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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 501 565
Rank change year-on-year +29 +64 +169
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 37 25 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.077% 0.063%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.75% 0.42% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 16 20
10th Percentile £375 £394 £399
25th Percentile £408 £425 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £588 £634
Median % change year-on-year -21.28% -7.30% +20.71%
75th Percentile £651 £606 £739
90th Percentile £675 £681 £750
UK median daily rate £490 £600 £634
% change year-on-year -18.33% -5.33% +20.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £11.87
Median % change year-on-year - +85.34% -79.12%
UK median hourly rate - £22.00 £11.53
% change year-on-year - +90.77% -79.72%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 4,924 5,933 7,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.00% 18.20% 16.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,377 4,123 5,102
10th Percentile £333 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £664
90th Percentile £750 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £533 £542
% change year-on-year -6.19% -1.66% -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 80 150
10th Percentile £21.24 £17.50 £21.00
25th Percentile £31.29 £21.25 £32.30
Median hourly rate £43.50 £36.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -34.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.60 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.85 £78.79
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +14.99% -36.36% +22.66%

Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Geospatial Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Geospatial Data 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 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
London +32 24 £490 -6.67% 20
West Midlands -7 6 £375 - 1
Midlands -8 6 £375 - 1
South West +24 5 £463 -22.92% 10
North of England -16 2 £513 - 6
North West -12 1 £450 - 5
Yorkshire -13 1 £575 -
Geospatial Data
UK

Geospatial Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (18.92%) ArcGIS
2 5 (13.51%) Apache Spark
3 2 (5.41%) Oracle Workflow
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 5 (13.51%) Power Platform
3 4 (10.81%) AWS
4 2 (5.41%) GCP
4 2 (5.41%) GitHub
4 2 (5.41%) Serverless
5 1 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) DKIM
1 1 (2.70%) DNS
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (67.57%) GIS
2 11 (29.73%) Tableau
3 10 (27.03%) Spatial Data
4 6 (16.22%) Big Data
5 5 (13.51%) Power BI
5 5 (13.51%) QGIS
6 2 (5.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (29.73%) Git
2 2 (5.41%) GDB
3 1 (2.70%) JIRA
3 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 18 (48.65%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
3 10 (27.03%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (27.03%) Telecoms
4 3 (8.11%) Publishing
5 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Analyst
2 7 (18.92%) Data Scientist
3 6 (16.22%) GIS Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Python Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Data Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) Data Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Python Data Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Business Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Data Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Geospatial Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) GIS Architect
7 2 (5.41%) GIS Business Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) GIS Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Junior
7 2 (5.41%) Junior Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Junior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) PostGIS
2 5 (13.51%) GeoPandas
3 3 (8.11%) CSS
3 3 (8.11%) HTML
4 2 (5.41%) GeoJSON
4 2 (5.41%) KML
4 2 (5.41%) Node.js
4 2 (5.41%) NumPy
4 2 (5.41%) Pandas
4 2 (5.41%) PySpark
4 2 (5.41%) REST
5 1 (2.70%) JSON
5 1 (2.70%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (2.70%) Matplotlib
5 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (18.92%) Algorithms
3 5 (13.51%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.41%) IoT
5 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
5 2 (5.41%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Visualisation
2 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (37.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (35.14%) CI/CD
5 11 (29.73%) Data Visualisation
6 10 (27.03%) Data Science
7 9 (24.32%) Mathematics
8 8 (21.62%) Analytics
8 8 (21.62%) Machine Learning
8 8 (21.62%) Time Management
8 8 (21.62%) Workflow
9 7 (18.92%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (18.92%) Data Modelling
9 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
9 7 (18.92%) Spatial Analysis
10 6 (16.22%) Artificial Intelligence
11 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (13.51%) Continuous Delivery
11 5 (13.51%) Data Management
11 5 (13.51%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 26 (70.27%) Python
2 13 (35.14%) SQL
3 2 (5.41%) C#
3 2 (5.41%) Perl
3 2 (5.41%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.70%) Apex Code
4 1 (2.70%) Bash
4 1 (2.70%) Java
4 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.70%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
1 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.51%) Degree
3 4 (10.81%) PhD
4 2 (5.41%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.41%) QA
3 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) ESRI
3 5 (13.51%) Databricks
4 2 (5.41%) Oracle
5 1 (2.70%) Salesforce