GIS Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

GIS Analyst
UK > England

The median GIS Analyst daily rate in England is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 529 595
Rank change year-on-year +17 +66 +184
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Analyst 9 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.032% 0.015% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.016% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £320 £439 -
25th Percentile £334 £478 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £300
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +66.67% -36.84%
75th Percentile £375 - £325
90th Percentile £385 - -
UK median daily rate £350 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -30.00% +14.29% -7.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,374 30,624 40,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 92.98% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,359 19,070 28,007
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,370 1,470 1,375
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.69 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £53.99 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £77.80
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

GIS Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured GIS Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GIS Analyst in England

GIS Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GIS Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GIS Analyst job vacancies in England

GIS Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for GIS Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for GIS Analyst job vacancies in England

GIS Analyst
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 GIS Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Midlands - 5 £375 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £375 - 1
London +12 1 £343 -31.40% 1
North of England -29 1 £350 - 1
North West - 1 £350 -
South East - 1 £350 - 1
GIS Analyst
UK

GIS Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, GIS Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring GIS Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) GIS
2 8 (88.89%) Spatial Data
3 7 (77.78%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
5 5 (55.56%) ArcGIS
6 4 (44.44%) ESRI
7 3 (33.33%) Spatial Data Management
7 3 (33.33%) Python
7 3 (33.33%) Data Management
8 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
8 2 (22.22%) Cartography
8 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (22.22%) GeoJSON
8 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (22.22%) GDB
8 2 (22.22%) KML
8 2 (22.22%) Data Conversion
8 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
8 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (22.22%) Spatial Analysis
8 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
8 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
9 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
9 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
9 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
9 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
9 1 (11.11%) Metadata
9 1 (11.11%) Customer Service

GIS Analyst Skill Set
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 (55.56%) ArcGIS
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) Smallworld
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) GIS
2 8 (88.89%) Spatial Data
3 7 (77.78%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (11.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) GDB
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) GeoJSON
1 2 (22.22%) KML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Data Management
1 3 (33.33%) Spatial Data Management
2 2 (22.22%) Cartography
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Data Conversion
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Spatial Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Data Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Metadata Management
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Use Case
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) ESRI