Geographic Information System (GIS)
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 39 | 50 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +11 | +17 |
| Contract jobs citing GIS | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales | - | 0.93% | 0.50% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 6.25% | 3.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £623 | £528 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £638 | £531 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £675 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +22.73% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £709 | £569 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £722 | £573 |
| Wales median daily rate | - | £675 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +22.73% | +4.76% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South Wales
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 South Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 29 | 48 | 66 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales | 11.55% | 14.86% | 16.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 38 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £259 | £203 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £389 | £419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £448 | £508 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.82% | -3.33% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £484 | £569 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £538 | £659 | £700 |
| Wales median daily rate | £435 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.00% | -4.76% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £17.85 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £19.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.84 | - | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £24.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £25.55 |
| Wales median hourly rate | £22.84 | - | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +25.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS in South Wales.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS in South Wales.