Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GIS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GIS over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 414 638 753
Rank change year-on-year +224 +115 -69
Permanent jobs citing GIS 612 359 551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.36% 0.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.35% 1.68% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 190 122 178
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,315 £28,525
25th Percentile £36,500 £37,685 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,581 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,625 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.27% -7.37% -5.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,271 21,401 45,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.29% 21.52% 28.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,519 13,364 21,166
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £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 £77,500 £83,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GIS in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GIS in the UK

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Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +201 500 £45,000 +2.27% 83
England +203 445 £45,000 -10.00% 98
Work from Home +177 308 £45,000 -10.00% 52
North of England +156 132 £40,000 -4.97% 23
North West +85 91 £40,000 - 16
London +81 88 £57,075 +3.77% 24
South East +66 77 £45,000 -35.71% 18
Scotland -14 75 £45,000 -11.66% 6
South West -2 53 £51,000 +27.50% 12
Midlands -7 53 £80,000 +101.89% 5
East of England +2 41 £43,000 -3.91% 14
Yorkshire +118 39 £63,750 +122.98% 5
Wales +40 39 £54,000 -26.78% 6
East Midlands +7 36 £95,000 +192.31% 2
Northern Ireland +60 30 - - 1
West Midlands -16 13 £43,806 +1.29% 2
North East -1 2 £40,000 -24.69% 2

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 373 (60.95%) ArcGIS
2 335 (54.74%) GeoServer
3 10 (1.63%) Apache
4 9 (1.47%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.98%) nginx
6 3 (0.49%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.49%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.49%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.16%) Confluence
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 34 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (1.47%) Trello
3 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.65%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.33%) LaTeX
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.16%) InVision
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.31%) Maximo
2 6 (0.98%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.49%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.49%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.33%) SAP IS-U
6 2 (0.33%) SAP MRS
Cloud Services
1 379 (61.93%) Azure
2 363 (59.31%) AWS
3 41 (6.70%) Power Platform
4 33 (5.39%) SaaS
5 18 (2.94%) Google Sheets
6 17 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.12%) GitHub
8 11 (1.80%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (1.14%) Serverless
10 6 (0.98%) Amazon S3
10 6 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.65%) IaaS
11 4 (0.65%) PaaS
12 3 (0.49%) Azure API Management
12 3 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.33%) GCP
13 2 (0.33%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.16%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.63%) HTTP
2 6 (0.98%) DNS
3 5 (0.82%) Intranet
4 2 (0.33%) Broadband
4 2 (0.33%) WPA
5 1 (0.16%) Internet
5 1 (0.16%) RNC
5 1 (0.16%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 371 (60.62%) PostgreSQL
2 333 (54.41%) QGIS
3 100 (16.34%) Geospatial Data
4 37 (6.05%) SQL Server
5 36 (5.88%) Power BI
6 30 (4.90%) Spatial Data
7 23 (3.76%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.61%) Redis
9 15 (2.45%) MySQL
10 12 (1.96%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.47%) MS Access
12 7 (1.14%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.82%) Tableau
14 4 (0.65%) Metadata
14 4 (0.65%) Triplestore
15 1 (0.16%) Big Data
15 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.16%) Looker
15 1 (0.16%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 13 (2.12%) JIRA
2 9 (1.47%) Oracle Forms
3 8 (1.31%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (0.82%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 73 (11.93%) Social Skills
2 43 (7.03%) Finance
3 34 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.39%) Public Sector
5 26 (4.25%) Retail
6 22 (3.59%) Back Office
6 22 (3.59%) Local Government
7 11 (1.80%) Marketing
8 8 (1.31%) Telecoms
9 6 (0.98%) Electronics
9 6 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
9 6 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (0.98%) Publishing
10 4 (0.65%) Automotive
10 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.49%) Environmental Health
11 3 (0.49%) Law
12 1 (0.16%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 363 (59.31%) Software Engineer
2 236 (38.56%) Senior
3 214 (34.97%) Senior Software Engineer
4 37 (6.05%) Developer
5 28 (4.58%) Analyst
6 21 (3.43%) Architect
7 18 (2.94%) Digital Transformation
8 16 (2.61%) GIS Analyst
8 16 (2.61%) Network Technician
9 15 (2.45%) Consultant
9 15 (2.45%) Lead
10 12 (1.96%) Geospatial Engineer
11 11 (1.80%) Data Analyst
11 11 (1.80%) Digital Transformation Manager
11 11 (1.80%) Software Developer
11 11 (1.80%) Team Leader
11 11 (1.80%) Transformation Manager
12 9 (1.47%) Applications Support
12 9 (1.47%) Principal Architect
12 9 (1.47%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (56.05%) PostGIS
1 343 (56.05%) React
2 342 (55.88%) OpenLayers
3 338 (55.23%) Leaflet
4 313 (51.14%) CSS
5 311 (50.82%) .NET
6 300 (49.02%) .NET Core
7 59 (9.64%) Django
8 36 (5.88%) HTML
9 20 (3.27%) AngularJS
10 18 (2.94%) JSON
10 18 (2.94%) REST
11 16 (2.61%) RESTful
12 14 (2.29%) GeoJSON
12 14 (2.29%) Vue
13 11 (1.80%) Blazor
13 11 (1.80%) Dask
13 11 (1.80%) Flask
14 10 (1.63%) GeoPandas
14 10 (1.63%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.52%) Management Information System
2 16 (2.61%) PDA
3 9 (1.47%) Data Centre
3 9 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (1.31%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (0.82%) Reference Data
7 4 (0.65%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.65%) Linked Data
7 4 (0.65%) NHS
7 4 (0.65%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.49%) 3D Graphics
8 3 (0.49%) Housing Association
8 3 (0.49%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.49%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.33%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.33%) FMCG
9 2 (0.33%) IoT
9 2 (0.33%) Lidar
9 2 (0.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 68 (11.11%) Linux
2 48 (7.84%) Ubuntu
3 15 (2.45%) Windows
4 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (60.62%) Software Engineering
2 356 (58.17%) Web Development
3 354 (57.84%) Actionable Insight
3 354 (57.84%) Agile
4 342 (55.88%) DevOps
5 66 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (8.66%) Business Intelligence
7 52 (8.50%) Data Analysis
8 44 (7.19%) Full Stack Development
9 34 (5.56%) Line Management
10 32 (5.23%) Analytics
11 30 (4.90%) Computer Science
11 30 (4.90%) Decision-Making
12 24 (3.92%) Project Management
13 23 (3.76%) Data Modelling
13 23 (3.76%) OO
14 22 (3.59%) Software Architecture
15 21 (3.43%) CRM
15 21 (3.43%) Customer Service
15 21 (3.43%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 402 (65.69%) Python
2 389 (63.56%) JavaScript
3 202 (33.01%) C#
4 51 (8.33%) SQL
5 14 (2.29%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.47%) Apex Code
7 8 (1.31%) Java
8 6 (0.98%) Ada
8 6 (0.98%) PHP
8 6 (0.98%) R
9 4 (0.65%) SPARQL
10 2 (0.33%) C++
11 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) Go
11 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.16%) Ruby
11 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 369 (60.29%) Security Cleared
2 345 (56.37%) SC Cleared
3 81 (13.24%) Degree
4 11 (1.80%) Master's Degree
5 6 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.65%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.65%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.49%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.49%) MCPD
7 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.49%) PMP
8 2 (0.33%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.63%) Accessibility
2 9 (1.47%) QA
3 7 (1.14%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.33%) SLA
5 1 (0.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (2.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.47%) Terraform
2 6 (0.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 368 (60.13%) ESRI
2 46 (7.52%) Microsoft
3 26 (4.25%) Oracle
4 19 (3.10%) SAP
5 18 (2.94%) Google
6 16 (2.61%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.47%) Civica
7 9 (1.47%) Mapbox
8 5 (0.82%) IBM
9 4 (0.65%) Sparx
10 1 (0.16%) Adobe
10 1 (0.16%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.16%) Ericsson
10 1 (0.16%) IFS
10 1 (0.16%) Mapinfo
10 1 (0.16%) Nokia
10 1 (0.16%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.16%) Xamarin