QGIS (formerly Quantum GIS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for QGIS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QGIS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 911 1049
Rank change year-on-year +337 +138 -156
Permanent jobs citing QGIS 342 61 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.060% 0.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.88% 0.28% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 13
10th Percentile - £31,125 £33,200
25th Percentile £21,749 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,857 £38,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.48% -4.38% -8.05%
75th Percentile £40,952 £44,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £45,664 £47,550 £57,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,806 £36,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +20.02% -2.67% -13.79%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

QGIS 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 18,170 21,615 43,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.33% 21.33% 27.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,550 13,499 21,044
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 £76,250 £83,750 £79,313
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%

QGIS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for QGIS in the UK

QGIS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QGIS.

Salary trend for QGIS in the UK

QGIS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QGIS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QGIS in the UK

QGIS
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QGIS within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
UK excluding London +236 285 £43,806 +20.02% 5
Work from Home +228 218 £40,653 +1.63% 3
England +269 205 £37,500 -1.96% 7
North of England +136 85 - -
Scotland -8 60 - - 2
North West +69 57 - -
London +131 34 £37,500 - 4
South East +24 29 - - 1
Midlands +7 29 £43,806 +34.79%
Yorkshire +117 28 - -
Northern Ireland +54 28 - -
East Midlands +6 28 - -
Wales +25 27 - -
South West +1 27 - - 1
West Midlands +7 1 £43,806 +34.79%

QGIS
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
1 332 (97.08%) ArcGIS
2 330 (96.49%) GeoServer
3 3 (0.88%) WordPress
4 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.58%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 330 (96.49%) AWS
1 330 (96.49%) Azure
2 1 (0.29%) GitHub
2 1 (0.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 333 (97.37%) GIS
2 332 (97.08%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (0.58%) Tableau
4 1 (0.29%) Power BI
4 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.29%) Spatial Data
4 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 6 (1.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (1.17%) German Language
2 4 (1.17%) Japanese Language
2 4 (1.17%) Spanish Language
3 3 (0.88%) Marketing
4 1 (0.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (0.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 330 (96.49%) Software Engineer
2 216 (63.16%) Senior
3 214 (62.57%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (0.88%) Analyst
4 3 (0.88%) Trainee
5 2 (0.58%) Data Analyst
5 2 (0.58%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (0.58%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (0.29%) Data Engineer
6 1 (0.29%) Geospatial Officer
6 1 (0.29%) GIS Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 331 (96.78%) PostGIS
2 330 (96.49%) Leaflet
2 330 (96.49%) OpenLayers
2 330 (96.49%) React
3 282 (82.46%) .NET
3 282 (82.46%) .NET Core
3 282 (82.46%) CSS
4 48 (14.04%) Django
5 3 (0.88%) EDI
6 1 (0.29%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.17%) iPhone
1 4 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (0.88%) Driving Licence
2 3 (0.88%) Social Media
3 1 (0.29%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.29%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 48 (14.04%) Linux
1 48 (14.04%) Ubuntu
2 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (96.49%) Actionable Insight
1 330 (96.49%) Agile
1 330 (96.49%) DevOps
1 330 (96.49%) Software Engineering
1 330 (96.49%) Web Development
2 4 (1.17%) Customer Service
2 4 (1.17%) Data Validation
2 4 (1.17%) Digital Engineering
2 4 (1.17%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 4 (1.17%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (1.17%) Validation
2 4 (1.17%) Visualisation
3 3 (0.88%) Data Science
4 2 (0.58%) Decision-Making
4 2 (0.58%) Principal Component Analysis
4 2 (0.58%) Quantitative Analysis
4 2 (0.58%) Quantitative Research
4 2 (0.58%) Spatial Analysis
4 2 (0.58%) Statistical Analysis
4 2 (0.58%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 335 (97.95%) Python
2 330 (96.49%) JavaScript
3 180 (52.63%) C#
4 3 (0.88%) R
5 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 330 (96.49%) SC Cleared
1 330 (96.49%) Security Cleared
2 5 (1.46%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.29%) GDPR
Vendors
1 332 (97.08%) ESRI