Spatial Data Management Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Spatial Data Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Spatial Data Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Spatial Data Management 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.063% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.069% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £375 - £420
% change year-on-year - - +212.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Spatial Data Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,440 1,612 2,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.14% 86.43% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 797 983 1,507
10th Percentile £263 £213 £250
25th Percentile £388 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 46 59
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.63 £13.16
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.94 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +9.16% -12.82%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £58.89
90th Percentile £30.00 £51.50 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

Spatial Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Spatial Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Spatial Data Management in Scotland

Spatial Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Spatial Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Spatial Data Management

Spatial Data Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spatial Data Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 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
Glasgow - 1 - -
Spatial Data Management
UK

Spatial Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (100.00%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Storage
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance