GIS Contracts in Reading

Geographic Information System (GIS)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring GIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GIS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 80 86
Rank change year-on-year +27 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing GIS 7 11 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.17% 0.92% 0.096%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.46% 5.91% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile £368 £368 -
25th Percentile - £375 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -17.95% +11.92%
75th Percentile - £450 £494
90th Percentile £561 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £400 £364
% change year-on-year +37.50% +9.89% -33.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £67.50 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £67.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +170.00% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 74 186 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 12.40% 15.60% 16.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 98 116
10th Percentile £407 £353 £379
25th Percentile £500 £425 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £595
90th Percentile £678 £688 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £510 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -0.49% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 7
10th Percentile - - £53.10
25th Percentile - £61.60 £61.75
Median hourly rate - £64.55 £75.50
Median % change year-on-year - -14.50% +235.56%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £79.19
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £47.90 £61.00 £72.75
% change year-on-year -21.48% -16.15% +223.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS in Reading.

Daily rate trend for GIS in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIS in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for GIS in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (14.29%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (14.29%) Spatial Data
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) GIS Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Operational Technology
1 5 (71.43%) SCADA
2 2 (28.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Cartography
1 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
2 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Perl
1 5 (71.43%) PL/SQL
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) ESRI