GIS Contract Job Trends in Central London

Geographic Information System (GIS)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring GIS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 121 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing GIS 1 8 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.052% 0.34% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.25% 1.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 0
10th Percentile - £371 -
25th Percentile £625 £439 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £510 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% - -
75th Percentile £675 £576 -
90th Percentile - £638 -
London median daily rate £490 £505 £375
% change year-on-year -2.97% +34.67% -24.17%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 407 489 655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 21.19% 21.00% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 350 439
10th Percentile £383 £413 £377
25th Percentile £425 £486 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.13% -0.04% +2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £700
90th Percentile £800 £825 £788
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £24.25 £37.20 £38.95
25th Percentile £32.13 £37.88 £40.38
Median hourly rate £48.25 £40.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.63% -9.09% -22.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.38 £48.88
90th Percentile £81.88 £41.60 £51.05
London median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year +22.22% -16.28% -2.27%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in Central London

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Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing GIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing GIS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing GIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing GIS

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
City of London +2 1 £650 +27.45% 2
GIS
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DKIM
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce