GIS Analyst
UK

The median GIS Analyst salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 880 967 1177
Rank change year-on-year +87 +210 -291
Permanent jobs requiring a GIS Analyst 17 34 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.032% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.035% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 17 2 3
10th Percentile - £34,450 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,529 £34,750 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -14.12% +26.87%
75th Percentile £45,000 £38,250 -
90th Percentile £45,500 £38,550 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £36,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -14.12% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,025 97,996 146,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,479 61,282 85,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

GIS Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured GIS Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GIS Analyst in the UK

GIS Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIS Analyst.

Salary trend for GIS Analyst in the UK

GIS Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS Analyst over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GIS Analyst in the UK

GIS Analyst
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
UK excluding London +30 16 £40,000 +9.59% 3
England +112 12 £40,000 +12.68% 3
Scotland -55 5 £45,000 +20.00%
East of England - 5 £36,664 -
South East - 4 £42,500 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £43,153 -
Midlands - 2 £43,153 -
London +125 1 £60,000 - 2
Work from Home +100 1 £43,806 +16.82% 3

GIS Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, GIS Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring GIS Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) GIS
2 8 (47.06%) Geospatial Data
3 7 (41.18%) ArcGIS
3 7 (41.18%) Python
3 7 (41.18%) Data Analysis
4 6 (35.29%) ESRI
4 6 (35.29%) Spatial Data
5 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Intranet
5 5 (29.41%) Customer Service
5 5 (29.41%) Local Government
5 5 (29.41%) Degree
5 5 (29.41%) Information Governance
5 5 (29.41%) Publishing
6 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (11.76%) Visualisation
6 2 (11.76%) Analytics
7 1 (5.88%) Data Governance
7 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
7 1 (5.88%) D3.js
7 1 (5.88%) Data Analytics
7 1 (5.88%) Spatial Analysis
7 1 (5.88%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (5.88%) GDPR
7 1 (5.88%) Customer-Centricity
7 1 (5.88%) Data Science
7 1 (5.88%) Commercial Awareness
7 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
7 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (5.88%) Power Platform

GIS Analyst Skill Set
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 7 (41.18%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) GCP
1 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (100.00%) GIS
2 8 (47.06%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (35.29%) Spatial Data
4 1 (5.88%) Looker
4 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (5.88%) Power BI
4 1 (5.88%) QGIS
4 1 (5.88%) Tableau
General
1 5 (29.41%) Local Government
1 5 (29.41%) Publishing
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.88%) Retail
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) D3.js
1 1 (5.88%) Leaflet
1 1 (5.88%) OpenLayers
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Data Analysis
2 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (29.41%) Customer Service
2 5 (29.41%) Information Governance
3 2 (11.76%) Analytics
3 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (11.76%) Visualisation
4 1 (5.88%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (5.88%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (5.88%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (5.88%) Data Analytics
4 1 (5.88%) Data Governance
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.88%) Data Science
4 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
4 1 (5.88%) Information Security
4 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) Spatial Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) ESRI
2 1 (5.88%) Mapbox