GIS Analyst Contract Job Trends

GIS Analyst
UK

The median GIS Analyst daily rate in the UK is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 559 554 649
Rank change year-on-year -5 +95 +197
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Analyst 9 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.013% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.014% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 2
10th Percentile £320 £439 £303
25th Percentile £334 £478 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +14.29% -7.89%
75th Percentile £375 - £531
90th Percentile £385 - £573
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 - £300
% change year-on-year - - -36.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 30,003 35,798 46,379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 92.95% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,960 22,064 31,748
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,577 1,684 1,483
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% +4.65% +95.45%

GIS Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured GIS Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GIS Analyst in the UK

GIS Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GIS Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GIS Analyst job vacancies in the UK

GIS Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for GIS Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for GIS Analyst job vacancies in the UK

GIS Analyst
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +20 9 £350 -30.00% 4
UK excluding London -1 7 £375 - 3
Midlands - 5 £375 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £375 - 1
Work from Home +31 3 £375 -25.00%
London +19 1 £343 -31.40% 1
North of England -14 1 £350 - 1
North West - 1 £350 -
South East - 1 £350 - 1

GIS Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, GIS Analyst 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 featuring GIS Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) GIS
2 8 (88.89%) Spatial Data
3 7 (77.78%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
5 5 (55.56%) ArcGIS
6 4 (44.44%) ESRI
7 3 (33.33%) Spatial Data Management
7 3 (33.33%) Python
7 3 (33.33%) Data Management
8 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
8 2 (22.22%) Cartography
8 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (22.22%) GeoJSON
8 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (22.22%) GDB
8 2 (22.22%) KML
8 2 (22.22%) Data Conversion
8 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
8 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (22.22%) Spatial Analysis
8 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
8 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
9 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
9 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
9 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
9 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
9 1 (11.11%) Metadata
9 1 (11.11%) Customer Service

GIS Analyst Skill Set
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 5 (55.56%) ArcGIS
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) Smallworld
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) GIS
2 8 (88.89%) Spatial Data
3 7 (77.78%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (11.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) GDB
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) GeoJSON
1 2 (22.22%) KML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Data Management
1 3 (33.33%) Spatial Data Management
2 2 (22.22%) Cartography
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Data Conversion
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Spatial Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Data Mapping
3 1 (11.11%) Metadata Management
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) Use Case
3 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) ESRI