GIS Jobs in the South East

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 315 382 381
Rank change year-on-year +67 -1 -23
Permanent jobs citing GIS 77 28 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.46% 0.19% 0.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.89% 1.07% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 31 19 49
10th Percentile £33,742 £39,900 £27,398
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +40.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £49,375 £82,500 £60,500
90th Percentile £51,000 £92,750 £70,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,667 2,625 4,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.90% 17.61% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,998 1,771 3,111
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,763 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for GIS in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in the South East over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GIS in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Thames Valley +55 52 £45,000 -35.71% 7
Berkshire +55 43 £45,000 -35.71% 5
Hampshire - 16 £40,000 -
Oxfordshire - 9 £45,000 - 1
Kent - 8 - - 3
West Sussex +35 1 £50,000 -41.18% 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 29 (37.66%) ArcGIS
1 29 (37.66%) GeoServer
2 6 (7.79%) Apache
2 6 (7.79%) nginx
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.30%) InVision
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.30%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 40 (51.95%) Azure
2 36 (46.75%) AWS
3 11 (14.29%) GitHub
4 8 (10.39%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (6.49%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.90%) SaaS
8 2 (2.60%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.60%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.30%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.30%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) HTTP
1 1 (1.30%) Internet
1 1 (1.30%) RNC
1 1 (1.30%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (53.25%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (37.66%) QGIS
3 9 (11.69%) Redis
4 5 (6.49%) Geospatial Data
4 5 (6.49%) Power BI
5 2 (2.60%) MySQL
5 2 (2.60%) Spatial Data
6 1 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (1.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 10 (12.99%) Finance
3 8 (10.39%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.79%) Electronics
4 6 (7.79%) Manufacturing
4 6 (7.79%) Marketing
5 4 (5.19%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.90%) Local Government
6 3 (3.90%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (49.35%) Software Engineer
2 21 (27.27%) Senior
3 19 (24.68%) Senior Software Engineer
4 8 (10.39%) Network Engineer
5 7 (9.09%) Analyst
5 7 (9.09%) Geospatial Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) GIS Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Network Technician
7 3 (3.90%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Developer
7 3 (3.90%) Python Engineer
8 2 (2.60%) Development Officer
8 2 (2.60%) Junior
8 2 (2.60%) Junior Software Engineer
8 2 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (2.60%) Senior GIS Analyst
8 2 (2.60%) Software Developer
8 2 (2.60%) Support Officer
9 1 (1.30%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 1 (1.30%) GIS Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (45.45%) OpenLayers
2 34 (44.16%) React
3 32 (41.56%) Leaflet
4 30 (38.96%) PostGIS
5 27 (35.06%) CSS
6 26 (33.77%) .NET
6 26 (33.77%) .NET Core
7 15 (19.48%) Django
8 11 (14.29%) Dask
8 11 (14.29%) Flask
9 9 (11.69%) Celery
9 9 (11.69%) NumPy
10 6 (7.79%) GeoJSON
10 6 (7.79%) GeoPandas
10 6 (7.79%) LAPP Stack
11 4 (5.19%) HTML
12 2 (2.60%) Sass
13 1 (1.30%) AngularJS
13 1 (1.30%) HTML5
13 1 (1.30%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.19%) PDA
2 3 (3.90%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.30%) FMCG
3 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.29%) Linux
2 8 (10.39%) Windows
3 4 (5.19%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (49.35%) Software Engineering
2 32 (41.56%) Actionable Insight
3 31 (40.26%) Agile
3 31 (40.26%) DevOps
4 29 (37.66%) Web Development
5 11 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (12.99%) Computer Science
7 8 (10.39%) Asset Management
7 8 (10.39%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 8 (10.39%) Project Delivery
7 8 (10.39%) Project Management
8 7 (9.09%) CI/CD
9 6 (7.79%) Digital Marketing
9 6 (7.79%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (7.79%) Programme Management
10 5 (6.49%) Critical Thinking
10 5 (6.49%) Mathematics
10 5 (6.49%) Quality Management
11 4 (5.19%) Business Strategy
11 4 (5.19%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 41 (53.25%) Python
2 36 (46.75%) JavaScript
3 17 (22.08%) C#
4 4 (5.19%) SQL
5 2 (2.60%) Java
6 1 (1.30%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.30%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (44.16%) Security Cleared
2 31 (40.26%) SC Cleared
3 23 (29.87%) Degree
4 9 (11.69%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (40.26%) ESRI
2 7 (9.09%) SAP
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.60%) Oracle
5 1 (1.30%) Adobe
5 1 (1.30%) Ericsson
5 1 (1.30%) IFS
5 1 (1.30%) Mapbox
5 1 (1.30%) Mapinfo
5 1 (1.30%) Nokia
5 1 (1.30%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.30%) Xamarin