GIS Jobs in the Thames Valley

Geographic Information System (GIS)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 242 206
Rank change year-on-year +42 -36 +16
Permanent jobs citing GIS 53 18 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.79% 0.29% 0.99%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.63% 1.61% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 25
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,500 £26,989
25th Percentile £42,500 £56,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +33.33% +22.09%
75th Percentile £48,750 £82,500 £59,500
90th Percentile £51,000 - £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -35.71% +33.33% -8.70%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,144 1,118 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.96% 18.23% 24.04%
Number of salaries quoted 813 677 1,032
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,963 £71,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,582 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.05% +1.06% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIS in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for GIS in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GIS in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Berkshire +53 45 £45,000 -35.71% 3
Oxfordshire - 8 £45,000 - 1
GIS
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (54.72%) ArcGIS
1 29 (54.72%) GeoServer
2 1 (1.89%) Apache
2 1 (1.89%) nginx
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Spatial
Cloud Services
1 31 (58.49%) AWS
1 31 (58.49%) Azure
2 6 (11.32%) GitHub
3 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (3.77%) SaaS
5 1 (1.89%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) HTTP
1 1 (1.89%) Internet
1 1 (1.89%) RNC
1 1 (1.89%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (66.04%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (54.72%) QGIS
3 5 (9.43%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (7.55%) Redis
5 3 (5.66%) Power BI
5 3 (5.66%) Relational Database
6 2 (3.77%) MySQL
7 1 (1.89%) Metadata
7 1 (1.89%) Spatial Data
General
1 6 (11.32%) Public Sector
2 5 (9.43%) Finance
3 4 (7.55%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (5.66%) Local Government
5 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.89%) Electronics
6 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (58.49%) Software Engineer
2 19 (35.85%) Senior
2 19 (35.85%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (7.55%) Analyst
3 4 (7.55%) Network Technician
4 3 (5.66%) Data Analyst
4 3 (5.66%) Python Engineer
4 3 (5.66%) Remote Sensing Technician
5 2 (3.77%) Developer
5 2 (3.77%) Software Developer
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Software Engineer
6 1 (1.89%) Geospatial Engineer
6 1 (1.89%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (64.15%) OpenLayers
2 33 (62.26%) React
3 31 (58.49%) Leaflet
4 29 (54.72%) PostGIS
5 25 (47.17%) .NET
5 25 (47.17%) .NET Core
5 25 (47.17%) CSS
6 10 (18.87%) Django
7 6 (11.32%) Dask
7 6 (11.32%) Flask
8 4 (7.55%) Celery
8 4 (7.55%) NumPy
9 2 (3.77%) HTML
9 2 (3.77%) Sass
10 1 (1.89%) GeoJSON
10 1 (1.89%) GeoPandas
10 1 (1.89%) LAPP Stack
10 1 (1.89%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) PDA
2 3 (5.66%) Housing Association
3 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Photography
4 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Linux
2 4 (7.55%) Ubuntu
3 3 (5.66%) Windows
4 1 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (60.38%) Actionable Insight
2 31 (58.49%) Software Engineering
3 30 (56.60%) Agile
4 29 (54.72%) DevOps
4 29 (54.72%) Web Development
5 4 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (7.55%) Business Strategy
5 4 (7.55%) Remote Sensing
5 4 (7.55%) Validation
6 3 (5.66%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (5.66%) Computer Science
6 3 (5.66%) Data Analysis
6 3 (5.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (3.77%) Aerial Photography
7 2 (3.77%) Cartography
7 2 (3.77%) CI/CD
7 2 (3.77%) Clean Code
7 2 (3.77%) Full Stack Development
7 2 (3.77%) Software Architecture
7 2 (3.77%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (67.92%) Python
2 33 (62.26%) JavaScript
3 16 (30.19%) C#
4 3 (5.66%) SQL
5 1 (1.89%) Java
5 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.89%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (64.15%) Security Cleared
2 31 (58.49%) SC Cleared
3 9 (16.98%) Degree
4 3 (5.66%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (58.49%) ESRI
2 3 (5.66%) Mapinfo
3 1 (1.89%) Ericsson
3 1 (1.89%) Nokia
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle
3 1 (1.89%) SAP