GIS Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > East Midlands

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GIS 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.13% - 0.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.06% - 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £335
25th Percentile - - £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
75th Percentile - - £426
90th Percentile - - £427
England median daily rate £500 £481 £570
% change year-on-year +3.90% -15.57% +14.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 94 130 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 11.97% 16.58% 14.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 89 85
10th Percentile £304 £320 £300
25th Percentile £368 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £411 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -13.47% -4.52%
75th Percentile £492 £475 £530
90th Percentile £537 £580 £677
England median daily rate £512 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.91% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £20.55 - £11.27
25th Percentile £23.62 £21.25 £11.36
Median hourly rate £28.98 £22.50 £11.62
Median % change year-on-year +28.80% +93.59% -66.79%
75th Percentile £34.10 £23.75 £11.78
90th Percentile £37.01 - £11.81
England median hourly rate £42.00 £36.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +15.85% -34.09% +22.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GIS

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GIS

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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
Derbyshire - 1 - - 1
GIS
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Trapeze