GIS Jobs in the North of England

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 270 419
Rank change year-on-year -68 +149 +17
Permanent jobs citing GIS 9 133 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.077% 0.72% 0.067%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.75% 4.28% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8 32 5
10th Percentile £27,875 £30,000 £26,856
25th Percentile £35,375 £32,063 £32,640
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £40,000 £34,180
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +17.03% -20.79%
75th Percentile £52,938 £42,203 £56,226
90th Percentile £53,500 £47,250 £56,240
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +2.56%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,199 3,105 3,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.28% 16.91% 20.50%
Number of salaries quoted 799 2,264 1,768
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,579 £34,723
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIS in the North of England.

Salary trend for GIS in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GIS in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
North West -75 9 £48,000 +20.00% 41
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Cloud Computing
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Aviation
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
1 5 (55.56%) Senior
1 5 (55.56%) Senior Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Logistics Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) CSS
1 1 (11.11%) D3.js
1 1 (11.11%) HTML
1 1 (11.11%) Plotly
1 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Analytics
1 7 (77.78%) Decision-Making
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Data Visualisation
2 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Visualisation
2 5 (55.56%) Web Development
3 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (44.44%) Dashboard Development
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Data Analytics
4 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Budget Management
5 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
1 5 (55.56%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Numerate Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft