Spatial Data Job Trends in England

Spatial Data
UK > England

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 666 668
Rank change year-on-year +67 +2 +235
Permanent jobs citing Spatial Data 18 13 12
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.034% 0.027% 0.024%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.31% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 8
10th Percentile £63,625 £30,000 £37,922
25th Percentile £65,313 £31,230 £38,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +126.97% -15.56% -8.31%
75th Percentile £107,500 £77,500 £58,600
90th Percentile - - £70,329
UK median annual salary £86,250 £38,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +126.97% -15.56% -7.37%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
England

Spatial Data 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 5,827 8,627 9,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.03% 17.92% 20.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,870 4,853 7,988
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,100 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,780 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -5.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% -4.00%

Spatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Spatial Data job vacancy trend in England

Spatial Data
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Spatial Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Spatial Data

Spatial Data
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Spatial Data in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Spatial Data in England

Spatial Data
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spatial Data within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 West +16 8 - - 1
London +58 7 £86,250 +15.00% 6
North of England +10 3 - - 4
North East - 3 - -
Spatial Data
UK

Spatial Data
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 1 (5.56%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) AutoCAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (83.33%) GIS
2 9 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (33.33%) Metadata
3 6 (33.33%) QGIS
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Developer
1 7 (38.89%) GIS Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) GIS Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) GIS Technician
2 6 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Operations Technician
3 2 (11.11%) Account Director
4 1 (5.56%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Commercial Director
4 1 (5.56%) Development Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior GIS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) GeoPandas
1 1 (5.56%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
1 6 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Data Management
2 7 (38.89%) Visualisation
3 6 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 6 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (16.67%) Business Development
5 2 (11.11%) GTM Strategy
5 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.56%) AI
6 1 (5.56%) B2B
6 1 (5.56%) B2B Sales
6 1 (5.56%) CAD
6 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.56%) Digital Twin
6 1 (5.56%) ETL
6 1 (5.56%) Line Management
6 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) SQL
2 6 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) ESRI