GIS Jobs in England

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring GIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GIS over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 468 608 747
Rank change year-on-year +140 +139 -91
Permanent jobs citing GIS 445 302 491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.37% 0.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.82% 1.72% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 168 109 160
10th Percentile £31,775 £32,412 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,529 £37,685 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -17.39%
75th Percentile £60,894 £62,500 £60,688
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

GIS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 15,776 17,592 40,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.51% 21.43% 27.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11,535 11,482 18,792
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,999 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £78,132 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

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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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Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for GIS in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GIS in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +125 127 £40,000 +17.03% 21
North West +61 89 £40,000 - 14
London +55 89 £55,825 +1.50% 18
South East +30 78 £45,000 -35.71% 7
Midlands -45 52 £80,000 +88.24% 8
South West -20 50 £60,000 +50.00% 9
East of England -6 47 £39,832 -8.69% 7
Yorkshire +96 36 £80,000 +134.06% 7
East Midlands -5 35 £95,000 +192.31% 3
West Midlands -46 13 £43,806 +1.29% 5
North East -16 2 £40,000 -28.86% 1
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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
1 225 (50.56%) ArcGIS
2 186 (41.80%) GeoServer
3 10 (2.25%) Apache
4 6 (1.35%) nginx
5 4 (0.90%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.67%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.67%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.67%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.22%) Confluence
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 28 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.02%) Trello
3 5 (1.12%) AutoCAD
3 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.45%) LaTeX
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.22%) InVision
6 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.67%) Maximo
4 3 (0.67%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.67%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.67%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.45%) SAP IS-U
5 2 (0.45%) SAP MRS
Cloud Services
1 224 (50.34%) Azure
2 214 (48.09%) AWS
3 35 (7.87%) Power Platform
4 25 (5.62%) SaaS
5 18 (4.04%) Google Sheets
6 13 (2.92%) GitHub
7 12 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (2.47%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.35%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.35%) Serverless
11 4 (0.90%) IaaS
11 4 (0.90%) PaaS
12 3 (0.67%) Azure API Management
12 3 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.45%) GCP
13 2 (0.45%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.22%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.25%) HTTP
2 5 (1.12%) Intranet
3 3 (0.67%) Broadband
4 2 (0.45%) Internet
4 2 (0.45%) WPA
5 1 (0.22%) RNC
5 1 (0.22%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (49.66%) PostgreSQL
2 188 (42.25%) QGIS
3 87 (19.55%) Geospatial Data
4 35 (7.87%) Power BI
5 33 (7.42%) SQL Server
6 27 (6.07%) Spatial Data
7 23 (5.17%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.60%) Redis
9 15 (3.37%) MySQL
10 9 (2.02%) MS Access
11 7 (1.57%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.57%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.12%) Tableau
13 4 (0.90%) Triplestore
14 3 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.67%) Metadata
15 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.22%) Looker
Development Applications
1 13 (2.92%) JIRA
2 9 (2.02%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (1.12%) Git
4 3 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.22%) GitLab
5 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (13.93%) Social Skills
2 43 (9.66%) Finance
3 33 (7.42%) Public Sector
4 32 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (6.07%) Retail
6 22 (4.94%) Back Office
7 20 (4.49%) Local Government
8 11 (2.47%) Marketing
9 9 (2.02%) Publishing
10 8 (1.80%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.35%) Electronics
11 6 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.90%) Automotive
12 4 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.67%) Environmental Health
13 3 (0.67%) Law
13 3 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.22%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.22%) Games
14 1 (0.22%) German Language
Job Titles
1 216 (48.54%) Software Engineer
2 124 (27.87%) Senior
3 112 (25.17%) Senior Software Engineer
4 37 (8.31%) Developer
5 20 (4.49%) Analyst
5 20 (4.49%) Architect
5 20 (4.49%) Network Technician
6 18 (4.04%) Digital Transformation
7 16 (3.60%) Consultant
8 13 (2.92%) Lead
9 11 (2.47%) Digital Transformation Manager
9 11 (2.47%) Geospatial Engineer
9 11 (2.47%) GIS Analyst
9 11 (2.47%) Team Leader
9 11 (2.47%) Transformation Manager
10 10 (2.25%) Data Analyst
10 10 (2.25%) Software Developer
11 9 (2.02%) Applications Support
11 9 (2.02%) Business Manager
11 9 (2.02%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (45.39%) React
2 198 (44.49%) CSS
3 195 (43.82%) PostGIS
4 194 (43.60%) OpenLayers
5 191 (42.92%) .NET
6 190 (42.70%) Leaflet
7 185 (41.57%) .NET Core
8 35 (7.87%) HTML
9 25 (5.62%) Django
10 22 (4.94%) AngularJS
11 18 (4.04%) JSON
12 15 (3.37%) RESTful
12 15 (3.37%) Vue
13 14 (3.15%) GeoJSON
13 14 (3.15%) REST
14 12 (2.70%) HTML5
15 11 (2.47%) Blazor
15 11 (2.47%) Dask
15 11 (2.47%) Flask
16 10 (2.25%) GeoPandas
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 20 (4.49%) PDA
3 8 (1.80%) Driving Licence
3 8 (1.80%) Operational Technology
4 5 (1.12%) Mobile App
4 5 (1.12%) Reference Data
5 4 (0.90%) Data Structures
5 4 (0.90%) Linked Data
5 4 (0.90%) NHS
5 4 (0.90%) Virtual Team
6 3 (0.67%) 3D Graphics
6 3 (0.67%) Data Centre
6 3 (0.67%) Housing Association
6 3 (0.67%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.45%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.45%) FMCG
7 2 (0.45%) iPhone
7 2 (0.45%) Lidar
7 2 (0.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.87%) Linux
2 15 (3.37%) Windows
3 14 (3.15%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (49.89%) Software Engineering
2 205 (46.07%) Web Development
3 202 (45.39%) Agile
4 198 (44.49%) Actionable Insight
5 190 (42.70%) DevOps
6 63 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (11.24%) Data Analysis
8 47 (10.56%) Business Intelligence
9 38 (8.54%) Full Stack Development
10 34 (7.64%) Line Management
11 30 (6.74%) Analytics
12 29 (6.52%) Decision-Making
13 27 (6.07%) Computer Science
14 24 (5.39%) Validation
15 23 (5.17%) Data Modelling
15 23 (5.17%) OO
16 21 (4.72%) CRM
16 21 (4.72%) Customer Service
16 21 (4.72%) MVC
17 18 (4.04%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 249 (55.96%) Python
2 241 (54.16%) JavaScript
3 130 (29.21%) C#
4 47 (10.56%) SQL
5 10 (2.25%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.02%) Apex Code
7 6 (1.35%) Ada
7 6 (1.35%) Java
7 6 (1.35%) PHP
8 5 (1.12%) R
9 4 (0.90%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.22%) Ruby
10 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 208 (46.74%) Security Cleared
2 192 (43.15%) SC Cleared
3 82 (18.43%) Degree
4 11 (2.47%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.57%) PMI Certification
5 7 (1.57%) PMP
6 4 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.67%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.67%) MCPD
7 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.25%) QA
2 8 (1.80%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.45%) SLA
5 1 (0.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (3.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (2.02%) Terraform
2 7 (1.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 222 (49.89%) ESRI
2 35 (7.87%) Microsoft
3 26 (5.84%) Oracle
4 19 (4.27%) SAP
5 18 (4.04%) Google
6 15 (3.37%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.02%) Civica
8 6 (1.35%) Mapbox
9 5 (1.12%) Computacenter
10 4 (0.90%) Sparx
11 1 (0.22%) Adobe
11 1 (0.22%) Ericsson
11 1 (0.22%) IFS
11 1 (0.22%) Mapinfo
11 1 (0.22%) Nokia
11 1 (0.22%) Xamarin