Spatial Data Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Spatial Data
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Spatial Data skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Spatial 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 300 342 465
Rank change year-on-year +42 +123 +131
Contract jobs citing Spatial Data 4 3 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.020% 0.046%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.19% 0.10% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 10
10th Percentile £268 £376 £133
25th Percentile £299 £416 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £488 £470
Median % change year-on-year -27.22% +3.83% -10.57%
75th Percentile £413 £566 £551
90th Percentile £447 £609 £725
UK median daily rate £355 £600 £479
% change year-on-year -40.87% +25.26% -8.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.63 - -
Median hourly rate £16.25 - -
75th Percentile £16.88 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.25 £13.50 -
% change year-on-year +20.37% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Spatial 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%

Spatial Data
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Spatial 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 Spatial Data.

Spatial Data daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Spatial Data
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Spatial Data daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Spatial 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 Spatial Data.

Spatial Data hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Spatial 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 1 (25.00%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) GIS
2 1 (25.00%) Geospatial Data
General
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) AutoCAD Technician
1 1 (25.00%) CAD Technician
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) GIS Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) NumPy
1 1 (25.00%) Pandas
1 1 (25.00%) PostGIS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) Spatial Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) CAD
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Remote Sensing
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks
1 1 (25.00%) ESRI