PostGIS Contract Job Trends in London

PostGIS
England > London

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 384 446
Rank change year-on-year +20 +62 +160
Contract jobs citing PostGIS 7 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.052% 0.025% 0.040%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.20% 0.089% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile - - £326
25th Percentile £438 £413 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +21.43% -20.00%
75th Percentile £489 £438 £563
90th Percentile £490 - £675
England median daily rate £459 £533 £475
% change year-on-year -13.93% +12.21% +0.80%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

PostGIS falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,485 4,489 5,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.11% 27.71% 26.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,393 3,097 4,337
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £725 £713
90th Percentile £825 £850 £810
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 21 42
10th Percentile £31.77 £23.80 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.17 £36.25 £37.72
Median hourly rate £51.97 £42.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.28% -33.59% +10.82%
75th Percentile £62.81 £61.43 £75.00
90th Percentile £85.95 £75.00 £86.20
England median hourly rate £54.00 £62.93 £60.00
% change year-on-year -14.19% +4.88% -4.00%

PostGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for PostGIS in London

PostGIS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing PostGIS

PostGIS
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 (71.43%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Geospatial Data
1 5 (71.43%) GIS
1 5 (71.43%) Power BI
1 5 (71.43%) QGIS
1 5 (71.43%) Tableau
2 2 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Git
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Data Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Python Data Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Python Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Data Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) DBA
3 1 (14.29%) Data Science Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) GeoPandas
2 2 (28.57%) pgvector
2 2 (28.57%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Algorithms
1 5 (71.43%) Distributed Computing
2 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Data Modelling
2 5 (71.43%) Actionable Insight
2 5 (71.43%) Analytics
2 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) CI/CD
2 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (71.43%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 5 (71.43%) Customer-Centricity
2 5 (71.43%) Data Pipeline
2 5 (71.43%) Data Visualisation
2 5 (71.43%) Machine Learning
2 5 (71.43%) Mathematics
2 5 (71.43%) Spatial Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Visualisation
2 5 (71.43%) Workflow
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Time Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Data Science
4 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Databricks
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft