Spatial Data Contracts in the UK excluding London

Spatial Data
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Spatial Data skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Spatial Data over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 444 487
Rank change year-on-year +67 +43 -74
Contract jobs citing Spatial Data 8 12 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.051% 0.059%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.31% 0.33% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 16
10th Percentile - £132 £457
25th Percentile £550 £213 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £479 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.26% -12.91% +26.44%
75th Percentile £650 £494 £588
90th Percentile - £545 £664
UK median daily rate £600 £479 £525
% change year-on-year +25.26% -8.76% +20.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £12.80 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £15.07 - -
UK median hourly rate £13.50 - £76.88
% change year-on-year - - +615.12%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

Spatial Data is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,575 3,628 5,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.55% 15.44% 17.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,816 2,605 3,833
10th Percentile £316 £338 £328
25th Percentile £400 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 114 130
10th Percentile £13.50 £21.46 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £31.84 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.70 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.19% +59.14% +42.86%
75th Percentile £61.50 £66.42 £55.69
90th Percentile £77.00 £75.50 £68.78
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £59.30 £42.92
% change year-on-year -32.54% +38.16% +59.07%

Spatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Spatial Data in the UK excluding London

Spatial Data
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Spatial Data in the UK excluding London

Spatial Data
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Spatial Data in the UK excluding London

Spatial 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 Spatial Data within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
North of England +32 5 £600 -14.29% 2
Yorkshire +30 5 £600 -14.29%
South East - 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Spatial Data
UK

Spatial 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 6 (75.00%) ArcGIS
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (37.50%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
1 1 (12.50%) RNC
1 1 (12.50%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) GIS
2 3 (37.50%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (37.50%) Metadata
2 3 (37.50%) QGIS
3 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) GIS Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) GIS Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) GIS Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) OpenLayers
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (37.50%) Lidar
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (37.50%) Data Management
1 3 (37.50%) Image Processing
1 3 (37.50%) User Experience
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (25.00%) Secure Coding
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) API Development
3 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Java
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) ESRI
2 1 (12.50%) Ericsson
2 1 (12.50%) Mapinfo
2 1 (12.50%) Nokia
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle