Geographic Information System (GIS)
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 32 | 33 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +1 | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing GIS | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff | - | 2.23% | 0.90% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 11.36% | 3.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £528 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £613 | £531 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £650 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +18.18% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £698 | £569 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £717 | £573 |
| South Wales median daily rate | - | £650 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +18.18% | +4.76% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Cardiff
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 Cardiff.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 22 | 44 | 61 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff | 11.70% | 19.64% | 27.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 35 | 40 |
| 10th Percentile | £248 | £197 | £217 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £393 | £304 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £525 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +2.44% | -2.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £483 | £588 | £609 |
| 90th Percentile | £540 | £671 | £703 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £450 | £513 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.20% | -2.38% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £17.85 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £19.13 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £24.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £25.55 |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £22.84 | - | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +25.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing GIS.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing GIS.
