GIS Job Trends in the East of England

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring GIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 96 177
Rank change year-on-year -48 +81 +21
Permanent jobs citing GIS 10 81 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.22% 2.40% 0.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.32% 14.67% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4 38 11
10th Percentile £36,380 £62,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,707 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £76,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +60.00% +2.98%
75th Percentile - - £50,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £57,631 £76,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -24.17% +68.89% -10.00%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 301 552 754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 6.55% 16.38% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 213 278 657
10th Percentile £26,600 £35,515 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +6.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £58,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £76,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

GIS job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing GIS

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Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the East of England region over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedfordshire +21 6 - - 1
Hertfordshire -49 3 £40,000 -47.37% 1
Cambridgeshire +3 1 £35,960 -37.46%
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) GIS Officer
2 3 (30.00%) Information Officer
2 3 (30.00%) Information Systems Officer
3 1 (10.00%) ICT Officer
3 1 (10.00%) ICT Support
3 1 (10.00%) ICT Support Officer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) LLPG
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (30.00%) Digital Innovation
3 1 (10.00%) Business Case
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Case Management
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft