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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 479 491
Rank change year-on-year -76 +12 +90
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 58 37 34
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.83% 0.74% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 30 21
10th Percentile £371 £375 £363
25th Percentile £406 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £455 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.02% -17.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £476 £550
% change year-on-year -0.26% -13.41% -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £14.85 - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £15.63
90th Percentile - - £19.45
UK median hourly rate £14.85 - £13.50
% change year-on-year - - +17.06%

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 6,971 4,987 6,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.30% 18.04% 18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,674 3,453 4,347
10th Percentile £358 £343 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -5.07% -1.36%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £701 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 79 93
10th Percentile £15.17 £20.35 £14.40
25th Percentile £23.62 £24.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% -8.00% -31.82%
75th Percentile £67.48 £60.50 £59.95
90th Percentile £76.00 £77.74 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £38.38 £34.99 £34.47
% change year-on-year +9.67% +1.52% -34.35%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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
South West -23 22 £413 -8.33% 7
London -86 15 £438 -10.71% 28
South East - 14 £650 - 10
West Midlands -47 1 £563 +50.00% 4
Midlands -57 1 £563 +50.00% 5
East of England - 1 £463 - 2
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 11 (18.97%) Confluence
2 8 (13.79%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.72%) GeoServer
Business Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Maximo
2 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 22 (37.93%) Azure
2 12 (20.69%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (8.62%) AWS
3 5 (8.62%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (5.17%) GitHub
4 3 (5.17%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (3.45%) Serverless
6 1 (1.72%) GCP
6 1 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) Internet
2 1 (1.72%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (31.03%) GIS
2 7 (12.07%) QGIS
3 6 (10.34%) Spatial Data
4 3 (5.17%) Metadata
4 3 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (5.17%) Power BI
5 2 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (3.45%) MySQL
6 1 (1.72%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.72%) Neo4j
6 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (20.69%) Git
1 12 (20.69%) JIRA
2 11 (18.97%) MSI
General
1 17 (29.31%) Public Sector
2 11 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (15.52%) Social Skills
4 8 (13.79%) Publishing
5 5 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.45%) Finance
6 2 (3.45%) Military
7 1 (1.72%) Legal
7 1 (1.72%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 20 (34.48%) Developer
2 16 (27.59%) Senior
3 8 (13.79%) Senior Developer
4 7 (12.07%) Geospatial Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Architect
5 6 (10.34%) Data Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Python Developer
6 5 (8.62%) Data Scientist
6 5 (8.62%) GIS Developer
6 5 (8.62%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.90%) .NET Developer
7 4 (6.90%) Software Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) DBA
8 3 (5.17%) Lead
8 3 (5.17%) Lead Developer
8 3 (5.17%) Senior Architect
8 3 (5.17%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.45%) Azure Data Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) Geospatial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (32.76%) GeoJSON
2 14 (24.14%) REST
3 13 (22.41%) RESTful
4 12 (20.69%) .NET
5 11 (18.97%) .NET Core
5 11 (18.97%) .NET Framework
5 11 (18.97%) ATL
5 11 (18.97%) COM
5 11 (18.97%) CSS
5 11 (18.97%) CSS3
5 11 (18.97%) HTML
5 11 (18.97%) HTML5
5 11 (18.97%) MFC
5 11 (18.97%) WPF
6 5 (8.62%) Matplotlib
6 5 (8.62%) Pandas
6 5 (8.62%) Polars
6 5 (8.62%) PostGIS
6 5 (8.62%) scikit-learn
7 3 (5.17%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 16 (27.59%) Cloud Native
2 11 (18.97%) Onboarding
3 9 (15.52%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (6.90%) Data Centre
4 4 (6.90%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.17%) Operational Technology
5 3 (5.17%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.45%) NHS
7 1 (1.72%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.72%) Grid Computing
7 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.72%) IoT
7 1 (1.72%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.97%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (39.66%) Data Pipeline
2 21 (36.21%) Agile
3 14 (24.14%) API Design
4 13 (22.41%) CI/CD
4 13 (22.41%) Containerisation
4 13 (22.41%) DevSecOps
4 13 (22.41%) Infrastructure as Code
4 13 (22.41%) Microservices
4 13 (22.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 12 (20.69%) DevOps
5 12 (20.69%) Full-Stack Development
6 11 (18.97%) Dependency Management
6 11 (18.97%) Deployment Automation
6 11 (18.97%) Design Patterns
6 11 (18.97%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 11 (18.97%) Knowledge Transfer
6 11 (18.97%) SOLID
6 11 (18.97%) Static Application Security Testing
6 11 (18.97%) Virtual Environments
7 10 (17.24%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 30 (51.72%) Python
2 13 (22.41%) Bicep
3 12 (20.69%) C#
3 12 (20.69%) SQL
3 12 (20.69%) TypeScript
4 11 (18.97%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.72%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 26 (44.83%) Security Cleared
2 20 (34.48%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.45%) Degree
4 2 (3.45%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (22.41%) NCSC
2 12 (20.69%) Accessibility
2 12 (20.69%) WCAG
3 10 (17.24%) Data Quality
4 8 (13.79%) QA
5 1 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.72%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (24.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (22.41%) Terraform
2 11 (18.97%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.24%) ESRI
3 3 (5.17%) Databricks
4 2 (3.45%) SAP
5 1 (1.72%) Google
5 1 (1.72%) IBM
5 1 (1.72%) Mapbox
5 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.72%) Sparx