Geospatial Data Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Geospatial Data skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 130 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.24% 0.075% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.47% 0.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 -
75th Percentile £388 £388 -
90th Percentile £395 - -
England median daily rate £455 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -20.87% -4.17% +14.29%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 408 449 476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.98% 16.74% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 302 332
10th Percentile £295 £313 £303
25th Percentile £394 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £617 £688 £688
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £23.92 £20.50 £11.52
25th Percentile £30.47 £21.25 £14.87
Median hourly rate £34.43 £33.93 £24.63
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% +37.79% -29.64%
75th Percentile £35.75 £35.00 £29.75
90th Percentile £37.48 £45.14 £33.06
England median hourly rate £38.23 £33.93 £55.00
% change year-on-year +12.67% -38.31% +25.05%

Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Geospatial Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Geospatial Data in the Midlands

Geospatial Data
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Geospatial Data

Geospatial Data
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Geospatial Data

Geospatial Data
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands -4 6 £375 - 3
Geospatial Data
England

Geospatial Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (66.67%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) GIS
2 5 (83.33%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) GDB
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) GIS Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Geospatial Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) GIS Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) GIS Architect
3 1 (16.67%) GIS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) GeoJSON
1 2 (33.33%) KML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Management
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Cartography
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Data Conversion
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Spatial Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Spatial Data Management
2 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) ESRI