GIS Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring GIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 85 108
Rank change year-on-year -22 +23 +6
Contract jobs citing GIS 3 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.14% 0.10% 0.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.80% 0.72% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £450 £510
% change year-on-year +11.11% -11.76% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
England median hourly rate £14.26 £29.80 £18.41
% change year-on-year -52.16% +61.87% -18.12%

All Database & BI Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 167 139 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 7.53% 14.26% 5.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 86 74
10th Percentile £325 £363 £301
25th Percentile £405 £427 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +11.11% -6.49%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £559
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 6
10th Percentile £20.53 £19.84 £12.72
25th Percentile £22.82 £31.64 £14.02
Median hourly rate £30.74 £49.00 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -37.27% +148.10% -68.65%
75th Percentile £54.69 £65.63 £31.69
90th Percentile £82.25 £77.38 £34.25
England median hourly rate £44.75 £32.96 £40.00
% change year-on-year +35.77% -17.60% -28.19%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

GIS job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 21 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
Bedfordshire - 2 £525 -
Essex - 1 - -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Smallworld
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
1 1 (33.33%) Spatial Data
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) LLPG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility