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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 52 -
Rank change year-on-year -28 - -
Contract jobs citing GIS 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.27% 0.37% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.81% 2.82% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 -
England median daily rate £500 £459 £505
% change year-on-year +8.99% -9.16% +1.00%

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 166 71 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 14.95% 13.15% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 44 83
10th Percentile £354 £312 £292
25th Percentile £393 £367 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £469 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +17.19% -5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £511 £509
90th Percentile £588 £546 £678
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 10
10th Percentile £12.95 £18.26 £13.26
25th Percentile £16.89 £18.35 -
Median hourly rate £67.00 £19.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +252.63% +35.71% -40.17%
75th Percentile £74.00 £21.25 £21.30
90th Percentile £79.88 £22.30 £35.12
England median hourly rate £47.54 £32.05 £40.13
% change year-on-year +48.33% -20.12% -30.22%

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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

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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 6 May 2026. 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 - 3 - - 1
GIS
England