Geospatial Data Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Geospatial Data skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Geospatial Data over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 326 445
Rank change year-on-year +33 +119 +119
Contract jobs citing Geospatial Data 11 19 32
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.52% 0.65% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 27
10th Percentile £406 £367 £300
25th Percentile £438 £408 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £458
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +2.73% -16.82%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £585 £626 £645
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% -9.09%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,098 2,911 4,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 21.18% 18.97% 19.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,488 2,137 3,601
10th Percentile £363 £356 £386
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £675 £650 £650
90th Percentile £838 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 37 79
10th Percentile £22.50 £20.06 £22.16
25th Percentile £30.00 £22.61 £43.57
Median hourly rate £63.00 £40.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.50% -39.39% +46.67%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £70.25 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +41.18%

Geospatial Data
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Geospatial Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Geospatial Data trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Geospatial Data
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Geospatial Data.

Geospatial Data daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Geospatial Data
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Geospatial Data over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Geospatial Data daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Geospatial Data
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Geospatial Data.

Geospatial Data hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Geospatial Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (18.18%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) GitHub
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Functions
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (9.09%) PaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) GIS
2 2 (18.18%) ObjectStore
3 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (9.09%) Spatial Data
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Git
2 2 (18.18%) GitLab
General
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
1 2 (18.18%) Tech for Good
2 1 (9.09%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) GIS Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Python Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
4 2 (18.18%) JavaScript Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior
5 1 (9.09%) Geospatial Architect
5 1 (9.09%) GIS Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Maximo Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Python Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Python Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
1 3 (27.27%) PostGIS
2 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
2 2 (18.18%) GeoJSON
2 2 (18.18%) Google Maps API
2 2 (18.18%) Leaflet
2 2 (18.18%) MapLibre
2 2 (18.18%) Node.js
2 2 (18.18%) React
2 2 (18.18%) RESTful
3 1 (9.09%) .NET Core
3 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET
3 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (9.09%) NumPy
3 1 (9.09%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Analytics
1 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
1 3 (27.27%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
1 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
1 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
2 2 (18.18%) Agile
2 2 (18.18%) Containerisation
2 2 (18.18%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (18.18%) Data Science
2 2 (18.18%) DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Digital Twin
2 2 (18.18%) ETL
2 2 (18.18%) Front End Development
2 2 (18.18%) RBAC
2 2 (18.18%) Scrum
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
2 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) Python
2 3 (27.27%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
4 1 (9.09%) Java
4 1 (9.09%) Ruby
4 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) ESRI
1 2 (18.18%) Google
1 2 (18.18%) Mapbox
2 1 (9.09%) IBM
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft