GIS Job Trends in Durham

Geographic Information System (GIS)
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring GIS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 38 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Permanent jobs citing GIS 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 0.40% 0.36% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.69% 4.76% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 -
North East median annual salary - £40,000 -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 13 21 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 5.18% 7.53% 15.97%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 20
10th Percentile £27,875 £38,150 £41,225
25th Percentile £30,369 £45,500 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £51,250 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% -9.29% +46.14%
75th Percentile £39,344 £57,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £46,225 - £71,320
North East median annual salary £40,831 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -22.23% -4.55% +15.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Durham.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in Durham

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Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing GIS

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) QGIS
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI