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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 55 64
Rank change year-on-year - +9 -
Contract jobs citing GIS 0 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands - 0.18% 0.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 1.10% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £500 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +17.71% -22.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.82
Median hourly rate - - £22.28
75th Percentile - - £23.73
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.75 £29.80 £23.32
% change year-on-year +113.93% +27.79% +3.71%

All Database & BI 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 106 91 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 11.04% 16.05% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 55 69
10th Percentile £331 £319 £273
25th Percentile £384 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £465 £550 £538
90th Percentile £549 £595 £706
England median daily rate £500 £540 £538
% change year-on-year -7.41% +0.47% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 10
10th Percentile - - £10.74
25th Percentile £12.95 £21.25 £12.37
Median hourly rate £15.77 £22.50 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.91% +60.71% -47.13%
75th Percentile £24.03 £23.75 -
90th Percentile £38.94 - £24.68
England median hourly rate £46.50 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +16.25% -5.88% -25.26%

GIS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

GIS job vacancy trend 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