GIS Contracts in Bristol

Geographic Information System (GIS)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring GIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GIS over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 75 77
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 +17
Contract jobs citing GIS 1 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.16% 0.27% 0.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.49% 2.21% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £503 £319
25th Percentile - £506 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +13.89% +16.13%
75th Percentile - £519 £489
90th Percentile - £523 £541
South West median daily rate £413 £513 £450
% change year-on-year -19.51% +13.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £15.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 - £15.00
% change year-on-year - - -80.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 67 136 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 10.70% 12.15% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 85 105
10th Percentile £350 £321 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £488 £460
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% +5.98% -8.00%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £575
90th Percentile £650 £670 £675
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 6
10th Percentile £49.30 - £33.13
25th Percentile £67.50 £17.50 £52.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £20.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +250.00% -65.22% -17.03%
75th Percentile £78.10 £85.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £79.22 - £66.00
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year +75.00% -39.39% +10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for GIS in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for GIS in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++