GIS Job Trends in England

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring GIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 427 565
Rank change year-on-year -126 +138 +98
Permanent jobs citing GIS 91 188 233
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.48% 0.31%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.46% 2.53% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 39 117 173
10th Percentile £28,000 £39,350 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,231 £46,250 £36,120
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +55.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £105,500 - £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +55.56% -10.00%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,244 7,418 13,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.52% 18.95% 18.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,955 4,707 11,041
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,125 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -8.49%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GIS job vacancy trend in England

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Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GIS

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in England over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for GIS in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the England region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
South East -22 21 £70,000 -7.89% 11
West Midlands +13 18 £62,500 +17.26% 1
Midlands -14 18 £62,500 +17.26% 9
South West -24 17 £29,000 -48.44% 7
London -13 13 £70,000 +47.37% 10
North of England -41 11 £48,979 +13.90% 11
East of England -66 10 £40,000 -47.37% 5
North West -10 6 £48,979 +39.94% 8
North East - 3 - -
Yorkshire -39 2 - - 3
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 12 (13.19%) ArcGIS
2 4 (4.40%) GeoServer
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (26.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (6.59%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.10%) Civil 3D
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.10%) Navisworks
4 1 (1.10%) Revit
4 1 (1.10%) SmartSuite
4 1 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 19 (20.88%) Azure
2 11 (12.09%) Power Platform
3 9 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.79%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (8.79%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.69%) AWS
6 3 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.30%) GitHub
6 3 (3.30%) Serverless
7 2 (2.20%) Google Docs
7 2 (2.20%) Google Drive
7 2 (2.20%) Google Play
7 2 (2.20%) Google Sheets
7 2 (2.20%) n8n
7 2 (2.20%) TestFlight
8 1 (1.10%) Figma
8 1 (1.10%) GCP
8 1 (1.10%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.10%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.79%) Firewall
1 8 (8.79%) Network Security
2 5 (5.49%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.10%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (27.47%) Geospatial Data
2 13 (14.29%) Spatial Data
3 12 (13.19%) QGIS
4 10 (10.99%) Power BI
5 6 (6.59%) Metadata
6 4 (4.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (4.40%) SQL Server
7 3 (3.30%) Tableau
8 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (6.59%) Jenkins
2 5 (5.49%) Git
3 3 (3.30%) JIRA
4 2 (2.20%) Android Studio
4 2 (2.20%) CMake
4 2 (2.20%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.20%) Xcode
5 1 (1.10%) TestRail
General
1 38 (41.76%) Social Skills
2 31 (34.07%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (26.37%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (8.79%) Finance
6 7 (7.69%) Local Government
7 6 (6.59%) Legal
8 3 (3.30%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.20%) Agriculture
9 2 (2.20%) Aviation
9 2 (2.20%) Publishing
9 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.10%) Military
Job Titles
1 33 (36.26%) Analyst
2 17 (18.68%) GIS Technician
3 12 (13.19%) Developer
4 11 (12.09%) Architect
5 9 (9.89%) GIS Developer
6 8 (8.79%) Digital Architect
7 7 (7.69%) GIS Analyst
8 6 (6.59%) Operations Analyst
8 6 (6.59%) Operations Technician
9 5 (5.49%) Data Analyst
10 4 (4.40%) Software Engineer
11 3 (3.30%) DevOps Engineer
11 3 (3.30%) Geospatial Engineer
11 3 (3.30%) GIS Officer
11 3 (3.30%) Information Officer
11 3 (3.30%) Information Systems Officer
11 3 (3.30%) Senior
11 3 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
12 2 (2.20%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 2 (2.20%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.49%) .NET
1 5 (5.49%) PostGIS
2 3 (3.30%) Leaflet
2 3 (3.30%) Node.js
2 3 (3.30%) OpenLayers
2 3 (3.30%) Qt
2 3 (3.30%) YAML
3 2 (2.20%) Google Maps API
3 2 (2.20%) Matplotlib
3 2 (2.20%) OpenGL
3 2 (2.20%) OpenSceneGraph
3 2 (2.20%) QML
3 2 (2.20%) Qt Quick
3 2 (2.20%) React
3 2 (2.20%) Seaborn
3 2 (2.20%) Vulkan
4 1 (1.10%) CSS
4 1 (1.10%) GeoPandas
4 1 (1.10%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.48%) Management Information System
2 10 (10.99%) Mobile App
3 6 (6.59%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.30%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.10%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.10%) IoT
5 1 (1.10%) LLPG
5 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.10%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.30%) Windows
2 2 (2.20%) Android
2 2 (2.20%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (30.77%) Data Analysis
2 13 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (13.19%) Asset Management
3 12 (13.19%) Spatial Analysis
4 11 (12.09%) Agile
4 11 (12.09%) Analytics
4 11 (12.09%) TOGAF
4 11 (12.09%) Visualisation
5 10 (10.99%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (10.99%) Data Management
6 8 (8.79%) Data Analytics
6 8 (8.79%) Data Visualisation
6 8 (8.79%) Impact Assessments
6 8 (8.79%) ITIL
7 7 (7.69%) CI/CD
7 7 (7.69%) Decision-Making
8 6 (6.59%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (6.59%) Data Science
8 6 (6.59%) Software Engineering
8 6 (6.59%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 23 (25.27%) SQL
2 20 (21.98%) Python
3 6 (6.59%) Java
4 3 (3.30%) Bash
4 3 (3.30%) C++
4 3 (3.30%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.30%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.30%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.20%) C
5 2 (2.20%) Objective-C
5 2 (2.20%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.10%) R
6 1 (1.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (37.36%) Degree
2 8 (8.79%) Security Cleared
3 7 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.59%) DBS Check
5 5 (5.49%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.20%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.10%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.10%) City & Guilds
7 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.10%) PhD
7 1 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.89%) QA
2 1 (1.10%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.10%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 8 (8.79%) Active Directory
1 8 (8.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.30%) Terraform
2 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 39 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 19 (20.88%) ESRI
3 8 (8.79%) Cisco
3 8 (8.79%) HP
3 8 (8.79%) VMware
4 5 (5.49%) Google
4 5 (5.49%) Juniper
5 2 (2.20%) Apple
5 2 (2.20%) Mapbox
5 2 (2.20%) Xamarin