GIS Developer Contracts

GIS Developer
UK

The median GIS Developer daily rate in the UK is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 564 698
Rank change year-on-year +55 +134 +152
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Developer 11 18 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.041% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.045% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 16
10th Percentile - £281 £434
25th Percentile £406 £375 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.12% -2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £450 £650 £625
90th Percentile £463 £688 £729
UK excluding London median daily rate £419 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -1.47% -5.56% -5.26%

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

GIS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS Developer in the UK

GIS Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for GIS Developer in the UK

GIS Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for GIS Developer in the UK

GIS Developer
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +53 11 £413 -21.15%
Work from Home +43 8 £425 -5.56%
UK excluding London +58 6 £419 -1.47%
London +35 4 £413 -21.43%
South West - 3 £413 -
North West +18 2 £450 -
North of England +17 2 £450 -25.00%
East Midlands - 1 £425 -
Midlands - 1 £425 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, GIS Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) GIS
2 10 (90.91%) Python
3 8 (72.73%) AWS
4 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
4 4 (36.36%) Docker
4 4 (36.36%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
5 3 (27.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (27.27%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (27.27%) AWS Certification
5 3 (27.27%) Analytics
6 2 (18.18%) Leaflet
6 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
6 2 (18.18%) GitHub
6 2 (18.18%) PostGIS
6 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
6 2 (18.18%) GitLab
6 2 (18.18%) ETL
6 2 (18.18%) ObjectStore
6 2 (18.18%) Node.js
6 2 (18.18%) Google
6 2 (18.18%) Google Maps API
6 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Git
6 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 2 (18.18%) RESTful
6 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
6 2 (18.18%) ESRI
6 2 (18.18%) C#
6 2 (18.18%) JavaScript

GIS Developer 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 3 (27.27%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (9.09%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) GIS
2 4 (36.36%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (18.18%) ObjectStore
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
1 2 (18.18%) GitLab
General
1 2 (18.18%) Tech for Good
2 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
1 2 (18.18%) GeoJSON
1 2 (18.18%) Google Maps API
1 2 (18.18%) Leaflet
1 2 (18.18%) MapLibre
1 2 (18.18%) Node.js
1 2 (18.18%) PostGIS
1 2 (18.18%) React
1 2 (18.18%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
2 3 (27.27%) Analytics
2 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
3 2 (18.18%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Twin
3 2 (18.18%) ETL
3 2 (18.18%) Front End Development
3 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) RBAC
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
3 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
4 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Data Science
4 1 (9.09%) Machine Learning
4 1 (9.09%) Open Source
4 1 (9.09%) Workflow
4 1 (9.09%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
3 1 (9.09%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) AWS Certification
1 3 (27.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) ESRI
1 2 (18.18%) Google
1 2 (18.18%) Mapbox