GIS Contracts in the West Midlands

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for GIS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GIS over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 138 166
Rank change year-on-year +31 +28 -51
Contract jobs citing GIS 6 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.31% 0.082% 0.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.09% 0.48% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile - £146 £321
25th Percentile - £214 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £354 £431
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -17.91% +11.29%
75th Percentile £378 £516 £538
90th Percentile £413 £596 £628
England median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
West Midlands

GIS 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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 287 421 721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.95% 17.28% 19.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 288 538
10th Percentile £308 £350 £325
25th Percentile £358 £411 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £460
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +14.25% +8.12%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £540
90th Percentile £700 £691 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £24.13 -
25th Percentile - £24.31 £22.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 £25.25 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.40% +7.45% +11.90%
75th Percentile - £30.48 £24.25
90th Percentile - £33.24 -
England median hourly rate £40.13 £58.59 £40.62
% change year-on-year -31.52% +44.26% +63.64%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for GIS in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for GIS in the West Midlands

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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 GIS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Birmingham +16 4 £350 -1.13% 2
Staffordshire - 1 £425 -
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England

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Network Security
1 4 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) QGIS
2 2 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Local Government
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Network Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) GIS Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) GIS Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) PACS
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Network Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Collection
3 1 (16.67%) Data Entry
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Science
3 1 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (16.67%) Information Management
3 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Ericsson
1 4 (66.67%) ESRI
1 4 (66.67%) Greenplum
1 4 (66.67%) Mapinfo
1 4 (66.67%) Pega