GIS Job Trends in the North East

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring GIS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 96 -
Rank change year-on-year +20 - -
Permanent jobs citing GIS 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.10% 0.071% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.06% 0.81% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £43,375
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.78% -3.61%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 94 124 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 9.70% 8.84% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 77 66 82
10th Percentile £28,100 £33,500 £36,375
25th Percentile £28,500 £41,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.90% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £53,750 £73,733 £69,649
90th Percentile £66,500 £86,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +3.17% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the North East

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Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing GIS

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Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the North East region over the 6 months to 26 September 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
Durham +6 1 - - 1
GIS
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) QGIS
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI