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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 598 447 628
Rank change year-on-year -151 +181 +116
Permanent jobs citing GIS 81 453 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.50% 0.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.17% 2.93% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 67 171 103
10th Percentile £33,868 £32,000 £31,728
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,060 £37,685
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £58,150 £61,013 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £90,000 £72,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -

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 6,917 15,457 18,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.03% 17.21% 21.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,431 11,446 11,675
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.22% -11.54% +8.33%

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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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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
London +48 32 £47,500 -16.78% 38
South West +71 11 £36,246 -39.59% 16
East of England +17 11 £44,000 +10.46% 19
Midlands +21 10 £50,400 -37.00% 11
North West -82 9 £48,000 +20.00% 12
North of England -86 9 £48,000 +20.00% 20
West Midlands +51 8 £56,650 +29.32% 8
South East +5 6 £54,400 +20.89% 31
East Midlands +8 2 £33,750 -64.47% 3
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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 8 (9.88%) IIS
2 7 (8.64%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (17.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.17%) ProjectWise
3 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.47%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 18 (22.22%) Azure
2 16 (19.75%) Snowflake
3 14 (17.28%) AWS
4 6 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.94%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (2.47%) IaaS
7 2 (2.47%) PaaS
8 1 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.28%) Big Data
2 10 (12.35%) SQL Server
3 6 (7.41%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (3.70%) Power BI
4 3 (3.70%) QGIS
5 2 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.47%) Spatial Data
6 1 (1.23%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.23%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.23%) EDRMS
6 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Git
General
1 21 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.46%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.81%) Finance
4 11 (13.58%) Advertising
5 6 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.41%) Welsh Language
6 5 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.70%) Aviation
8 3 (3.70%) Marketing
8 3 (3.70%) Retail
9 2 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.47%) Electronics
9 2 (2.47%) Environmental Health
9 2 (2.47%) Legal
9 2 (2.47%) Military
10 1 (1.23%) Law
10 1 (1.23%) Local Government
10 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (17.28%) Analytics Consultant
1 14 (17.28%) Consultant
1 14 (17.28%) GIS Consultant
1 14 (17.28%) Spatial Consultant
2 12 (14.81%) Developer
3 10 (12.35%) Senior
4 9 (11.11%) Applications Support
5 8 (9.88%) Applications Specialist
5 8 (9.88%) Applications Support Specialist
5 8 (9.88%) Lead
5 8 (9.88%) Support Specialist
6 6 (7.41%) Technical Leader
7 5 (6.17%) Analyst
7 5 (6.17%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.94%) Architect
8 4 (4.94%) JavaScript Developer
8 4 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.70%) Data Analyst
9 3 (3.70%) Graduate
9 3 (3.70%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.41%) CSS
1 6 (7.41%) HTML
2 5 (6.17%) React
3 4 (4.94%) GeoJSON
3 4 (4.94%) RESTful
3 4 (4.94%) Svelte
4 3 (3.70%) .NET
5 2 (2.47%) MIDP
5 2 (2.47%) PostGIS
5 2 (2.47%) PyTorch
5 2 (2.47%) TensorFlow
6 1 (1.23%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.23%) Blazor
6 1 (1.23%) D3.js
6 1 (1.23%) Google Maps API
6 1 (1.23%) JSON
6 1 (1.23%) Plotly
6 1 (1.23%) Razor View Engine
6 1 (1.23%) REST
6 1 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.94%) Driving Licence
1 4 (4.94%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.70%) e-Learning
3 2 (2.47%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.47%) CCTV
3 2 (2.47%) Lidar
3 2 (2.47%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.47%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.23%) Life Science
4 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.64%) Windows
1 7 (8.64%) Windows Server
2 6 (7.41%) Android
2 6 (7.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (35.80%) Analytics
2 22 (27.16%) Visualisation
3 19 (23.46%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (20.99%) Agile
4 17 (20.99%) Asset Management
5 15 (18.52%) Project Management
5 15 (18.52%) Spatial Analysis
6 14 (17.28%) Customer Insight
6 14 (17.28%) ETL
6 14 (17.28%) Performance Analysis
6 14 (17.28%) Predictive Modelling
7 13 (16.05%) Project Delivery
8 12 (14.81%) Decision-Making
8 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (12.35%) Collaborative Culture
10 9 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (9.88%) Data Analytics
11 8 (9.88%) Project Planning
12 7 (8.64%) Collaborative Working
12 7 (8.64%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 24 (29.63%) Python
2 20 (24.69%) SQL
3 12 (14.81%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.94%) C#
4 4 (4.94%) PHP
5 2 (2.47%) C
5 2 (2.47%) C++
5 2 (2.47%) Embedded C
5 2 (2.47%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 20 (24.69%) Degree
2 12 (14.81%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.88%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.41%) DBS Check
5 5 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.70%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.47%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.47%) PhD
8 1 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 6 (7.41%) WCAG
3 4 (4.94%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.70%) GDPR
5 2 (2.47%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (38.27%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.28%) Alteryx
3 6 (7.41%) ESRI
4 2 (2.47%) EMC
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle
4 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.23%) Capita
5 1 (1.23%) Cisco
5 1 (1.23%) Civica
5 1 (1.23%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.23%) Google
5 1 (1.23%) IFS
5 1 (1.23%) Mapbox
5 1 (1.23%) Mapinfo
5 1 (1.23%) NEC
5 1 (1.23%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.23%) Sun
5 1 (1.23%) Zoho