GIS Developer Contracts in London

GIS Developer
England > London

The median GIS Developer daily rate in London is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 386 469
Rank change year-on-year +41 +83 +139
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Developer 5 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.040% 0.045% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.048% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 1
10th Percentile £328 £500 -
25th Percentile £406 £505 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £523 £350
Median % change year-on-year -21.15% +49.48% +27.27%
75th Percentile £419 £688 £375
90th Percentile £430 - -
England median daily rate £413 £516 £475
% change year-on-year -20.01% +8.56% +26.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,802 16,538 23,816
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 93.75% 94.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,993 11,885 17,371
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £681 £700
90th Percentile £798 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 321 274
10th Percentile £19.33 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.94 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £33.45 £27.50 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -25.21% +5.06%
75th Percentile £50.56 £46.48 £63.94
90th Percentile £64.38 £67.00 £82.43
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.50 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.22% -9.47% +74.52%

GIS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured GIS Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GIS Developer in London

GIS Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS Developer in London.

Daily rate trend for GIS Developer in London

GIS Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS Developer in London.

Hourly rate trend for GIS Developer in London

GIS Developer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, GIS Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring GIS Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) GIS
2 3 (60.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (20.00%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Docker
4 1 (20.00%) ESRI
4 1 (20.00%) ArcGIS

GIS Developer Skill Set
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 (40.00%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (20.00%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) GIS
2 1 (20.00%) Geospatial Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (40.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) ESRI