Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Geospatial Data skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Geospatial Data over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 708 881 1041
Rank change year-on-year +173 +160 -177
Permanent jobs citing Geospatial Data 205 80 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.082% 0.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.12% 0.38% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 86 36 76
10th Percentile £31,625 £31,250 £28,125
25th Percentile £36,215 £38,140 £41,115
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,282 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.44% +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,313 £59,467
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,282 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.85% -5.26% -17.39%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Geospatial Data 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 18,364 20,897 46,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.78% 21.51% 28.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,527 13,034 20,981
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%

Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Geospatial Data in the UK

Geospatial Data
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Geospatial Data.

Salary trend for Geospatial Data in the UK

Geospatial Data
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Geospatial Data over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Geospatial Data in the UK

Geospatial Data
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Geospatial Data within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 +84 157 £46,282 +2.85% 36
England +144 156 £45,000 -10.00% 46
North of England +76 52 £40,132 +6.31% 6
Work from Home +61 40 £45,032 -18.12% 26
North West - 35 £38,132 - 1
London +120 32 £38,103 -27.42% 13
East of England +20 25 £45,250 -19.56% 3
South West -19 17 £60,000 +45.45% 5
Scotland -48 17 - - 2
Yorkshire +92 16 £57,500 +52.32% 3
South East -1 15 £47,500 -17.39% 11
Midlands -13 14 £90,000 +50.00% 7
Wales - 9 £47,500 -
East Midlands - 8 - -
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 2
West Midlands -10 2 £43,153 -28.08% 6
North East -5 1 - - 2

Geospatial Data
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 30 (14.63%) ArcGIS
2 7 (3.41%) SAS
3 3 (1.46%) Smallworld
4 2 (0.98%) Confluence
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.93%) Trello
3 4 (1.95%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.49%) InVision
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.49%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.93%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (1.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (1.46%) SAP CRM
3 3 (1.46%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 93 (45.37%) Azure
2 90 (43.90%) AWS
3 23 (11.22%) SaaS
4 18 (8.78%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.39%) Power Automate
6 8 (3.90%) Google Sheets
6 8 (3.90%) Serverless
7 7 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (2.93%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.95%) IaaS
9 4 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.95%) PaaS
10 2 (0.98%) GCP
11 1 (0.49%) Amazon Cognito
11 1 (0.49%) Figma
11 1 (0.49%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.93%) HTTP
2 5 (2.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (49.27%) GIS
2 24 (11.71%) Spatial Data
3 23 (11.22%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (10.73%) SQL Server
5 21 (10.24%) Relational Database
6 18 (8.78%) Power BI
7 14 (6.83%) MySQL
8 9 (4.39%) MS Access
9 7 (3.41%) MongoDB
9 7 (3.41%) NoSQL
9 7 (3.41%) Redis
10 4 (1.95%) Metadata
11 3 (1.46%) QGIS
12 1 (0.49%) Looker
12 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (4.39%) JIRA
1 9 (4.39%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 110 (53.66%) Social Skills
2 12 (5.85%) Finance
2 12 (5.85%) Retail
3 11 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (3.90%) Back Office
4 8 (3.90%) Local Government
4 8 (3.90%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.93%) Publishing
6 3 (1.46%) Environmental Health
7 1 (0.49%) Aeronautics
7 1 (0.49%) Aviation
7 1 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (0.49%) German Language
7 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.49%) Law
7 1 (0.49%) Marketing
7 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 89 (43.41%) Architect
2 77 (37.56%) Geospatial Architect
2 77 (37.56%) Software Architect
3 23 (11.22%) Software Engineer
4 18 (8.78%) Developer
5 15 (7.32%) Analyst
6 12 (5.85%) Lead
6 12 (5.85%) Senior
7 9 (4.39%) Application Support Team Leader
7 9 (4.39%) Applications Support
7 9 (4.39%) Support Team Leader
7 9 (4.39%) Team Leader
8 8 (3.90%) Digital Transformation
8 8 (3.90%) Software Developer
9 7 (3.41%) GIS Analyst
9 7 (3.41%) GIS Architect
9 7 (3.41%) Pricing Analyst
9 7 (3.41%) Principal Architect
9 7 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (3.41%) Senior Pricing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.73%) CSS
1 22 (10.73%) HTML
2 17 (8.29%) React
3 16 (7.80%) .NET
4 13 (6.34%) JSON
5 11 (5.37%) .NET Core
5 11 (5.37%) PostGIS
6 8 (3.90%) AngularJS
6 8 (3.90%) Blazor
6 8 (3.90%) HTML5
6 8 (3.90%) Node.js
6 8 (3.90%) RESTful
6 8 (3.90%) Svelte
6 8 (3.90%) Vue
7 7 (3.41%) ASP.NET
7 7 (3.41%) XML
8 6 (2.93%) GeoJSON
8 6 (2.93%) Lightning Web Components
8 6 (2.93%) OpenLayers
8 6 (2.93%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 77 (37.56%) Legacy Systems
2 31 (15.12%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.44%) 3D Graphics
3 5 (2.44%) Animation
4 4 (1.95%) NHS
5 3 (1.46%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.46%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.98%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.49%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.49%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.49%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.41%) Linux
1 7 (3.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (48.29%) Software Architecture
2 92 (44.88%) Agile
3 83 (40.49%) DevOps
3 83 (40.49%) Migration
4 77 (37.56%) Software Testing
5 45 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (16.10%) Software Engineering
7 32 (15.61%) Actionable Insight
8 27 (13.17%) Data Analysis
8 27 (13.17%) Full Stack Development
9 26 (12.68%) Visualisation
10 25 (12.20%) Web Development
11 21 (10.24%) Line Management
12 20 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (9.76%) Data Visualisation
13 19 (9.27%) OO
14 16 (7.80%) User Experience
15 15 (7.32%) Computer Science
16 14 (6.83%) Data Science
16 14 (6.83%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 50 (24.39%) Python
2 41 (20.00%) SQL
3 28 (13.66%) JavaScript
4 13 (6.34%) C#
5 7 (3.41%) VBA
6 6 (2.93%) Apex Code
7 5 (2.44%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.98%) Java
9 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 28 (13.66%) Degree
3 7 (3.41%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.95%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (1.46%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.98%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.37%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.90%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.95%) QA
4 1 (0.49%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (1.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (14.63%) ESRI
2 21 (10.24%) Oracle
3 18 (8.78%) Microsoft
4 14 (6.83%) Mapbox
5 9 (4.39%) Civica
6 8 (3.90%) Google
7 6 (2.93%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.44%) SAP
9 4 (1.95%) Sparx
10 1 (0.49%) Adobe
10 1 (0.49%) Xamarin