QGIS Contract Job Trends in London

QGIS (formerly Quantum GIS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring QGIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 364 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing QGIS 3 13 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% 0.083% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.10% 0.39% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile - £578 -
25th Percentile - £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £644 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.88% - -
75th Percentile £514 £669 -
90th Percentile £528 - -
England median daily rate £508 £644 £350
% change year-on-year -21.16% +83.92% -46.15%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
London

QGIS 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 2,914 3,376 3,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 20.38% 21.64% 19.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,034 2,357 2,697
10th Percentile £363 £363 £382
25th Percentile £425 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.32% -5.42%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £838 £788
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 26 35
10th Percentile £18.25 £27.67 £19.75
25th Percentile £30.96 £36.38 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.50 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -18.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £59.50 £62.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.38 £70.99
England median hourly rate £45.00 £38.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +18.42% -17.71% -7.73%

QGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

QGIS job vacancy trend in London

QGIS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing QGIS

QGIS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing QGIS

QGIS
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 2 (66.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Tableau
2 2 (66.67%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (66.67%) GIS
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Python Data Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Python Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Data Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) GeoPandas
1 2 (66.67%) PostGIS
1 2 (66.67%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (66.67%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Spatial Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Databricks
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft