Geospatial Data Contract Job Trends in England

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Geospatial Data skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 445 506
Rank change year-on-year -107 +61 +71
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 47 38 45
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.74% 0.83% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 32 27
10th Percentile £403 £402 £389
25th Percentile £413 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -17.27% -2.14%
75th Percentile £631 £575 £631
90th Percentile £700 £600 £693
UK median daily rate £500 £455 £575
% change year-on-year +9.89% -20.87% +1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
Median hourly rate £14.85 - £13.50
UK median hourly rate £14.85 - £13.50
% change year-on-year - - -39.96%

All Database & BI Skills
England

Geospatial Data 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,325 4,590 6,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.14% 19.13% 16.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,304 3,183 4,494
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £413 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 91 138
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.99 £20.77
Median hourly rate £41.71 £32.05 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.14% -19.88% -31.73%
75th Percentile £73.75 £63.25 £55.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £76.25 £73.25
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £33.88 £40.00
% change year-on-year +25.44% -15.30% -33.33%

Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Geospatial Data job vacancy trend in England

Geospatial Data
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Geospatial Data.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Geospatial Data

Geospatial Data
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Geospatial Data in England over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Geospatial Data in England

Geospatial Data
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Geospatial Data.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Geospatial Data

Geospatial Data
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Geospatial Data within the England region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
London -69 26 £513 +2.50% 14
South East -50 11 £588 +11.90% 9
South West -29 9 £409 -5.22% 8
Geospatial Data
UK

Geospatial Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 8 (17.02%) ArcGIS
2 2 (4.26%) Apache
2 2 (4.26%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.26%) GeoServer
2 2 (4.26%) Smallworld
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.04%) Azure
2 8 (17.02%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (10.64%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.51%) AWS
5 3 (6.38%) GCP
6 2 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.26%) dbt
7 1 (2.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (46.81%) GIS
2 7 (14.89%) Spatial Data
3 4 (8.51%) Power BI
4 3 (6.38%) QGIS
5 2 (4.26%) Metadata
5 2 (4.26%) MySQL
5 2 (4.26%) Tableau
6 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Git
General
1 15 (31.91%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (23.40%) Publishing
3 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
4 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.26%) Tech for Good
6 1 (2.13%) Finance
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Legal
6 1 (2.13%) Military
6 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Data Engineer
2 8 (17.02%) Developer
3 6 (12.77%) GIS Developer
3 6 (12.77%) Python Developer
4 5 (10.64%) Analyst
4 5 (10.64%) Data Scientist
4 5 (10.64%) Senior
5 4 (8.51%) Architect
5 4 (8.51%) Consultant
5 4 (8.51%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) DBA
6 3 (6.38%) Geospatial Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Geospatial Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) GIS Architect
7 2 (4.26%) GIS Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) Lead
7 2 (4.26%) MySQL DBA
7 2 (4.26%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (27.66%) GeoJSON
2 9 (19.15%) Matplotlib
2 9 (19.15%) Pandas
2 9 (19.15%) Polars
2 9 (19.15%) scikit-learn
3 4 (8.51%) PostGIS
4 2 (4.26%) .NET
4 2 (4.26%) JSON
5 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (2.13%) Blazor
5 1 (2.13%) Node.js
5 1 (2.13%) OpenAPI
5 1 (2.13%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (2.13%) React
5 1 (2.13%) REST
5 1 (2.13%) RESTful
5 1 (2.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Data Structures
1 3 (6.38%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (6.38%) NHS
2 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.26%) Distributed Computing
2 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Visualisation
2 12 (25.53%) Analytics
3 11 (23.40%) Spatial Analysis
4 10 (21.28%) Data Modelling
4 10 (21.28%) Data Transformation
5 9 (19.15%) Anomaly Detection
5 9 (19.15%) Data Pipeline
5 9 (19.15%) Migration
5 9 (19.15%) Performance Tuning
6 8 (17.02%) Data Cleansing
7 7 (14.89%) Decision-Making
7 7 (14.89%) Optimization Problems
8 6 (12.77%) AI
8 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (12.77%) Data Engineering
8 6 (12.77%) Data Ingestion
9 5 (10.64%) Agile
9 5 (10.64%) Data Munging
9 5 (10.64%) Machine Learning
9 5 (10.64%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 19 (40.43%) Python
2 15 (31.91%) SQL
3 2 (4.26%) Java
4 1 (2.13%) Apex Code
4 1 (2.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.89%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (34.04%) Data Quality
2 7 (14.89%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) ESRI
2 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.38%) Databricks
4 2 (4.26%) Intergraph
4 2 (4.26%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.13%) Google
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle
5 1 (2.13%) SAP