GIS Jobs in Wales

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 121 109
Rank change year-on-year +42 -12 -10
Permanent jobs citing GIS 39 10 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.93% 0.60% 1.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.58% 2.98% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £47,350 £51,650 -
25th Percentile £49,000 £59,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.52% -9.38% +201.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £62,250 £76,750 -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 310 336 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 15.37% 20.18% 19.93%
Number of salaries quoted 174 192 255
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,115
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% +7.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,506 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £71,250
UK 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 Wales

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in Wales

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Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for GIS in Wales

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Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in Wales over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GIS in Wales

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Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 27 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
South Wales +38 39 £54,000 -25.52% 4
GIS
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 28 (71.79%) ArcGIS
2 27 (69.23%) GeoServer
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (71.79%) Azure
2 27 (69.23%) AWS
3 2 (5.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (69.23%) PostgreSQL
1 27 (69.23%) QGIS
2 3 (7.69%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.56%) Metadata
3 1 (2.56%) Spatial Data
General
1 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (69.23%) Software Engineer
2 24 (61.54%) Senior
3 17 (43.59%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (2.56%) Consultant
4 1 (2.56%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (2.56%) GIS Consultant
4 1 (2.56%) Lead
4 1 (2.56%) Lead Project Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Project Leader
4 1 (2.56%) Project Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (2.56%) Senior GIS Consultant
4 1 (2.56%) Technical Leader
4 1 (2.56%) Technical Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Technical Project Leader
4 1 (2.56%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (71.79%) PostGIS
2 27 (69.23%) Leaflet
2 27 (69.23%) OpenLayers
2 27 (69.23%) React
3 23 (58.97%) .NET
3 23 (58.97%) .NET Core
3 23 (58.97%) CSS
4 4 (10.26%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Data Centre
1 6 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
1 6 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.56%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Linux
1 4 (10.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (74.36%) Actionable Insight
2 28 (71.79%) Agile
2 28 (71.79%) Software Engineering
3 27 (69.23%) DevOps
3 27 (69.23%) Web Development
4 7 (17.95%) Business Development
5 6 (15.38%) Economics
5 6 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 3 (7.69%) Data Science
6 3 (7.69%) Visualisation
7 2 (5.13%) 3D Modelling
7 2 (5.13%) Data Analysis
7 2 (5.13%) Geochemistry
7 2 (5.13%) Machine Learning
7 2 (5.13%) Project Delivery
7 2 (5.13%) Software Architecture
7 2 (5.13%) Statistical Analysis
8 1 (2.56%) ETL
8 1 (2.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (2.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (71.79%) Python
2 27 (69.23%) JavaScript
3 15 (38.46%) C#
Qualifications
1 29 (74.36%) Security Cleared
2 27 (69.23%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) Degree
3 2 (5.13%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 28 (71.79%) ESRI
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.56%) Sitecore