GIS Contract Job Trends in London

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring GIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 314 347
Rank change year-on-year -61 +33 +95
Contract jobs citing GIS 32 36 51
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.18% 0.29% 0.29%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.98% 1.30% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 30 37
10th Percentile £363 £406 £463
25th Percentile £444 £409 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £455 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.63% -13.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £593 £638
90th Percentile £736 £641 £688
England median daily rate £500 £450 £510
% change year-on-year +11.11% -11.76% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.98
Median hourly rate £22.82 - £23.32
75th Percentile - - £25.66
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £14.26 £29.80 £18.41
% change year-on-year -52.16% +61.87% -18.12%

All Database & BI Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,265 2,769 3,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.14% 22.35% 22.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,225 1,948 2,852
10th Percentile £363 £382 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £700
90th Percentile £750 £838 £838
England median daily rate £500 £525 £527
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.28% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 29 35
10th Percentile £18.19 £22.27 £20.98
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.32 £25.62
Median hourly rate £44.50 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.14% -30.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60.88 £58.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.75 £70.30
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.43 £40.13
% change year-on-year +38.76% -19.18% -30.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

GIS job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GIS

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GIS in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GIS

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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 GIS within the London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2026. 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 -15 1 - - 2
GIS
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (40.63%) ArcGIS
2 3 (9.38%) nginx
2 3 (9.38%) Tomcat
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 9 (28.13%) AWS
3 5 (15.63%) Power Platform
4 4 (12.50%) AWS CloudFormation
4 4 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (12.50%) GCP
5 3 (9.38%) MinIO
6 1 (3.13%) Amazon S3
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (6.25%) RFID
1 2 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (28.13%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (15.63%) Power BI
3 4 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (12.50%) Spatial Data
4 3 (9.38%) SQL Server
5 2 (6.25%) Tableau
6 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
6 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
6 1 (3.13%) MS Access
General
1 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
2 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Local Government
4 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.13%) Aviation
6 1 (3.13%) Finance
6 1 (3.13%) Military
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Developer
2 8 (25.00%) Lead
3 4 (12.50%) Architect
3 4 (12.50%) Geospatial Developer
3 4 (12.50%) GIS Technician
4 3 (9.38%) Consultant
4 3 (9.38%) Lead Developer
4 3 (9.38%) Lead Software Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Salesforce Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) SAP Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Azure Developer
6 1 (3.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Data Manager
6 1 (3.13%) GIS Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Leader
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) .NET
2 3 (9.38%) EJB
2 3 (9.38%) Java EE
2 3 (9.38%) Node.js
2 3 (9.38%) OpenLayers
2 3 (9.38%) Spring
3 2 (6.25%) GeoJSON
3 2 (6.25%) OAuth
3 2 (6.25%) SAML
3 2 (6.25%) SAP Basis
4 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (3.13%) Blazor
4 1 (3.13%) hapi
4 1 (3.13%) OpenAPI
4 1 (3.13%) PostGIS
4 1 (3.13%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (3.13%) React
4 1 (3.13%) REST
4 1 (3.13%) RESTful
4 1 (3.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 4 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 3 (9.38%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.38%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.13%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.13%) LLPG
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Linux
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
2 3 (9.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (9.38%) Solaris
2 3 (9.38%) Windows Server
2 3 (9.38%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (9.38%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Data Modelling
1 10 (31.25%) Migration
2 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (15.63%) DevOps
2 5 (15.63%) ETL
3 4 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (12.50%) Test Strategy
4 3 (9.38%) Data Management
4 3 (9.38%) Decision-Making
4 3 (9.38%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (9.38%) Functional Testing
4 3 (9.38%) Hydrography
4 3 (9.38%) Master Data Management
4 3 (9.38%) Microservices
4 3 (9.38%) Non-Functional Testing
4 3 (9.38%) SDLC
4 3 (9.38%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) Java
2 6 (18.75%) SQL
3 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 4 (12.50%) PL/SQL
3 4 (12.50%) Python
4 2 (6.25%) Apex Code
4 2 (6.25%) C#
5 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) QA
2 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.13%) BS7666
3 1 (3.13%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Terraform
2 2 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) ESRI
2 6 (18.75%) Oracle
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.38%) IBM
4 3 (9.38%) Red Hat
4 3 (9.38%) Salesforce
5 2 (6.25%) SAP
6 1 (3.13%) Mapinfo
6 1 (3.13%) Progress