Why you should upskill in Tableau as a Salesforce Professional

At Supermums, our mission is to help you feel confident, capable, and ready for the opportunities ahead. Since Salesforce acquired Tableau and made it a key part of their product stack, adding Tableau to your skill set is one of the smartest career moves you can make today as a Salesforce Professional. Data analytics is a key part of every company and CRM and it takes it one step further than standard reports and dashboards.

What is Tableau—and why does it matter?

Tableau is Salesforce’s premier analytics and data visualisation platform. It transforms complex Salesforce data into clear, impactful dashboards and reports, empowering organisations to make faster, smarter decisions. With real‑time insights and intuitive exploration through Tableau, you become more than a Salesforce expert—you become a strategic partner in action.

The Tableau Market

• 120,000+ organisations now use Tableau—an 18% increase in just one year. It holds roughly 16.7% market share in the global BI/data visualisation space, trailing only Power BI at 22.1%. (Source)
• Built into Salesforce’s Customer Data Cloud, Tableau now processes over 100 billion customer records daily across Customer 360 and supported 43 billion customer engagements during one major retail week alone. (Source)
• Organisations such as Nissan, Henkel, Red Hat and Arkos Health are leveraging Tableau to democratise data analysis—from frontline operators to senior decision‑makers. (Source)

How upskilling gives Salesforce professionals the edge

If you’re already mastering Salesforce, Tableau turbo‑charges your impact:

• ✔️ Unlock real strategy, not just reports – Build visual stories that highlight trends, spot anomalies, and guide decisions.
• ✔️ Gain cross‑functional influence – Create dashboards that resonate with teams in sales, service, marketing, or finance.
• ✔️ Fuel career progression and demand – With Tableau embedded in top deals and digital transformation plans, Salesforce professionals who can bridge CRM and analytics are increasingly in demand.

Which Salesforce professionals should train in Tableau?

It would value to a range of job roles whether it’s for design of solutions, project management or daily management analysis? Tableau can be used across teams and roles to add value to the company and projects.

• Salesforce Admin | Building self‑service dashboards to track pipeline & quotas
• Consultant / PM | Delivering data‑driven discovery and reporting packages
• Business Analyst | Turning Salesforce data into powerful visual narratives
• Project Manager | Monitoring real‑time milestone metrics and trends

Learn Tableau with Supermums

We understand that juggling family, study, or job transitions can feel overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be. Learning Tableau builds confidence as much as capability:
– Practice building live dashboards
– Learn real‑world calculations and story points
– Learn from incredible instructor

In 2017, Steve Adams became a Tableau Instructor tohelp beginners, self-taught users, and aspiring analysts turn their skills into impactful results.

As a 2-time Tableau Ambassador and someone who’s trained over 3,000 people with a 94% satisfaction rate, we are confident you will be impressed.

Ready to take the next step?

Explore our Supermums new training course to mastering Tableau as a Salesforce pro. Embrace the data era—and become the person who makes data work for everyone. Your future in analytics starts now.

We’re planning to offer the Tableau Desktop I: Fundamentals (TTD101) virtual instructor-led course through Supermums. Starting 29th Sept 2025 – 9th October 2025 its open to global learners – Monday-Thursday both weeks from 6pm-8pm GMT time

This course is the perfect starting point to build your core Tableau skills. You’ll get a comprehensive introduction to data analysis and visual design, plus hands-on experience in a supportive learning environment.

If you’re interested in joining the waitlist and being the first to hear more, please fill out your details below. We’ll be in touch as soon as we agree a date for this course, the cost of this will be £700 per person.