GIS Contract Job Trends in Essex

Geographic Information System (GIS)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring GIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing GIS 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.45% - 2.28%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.25% - 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £525 £500 -
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £20.00 - -

All Database & BI Skills
Essex

GIS 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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 16 13 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 7.17% 16.46% 8.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 11
10th Percentile £338 £314 -
25th Percentile £363 £315 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £320 £410
Median % change year-on-year +17.22% -21.97% +20.41%
75th Percentile £418 £372 £451
90th Percentile £580 £496 £488
East of England median daily rate £525 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £20.15 - -
25th Percentile £20.38 - -
Median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% - -
75th Percentile £54.06 - -
90th Percentile £54.63 - -
East of England median hourly rate £30.74 £49.00 £24.84
% change year-on-year -37.27% +97.26% -60.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GIS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

GIS job vacancy trend in Essex

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Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing GIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing GIS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing GIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing GIS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) LLPG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Entry
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility