GIS Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Geographic Information System (GIS)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring GIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 63 77
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 +19
Contract jobs citing GIS 7 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.71% 0.33% 0.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.14% 3.03% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £750 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £850 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £405 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +1.25% -15.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £63.13 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Database & BI 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 86 66 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 8.68% 11.04% 16.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 37 110
10th Percentile £368 £355 £318
25th Percentile £463 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £506
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -6.17% -3.57%
75th Percentile £648 £675 £638
90th Percentile £708 £765 £680
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 3
10th Percentile £49.07 - £53.00
25th Percentile £64.06 £25.26 £59.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £27.13 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +139.63% -61.25% +12.00%
75th Percentile - £55.62 £80.00
90th Percentile £69.20 £67.25 £86.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £27.13 £40.00
% change year-on-year +139.63% -32.19% -33.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

GIS job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing GIS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing GIS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) C++ Software Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) GIS Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) Middleware
1 6 (85.71%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineering
1 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Business Case
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
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