GIS Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Geographic Information System (GIS)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring GIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 95 110
Rank change year-on-year +5 +15 +16
Contract jobs citing GIS 18 5 13
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.22% 0.33% 0.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.00% 1.98% 5.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 7
10th Percentile - £310 £427
25th Percentile £413 £325 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £700
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -50.00% +71.99%
75th Percentile £522 £375 £763
90th Percentile £575 £390 £785
South East median daily rate £425 £388 £645
% change year-on-year +9.68% -39.92% +43.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Berkshire

GIS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 200 252 236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.61% 16.50% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 150 169
10th Percentile £410 £385 £393
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £582 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% +1.26% +19.79%
75th Percentile £600 £651 £663
90th Percentile £663 £675 £703
South East median daily rate £462 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.70% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 9
10th Percentile - £34.67 £55.03
25th Percentile - £41.25 £59.00
Median hourly rate - £60.73 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - -3.61% +14.55%
75th Percentile - £64.73 £79.78
90th Percentile - £64.99 £81.87
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £58.30 £50.53
% change year-on-year -31.39% +15.38% +119.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GIS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

GIS job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GIS

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIS in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GIS

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham - 14 £425 - 1
Reading +9 2 £550 +83.33%
GIS
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) Smallworld
2 6 (33.33%) GeoServer
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) QGIS
2 6 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (16.67%) Metadata
4 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Subject Matter Expert
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Data Centre Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) GIS Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) GIS Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) SCADA Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) SOAP
2 1 (5.56%) HTML
2 1 (5.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (22.22%) Replication
3 3 (16.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Migration
2 7 (38.89%) Agile
3 6 (33.33%) AI
3 6 (33.33%) Analytics
3 6 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 6 (33.33%) DevOps
3 6 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
5 4 (22.22%) Use Case
5 4 (22.22%) Validation
6 3 (16.67%) Change Control
6 3 (16.67%) Data Governance
6 3 (16.67%) Data Stewardship
6 3 (16.67%) Data Validation
6 3 (16.67%) High Availability
6 3 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.56%) Magik
1 1 (5.56%) Perl
1 1 (5.56%) PL/SQL
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
1 4 (22.22%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) ESRI
2 6 (33.33%) Intergraph
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft