%) Data Mining
16 14 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 83 (9.40%) JIRA
2 50 (5.66%) eCATT
2 50 (5.66%) Visual Studio Code
3 42 (4.76%) Git
4 22 (2.49%) NeoLoad
5 8 (0.91%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (0.57%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.45%) GitLab
9 3 (0.34%) Vite
10 2 (0.23%) ESLint
10 2 (0.23%) MLflow
10 2 (0.23%) Storybook
11 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 333 (37.71%) Finance
2 311 (35.22%) Social Skills
3 306 (34.65%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (15.74%) Marketing
5 137 (15.52%) Manufacturing
6 79 (8.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 72 (8.15%) Retail
8 70 (7.93%) Influencing Skills
8 70 (7.93%) Presentation Skills
9 55 (6.23%) Public Sector
10 50 (5.66%) Law
11 42 (4.76%) Banking
12 39 (4.42%) Legal
13 37 (4.19%) Front Office
14 26 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.81%) Advertising
17 14 (1.59%) Billing
18 11 (1.25%) Telecoms
19 10 (1.13%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 225 (25.48%) Analyst
2 141 (15.97%) Senior
3 132 (14.95%) Developer
4 101 (11.44%) Data Analyst
5 65 (7.36%) Data Engineer
6 59 (6.68%) Lead
7 55 (6.23%) Trainee
8 50 (5.66%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
8 50 (5.66%) Programmer
8 50 (5.66%) Trainee Programmer
9 49 (5.55%) Data Scientist
10 40 (4.53%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 35 (3.96%) React Developer
11 35 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
12 34 (3.85%) Consultant
13 32 (3.62%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 27 (3.06%) Data Manager
15 25 (2.83%) Senior Developer
16 24 (2.72%) Architect
17 22 (2.49%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (6.57%) Pandas
1 58 (6.57%) scikit-learn
2 55 (6.23%) Matplotlib
2 55 (6.23%) NumPy
2 55 (6.23%) React
3 54 (6.12%) Hugging Face
4 52 (5.89%) Streamlit
5 32 (3.62%) WebSockets
6 30 (3.40%) Kafka
7 28 (3.17%) PySpark
8 22 (2.49%) CSS
9 21 (2.38%) Highcharts JS
9 21 (2.38%) HTML
10 20 (2.27%) FIX Protocol
10 20 (2.27%) OpenFin
11 18 (2.04%) HTML5 Canvas
12 14 (1.59%) REST
13 11 (1.25%) .NET
14 10 (1.13%) JSON
15 9 (1.02%) SAP CO-PA
Miscellaneous
1 83 (9.40%) Algorithms
2 55 (6.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 50 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (4.42%) Management Information System
5 33 (3.74%) Fixed Income
6 32 (3.62%) Cloud Native
7 30 (3.40%) Product Ownership
8 24 (2.72%) Blog
9 19 (2.15%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.70%) IoT
11 13 (1.47%) Low-Code
12 12 (1.36%) Social Media
13 11 (1.25%) Onboarding
14 10 (1.13%) SCADA
15 8 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
16 7 (0.79%) FMCG
16 7 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 7 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
17 6 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.47%) Linux
2 9 (1.02%) Unix
3 7 (0.79%) Windows
4 6 (0.68%) Android
5 4 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 462 (52.32%) Data Visualisation
2 431 (48.81%) Business Intelligence
3 426 (48.24%) Analytics
4 282 (31.94%) Decision-Making
5 236 (26.73%) AI
6 232 (26.27%) Problem-Solving
7 206 (23.33%) Data Analysis
8 184 (20.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 164 (18.57%) Machine Learning
10 159 (18.01%) Data Modelling
11 156 (17.67%) ETL
12 154 (17.44%) Data Science
13 151 (17.10%) Agile
14 150 (16.99%) Actionable Insight
15 134 (15.18%) Data Analytics
16 122 (13.82%) Data Management
17 114 (12.91%) Data Governance
18 105 (11.89%) Data Engineering
19 90 (10.19%) Dashboard Development
19 90 (10.19%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 388 (43.94%) SQL
2 363 (41.11%) Python
3 86 (9.74%) JavaScript
4 61 (6.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 61 (6.91%) R
5 39 (4.42%) VBA
6 30 (3.40%) Java
7 29 (3.28%) C#
7 29 (3.28%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.81%) Scala
9 12 (1.36%) Bash
9 12 (1.36%) C++
10 7 (0.79%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.68%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.57%) C
12 5 (0.57%) Ruby
13 4 (0.45%) Go
13 4 (0.45%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.45%) VB
13 4 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 238 (26.95%) Degree
2 61 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 55 (6.23%) AWS Certification
4 51 (5.78%) SC Cleared
5 50 (5.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 46 (5.21%) Master's Degree
7 29 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.60%) MBA
10 15 (1.70%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.59%) Numerate Degree
12 13 (1.47%) APMP
13 12 (1.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 11 (1.25%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.91%) DV Cleared
15 8 (0.91%) PhD
16 6 (0.68%) ACCA
16 6 (0.68%) CIMA
16 6 (0.68%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (15.40%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.30%) QA
3 31 (3.51%) Accessibility
4 27 (3.06%) GDPR
5 24 (2.72%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.13%) Good Clinical Practice
7 8 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 5 (0.57%) PMO
10 3 (0.34%) NIST
11 2 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.11%) COBIT
12 1 (0.11%) EMIR
12 1 (0.11%) GRC
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.11%) ITGC
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 22 (2.49%) Docker
2 6 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (5.66%) HP ALM
2 18 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.93%) Terraform
4 8 (0.91%) Grafana
4 8 (0.91%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.45%) Ansible
5 4 (0.45%) SCCM
6 3 (0.34%) Argo
7 2 (0.23%) Kibana
7 2 (0.23%) logstash
7 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.23%) MOM
8 1 (0.11%) CASB
8 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 199 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 97 (10.99%) SAP
3 51 (5.78%) Google
4 50 (5.66%) HP
5 39 (4.42%) Databricks
6 28 (3.17%) Adobe
7 26 (2.94%) Oracle
8 25 (2.83%) Salesforce
9 19 (2.15%) Qualtrics
10 14 (1.59%) Alteryx
10 14 (1.59%) IBM
11 8 (0.91%) Informatica
12 7 (0.79%) Cognos
12 7 (0.79%) ESRI
12 7 (0.79%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 6 (0.68%) Talend
13 6 (0.68%) VMware
14 5 (0.57%) BT
14 5 (0.57%) Infor