Geospatial Data Contracts in England

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Geospatial Data skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Geospatial Data over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 441 493 577
Rank change year-on-year +52 +84 +124
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 34 44 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.73% 0.71% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 27 48
10th Percentile £406 £406 £350
25th Percentile £412 £480 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £600 £556
Median % change year-on-year -23.54% +7.91% +1.09%
75th Percentile £575 £656 £628
90th Percentile £603 £710 £700
UK median daily rate £459 £600 £562
% change year-on-year -23.54% +6.76% +2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.24
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year - -39.96% -70.02%
75th Percentile - - £23.73
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £13.50 £22.49
% change year-on-year - -39.96% -70.02%

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 4,673 6,216 8,604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.09% 17.08% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,261 4,487 6,194
10th Percentile £363 £355 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £653 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -0.38% -3.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 132 162
10th Percentile £20.21 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £23.50 £20.93 £31.84
Median hourly rate £32.05 £40.13 £58.59
Median % change year-on-year -20.12% -31.52% +30.20%
75th Percentile £65.31 £59.44 £73.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.75 £82.25
UK median hourly rate £33.81 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.49% -33.33% +30.43%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Geospatial Data in England.

Daily rate trend for Geospatial Data in England

Geospatial Data
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Geospatial Data in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Geospatial Data in England

Geospatial Data
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Geospatial Data in England.

Hourly rate trend for Geospatial Data in England

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 17 May 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 +37 20 £538 -20.37% 22
South West +44 5 £450 -14.29% 11
North of England +12 5 £450 -17.43%
North West - 4 £450 -
Midlands +20 3 £375 - 3
West Midlands +8 2 £375 - 2
South East +40 1 £525 - 13
Yorkshire +5 1 £575 +17.35%
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
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 5 (14.71%) ArcGIS
2 3 (8.82%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 10 (29.41%) Azure
2 6 (17.65%) AWS
3 3 (8.82%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.88%) GitHub
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.94%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (64.71%) GIS
2 7 (20.59%) Tableau
3 4 (11.76%) QGIS
4 3 (8.82%) Big Data
4 3 (8.82%) Power BI
4 3 (8.82%) Spatial Data
5 2 (5.88%) ObjectStore
6 1 (2.94%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (23.53%) Git
2 2 (5.88%) GDB
2 2 (5.88%) GitLab
3 1 (2.94%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.94%) Jasmine
3 1 (2.94%) Mocha
General
1 9 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (26.47%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Publishing
3 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
4 6 (17.65%) Telecoms
5 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.88%) Tech for Good
7 1 (2.94%) Legal
7 1 (2.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Architect
1 9 (26.47%) Developer
2 5 (14.71%) Analyst
2 5 (14.71%) Python Developer
2 5 (14.71%) Python Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) GIS Developer
4 3 (8.82%) Data Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Data Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 3 (8.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Lead
4 3 (8.82%) Lead Developer
4 3 (8.82%) Lead Python Developer
4 3 (8.82%) Python Data Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
5 2 (5.88%) Geospatial Architect
5 2 (5.88%) GIS Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Lead Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) Node.js
1 6 (17.65%) PostGIS
2 4 (11.76%) GeoJSON
2 4 (11.76%) REST
3 3 (8.82%) AngularJS
3 3 (8.82%) GeoPandas
3 3 (8.82%) React
3 3 (8.82%) RESTful
4 2 (5.88%) .NET
4 2 (5.88%) Google Maps API
4 2 (5.88%) KML
4 2 (5.88%) Leaflet
4 2 (5.88%) MapLibre
4 2 (5.88%) NumPy
4 2 (5.88%) Pandas
5 1 (2.94%) CSS
5 1 (2.94%) Express.js
5 1 (2.94%) Jest
5 1 (2.94%) Matplotlib
5 1 (2.94%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (11.76%) Algorithms
3 3 (8.82%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.94%) IoT
5 1 (2.94%) Lidar
5 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Visualisation
2 11 (32.35%) CI/CD
2 11 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (29.41%) Containerisation
4 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (23.53%) Data Ingestion
4 8 (23.53%) Data Visualisation
4 8 (23.53%) Full-Stack Development
5 7 (20.59%) Analytics
6 6 (17.65%) Data Pipeline
6 6 (17.65%) Data Science
6 6 (17.65%) Machine Learning
6 6 (17.65%) Time Management
7 5 (14.71%) API Integration
7 5 (14.71%) Code Quality
7 5 (14.71%) Data Management
7 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
7 5 (14.71%) Spatial Analysis
7 5 (14.71%) Test Automation
7 5 (14.71%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 24 (70.59%) Python
2 7 (20.59%) C#
2 7 (20.59%) SQL
3 5 (14.71%) JavaScript
4 4 (11.76%) TypeScript
5 2 (5.88%) Java
6 1 (2.94%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.94%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.88%) PMP
2 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (26.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) ESRI
3 3 (8.82%) Databricks
4 2 (5.88%) Google
4 2 (5.88%) Mapbox
5 1 (2.94%) IBM