Hybrid/Remote GIS Developer Contract Job Trends

GIS Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median GIS Developer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 323 379
Rank change year-on-year +9 +56 +177
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Developer 6 2 11
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.059% 0.017% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.018% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile £401 - £343
25th Percentile £401 £476 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £478 £413
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% +15.76% -24.31%
75th Percentile £408 £479 £488
90th Percentile - - £495
UK median daily rate £405 £505 £435
% change year-on-year -19.80% +16.09% -24.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,546 11,238 16,809
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 93.15% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,251 7,074 11,589
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 208 377
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.36
25th Percentile £20.62 £23.25 £26.00
Median hourly rate £45.23 £37.14 £51.90
Median % change year-on-year +21.78% -28.44% -1.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.13 £85.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +44.26%

GIS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'GIS Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

GIS Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

GIS Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid GIS Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid GIS Developer job vacancies

GIS Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 2 December 2025, GIS Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring GIS Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) GIS
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
3 3 (50.00%) ArcGIS
3 3 (50.00%) ESRI
4 2 (33.33%) AWS
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) Azure Storage
4 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (33.33%) Docker
4 2 (33.33%) ETL
4 2 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (33.33%) PostGIS
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Spatial Data
5 1 (16.67%) .NET
5 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (16.67%) CSS
5 1 (16.67%) Data Management
5 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 1 (16.67%) Dojo
5 1 (16.67%) GeoServer
5 1 (16.67%) HTML
5 1 (16.67%) HTML5
5 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (16.67%) jQuery

GIS Developer Skill Set
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 (50.00%) ArcGIS
2 1 (16.67%) GeoServer
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Spatial
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Storage
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) GIS
2 2 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (33.33%) Spatial Data
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Tech for Good
2 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) PostGIS
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
2 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) Dojo
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) HTML5
2 1 (16.67%) jQuery
2 1 (16.67%) Middleware
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) ETL
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) Open Source
3 1 (16.67%) Parallel Processing
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (16.67%) Spatial Data Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) ESRI
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) SAP