GIS Jobs in the North West

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 224 285 320
Rank change year-on-year +61 +35 -65
Permanent jobs citing GIS 89 5 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.78% 0.069% 0.23%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.76% 0.35% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29 0 11
10th Percentile £30,000 - £41,250
25th Percentile £30,750 - £41,413
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £43,150
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.07%
75th Percentile £42,203 - £67,988
90th Percentile £44,000 - £91,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -17.39%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,869 1,422 2,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.39% 19.59% 21.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,261 864 1,222
10th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £80,000 £79,500
England 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 the North West

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIS in the North West.

Salary trend for GIS in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for GIS in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the North West 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
Manchester +70 57 £40,000 - 7
Merseyside +35 30 - - 1
Cheshire -17 2 £38,750 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (75.28%) ArcGIS
2 53 (59.55%) GeoServer
Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.12%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 53 (59.55%) AWS
1 53 (59.55%) Azure
2 4 (4.49%) SaaS
3 2 (2.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.25%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (74.16%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (59.55%) QGIS
3 23 (25.84%) Geospatial Data
4 13 (14.61%) MySQL
4 13 (14.61%) Relational Database
4 13 (14.61%) SQL Server
5 7 (7.87%) MongoDB
5 7 (7.87%) NoSQL
5 7 (7.87%) Redis
6 2 (2.25%) Power BI
General
1 5 (5.62%) Social Skills
2 4 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.25%) Finance
4 1 (1.12%) Games
4 1 (1.12%) Local Government
4 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (79.78%) Software Engineer
2 34 (38.20%) Senior
3 33 (37.08%) Senior Software Engineer
4 10 (11.24%) Developer
5 8 (8.99%) Software Developer
6 6 (6.74%) Research Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) Research Software Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Geospatial Developer
8 4 (4.49%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Geospatial Engineer
9 3 (3.37%) GIS Developer
10 2 (2.25%) Analyst
10 2 (2.25%) Data Analyst
10 2 (2.25%) EDI Specialist
10 2 (2.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 2 (2.25%) Information Specialist
10 2 (2.25%) Performance Specialist
10 2 (2.25%) Project Manager
11 1 (1.12%) GIS Graduate
11 1 (1.12%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (70.79%) .NET
1 63 (70.79%) React
2 62 (69.66%) .NET Core
3 61 (68.54%) PostGIS
4 57 (64.04%) CSS
4 57 (64.04%) Leaflet
4 57 (64.04%) OpenLayers
5 10 (11.24%) AngularJS
6 8 (8.99%) Blazor
6 8 (8.99%) HTML
6 8 (8.99%) HTML5
6 8 (8.99%) Node.js
6 8 (8.99%) RESTful
6 8 (8.99%) Svelte
6 8 (8.99%) Vue
7 7 (7.87%) ASP.NET
7 7 (7.87%) JSON
7 7 (7.87%) XML
8 6 (6.74%) GeoJSON
9 4 (4.49%) GeoTools
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.49%) NHS
2 2 (2.25%) Operational Technology
2 2 (2.25%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.36%) Linux
2 7 (7.87%) Windows
3 4 (4.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (80.90%) Software Engineering
2 61 (68.54%) Web Development
3 57 (64.04%) Actionable Insight
4 53 (59.55%) Agile
4 53 (59.55%) DevOps
5 14 (15.73%) Decision-Making
5 14 (15.73%) OO
6 13 (14.61%) Code Quality
6 13 (14.61%) Full Stack Development
7 12 (13.48%) MVC
7 12 (13.48%) MVVM
7 12 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (13.48%) System Testing
8 6 (6.74%) Dependency Injection
8 6 (6.74%) Inversion of Control
9 5 (5.62%) Prototyping
10 4 (4.49%) Line Management
10 4 (4.49%) Open Source
10 4 (4.49%) Software Architecture
10 4 (4.49%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 69 (77.53%) JavaScript
2 68 (76.40%) Python
3 45 (50.56%) C#
4 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (64.04%) Security Cleared
2 53 (59.55%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.25%) Degree
Vendors
1 61 (68.54%) ESRI
2 13 (14.61%) Oracle