Hybrid/Remote GeoServer Contract Job Trends

GeoServer
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring GeoServer skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 304 363
Rank change year-on-year -10 +59 +153
Contract jobs citing GeoServer 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.048% 0.009% 0.024%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.48% 0.082% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £456 - £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £451
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -0.22% -6.91%
75th Percentile £563 - £502
90th Percentile £578 - £561
UK median daily rate £500 £465 £451
% change year-on-year +7.53% +3.10% -7.77%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

GeoServer falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,044 1,225 1,602
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.10% 11.32% 9.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 802 1,113
10th Percentile £300 £303 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% +2.80% -4.31%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £800 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 14 39
10th Percentile - £18.33 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.50 £24.31 £23.12
Median hourly rate £21.00 £41.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.78% +17.14% -33.01%
75th Percentile £43.00 £61.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £57.20 £65.55 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -33.82% +49.02% +37.84%

GeoServer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GeoServer and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

GeoServer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

GeoServer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GeoServer.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GeoServer

GeoServer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GeoServer over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

GeoServer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

GeoServer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) ArcGIS
2 2 (40.00%) Smallworld
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Spatial
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) GIS
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (40.00%) QGIS
2 2 (40.00%) Spatial Data
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Geospatial Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) GIS Architect
3 1 (20.00%) GIS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) PostGIS
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) Dojo
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) HTML5
2 1 (20.00%) jQuery
2 1 (20.00%) Middleware
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) AI
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (40.00%) DevOps
1 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (20.00%) Data Stewardship
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) ESRI
2 2 (40.00%) Intergraph
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) SAP