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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 455 507
Rank change year-on-year -70 +52 +99
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 48 27 41
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.84% 0.56% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 22 25
10th Percentile £375 £439 £331
25th Percentile £404 £491 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £490
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% -2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £637 £675
90th Percentile £675 £798 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £490
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £21.00
% change year-on-year - - -6.60%

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 5,727 4,821 5,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.19% 18.71% 16.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,988 3,275 4,313
10th Percentile £342 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £533
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +0.84% -3.09%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £663
90th Percentile £700 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 86 153
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £15.65
25th Percentile £26.88 £25.26 £21.64
Median hourly rate £54.00 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -5.88% -22.73%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £61.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £71.88 £77.31
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £36.56 £42.50
% change year-on-year +47.72% -13.99% -22.73%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -12 27 £535 -7.00% 7
South East -25 13 £419 -47.66% 1
South West -24 4 £405 -19.00% 4
Midlands -51 2 £400 -
West Midlands - 2 £400 -
North West -32 1 £350 -22.22% 3
North of England -65 1 £350 -22.22% 4
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 12 (25.00%) ArcGIS
2 8 (16.67%) GeoServer
2 8 (16.67%) Smallworld
3 2 (4.17%) Apache
3 2 (4.17%) Apache Spark
4 1 (2.08%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 22 (45.83%) Azure
2 7 (14.58%) AWS
3 5 (10.42%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.25%) GCP
6 2 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.17%) dbt
7 1 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (2.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (2.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) DKIM
1 1 (2.08%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (66.67%) GIS
2 11 (22.92%) Spatial Data
3 8 (16.67%) QGIS
4 6 (12.50%) Metadata
5 3 (6.25%) Power BI
6 2 (4.17%) Tableau
7 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Git
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
1 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 13 (27.08%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (20.83%) Public Sector
2 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.50%) Publishing
4 4 (8.33%) Tech for Good
5 3 (6.25%) Local Government
6 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (22.92%) Analyst
2 10 (20.83%) Developer
3 9 (18.75%) Data Engineer
4 7 (14.58%) Data Analyst
5 6 (12.50%) Architect
6 5 (10.42%) GIS Architect
6 5 (10.42%) GIS Developer
7 4 (8.33%) Consultant
7 4 (8.33%) Geospatial Developer
7 4 (8.33%) GIS Analyst
7 4 (8.33%) Lead
7 4 (8.33%) Python Developer
8 3 (6.25%) Data Centre Analyst
8 3 (6.25%) GIS Specialist
8 3 (6.25%) Lead Developer
8 3 (6.25%) Migration Specialist
9 2 (4.17%) Geospatial Analyst
9 2 (4.17%) Geospatial Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) GIS Consultant
9 2 (4.17%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (20.83%) GeoJSON
2 6 (12.50%) Matplotlib
2 6 (12.50%) Pandas
2 6 (12.50%) Polars
2 6 (12.50%) scikit-learn
3 4 (8.33%) PostGIS
4 3 (6.25%) Node.js
5 2 (4.17%) .NET
6 1 (2.08%) ASP.NET
6 1 (2.08%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (2.08%) Blazor
6 1 (2.08%) CSS
6 1 (2.08%) HTML
6 1 (2.08%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (2.08%) OpenAPI
6 1 (2.08%) Razor View Engine
6 1 (2.08%) REST
6 1 (2.08%) RESTful
6 1 (2.08%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (8.33%) Data Structures
3 3 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.25%) NHS
3 3 (6.25%) Replication
4 2 (4.17%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.17%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Migration
2 18 (37.50%) Analytics
3 15 (31.25%) Data Modelling
3 15 (31.25%) Visualisation
4 13 (27.08%) AI
4 13 (27.08%) Decision-Making
5 11 (22.92%) DevOps
6 10 (20.83%) Agile
7 9 (18.75%) Validation
8 8 (16.67%) Data Governance
8 8 (16.67%) Data Transformation
8 8 (16.67%) Machine Learning
8 8 (16.67%) Spatial Analysis
9 6 (12.50%) Anomaly Detection
9 6 (12.50%) Data Engineering
9 6 (12.50%) Data Migration
9 6 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
10 5 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (10.42%) Use Case
10 5 (10.42%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (37.50%) Python
2 11 (22.92%) SQL
3 3 (6.25%) Java
4 2 (4.17%) Apex Code
5 1 (2.08%) Bash
5 1 (2.08%) C#
5 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.08%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (8.33%) Degree
3 4 (8.33%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (39.58%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.17%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.17%) QA
3 1 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (47.92%) ESRI
2 8 (16.67%) Intergraph
3 7 (14.58%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.25%) Databricks
5 2 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.08%) Google
6 1 (2.08%) Oracle
6 1 (2.08%) Sparx