QGIS Job Trends in the North of England

QGIS (formerly Quantum GIS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring QGIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing QGIS 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.031% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £47,500 £30,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year +58.33% +11.11% -32.50%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North of England

QGIS 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 970 1,403 1,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.87% 11.34% 21.82%
Number of salaries quoted 710 703 1,331
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,200
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.08% -0.08%

QGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

QGIS job vacancy trend in the North of England

QGIS
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing QGIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing QGIS

QGIS
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 QGIS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 East - 3 - -
QGIS
England

QGIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) AutoCAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (100.00%) GIS
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata
1 3 (100.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) GIS Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) GIS Technician
1 3 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Operations Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ESRI