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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 482 548
Rank change year-on-year -26 +66 +149
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 36 25 23
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.082% 0.060%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.67% 0.45% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 17 16
10th Percentile £375 £458 £288
25th Percentile £401 £500 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £600 £438
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +37.14% -6.42%
75th Percentile £638 £775 £600
90th Percentile £675 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £438
% change year-on-year -12.50% +37.14% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £14.46
25th Percentile - - £18.34
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -63.07%
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -63.07%

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 5,348 5,501 6,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.27% 18.14% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,726 3,681 4,586
10th Percentile £325 £350 £358
25th Percentile £410 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £527 £535
% change year-on-year -5.12% -1.50% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 76 131
10th Percentile £20.69 £18.25 £18.57
25th Percentile £29.06 £24.44 £22.87
Median hourly rate £45.00 £38.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% -17.71% -7.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.69 £64.52
90th Percentile £83.95 £66.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £31.55 £46.18
% change year-on-year +37.90% -31.69% -7.64%

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 9 December 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 9 December 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 +4 18 £600 +9.09% 11
South East -8 10 £406 -49.22% 22
South West -17 3 £563 +2.39% 2
West Midlands - 3 £400 - 6
Midlands - 3 £400 - 10
North West -15 1 £350 - 5
North of England -40 1 £350 - 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 9 (25.00%) ArcGIS
2 6 (16.67%) GeoServer
2 6 (16.67%) Smallworld
3 2 (5.56%) Apache Spark
4 1 (2.78%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) AWS
3 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.56%) Serverless
4 1 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.78%) GCP
4 1 (2.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) DKIM
1 1 (2.78%) DNS
1 1 (2.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (75.00%) GIS
2 9 (25.00%) Spatial Data
3 8 (22.22%) QGIS
4 4 (11.11%) Metadata
5 2 (5.56%) Power BI
5 2 (5.56%) Tableau
6 1 (2.78%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.33%) Local Government
4 2 (5.56%) Tech for Good
4 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Analyst
2 6 (16.67%) Data Scientist
2 6 (16.67%) Developer
3 5 (13.89%) Architect
3 5 (13.89%) GIS Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) GIS Architect
4 4 (11.11%) GIS Specialist
5 3 (8.33%) Data Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) Data Centre Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) Geospatial Developer
5 3 (8.33%) GIS Developer
5 3 (8.33%) Lead
5 3 (8.33%) Migration Specialist
6 2 (5.56%) Consultant
6 2 (5.56%) Lead Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Python Data Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Python Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Python Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) PostGIS
2 2 (5.56%) GeoPandas
2 2 (5.56%) Node.js
2 2 (5.56%) PySpark
3 1 (2.78%) CSS
3 1 (2.78%) HTML
3 1 (2.78%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (2.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (13.89%) Algorithms
3 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 3 (8.33%) Replication
4 2 (5.56%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.56%) Social Media
5 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.78%) IoT
5 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Analytics
1 13 (36.11%) Migration
2 11 (30.56%) AI
2 11 (30.56%) Machine Learning
3 10 (27.78%) Data Modelling
3 10 (27.78%) Decision-Making
3 10 (27.78%) Validation
4 9 (25.00%) Agile
4 9 (25.00%) Visualisation
5 7 (19.44%) Data Science
5 7 (19.44%) DevOps
6 6 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (16.67%) Data Migration
6 6 (16.67%) Mathematics
7 5 (13.89%) Data Governance
7 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
8 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (11.11%) Data Management
8 4 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (41.67%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) SQL
3 1 (2.78%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.78%) Bash
3 1 (2.78%) Java
3 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.78%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) Degree
2 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 4 (11.11%) PhD
4 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (52.78%) ESRI
2 6 (16.67%) Intergraph
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.56%) Databricks
5 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.78%) Sparx