GIS Contracts in the South East

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 177 207
Rank change year-on-year +48 +30 +10
Contract jobs citing GIS 13 16 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.29% 0.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.17% 2.68% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 6
10th Percentile £375 £363 £406
25th Percentile £425 £375 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £494
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.46% -14.13%
75th Percentile - £436 £500
90th Percentile £569 £450 £525
England median daily rate £453 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -11.27% -2.86% +5.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.50
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +170.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile - - £25.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £29.80 £13.50 £22.49
% change year-on-year +120.74% -39.96% -57.17%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 410 598 830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.72% 11.01% 14.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 369 584
10th Percentile £321 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £388 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £515
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -5.83% +3.00%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 33 41
10th Percentile £20.85 £18.20 £22.16
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.61 £26.08
Median hourly rate £32.05 £58.91 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.59% +2.44% +155.56%
75th Percentile £45.00 £67.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £65.62 £80.00 £75.75
England median hourly rate £32.05 £40.25 £58.59
% change year-on-year -20.37% -31.30% +30.20%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for GIS in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIS in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for GIS in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Thames Valley +38 11 £550 +37.50% 18
Berkshire +30 10 £550 +37.50% 10
Hampshire - 3 £550 - 5
West Sussex - 1 £525 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £725 - 4
East Sussex - 1 £375 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (23.08%) ArcGIS
1 3 (23.08%) Smallworld
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Spatial
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) GPON
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Spatial Data
2 2 (15.38%) Data Lake
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (7.69%) Big Data
3 1 (7.69%) Geospatial Data
General
1 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Local Government
2 1 (7.69%) Military
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Consultant
2 5 (38.46%) Solutions Consultant
3 4 (30.77%) Architect
4 3 (23.08%) GIS Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) GIS Manager
5 1 (7.69%) GIS Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Maximo Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Maximo Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Migration Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) SOAP
2 2 (15.38%) Middleware
2 2 (15.38%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Operational Technology
1 6 (46.15%) SCADA
2 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 2 (15.38%) Replication
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Agile
1 3 (23.08%) Data Governance
1 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
1 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (23.08%) TOGAF
2 2 (15.38%) Analytics
2 2 (15.38%) Architectural Design
2 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
2 2 (15.38%) Cartography
2 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
2 2 (15.38%) DevOps
2 2 (15.38%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (15.38%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Open Source
2 2 (15.38%) System Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Business Strategy
3 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
3 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
3 1 (7.69%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Perl
1 5 (38.46%) PL/SQL
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) Magik
3 1 (7.69%) Java
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) ESRI
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (7.69%) IBM
3 1 (7.69%) Sparx