Spatial Data Contracts

Spatial Data
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 687 790
Rank change year-on-year +123 +103 -117
Contract jobs citing Spatial Data 18 16 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.028% 0.056%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.25% 0.15% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 40
10th Percentile £508 £133 £449
25th Percentile £525 £281 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £479 £525
Median % change year-on-year +25.26% -8.76% +20.69%
75th Percentile £678 £497 £576
90th Percentile £688 £575 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £479 £550
% change year-on-year +25.26% -12.91% +26.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £12.92 - £73.13
25th Percentile - - £74.06
Median hourly rate £13.50 - £76.88
75th Percentile £15.47 - £78.44
90th Percentile £16.49 - £78.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.50 - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,285 10,396 17,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.94% 17.96% 20.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,209 7,401 12,423
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +11.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 187 197
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.98 £35.00 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% +66.79%
75th Percentile £61.60 £73.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% +64.29% +42.86%

Spatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Spatial Data in the UK

Spatial Data
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Spatial Data in the UK

Spatial Data
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spatial Data over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Spatial Data in the UK

Spatial Data
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Spatial Data in the UK

Spatial Data
Top 8 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 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
England +105 15 £600 +26.32% 9
London +99 8 £550 +15.79% 4
UK excluding London +53 8 £600 +25.26% 5
North of England +37 5 £600 -14.29% 2
Yorkshire +22 5 £600 -14.29%
Work from Home +111 3 £488 +5.98% 3
South East - 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Spatial Data
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 9 (50.00%) ArcGIS
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (16.67%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) IaaS
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) GitHub
3 1 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) HTTP
1 1 (5.56%) Internet
1 1 (5.56%) RNC
1 1 (5.56%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (77.78%) GIS
2 5 (27.78%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (16.67%) Metadata
3 3 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (16.67%) QGIS
4 1 (5.56%) Big Data
4 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.56%) MongoDB
4 1 (5.56%) NoSQL
4 1 (5.56%) Oracle Database
4 1 (5.56%) RDBMS
4 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (5.56%) Star Schema
General
1 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 3 (16.67%) Electronics
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 3 (16.67%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Back Office
4 1 (5.56%) Local Government
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Developer
2 5 (27.78%) GIS Developer
3 4 (22.22%) Architect
4 3 (16.67%) GIS Architect
4 3 (16.67%) GIS Technician
4 3 (16.67%) JavaScript Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Python Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Spatial Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Support Officer
6 1 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (5.56%) Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Data Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Geospatial Architect
6 1 (5.56%) GIS Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) React Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) XML
2 1 (5.56%) JSON
2 1 (5.56%) JSON Schema
2 1 (5.56%) Next.js
2 1 (5.56%) OpenLayers
2 1 (5.56%) PostGIS
2 1 (5.56%) React
2 1 (5.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (16.67%) Lidar
2 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Unix
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (33.33%) Data Management
3 5 (27.78%) Clean Code
3 5 (27.78%) Secure Coding
4 3 (16.67%) Availability Management
4 3 (16.67%) Business Case
4 3 (16.67%) Business Development
4 3 (16.67%) Capacity Management
4 3 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (16.67%) Data Architecture
4 3 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 3 (16.67%) Digital Engineering
4 3 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (16.67%) Image Processing
4 3 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) Python
2 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (22.22%) Java
4 2 (11.11%) SQL
5 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 1 (5.56%) Shell Script
5 1 (5.56%) Tcl
5 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) ESRI
2 3 (16.67%) SAP
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (5.56%) Ericsson
4 1 (5.56%) Mapinfo
4 1 (5.56%) Nokia