QGIS Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

QGIS (formerly Quantum GIS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring QGIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing QGIS 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.42% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £409 - -
25th Percentile £434 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Thames Valley

QGIS 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 290 309 335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.64% 16.09% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 196 238
10th Percentile £322 £349 £314
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £548 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.24% +4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £643
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 14
10th Percentile - £34.67 £32.32
25th Percentile £23.50 £41.25 £51.94
Median hourly rate £24.00 £63.15 £62.75
Median % change year-on-year -62.00% +0.64% +14.09%
75th Percentile £24.50 £64.95 £70.88
90th Percentile - £65.62 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £63.15 £54.50
% change year-on-year -36.66% +15.87% +129.30%

QGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QGIS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

QGIS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

QGIS
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing QGIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing QGIS

QGIS
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QGIS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QGIS in the Thames Valley

QGIS
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing QGIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing QGIS

QGIS
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QGIS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 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
Berkshire - 9 £525 - 3
QGIS
South East

QGIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (77.78%) GeoServer
1 7 (77.78%) Smallworld
2 1 (11.11%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) GIS
2 7 (77.78%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (44.44%) Metadata
4 1 (11.11%) Spatial Data
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Architect
1 4 (44.44%) GIS Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Data Centre Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) GIS Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (33.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Migration
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
3 7 (77.78%) Analytics
3 7 (77.78%) DevOps
4 6 (66.67%) AI
4 6 (66.67%) Data Migration
4 6 (66.67%) Machine Learning
5 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
5 4 (44.44%) Data Governance
5 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
5 4 (44.44%) Integration Patterns
5 4 (44.44%) Use Case
5 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (44.44%) Visualisation
6 3 (33.33%) Change Control
6 3 (33.33%) Data Stewardship
6 3 (33.33%) High Availability
6 3 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
6 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
1 4 (44.44%) Master's Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) ESRI
2 7 (77.78%) Intergraph
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft