GIS Job Trends in Cardiff

Geographic Information System (GIS)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring GIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Permanent jobs citing GIS 1 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.25% - 1.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.78% - 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £48,200
25th Percentile - - £51,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £58,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.59%
75th Percentile - - £63,688
90th Percentile - - £65,900
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 - £58,000
% change year-on-year - - +19.59%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Cardiff

GIS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 36 67 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 8.93% 29.00% 19.73%
Number of salaries quoted 12 57 99
10th Percentile £36,500 - £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £31,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,385 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +54.19% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £78,790 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile - £75,000 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +9.65%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

GIS job vacancy trend in Cardiff

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Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing GIS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Consultant