GIS Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring GIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 100 103
Rank change year-on-year -22 +3 +41
Contract jobs citing GIS 7 3 13
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.42% 0.21% 0.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.02% 1.29% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 11
10th Percentile £494 - -
25th Percentile £567 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -22.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £695 £438 £625
90th Percentile £697 - £650
England median daily rate £455 £438 £573
% change year-on-year +4.00% -23.58% +11.27%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Yorkshire

GIS 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 requiring database or business intelligence skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 347 232 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 20.69% 15.97% 10.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 150 157
10th Percentile £319 £369 £303
25th Percentile £400 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £563 £588 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £20.83 £17.12
25th Percentile - £24.31 £19.81
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year - +29.05% +11.63%
75th Percentile - £30.00 £22.68
90th Percentile - £32.25 £25.14
England median hourly rate £42.00 £35.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +19.99% -33.33% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GIS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

GIS job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GIS

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Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIS in Yorkshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GIS

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Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -9 6 £633 +48.82% 2
North Yorkshire +7 1 £575 - 1
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 1 (14.29%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (28.57%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Azure API Management
2 2 (28.57%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Mockito
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Publishing
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) CRM Architect
2 2 (28.57%) CRM Solutions Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM Architect
2 2 (28.57%) GIS Manager
2 2 (28.57%) GIS Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) CCTV Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (14.29%) JAX-RS
1 1 (14.29%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CCTV
1 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Mac OS X
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ERP
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) API Management
3 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
3 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
3 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Deployment
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) PMP
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) ESRI
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft