GIS Developer Contracts in England

GIS Developer
UK > England

The median GIS Developer daily rate in England is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 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
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 540 616
Rank change year-on-year +64 +76 +158
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Developer 12 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.048% 0.040% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.043% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 6
10th Percentile - £398 £397
25th Percentile £406 £459 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £516 £481
Median % change year-on-year -20.01% +7.15% +1.32%
75th Percentile £444 £650 £527
90th Percentile £463 £688 £594
UK median daily rate £413 £510 £450
% change year-on-year -19.12% +13.33% -4.46%

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 23,029 34,989 44,402
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 92.85% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,126 22,793 31,523
10th Percentile £293 £290 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £633 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,040 2,704 1,331
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.58 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.31% -10.11% +80.18%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.42 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.07% -14.77% +76.00%

GIS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS Developer in England

GIS Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for GIS Developer in England

GIS Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS Developer in England over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIS Developer in England

GIS Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS Developer in England.

Hourly rate trend for GIS Developer in England

GIS Developer
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 Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 22 June 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 +44 5 £413 -21.15% 4
South West - 3 £413 -
North of England +11 2 £450 -25.00% 1
North West +11 2 £450 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £425 - 1
Midlands - 1 £425 - 5
GIS Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 2025, GIS Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) GIS
2 10 (83.33%) Python
3 8 (66.67%) AWS
4 5 (41.67%) Geospatial Data
5 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 4 (33.33%) Docker
6 3 (25.00%) AWS Certification
6 3 (25.00%) Analytics
6 3 (25.00%) ESRI
6 3 (25.00%) Containerisation
6 3 (25.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (16.67%) MapLibre
7 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (16.67%) RBAC
7 2 (16.67%) Tech for Good
7 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
7 2 (16.67%) React
7 2 (16.67%) GeoJSON
7 2 (16.67%) Front End Development
7 2 (16.67%) Mapbox
7 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (16.67%) Digital Twin
7 2 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (16.67%) C#
7 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
7 2 (16.67%) .NET
7 2 (16.67%) Google

GIS Developer 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 3 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (8.33%) Apache
2 1 (8.33%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (100.00%) GIS
2 5 (41.67%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (16.67%) ObjectStore
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Git
1 2 (16.67%) GitLab
General
1 2 (16.67%) Tech for Good
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
1 2 (16.67%) GeoJSON
1 2 (16.67%) Google Maps API
1 2 (16.67%) Leaflet
1 2 (16.67%) MapLibre
1 2 (16.67%) Node.js
1 2 (16.67%) PostGIS
1 2 (16.67%) React
1 2 (16.67%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 3 (25.00%) Analytics
2 3 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Twin
3 2 (16.67%) ETL
3 2 (16.67%) Front End Development
3 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) RBAC
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
4 1 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) Data Science
4 1 (8.33%) Machine Learning
4 1 (8.33%) Open Source
4 1 (8.33%) Workflow
4 1 (8.33%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (16.67%) TypeScript
3 1 (8.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (25.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) ESRI
2 2 (16.67%) Google
2 2 (16.67%) Mapbox