Geospatial Data Contracts in London

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Geospatial Data skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Geospatial Data 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 337 372 464
Rank change year-on-year +35 +92 +109
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 16 19 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.57% 0.49% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 18
10th Percentile £432 £347 £380
25th Percentile £506 £528 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +35.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £621 £719 £578
90th Percentile £650 £750 £600
England median daily rate £513 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -4.65% +4.88% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.24
Median hourly rate - - £22.49
75th Percentile - - £23.73
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £13.50 £22.49
% change year-on-year - -39.96% -70.02%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
London

Geospatial Data 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,800 3,842 5,554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.31% 21.55% 20.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,981 2,833 4,047
10th Percentile £375 £378 £400
25th Percentile £450 £460 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.17% -1.71%
75th Percentile £713 £700 £700
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 37 53
10th Percentile £22.27 £20.98 £21.24
25th Percentile £28.03 £25.79 £24.50
Median hourly rate £39.31 £50.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.39% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £76.50 £64.73 £88.30
England median hourly rate £32.05 £40.13 £58.05
% change year-on-year -20.12% -30.87% +35.25%

Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Geospatial Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Geospatial Data in London

Geospatial Data
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Geospatial Data in London.

Daily rate trend for Geospatial Data in London

Geospatial Data
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Geospatial Data in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Geospatial Data in London

Geospatial Data
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Geospatial Data in London.

Hourly rate trend for Geospatial Data in London

Geospatial Data
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Geospatial Data within the London 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
Central London +2 4 £575 -
Geospatial Data
England

Geospatial Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (12.50%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) GIS
2 2 (12.50%) Big Data
2 2 (12.50%) Metadata
2 2 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
General
1 7 (43.75%) Publishing
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Lead
2 3 (18.75%) Lead Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Lead Python Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Python Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Geospatial Architect
3 2 (12.50%) GIS Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Lead Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Python Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) C# Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Data Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Data Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) Product Owner
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.25%) SQL Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) REST
2 2 (12.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 8 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 7 (43.75%) CI/CD
3 6 (37.50%) API Integration
3 6 (37.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (31.25%) Code Quality
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (25.00%) Event-Driven
5 4 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
6 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
7 2 (12.50%) Agile
7 2 (12.50%) Data Management
7 2 (12.50%) Data Science
7 2 (12.50%) Event-Driven Programming
7 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (12.50%) Time Management
7 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) Python
2 5 (31.25%) C#
3 2 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (6.25%) Java
4 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) ESRI