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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 411 622 743
Rank change year-on-year +211 +121 -61
Permanent jobs citing GIS 613 356 553
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% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 190 122 178
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,614 £27,850
25th Percentile £36,215 £37,951 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £61,131 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £72,250 £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 18,281 21,129 46,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.11% 21.45% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,536 13,165 21,039
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 £82,500 £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 23 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 23 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 +219 500 £45,000 +2.27% 101
England +203 444 £45,000 -10.00% 115
Work from Home +154 308 £45,000 -10.00% 56
North of England +159 132 £40,000 -20.00% 26
North West +84 91 £40,000 - 17
London +88 88 £57,075 +3.77% 31
South East +66 77 £45,000 -35.71% 31
Scotland -8 75 £45,000 -11.66% 7
Midlands -10 53 £80,000 +88.24% 10
South West +4 51 £60,000 +50.00% 10
East of England +7 42 £43,000 -3.91% 15
Wales +41 40 £60,500 -17.97% 5
Yorkshire +116 39 £63,750 +86.51% 6
East Midlands +19 36 £95,000 +192.31% 3
Northern Ireland +56 30 - - 1
West Midlands -22 13 £43,806 +1.29% 6
North East -6 2 £40,000 -24.69% 3

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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 (60.85%) ArcGIS
2 335 (54.65%) GeoServer
3 10 (1.63%) Apache
4 7 (1.14%) 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 (5.55%) 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
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.16%) InVision
6 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.98%) Maximo
1 6 (0.98%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.49%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.49%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.49%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.33%) SAP IS-U
5 2 (0.33%) SAP MRS
Cloud Services
1 378 (61.66%) Azure
2 363 (59.22%) AWS
3 39 (6.36%) Power Platform
4 33 (5.38%) SaaS
5 18 (2.94%) Google Sheets
6 15 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.12%) GitHub
8 11 (1.79%) 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
11 4 (0.65%) 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%) Cloud Computing
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 (60.52%) PostgreSQL
2 333 (54.32%) QGIS
3 100 (16.31%) Geospatial Data
4 36 (5.87%) Power BI
5 35 (5.71%) SQL Server
6 31 (5.06%) Spatial Data
7 23 (3.75%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.61%) Redis
9 15 (2.45%) MySQL
10 10 (1.63%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.47%) MS Access
12 7 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
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 6 (0.98%) 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 74 (12.07%) Social Skills
2 43 (7.01%) Finance
3 34 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.38%) Public Sector
5 26 (4.24%) Retail
6 22 (3.59%) Back Office
6 22 (3.59%) Local Government
7 11 (1.79%) 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 (59.22%) Software Engineer
2 236 (38.50%) Senior
3 214 (34.91%) Senior Software Engineer
4 35 (5.71%) Developer
5 29 (4.73%) Analyst
6 21 (3.43%) Architect
7 18 (2.94%) Digital Transformation
8 17 (2.77%) GIS Analyst
9 16 (2.61%) Lead
9 16 (2.61%) Network Technician
10 15 (2.45%) Consultant
11 12 (1.96%) Data Analyst
11 12 (1.96%) Geospatial Engineer
12 11 (1.79%) Digital Transformation Manager
12 11 (1.79%) Software Developer
12 11 (1.79%) Team Leader
12 11 (1.79%) Transformation Manager
13 9 (1.47%) Applications Support
13 9 (1.47%) Principal Architect
13 9 (1.47%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (55.95%) PostGIS
1 343 (55.95%) React
2 342 (55.79%) OpenLayers
3 338 (55.14%) Leaflet
4 313 (51.06%) CSS
5 309 (50.41%) .NET
6 300 (48.94%) .NET Core
7 59 (9.62%) Django
8 36 (5.87%) HTML
9 18 (2.94%) AngularJS
9 18 (2.94%) JSON
10 16 (2.61%) REST
10 16 (2.61%) RESTful
11 14 (2.28%) GeoJSON
11 14 (2.28%) Vue
12 11 (1.79%) Blazor
12 11 (1.79%) Dask
12 11 (1.79%) Flask
13 10 (1.63%) GeoPandas
13 10 (1.63%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.50%) 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%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.33%) FMCG
9 2 (0.33%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.33%) IoT
9 2 (0.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 68 (11.09%) Linux
2 48 (7.83%) Ubuntu
3 15 (2.45%) Windows
4 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (60.52%) Software Engineering
2 356 (58.08%) Web Development
3 355 (57.91%) Agile
4 354 (57.75%) Actionable Insight
5 340 (55.46%) DevOps
6 66 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (8.48%) Data Analysis
8 51 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
9 42 (6.85%) Full Stack Development
10 34 (5.55%) Line Management
11 32 (5.22%) Analytics
12 30 (4.89%) Computer Science
12 30 (4.89%) Decision-Making
13 23 (3.75%) Data Modelling
13 23 (3.75%) OO
14 22 (3.59%) Project Management
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 (65.58%) Python
2 387 (63.13%) JavaScript
3 202 (32.95%) C#
4 51 (8.32%) SQL
5 12 (1.96%) 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
1 367 (59.87%) Security Cleared
2 343 (55.95%) SC Cleared
3 82 (13.38%) Degree
4 11 (1.79%) Master's Degree
5 6 (0.98%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.65%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.65%) PMP
6 4 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.49%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.49%) MCPD
7 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
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 (60.03%) ESRI
2 44 (7.18%) Microsoft
3 26 (4.24%) Oracle
4 19 (3.10%) SAP
5 18 (2.94%) Google
6 17 (2.77%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.47%) Civica
7 9 (1.47%) Mapbox
8 4 (0.65%) Sparx
9 3 (0.49%) IBM
10 2 (0.33%) Computacenter
10 2 (0.33%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.16%) Adobe
11 1 (0.16%) Ericsson
11 1 (0.16%) IFS
11 1 (0.16%) Mapinfo
11 1 (0.16%) Nokia
11 1 (0.16%) Xamarin