Geospatial Data Contract Job Trends in London

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Geospatial Data skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 377 435
Rank change year-on-year +27 +58 +150
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 21 11 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.068% 0.035%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.75% 0.29% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 7 7
10th Percentile £407 £398 £417
25th Percentile £408 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £639 £631 £613
90th Percentile £675 £673 £706
England median daily rate £455 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -20.87% -4.17% +14.29%

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 2,798 3,785 4,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 21.07% 23.30% 19.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,953 2,763 3,228
10th Percentile £375 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £825 £850 £788
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 25 38
10th Percentile £25.80 £25.70 £19.05
25th Percentile £32.50 £36.25 £35.06
Median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% -0.86%
75th Percentile £64.75 £55.00 £75.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.50 £90.00
England median hourly rate £38.23 £33.93 £55.00
% change year-on-year +12.67% -38.31% +22.22%

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
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Geospatial Data.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Geospatial Data

Geospatial Data
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Geospatial Data in London over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Geospatial Data in London

Geospatial Data
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Geospatial Data.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Geospatial Data

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 2 September 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 +6 2 £600 - 4
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 5 (23.81%) Apache Spark
2 2 (9.52%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (66.67%) GIS
2 11 (52.38%) Tableau
3 5 (23.81%) Big Data
3 5 (23.81%) Power BI
3 5 (23.81%) QGIS
4 2 (9.52%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (47.62%) Git
General
1 14 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (47.62%) Telecoms
3 8 (38.10%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Publishing
6 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Data Scientist
2 5 (23.81%) Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Data Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Python Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Data Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Python Data Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Data Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Junior
4 2 (9.52%) Junior Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Junior Data Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) GIS Developer
5 1 (4.76%) GIS Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Product Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) GeoPandas
1 5 (23.81%) PostGIS
2 2 (9.52%) PySpark
2 2 (9.52%) REST
3 1 (4.76%) JSON
3 1 (4.76%) Matplotlib
3 1 (4.76%) NumPy
3 1 (4.76%) Pandas
3 1 (4.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (28.57%) Algorithms
3 5 (23.81%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (9.52%) IoT
4 2 (9.52%) Social Media
5 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Continuous Improvement
1 13 (61.90%) Problem-Solving
1 13 (61.90%) Visualisation
2 12 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 11 (52.38%) Data Visualisation
4 9 (42.86%) Mathematics
5 8 (38.10%) Data Science
5 8 (38.10%) Time Management
6 7 (33.33%) Machine Learning
7 6 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
7 6 (28.57%) Analytics
7 6 (28.57%) Data Modelling
8 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (23.81%) Change Control
8 5 (23.81%) Continuous Delivery
8 5 (23.81%) Customer-Centric Approach
8 5 (23.81%) Customer-Centricity
8 5 (23.81%) Data Pipeline
8 5 (23.81%) Spatial Analysis
8 5 (23.81%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 17 (80.95%) Python
2 11 (52.38%) SQL
3 2 (9.52%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
1 4 (19.05%) PhD
2 1 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Databricks
3 2 (9.52%) ESRI