PostGIS Contract Job Trends in Somerset

PostGIS
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring PostGIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PostGIS 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.88% - 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.33% - 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £411
25th Percentile £403 - £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 - £431
75th Percentile £408 - £442
90th Percentile - - £447
South West median daily rate £405 - £431

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Somerset

PostGIS falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 24 29 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 10.57% 17.90% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 26
10th Percentile £395 £394 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £575 £488
Median % change year-on-year -9.78% +17.95% -15.14%
75th Percentile £571 £638 £625
90th Percentile £578 £644 £739
South West median daily rate £531 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.41% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.50 - £48.32
Median hourly rate £63.00 - £51.89
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.38%
75th Percentile £64.50 - £55.47
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year - +25.26% -20.17%

PostGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

PostGIS job vacancy trend in Somerset

PostGIS
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing PostGIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing PostGIS

PostGIS
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 PostGIS within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. 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 - 2 £405 - 2
PostGIS
South West

PostGIS
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 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) GIS Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Python Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ESRI