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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 426 601 761
Rank change year-on-year +175 +160 -81
Permanent jobs citing GIS 624 366 578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.39% 0.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.37% 1.84% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 192 130 175
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,640 £27,700
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,894 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,250 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £43,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.05% -8.95% -5.94%

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 18,500 19,872 48,314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.06% 21.35% 28.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12,560 12,779 21,031
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 £102,500 £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 9 June 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 9 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
UK excluding London +161 506 £45,000 +4.05% 70
England +141 453 £45,000 -5.26% 83
Work from Home +147 301 £45,000 -10.00% 52
North of England +142 130 £40,000 +17.03% 21
North West +78 91 £40,000 - 14
London +30 90 £56,650 +3.00% 17
South East +52 79 £45,000 -35.71% 11
Scotland -12 75 £45,000 -11.66% 7
South West -6 53 £55,500 +38.75% 11
Midlands -38 53 £80,000 +88.24% 10
East of England -8 46 £39,832 -8.69% 7
Wales +45 40 £60,500 -17.97% 2
Yorkshire +95 37 £80,000 +134.06% 7
East Midlands -8 36 £95,000 +192.31% 3
Northern Ireland +46 30 - - 3
West Midlands -46 13 £43,806 +1.29% 7
North East -14 2 £40,000 -28.86% 1

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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
1 362 (58.01%) ArcGIS
2 322 (51.60%) GeoServer
3 10 (1.60%) Apache
4 6 (0.96%) nginx
4 6 (0.96%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.48%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (0.48%) SharePoint 2013
5 3 (0.48%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.16%) Confluence
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 34 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (1.44%) Trello
3 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.80%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.32%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) InVision
7 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.96%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (0.80%) Maximo
2 5 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.48%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.48%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.48%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.32%) SAP IS-U
5 2 (0.32%) SAP MRS
Cloud Services
1 365 (58.49%) Azure
2 351 (56.25%) AWS
3 37 (5.93%) Power Platform
4 33 (5.29%) SaaS
5 18 (2.88%) Google Sheets
6 14 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.08%) GitHub
8 11 (1.76%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (1.12%) Serverless
10 6 (0.96%) Amazon S3
10 6 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.64%) IaaS
11 4 (0.64%) PaaS
12 3 (0.48%) Azure API Management
12 3 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.32%) GCP
13 2 (0.32%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.16%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.60%) HTTP
2 6 (0.96%) DNS
3 5 (0.80%) Intranet
4 3 (0.48%) Broadband
5 2 (0.32%) Internet
5 2 (0.32%) WPA
6 1 (0.16%) RNC
6 1 (0.16%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 361 (57.85%) PostgreSQL
2 324 (51.92%) QGIS
3 101 (16.19%) Geospatial Data
4 35 (5.61%) Power BI
5 34 (5.45%) SQL Server
6 33 (5.29%) Spatial Data
7 23 (3.69%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.56%) MySQL
8 16 (2.56%) Redis
9 9 (1.44%) MS Access
9 9 (1.44%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.12%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.80%) Tableau
12 4 (0.64%) Metadata
12 4 (0.64%) Triplestore
13 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.16%) Looker
Development Applications
1 13 (2.08%) JIRA
2 9 (1.44%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (0.96%) Git
4 5 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (12.18%) Social Skills
2 43 (6.89%) Finance
3 34 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.29%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.33%) Retail
6 22 (3.53%) Back Office
7 20 (3.21%) Local Government
8 11 (1.76%) Marketing
9 8 (1.28%) Publishing
9 8 (1.28%) Telecoms
10 6 (0.96%) Electronics
10 6 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (0.96%) Manufacturing
10 6 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.64%) Automotive
11 4 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.48%) Environmental Health
12 3 (0.48%) Law
12 3 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.16%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 352 (56.41%) Software Engineer
2 224 (35.90%) Senior
3 202 (32.37%) Senior Software Engineer
4 46 (7.37%) Developer
5 27 (4.33%) Analyst
6 23 (3.69%) Architect
7 20 (3.21%) Network Technician
8 18 (2.88%) Digital Transformation
8 18 (2.88%) GIS Analyst
9 16 (2.56%) Consultant
9 16 (2.56%) Lead
10 13 (2.08%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 12 (1.92%) Data Analyst
11 12 (1.92%) Geospatial Engineer
11 12 (1.92%) Software Developer
12 11 (1.76%) Digital Transformation Manager
12 11 (1.76%) GIS Architect
12 11 (1.76%) Team Leader
12 11 (1.76%) Transformation Manager
13 9 (1.44%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (54.97%) React
2 332 (53.21%) PostGIS
3 330 (52.88%) OpenLayers
4 326 (52.24%) Leaflet
5 314 (50.32%) CSS
6 307 (49.20%) .NET
7 299 (47.92%) .NET Core
8 47 (7.53%) Django
9 38 (6.09%) HTML
10 29 (4.65%) AngularJS
11 18 (2.88%) JSON
12 16 (2.56%) REST
13 15 (2.40%) RESTful
13 15 (2.40%) Vue
14 14 (2.24%) GeoJSON
15 11 (1.76%) Blazor
15 11 (1.76%) Dask
15 11 (1.76%) Flask
15 11 (1.76%) HTML5
16 10 (1.60%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.37%) Management Information System
2 20 (3.21%) PDA
3 13 (2.08%) Operational Technology
4 9 (1.44%) Data Centre
4 9 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
5 8 (1.28%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.80%) Reference Data
8 4 (0.64%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.64%) Linked Data
8 4 (0.64%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.64%) NHS
8 4 (0.64%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.48%) 3D Graphics
9 3 (0.48%) Housing Association
9 3 (0.48%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.32%) FMCG
10 2 (0.32%) iPhone
10 2 (0.32%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.32%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 57 (9.13%) Linux
2 36 (5.77%) Ubuntu
3 15 (2.40%) Windows
4 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (57.69%) Software Engineering
2 345 (55.29%) Agile
3 344 (55.13%) Web Development
4 342 (54.81%) Actionable Insight
5 328 (52.56%) DevOps
6 67 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (8.33%) Data Analysis
8 49 (7.85%) Business Intelligence
9 42 (6.73%) Full Stack Development
10 34 (5.45%) Line Management
11 31 (4.97%) Analytics
12 30 (4.81%) Computer Science
13 29 (4.65%) Decision-Making
14 25 (4.01%) Validation
15 23 (3.69%) Data Modelling
15 23 (3.69%) OO
16 22 (3.53%) Software Architecture
16 22 (3.53%) Visualisation
17 21 (3.37%) CRM
17 21 (3.37%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 390 (62.50%) Python
2 387 (62.02%) JavaScript
3 203 (32.53%) C#
4 51 (8.17%) SQL
5 12 (1.92%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.44%) Apex Code
7 7 (1.12%) Java
8 6 (0.96%) Ada
8 6 (0.96%) PHP
9 5 (0.80%) R
10 4 (0.64%) SPARQL
11 2 (0.32%) C++
12 1 (0.16%) Go
12 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.16%) Ruby
12 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 354 (56.73%) Security Cleared
2 330 (52.88%) SC Cleared
3 85 (13.62%) Degree
4 11 (1.76%) Master's Degree
5 8 (1.28%) PMI Certification
6 6 (0.96%) PMP
7 4 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.48%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.48%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.48%) MCPD
8 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.32%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.76%) Accessibility
2 10 (1.60%) QA
3 6 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.32%) SLA
5 1 (0.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.44%) Terraform
2 7 (1.12%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 359 (57.53%) ESRI
2 43 (6.89%) Microsoft
3 26 (4.17%) Oracle
4 19 (3.04%) SAP
5 18 (2.88%) Google
6 17 (2.72%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.44%) Civica
7 9 (1.44%) Mapbox
8 4 (0.64%) Computacenter
8 4 (0.64%) Sparx
9 2 (0.32%) IBM
9 2 (0.32%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.16%) Adobe
10 1 (0.16%) Ericsson
10 1 (0.16%) IFS
10 1 (0.16%) Mapinfo
10 1 (0.16%) Nokia
10 1 (0.16%) Xamarin