GIS Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Geographic Information System (GIS)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring GIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing GIS 7 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.01% 1.53% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.33% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £556 £550 £365
% change year-on-year +1.14% +50.68% -42.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.48 - -
Median hourly rate £13.67 - -
75th Percentile £13.85 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £13.67 - £55.00

All Database & BI Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 30 27 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 8.60% 13.78% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 3
10th Percentile £450 - -
25th Percentile £461 £418 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +14.44% -12.37%
75th Percentile £588 £548 £625
90th Percentile £625 £550 £730
Hampshire median daily rate £513 £525 £558
% change year-on-year -2.38% -5.83% +1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.48 - -
Median hourly rate £13.67 - -
75th Percentile £13.85 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £28.00 - £67.50
% change year-on-year - - +15.21%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

GIS job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

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Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing GIS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing GIS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (14.29%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Geospatial Data
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Administrator
1 6 (85.71%) GIS Administrator
1 6 (85.71%) GIS Graduate
1 6 (85.71%) Graduate
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Infrastructure Management
1 6 (85.71%) Network Planning
1 6 (85.71%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (14.29%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) ESRI
GIS jobs