GIS Jobs in England

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring GIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GIS over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 487 582 810
Rank change year-on-year +95 +228 -160
Permanent jobs citing GIS 334 260 400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.37% 0.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.67% 1.74% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 110 102 181
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,640 £26,989
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,813 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,800 £45,351
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -1.21% -21.13%
75th Percentile £62,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -17.39%

All Database and 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 12,495 14,926 39,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 15.95% 21.00% 27.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,650 10,674 19,065
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,491
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £84,188 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in England

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Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIS in England.

Salary trend for GIS in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
North of England +87 90 £40,132 +17.41% 6
London +54 64 £56,500 +2.73% 13
South East +45 63 £45,000 -22.41% 5
North West +48 61 £40,132 - 4
East of England +11 47 £36,664 -2.23% 6
Midlands -44 36 £90,000 +108.09% 2
South West +1 32 £30,000 -25.00% 4
Yorkshire +79 27 - - 2
East Midlands -10 27 £95,000 +192.31%
West Midlands -48 5 £80,000 +84.97% 2
North East -10 2 £40,000 -28.86%
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 158 (47.31%) ArcGIS
2 130 (38.92%) GeoServer
3 10 (2.99%) Apache
4 6 (1.80%) nginx
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
5 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (2.40%) Trello
3 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.60%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.30%) InVision
5 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.80%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.90%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) Maximo
3 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 162 (48.50%) Azure
2 150 (44.91%) AWS
3 31 (9.28%) Power Platform
4 19 (5.69%) SaaS
5 17 (5.09%) Google Sheets
6 12 (3.59%) GitHub
7 10 (2.99%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.50%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.50%) Serverless
11 3 (0.90%) Azure API Management
11 3 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.60%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.60%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.30%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.30%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.69%) HTTP
2 5 (1.50%) Intranet
3 2 (0.60%) Internet
4 1 (0.30%) 5G
4 1 (0.30%) Broadband
4 1 (0.30%) RNC
4 1 (0.30%) SAN
4 1 (0.30%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (47.01%) PostgreSQL
2 135 (40.42%) QGIS
3 61 (18.26%) Geospatial Data
4 31 (9.28%) Power BI
5 22 (6.59%) SQL Server
6 20 (5.99%) Spatial Data
7 17 (5.09%) Relational Database
8 15 (4.49%) Redis
9 10 (2.99%) MySQL
10 8 (2.40%) MS Access
11 6 (1.80%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.80%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.20%) Tableau
12 4 (1.20%) Triplestore
13 3 (0.90%) Metadata
14 2 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.30%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (3.29%) JIRA
2 8 (2.40%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.90%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) GitLab
4 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 57 (17.07%) Social Skills
2 32 (9.58%) Finance
2 32 (9.58%) Public Sector
3 24 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.59%) Back Office
5 21 (6.29%) Retail
6 18 (5.39%) Local Government
7 11 (3.29%) Marketing
8 10 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.69%) Publishing
10 6 (1.80%) Electronics
10 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.20%) Automotive
12 2 (0.60%) Environmental Health
12 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Games
Job Titles
1 154 (46.11%) Software Engineer
2 69 (20.66%) Senior
3 59 (17.66%) Senior Software Engineer
4 24 (7.19%) Network Technician
5 19 (5.69%) Developer
6 17 (5.09%) Digital Transformation
7 14 (4.19%) Consultant
8 13 (3.89%) Architect
9 12 (3.59%) Business Manager
10 11 (3.29%) Analyst
10 11 (3.29%) Geospatial Engineer
10 11 (3.29%) Lead
11 10 (2.99%) Digital Transformation Manager
11 10 (2.99%) Transformation Manager
12 9 (2.69%) Software Developer
13 8 (2.40%) Business Change Manager
13 8 (2.40%) Change Manager
13 8 (2.40%) Coordinator
13 8 (2.40%) Network Engineer
13 8 (2.40%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (45.51%) CSS
2 148 (44.31%) React
3 140 (41.92%) .NET
4 138 (41.32%) .NET Core
4 138 (41.32%) OpenLayers
4 138 (41.32%) PostGIS
5 135 (40.42%) Leaflet
6 28 (8.38%) HTML
7 18 (5.39%) AngularJS
8 15 (4.49%) JSON
9 12 (3.59%) GeoJSON
9 12 (3.59%) RESTful
10 11 (3.29%) Dask
10 11 (3.29%) Django
10 11 (3.29%) Flask
11 10 (2.99%) GeoPandas
11 10 (2.99%) HTML5
12 9 (2.69%) Celery
12 9 (2.69%) NumPy
12 9 (2.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.08%) Management Information System
2 24 (7.19%) PDA
3 7 (2.10%) Operational Technology
4 6 (1.80%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.50%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.20%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.20%) Linked Data
6 4 (1.20%) NHS
6 4 (1.20%) Reference Data
7 3 (0.90%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.90%) FMCG
7 3 (0.90%) iPhone
7 3 (0.90%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.30%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.30%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.30%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.99%) Linux
2 15 (4.49%) Windows
3 2 (0.60%) Unix
4 1 (0.30%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (47.60%) Software Engineering
2 150 (44.91%) Web Development
3 144 (43.11%) Actionable Insight
4 142 (42.51%) Agile
5 135 (40.42%) DevOps
6 54 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (11.98%) Data Analysis
8 39 (11.68%) Business Intelligence
9 32 (9.58%) Line Management
10 25 (7.49%) Computer Science
10 25 (7.49%) Validation
11 24 (7.19%) Full Stack Development
12 20 (5.99%) Data Modelling
13 17 (5.09%) OO
13 17 (5.09%) Service Management
14 16 (4.79%) Business Case
14 16 (4.79%) Customer Service
14 16 (4.79%) Project Management
15 15 (4.49%) Analytics
15 15 (4.49%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 180 (53.89%) Python
2 170 (50.90%) JavaScript
3 120 (35.93%) C#
4 36 (10.78%) SQL
5 8 (2.40%) Apex Code
6 5 (1.50%) R
7 4 (1.20%) Java
7 4 (1.20%) SPARQL
8 1 (0.30%) C++
8 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 149 (44.61%) Security Cleared
2 134 (40.12%) SC Cleared
3 73 (21.86%) Degree
4 12 (3.59%) Master's Degree
5 10 (2.99%) PMI Certification
5 10 (2.99%) PMP
6 5 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.99%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.20%) SLA
3 3 (0.90%) GDPR
4 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 17 (5.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (2.40%) Terraform
2 6 (1.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 156 (46.71%) ESRI
2 23 (6.89%) Microsoft
3 20 (5.99%) Oracle
4 17 (5.09%) Google
5 12 (3.59%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.99%) SAP
7 8 (2.40%) Civica
7 8 (2.40%) Computacenter
8 4 (1.20%) Mapbox
9 1 (0.30%) Adobe
9 1 (0.30%) Ericsson
9 1 (0.30%) IBM
9 1 (0.30%) IFS
9 1 (0.30%) Mapinfo
9 1 (0.30%) Nokia
9 1 (0.30%) Sparx
9 1 (0.30%) Xamarin