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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 229 214
Rank change year-on-year +31 -15 +101
Permanent jobs citing GIS 22 13 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.28% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.04% 1.53% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 20 13 6
10th Percentile - £30,000 £32,946
25th Percentile - £31,000 £38,272
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,300 £41,024
Median % change year-on-year -15.57% +29.93% +26.23%
75th Percentile £49,688 £67,500 £44,594
90th Percentile £64,400 £72,500 £45,063
England median annual salary £45,487 £75,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -39.35% +66.67% -

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 723 850 999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.26% 12.72% 19.85%
Number of salaries quoted 534 484 863
10th Percentile £33,575 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,642
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -
75th Percentile £67,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

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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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 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
West Midlands +32 21 £45,000 -15.57% 15
East Midlands -8 1 £25,000 -19.35% 10
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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 3 (13.64%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Civil 3D
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Navisworks
2 1 (4.55%) Revit
2 1 (4.55%) SmartSuite
2 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
1 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Firewall
1 3 (13.64%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (13.64%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Geospatial Data
General
1 17 (77.27%) Finance
2 15 (68.18%) Legal
3 14 (63.64%) Fire and Rescue
4 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Network Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Digital Architect
3 2 (9.09%) GIS Technician
4 1 (4.55%) Data Architect
4 1 (4.55%) GIS Officer
4 1 (4.55%) GIS Support
4 1 (4.55%) Head of Engineering
4 1 (4.55%) Head of Information
4 1 (4.55%) Head of Information Management
4 1 (4.55%) Lead
4 1 (4.55%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (63.64%) SCADA
2 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) Incident Management
1 15 (68.18%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (63.64%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (18.18%) ITIL
4 3 (13.64%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
5 2 (9.09%) Asset Management
5 2 (9.09%) Spatial Analysis
5 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (4.55%) Agile
6 1 (4.55%) CAD
6 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.55%) Data Governance
6 1 (4.55%) Information Security
6 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2
6 1 (4.55%) Project Management
6 1 (4.55%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.55%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.55%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) DBS Check
1 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (4.55%) CISM
3 1 (4.55%) CISSP
3 1 (4.55%) GIAC
3 1 (4.55%) GSLC
3 1 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) COBIT
1 1 (4.55%) GDPR
1 1 (4.55%) GRC
1 1 (4.55%) ISO 19650
1 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.55%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
1 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco
2 3 (13.64%) HP
2 3 (13.64%) Juniper
2 3 (13.64%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) ESRI