GIS Contracts in England

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GIS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GIS over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 430 525 606
Rank change year-on-year +95 +81 -76
Contract jobs citing GIS 113 113 175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.81% 1.35% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 80 126
10th Percentile £393 £399 £341
25th Percentile £459 £459 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £689 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 14
10th Percentile £11.00 - £16.88
25th Percentile £12.25 £21.24 £30.06
Median hourly rate £23.32 £22.49 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.71% -57.17% +253.12%
75th Percentile £30.33 £23.73 £75.00
90th Percentile £63.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £16.12 £22.49 £52.50
% change year-on-year -28.31% -57.17% +311.93%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

GIS is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,257 8,390 13,781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.99% 17.67% 19.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,515 6,024 10,005
10th Percentile £350 £375 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £663
90th Percentile £788 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -4.11% -0.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 159 164
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £14.48
25th Percentile £20.77 £32.30 £21.44
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £43.68
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +37.35% +77.28%
75th Percentile £55.00 £74.38 £63.60
90th Percentile £73.25 £82.60 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% +69.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS in England.

Daily rate trend for GIS in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GIS in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS in England.

Hourly rate trend for GIS in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GIS in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GIS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +92 53 £525 -2.78% 15
North of England +36 29 £600 +14.29% 22
Yorkshire +23 19 £600 +11.63% 5
South East +16 18 £413 -17.50% 16
North West +22 5 £513 -12.77% 15
North East +11 5 £675 +28.57% 2
East of England +5 5 - - 11
Midlands +23 4 £375 -12.18% 11
West Midlands +19 4 £375 -37.50% 8
South West +2 3 £513 +13.89% 13
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 37 (32.74%) ArcGIS
2 8 (7.08%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.08%) Site Server
3 4 (3.54%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.88%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.88%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (8.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.54%) MicroStation
4 2 (1.77%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.88%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.77%) SAP CRM
2 2 (1.77%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.77%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.88%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 27 (23.89%) Azure
2 18 (15.93%) AWS
3 15 (13.27%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (10.62%) Power Platform
5 11 (9.73%) IaaS
6 8 (7.08%) Amazon S3
7 5 (4.42%) Google Sheets
8 4 (3.54%) Azure AKS
8 4 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (3.54%) GitHub
8 4 (3.54%) SaaS
9 2 (1.77%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.77%) GCP
9 2 (1.77%) Serverless
9 2 (1.77%) Stripe
10 1 (0.88%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.88%) dbt
10 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.19%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (4.42%) 2G
2 5 (4.42%) 3G
2 5 (4.42%) 4G
2 5 (4.42%) 5G
3 3 (2.65%) LTE
3 3 (2.65%) TETRA
4 2 (1.77%) Internet
4 2 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.77%) XCAP
5 1 (0.88%) DWDM
5 1 (0.88%) FTP
5 1 (0.88%) HTTP
5 1 (0.88%) RNC
5 1 (0.88%) SDH
5 1 (0.88%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (22.12%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (19.47%) Geospatial Data
3 13 (11.50%) Spatial Data
4 12 (10.62%) Power BI
5 9 (7.96%) QGIS
6 6 (5.31%) Redis
7 5 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (3.54%) Big Data
8 4 (3.54%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (2.65%) Metadata
10 2 (1.77%) InterSystems Cache
10 2 (1.77%) Tableau
11 1 (0.88%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.88%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 30 (26.55%) Social Skills
2 29 (25.66%) Public Sector
3 19 (16.81%) Finance
4 16 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (9.73%) Telecoms
6 8 (7.08%) Back Office
6 8 (7.08%) Local Government
7 7 (6.19%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.42%) Electronics
8 5 (4.42%) Marketing
8 5 (4.42%) Retail
9 2 (1.77%) French Language
9 2 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.77%) Italian Language
9 2 (1.77%) Military
9 2 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Billing
10 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (23.01%) Developer
2 16 (14.16%) GIS Developer
3 14 (12.39%) Analyst
4 11 (9.73%) Senior
5 10 (8.85%) Architect
5 10 (8.85%) GIS Analyst
6 9 (7.96%) GIS Architect
6 9 (7.96%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (6.19%) GIS Specialist
8 5 (4.42%) Digital Transformation
8 5 (4.42%) Digital Transformation Manager
8 5 (4.42%) Python Developer
8 5 (4.42%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (4.42%) Transformation Manager
9 4 (3.54%) Business Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) Data Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Full Stack Developer
9 4 (3.54%) Operations Manager
9 4 (3.54%) Senior GIS Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.62%) PostGIS
2 11 (9.73%) REST
3 10 (8.85%) OpenLayers
4 9 (7.96%) .NET
5 5 (4.42%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.54%) Celery
6 4 (3.54%) Django
6 4 (3.54%) Flask
6 4 (3.54%) GeoPandas
6 4 (3.54%) Node.js
7 3 (2.65%) CSS
7 3 (2.65%) React
8 2 (1.77%) RESTful
8 2 (1.77%) SignalR
8 2 (1.77%) SOAP
8 2 (1.77%) SQLAlchemy
8 2 (1.77%) Tailwind CSS
8 2 (1.77%) Web Services
9 1 (0.88%) Express.js
9 1 (0.88%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.27%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.54%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.54%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.54%) SCADA
3 3 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.65%) Lidar
4 2 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.77%) Distributed Applications
4 2 (1.77%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (1.77%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.77%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.88%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.88%) Unix
1 1 (0.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (23.01%) Agile
2 23 (20.35%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (16.81%) DevOps
4 17 (15.04%) Data Management
5 15 (13.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 14 (12.39%) Data Analysis
6 14 (12.39%) ETL
7 13 (11.50%) Project Management
8 12 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (9.73%) Visualisation
10 10 (8.85%) CRM
10 10 (8.85%) Line Management
10 10 (8.85%) Migration
11 9 (7.96%) Asset Management
11 9 (7.96%) Budget Management
12 8 (7.08%) Analytics
12 8 (7.08%) Project Delivery
12 8 (7.08%) Roadmaps
12 8 (7.08%) Scrum
13 7 (6.19%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 36 (31.86%) Python
2 18 (15.93%) SQL
3 9 (7.96%) PowerShell
4 8 (7.08%) Korn
5 7 (6.19%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.65%) Java
6 3 (2.65%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.88%) C#
7 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.88%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 18 (15.93%) Degree
2 8 (7.08%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.54%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
4 3 (2.65%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.88%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.42%) QA
2 4 (3.54%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.65%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.77%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (4.42%) Docker
Vendors
1 40 (35.40%) ESRI
2 13 (11.50%) Oracle
2 13 (11.50%) SAP
3 7 (6.19%) Google
3 7 (6.19%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.54%) Mapbox
5 2 (1.77%) Remedy
6 1 (0.88%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.88%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.88%) IBM
6 1 (0.88%) Mapinfo
6 1 (0.88%) Nokia