Spatial Data Management Contract Job Trends

Spatial Data Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Spatial Data Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 560 651
Rank change year-on-year +8 +91 +212
Contract jobs citing Spatial Data Management 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% 0.003% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £353 - -
25th Percentile £367 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £420
Median % change year-on-year - - +212.27%
75th Percentile £398 - -
90th Percentile £441 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Spatial Data Management 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 29,370 32,658 44,778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.49% 85.62% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,234 20,154 30,464
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £403 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £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 1,777 1,475 1,557
10th Percentile £14.23 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.70 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £43.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -47.67% +6.17% +76.09%

Spatial Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Spatial Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Spatial Data Management in the UK

Spatial Data Management
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spatial Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spatial Data Management

Spatial Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spatial Data Management over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spatial Data Management in the UK

Spatial Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spatial Data Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spatial Data Management

Spatial Data Management
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spatial Data Management within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
Work from Home +32 5 £375 - 1
England +20 4 £375 - 1
UK excluding London - 4 £375 - 1
Midlands - 2 £375 -
West Midlands - 2 £375 -
London +19 1 £343 - 1
South West - 1 £463 -
Scotland - 1 - -

Spatial Data Management
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 4 (80.00%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Storage
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) GIS
1 5 (100.00%) Spatial Data
2 3 (60.00%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GDB
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Publishing
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) GIS Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) GIS Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) GeoJSON
1 2 (40.00%) KML
2 1 (20.00%) NumPy
2 1 (20.00%) Pandas
2 1 (20.00%) PostGIS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Cartography
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Data Conversion
2 2 (40.00%) Spatial Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (20.00%) Parallel Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) ESRI