GIS Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring GIS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 162 182
Rank change year-on-year -17 +20 +59
Contract jobs citing GIS 10 10 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.25% 0.24% 0.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.46% 1.67% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 17
10th Percentile £379 £400 £426
25th Percentile £400 £403 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £438 £600
90th Percentile £696 £481 £650
England median daily rate £490 £485 £573
% change year-on-year +1.03% -15.28% +14.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £40.00 £28.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.35% - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £28.50 £11.87
% change year-on-year +128.07% +140.10% -56.44%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 687 600 747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 17.04% 14.46% 14.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 384 529
10th Percentile £313 £350 £313
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £643 £675
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 17
10th Percentile - £21.30 £21.31
25th Percentile £21.02 £26.25 £26.78
Median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% -24.31%
75th Percentile £40.00 £65.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £65.95 £63.80
England median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £54.75
% change year-on-year +24.29% -36.07% +10.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GIS

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIS in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GIS

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 26 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
Yorkshire -10 6 £595 +40.00% 4
North West -13 4 £400 - 11
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (10.00%) ArcGIS
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure API Management
2 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (10.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Mockito
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Local Government
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Publishing
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Fibre Planner
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Manager
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) CRM Architect
3 1 (10.00%) CRM Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM Architect
3 1 (10.00%) GIS Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) GIS Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) GIS Manager
3 1 (10.00%) GIS Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) ICT Manager
3 1 (10.00%) ICT Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Project Assurance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (10.00%) JAX-RS
1 1 (10.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ERP
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (20.00%) Business Case
3 2 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (20.00%) CRM
3 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (10.00%) Content Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Pair Programming
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) TDD
4 1 (10.00%) Web Design
4 1 (10.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) ESRI
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft