GIS Job Trends in the Midlands

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring GIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 225 264
Rank change year-on-year +16 +39 +59
Permanent jobs citing GIS 19 13 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.22% 0.22% 0.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.47% 1.54% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 12 13 10
10th Percentile - £30,200 £27,620
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,000 £30,283
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,131 £53,300 £39,774
Median % change year-on-year +16.57% +34.01% +22.38%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £44,893
90th Percentile - £72,500 £90,000
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
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 770 845 1,501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.88% 14.14% 18.06%
Number of salaries quoted 544 485 1,292
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,250
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 Midlands

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

GIS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing GIS

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for GIS in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
West Midlands +24 18 £62,500 +17.26% 6
East Midlands -14 1 £25,000 -20.63% 2
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 8 (42.11%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.26%) Civil 3D
3 1 (5.26%) Navisworks
3 1 (5.26%) Revit
3 1 (5.26%) SmartSuite
3 1 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
1 6 (31.58%) Dynamics 365
1 6 (31.58%) Entra ID
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Firewall
1 6 (31.58%) Network Security
2 5 (26.32%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (36.84%) Geospatial Data
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 7 (36.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (26.32%) Legal
3 5 (26.32%) Local Government
4 4 (21.05%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) GIS Technician
2 6 (31.58%) Architect
2 6 (31.58%) Digital Architect
3 4 (21.05%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.26%) GIS Officer
4 1 (5.26%) GIS Support
4 1 (5.26%) Head of Engineering
4 1 (5.26%) Head of Information
4 1 (5.26%) Head of Information Management
4 1 (5.26%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Management Information System
2 6 (31.58%) Mobile App
3 4 (21.05%) SCADA
4 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Asset Management
1 7 (36.84%) Spatial Analysis
2 6 (31.58%) Analytics
2 6 (31.58%) Data Analysis
2 6 (31.58%) Data Analytics
2 6 (31.58%) Impact Assessments
2 6 (31.58%) ITIL
2 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) TOGAF
3 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
3 4 (21.05%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (5.26%) Architectural Design
4 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.26%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.26%) Data Governance
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (5.26%) Operations Management
4 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (5.26%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) DBS Check
2 5 (26.32%) CTC Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
1 6 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) Cisco
2 6 (31.58%) ESRI
2 6 (31.58%) HP
2 6 (31.58%) VMware
3 5 (26.32%) Juniper