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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 502 459 515
Rank change year-on-year -43 +56 +139
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 39 27 30
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.099% 0.084%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.73% 0.54% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 22 22
10th Percentile £375 £439 £320
25th Percentile £403 £491 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £490
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +14.80% +3.16%
75th Percentile £675 £628 £676
90th Percentile £678 £798 £750
UK median daily rate £563 £563 £475
% change year-on-year - +18.42% +4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £14.46
25th Percentile - - £18.34
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 5,350 5,017 5,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.96% 18.33% 16.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,735 3,337 4,213
10th Percentile £325 £350 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £613 £663 £660
90th Percentile £713 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 70 128
10th Percentile £20.66 £19.78 £19.05
25th Percentile £29.56 £24.25 £25.23
Median hourly rate £54.70 £42.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +30.24% -9.05% -16.04%
75th Percentile £71.00 £64.93 £64.51
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £52.00 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +48.57% -24.21% -16.04%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 -7 18 £650 +15.56% 9
South East -12 13 £419 -47.66% 6
South West -8 3 £563 +12.63% 2
Midlands - 3 £400 - 4
West Midlands - 3 £400 - 4
North West -23 1 £350 -22.22% 1
North of England -52 1 £350 -22.22% 3
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 (30.77%) ArcGIS
2 8 (20.51%) GeoServer
2 8 (20.51%) Smallworld
3 1 (2.56%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 15 (38.46%) Azure
2 6 (15.38%) AWS
3 3 (7.69%) GCP
4 2 (5.13%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.13%) Serverless
5 1 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) DKIM
1 1 (2.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (76.92%) GIS
2 10 (25.64%) Spatial Data
3 8 (20.51%) QGIS
4 6 (15.38%) Metadata
5 1 (2.56%) Big Data
5 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
1 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Local Government
5 2 (5.13%) Tech for Good
6 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) Analyst
1 8 (20.51%) Developer
2 7 (17.95%) Architect
3 6 (15.38%) Data Scientist
3 6 (15.38%) GIS Architect
4 5 (12.82%) GIS Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Geospatial Developer
5 4 (10.26%) GIS Specialist
6 3 (7.69%) Data Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Data Centre Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) GIS Developer
6 3 (7.69%) Lead
6 3 (7.69%) Lead Developer
6 3 (7.69%) Migration Specialist
7 2 (5.13%) Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Data Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) GIS Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Python Developer
7 2 (5.13%) Senior
8 1 (2.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) Node.js
2 2 (5.13%) .NET
2 2 (5.13%) PostGIS
3 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (2.56%) Blazor
3 1 (2.56%) CSS
3 1 (2.56%) GeoJSON
3 1 (2.56%) HTML
3 1 (2.56%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (2.56%) OpenAPI
3 1 (2.56%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (2.56%) REST
3 1 (2.56%) RESTful
3 1 (2.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.69%) Replication
3 2 (5.13%) Social Media
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Migration
2 13 (33.33%) Analytics
3 12 (30.77%) Decision-Making
4 11 (28.21%) AI
4 11 (28.21%) DevOps
5 10 (25.64%) Agile
5 10 (25.64%) Validation
6 9 (23.08%) Data Modelling
6 9 (23.08%) Machine Learning
6 9 (23.08%) Visualisation
7 7 (17.95%) Data Governance
7 7 (17.95%) Data Science
8 6 (15.38%) Data Migration
9 5 (12.82%) Integration Patterns
9 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (12.82%) Use Case
9 5 (12.82%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
10 4 (10.26%) Decision Intelligence
10 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (7.69%) Java
3 1 (2.56%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.56%) Bash
3 1 (2.56%) C#
3 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.56%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (10.26%) Master's Degree
3 4 (10.26%) PhD
4 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.08%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.13%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (56.41%) ESRI
2 8 (20.51%) Intergraph
3 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.56%) Oracle
4 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.56%) Sparx