GIS Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

GIS Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median GIS Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 - 419
Rank change year-on-year - - +102
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Consultant 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% - 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% - 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £533
25th Percentile £525 - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +64.29%
75th Percentile £575 - £594
90th Percentile - - £598
UK median daily rate £550 £485 £575
% change year-on-year +13.40% -15.65% +64.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,901 16,426 20,258
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 92.25% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,555 9,542 13,514
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £660 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,258 1,435 1,184
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.33 £14.06
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +5.88% +93.18%
75th Percentile £52.50 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.01% +68.77%

GIS Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured GIS Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GIS Consultant in the UK excluding London

GIS Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GIS Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GIS Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

GIS Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for GIS Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for GIS Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

GIS Consultant
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 GIS Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 September 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 East - 2 £550 - 3
GIS Consultant
UK

GIS Consultant Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, GIS Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring GIS Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) GIS
1 2 (100.00%) ESRI
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) QGIS
2 1 (50.00%) Spatial Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source

GIS Consultant Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) GIS
1 2 (100.00%) QGIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Spatial Analysis
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ESRI