Hybrid/Remote Spatial Data Management Contract Job Trends

Spatial Data Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Spatial Data Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 334 416
Rank change year-on-year +32 +82 +189
Contract jobs citing Spatial Data Management 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.052% 0.008% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% 0.009% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £353 - -
25th Percentile £367 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £420
Median % change year-on-year - - +212.27%
75th Percentile £398 - -
90th Percentile £441 - -
UK median daily rate £375 - £420
% change year-on-year - - +212.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Spatial Data Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,955 11,093 18,377
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 92.29% 87.77% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,947 7,129 12,966
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 300 435
10th Percentile £12.62 £18.48 £17.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £30.36 £26.12
Median hourly rate £35.70 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.99% -18.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.71 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

Spatial Data Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Spatial Data Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Spatial Data Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Spatial Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Spatial Data Management

Spatial Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Spatial Data Management over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Spatial Data Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Spatial Data Management
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 4 (80.00%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Storage
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) GIS
1 5 (100.00%) Spatial Data
2 3 (60.00%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GDB
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Publishing
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) GIS Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) GIS Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) GeoJSON
1 2 (40.00%) KML
2 1 (20.00%) NumPy
2 1 (20.00%) Pandas
2 1 (20.00%) PostGIS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Cartography
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Data Conversion
2 2 (40.00%) Spatial Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (20.00%) Parallel Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) ESRI