GIS Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Geographic Information System (GIS)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring GIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Contract jobs citing GIS 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.14% - 0.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.71% - 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.00%
75th Percentile - - £613
90th Percentile - - £635
West Yorkshire median daily rate £633 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +48.82% -22.73% -12.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 141 107 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 19.61% 17.31% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 62 86
10th Percentile £385 £333 £306
25th Percentile £441 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £633 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £518 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £19.28 £19.82
25th Percentile - £20.44 £20.38
Median hourly rate - £23.25 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year - +9.10% -
75th Percentile - £26.44 £21.64
90th Percentile - £27.83 £21.84
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £27.50 £21.31
% change year-on-year - +29.05% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

GIS job vacancy trend in Leeds

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Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing GIS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing GIS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Mockito
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (100.00%) JAX-RS
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared