GIS Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring GIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 43 47
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 -
Permanent jobs citing GIS 2 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.40% 1.01% 0.90%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.88% 12.50% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £25,600
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £27,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.55% -31.25% -
75th Percentile £33,250 £28,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £48,122 £75,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -35.84% +66.67% -6.55%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 34 32 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 6.76% 8.08% 20.18%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 54
10th Percentile £35,450 £26,250 £34,575
25th Percentile £43,375 £37,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% +13.40%
75th Percentile £78,770 £74,144 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £76,815 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

GIS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

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Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GIS

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Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
County Londonderry - 2 £31,500 -
GIS
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (100.00%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (50.00%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ESRI