Lidar Contracts in England

Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Lidar in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Lidar over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 539 648
Rank change year-on-year +56 +109 +130
Contract jobs citing Lidar 2 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.008% 0.010%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.024% 0.026% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £430
25th Percentile £563 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £588 - £550
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £13.50 -

All Generic Skills
England

Lidar falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Lidar
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Lidar as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Lidar in England

Lidar
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Lidar in England

Lidar
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Lidar in England

Lidar
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 Lidar within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 - 1 £575 - 9
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 2
Lidar
UK

Lidar
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 1 (50.00%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
1 1 (50.00%) QGIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD Technician
1 1 (50.00%) CAD Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Geospatial Technician
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) CAD
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow