GIS Contracts in the East of England

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring GIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GIS over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 107 115
Rank change year-on-year +20 +8 +19
Contract jobs citing GIS 1 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.094% 0.26% 0.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.70% 4.35% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £440
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.33%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 142 115 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 13.37% 5.88% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 75 160
10th Percentile £379 £300 £275
25th Percentile £433 £348 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £410 £500
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -18.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £552 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 12
10th Percentile £18.96 £13.11 £17.58
25th Percentile £21.20 £14.11 £50.31
Median hourly rate £31.64 £15.49 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +104.26% -75.41% +80.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.88 £67.94
90th Percentile £64.80 £30.18 £73.75
England median hourly rate £33.50 £40.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -16.26% -30.43% +43.21%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for GIS in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for GIS in the East of England

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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 25 June 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
Hertfordshire - 1 £500 - 14
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation