Geospatial Data Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Geospatial Data skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 107 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.34% 0.10% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.99% 0.63% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 -
75th Percentile £388 £388 -
90th Percentile £395 - -
England median daily rate £455 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -20.87% -4.17% +14.29%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
West Midlands

Geospatial Data falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 302 320 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 17.34% 16.80% 16.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 210 239
10th Percentile £302 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £360 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -3.19% +2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £624 £714 £700
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £30.70 £34.04 £24.19
25th Percentile £32.74 £34.20 £24.47
Median hourly rate £34.43 £34.47 £28.15
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +22.46% -
75th Percentile £35.24 £34.73 £32.05
90th Percentile £35.69 £34.89 £33.87
England median hourly rate £38.23 £33.93 £55.00
% change year-on-year +12.67% -38.31% +22.22%

Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Geospatial Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Geospatial Data in the West Midlands

Geospatial Data
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Geospatial Data.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Geospatial Data

Geospatial Data
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Geospatial Data.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Geospatial Data

Geospatial Data
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Geospatial Data within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Warwickshire - 5 £375 - 1
Geospatial Data
England

Geospatial Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (66.67%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) GIS
2 5 (83.33%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) GDB
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) GIS Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Geospatial Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) GIS Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) GIS Architect
3 1 (16.67%) GIS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) GeoJSON
1 2 (33.33%) KML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Management
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Cartography
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Data Conversion
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Spatial Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Spatial Data Management
2 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) ESRI