Cartography Contracts

Cartography
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Cartography skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cartography over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cartography 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £500 - -
90th Percentile £541 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cartography falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,772 36,679 51,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.96% 86.19% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,185 23,608 35,479
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,093 2,436 1,692
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.64
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.94 £16.10
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -22.81% +1.75% +38.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%

Cartography
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cartography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cartography in the UK

Cartography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cartography.

Daily rate trend for Cartography in the UK

Cartography
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cartography over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cartography in the UK

Cartography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cartography.

Hourly rate trend for Cartography in the UK

Cartography
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cartography within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 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
England - 7 £406 - 5
UK excluding London - 7 £438 - 4
South East - 4 £500 - 2
Work from Home - 3 £375 - 2
Midlands - 2 £375 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £375 - 1
Scotland - 1 £500 -

Cartography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (25.00%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) GIS
2 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (25.00%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (25.00%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) GDB
General
1 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Solutions Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) GIS Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) SCADA Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) SOAP
2 2 (25.00%) GeoJSON
2 2 (25.00%) KML
3 1 (12.50%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Operational Technology
1 6 (75.00%) SCADA
2 4 (50.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) System Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Data Conversion
2 2 (25.00%) Data Management
2 2 (25.00%) Spatial Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Spatial Data Management
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (12.50%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (12.50%) Energy Management
3 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Perl
1 6 (75.00%) PL/SQL
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft