GIS Developer Contract Job Trends in Somerset

GIS Developer
South West > Somerset

The median GIS Developer daily rate in Somerset is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Developer 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 1.56% - 2.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% - 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £393
25th Percentile £403 - £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 - £413
75th Percentile £408 - £427
90th Percentile - - £441
South West median daily rate £405 - £413

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Somerset with a recognized job title 177 152 173
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 89.41% 96.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 103 111
10th Percentile £186 £201 £143
25th Percentile £257 £263 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +9.09% -21.43%
75th Percentile £494 £608 £575
90th Percentile £600 £685 £650
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 27
10th Percentile £22.58 - £29.00
25th Percentile £29.74 £12.50 £45.50
Median hourly rate £52.00 £14.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +258.62% -72.06% +3.78%
75th Percentile £63.38 £24.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £68.50 £38.20 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £57.33
% change year-on-year -48.46% +13.38% -11.80%

GIS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'GIS Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

GIS Developer job vacancy trend in Somerset

GIS Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GIS Developer job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GIS Developer job vacancies in Somerset

GIS Developer
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 GIS Developer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 2 December 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
Bath - 3 £405 - 3
GIS Developer
South West

GIS Developer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 2 December 2025, GIS Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Somerset region featuring GIS Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) GIS
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Docker
2 2 (66.67%) ESRI
2 2 (66.67%) ETL
2 2 (66.67%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (66.67%) PostGIS

GIS Developer Skill Set
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 2 (66.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) GIS
2 2 (66.67%) Geospatial Data
General
1 2 (66.67%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) PostGIS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ESRI