Geospatial Data Contracts in the UK excluding London

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Geospatial Data skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Geospatial Data over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 368 397
Rank change year-on-year +23 +29 +92
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 13 22 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.086% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.57% 0.88% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 27
10th Percentile £375 £388 £350
25th Percentile £398 £469 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £600 £562
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +6.76% +2.18%
75th Percentile £486 £613 £639
90th Percentile £549 £638 £741
UK median daily rate £459 £600 £565
% change year-on-year -23.54% +6.29% +7.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £11.17
25th Percentile - - £11.29
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £11.53
Median % change year-on-year - +17.06% -34.10%
75th Percentile - £15.63 £11.73
90th Percentile - £19.45 £11.81
UK median hourly rate - £13.50 £11.53
% change year-on-year - +17.06% -45.08%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

Geospatial Data 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,295 2,494 3,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.14% 13.01% 14.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,523 1,721 2,311
10th Percentile £300 £316 £325
25th Percentile £385 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £585 £600
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £506 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.67% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 73 106
10th Percentile £18.50 £13.54 £20.96
25th Percentile £21.11 £17.50 £26.46
Median hourly rate £31.64 £30.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% -41.46% +46.43%
75th Percentile £61.25 £57.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £69.55 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £36.25 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.33% -31.82% +45.50%

Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Geospatial Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Geospatial Data in the UK excluding London

Geospatial Data
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Geospatial Data in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Geospatial Data in the UK excluding London

Geospatial Data
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Geospatial Data in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Geospatial Data in the UK excluding London

Geospatial Data
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Geospatial Data in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Geospatial Data in the UK excluding London

Geospatial Data
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Geospatial Data within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
South West +34 6 £431 -28.13% 11
Midlands -2 5 £375 - 2
West Midlands -3 4 £375 - 2
North of England -5 2 £513 -14.58% 2
South East +23 1 £525 -8.70% 20
North West -7 1 £450 - 1
Yorkshire -14 1 £575 -4.17% 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Geospatial Data
UK

Geospatial Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) GIS
2 5 (38.46%) Spatial Data
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Database
4 1 (7.69%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) GDB
General
1 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Tech for Good
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Developer
1 4 (30.77%) GIS Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Geospatial Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) GIS Business Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) GIS Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Python Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) AutoCAD Technician
3 1 (7.69%) CAD Technician
3 1 (7.69%) Data Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Geospatial Technician
3 1 (7.69%) GIS Manager
3 1 (7.69%) GIS Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Maximo Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) PostGIS
2 2 (15.38%) CSS
2 2 (15.38%) GeoJSON
2 2 (15.38%) HTML
2 2 (15.38%) KML
3 1 (7.69%) NumPy
3 1 (7.69%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Lidar
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Decision-Making
2 4 (30.77%) Data Management
2 4 (30.77%) Visualisation
3 3 (23.08%) Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 3 (23.08%) Spatial Data Management
3 3 (23.08%) Workflow
4 2 (15.38%) Cartography
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Data Conversion
4 2 (15.38%) ETL
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Spatial Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Statistics
4 2 (15.38%) Web Development
5 1 (7.69%) CAD
5 1 (7.69%) EAM
5 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.69%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) Perl
2 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
2 2 (15.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Data Quality
2 2 (15.38%) QA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) ESRI
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) IBM