Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Lidar in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Lidar over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 698 856
Rank change year-on-year +111 +158 -165
Contract jobs citing Lidar 3 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.008% 0.005%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.023% 0.025% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% -7.69%
UK excluding London median daily rate - £550 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.50 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Lidar is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,163 19,732 29,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.34% 33.30% 33.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,459 13,566 20,480
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £656
90th Percentile £788 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 907 640 723
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.05 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%

Lidar
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lidar in the UK

Lidar
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lidar.

Daily rate trend for Lidar in the UK

Lidar
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lidar.

Hourly rate trend for Lidar in the UK

Lidar
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lidar within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +123 3 - - 14
UK excluding London +54 3 - - 9
North of England - 3 - - 1
Yorkshire - 3 - -

Lidar
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 3 (100.00%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (100.00%) MicroStation
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (100.00%) GIS
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata
1 3 (100.00%) QGIS
1 3 (100.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) GIS Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ESRI