GIS Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Geographic Information System (GIS)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring GIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 - 66
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing GIS 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.28% - 0.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.25% - 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £408 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £423 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £400 - £350
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 160 143 137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 22.07% 20.72% 18.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 105 103
10th Percentile £347 £363 £301
25th Percentile £450 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £648 £653
90th Percentile £639 £725 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £519 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -1.24% +10.53% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £36.00 - £31.04
West Midlands median hourly rate £36.00 £18.00 £31.04
% change year-on-year +100.00% -42.01% +158.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

GIS job vacancy trend in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GIS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GIS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Geospatial Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) Housing Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft