Geospatial Data Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Geospatial Data skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.57% 1.08% 2.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.70% 10.53% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £711 £1,225 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £721 £1,250 £413
Median % change year-on-year -42.30% +203.03% -21.43%
75th Percentile £732 £1,275 £434
90th Percentile - - £444
South West median daily rate £721 £600 £413
% change year-on-year +20.21% +45.45% -21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £11.87
South West median hourly rate - - £11.87
% change year-on-year - - -79.12%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 27 19 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 15.43% 10.27% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 15
10th Percentile £160 £379 £350
25th Percentile £226 £404 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +13.89% -12.20%
75th Percentile £711 £628 £638
90th Percentile £715 £638 £718
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £560
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £18.70
25th Percentile £61.50 - £28.94
Median hourly rate £63.00 - £46.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 - £46.09
90th Percentile - - £46.14
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £27.13 £62.05
% change year-on-year +139.63% -56.29% +9.13%

Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Geospatial Data relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Geospatial Data job vacancy trend in Somerset

Geospatial Data
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Geospatial Data

Geospatial Data
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Geospatial Data

Geospatial Data
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Taunton - 1 £721 -
Geospatial Data
South West

Geospatial Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared