Spatial Data
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Spatial Data skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Spatial Data over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 855 945 1176
Rank change year-on-year +90 +231 -289
Permanent jobs citing Spatial Data 33 50 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.049% 0.037%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 28 20 24
10th Percentile £35,529 £38,700 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,542 £50,939 £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £91,250 £140,000 £98,438
90th Percentile £95,000 - £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,744 £70,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year -14.65% -1.75% -8.06%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Spatial Data 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 18,197 21,669 43,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.35% 21.34% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,547 13,515 21,192
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 £79,000
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%

Spatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Spatial Data in the UK

Spatial Data
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Spatial Data.

Salary trend for Spatial Data in the UK

Spatial Data
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Spatial Data over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Spatial Data in the UK

Spatial Data
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spatial Data within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +62 29 £60,000 -20.00% 11
UK excluding London -28 22 £59,744 -14.65% 6
East of England +20 9 £36,664 -20.30%
London +124 8 £60,000 -53.85% 5
Midlands +10 7 £90,000 - 2
Work from Home +51 6 £51,647 -35.44% 3
South East +15 4 £47,500 -32.14%
West Midlands +14 3 £85,000 -
North of England +22 1 - - 2
Wales - 1 £47,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Spatial Data
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 14 (42.42%) ArcGIS
2 4 (12.12%) Apache
3 3 (9.09%) Smallworld
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.09%) AutoCAD
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) SAP CRM
1 3 (9.09%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) GitHub
2 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) Intranet
2 1 (3.03%) HTTP
2 1 (3.03%) Internet
2 1 (3.03%) RNC
2 1 (3.03%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (90.91%) GIS
2 23 (69.70%) Geospatial Data
3 10 (30.30%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (15.15%) Metadata
5 4 (12.12%) Triplestore
6 2 (6.06%) Relational Database
7 1 (3.03%) Data Hub
7 1 (3.03%) Neo4j
7 1 (3.03%) Power BI
7 1 (3.03%) QGIS
7 1 (3.03%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Liquibase
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Local Government
3 5 (15.15%) Publishing
4 3 (9.09%) Retail
5 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.03%) Aeronautics
6 1 (3.03%) Aviation
6 1 (3.03%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Architect
2 7 (21.21%) GIS Architect
2 7 (21.21%) Principal Architect
3 6 (18.18%) Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) GIS Analyst
4 5 (15.15%) Data Analyst
4 5 (15.15%) GIS Data Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Consultant
5 4 (12.12%) Data Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Data Science Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) GIS Consultant
6 3 (9.09%) Senior
7 2 (6.06%) Analytics Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Data Analytics Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Data Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Data Science Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Information Officer
8 1 (3.03%) Information Systems Officer
8 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL DBA
8 1 (3.03%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (24.24%) CSS
1 8 (24.24%) HTML
2 4 (12.12%) RESTful
3 3 (9.09%) PostGIS
4 2 (6.06%) OpenLayers
5 1 (3.03%) Spring
5 1 (3.03%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Data Structures
1 4 (12.12%) Linked Data
1 4 (12.12%) Reference Data
2 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.06%) Lidar
3 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.03%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Unix
2 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 10 (30.30%) Data Analysis
3 10 (30.30%) Statistics
4 9 (27.27%) Agile
4 9 (27.27%) Data Management
5 8 (24.24%) Decarbonisation
5 8 (24.24%) Software Engineering
5 8 (24.24%) User Experience
5 8 (24.24%) UX Design
6 7 (21.21%) Business Case
6 7 (21.21%) Computer Science
6 7 (21.21%) Critical Thinking
6 7 (21.21%) Data Science
6 7 (21.21%) Data Visualisation
6 7 (21.21%) Full Stack Development
6 7 (21.21%) Project Management
6 7 (21.21%) Project Planning
6 7 (21.21%) Task Automation
6 7 (21.21%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 22 (66.67%) Python
2 11 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 11 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (12.12%) SPARQL
4 3 (9.09%) Java
5 2 (6.06%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.03%) C#
6 1 (3.03%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (48.48%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) Accessibility
2 6 (18.18%) Data Quality
3 5 (15.15%) QA
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) ESRI
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
3 7 (21.21%) Mapbox
4 4 (12.12%) SAP
5 3 (9.09%) Oracle
6 1 (3.03%) Ericsson
6 1 (3.03%) Mapinfo
6 1 (3.03%) Nokia
6 1 (3.03%) Xamarin