Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Geospatial Data skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Geospatial Data over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 157 | 266 | 219 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +109 | -47 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Geospatial Data | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.14% | 0.13% | 0.086% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 1.08% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £53,750 | - | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | - | £37,500 |
| 75th Percentile | £61,250 | - | £38,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median annual salary | £76,000 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +60.00% | -5.00% | - |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland
Geospatial Data 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 Scotland.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 369 | 1,936 | 862 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 12.58% | 28.97% | 18.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 195 | 469 | 486 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £32,500 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £40,800 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £65,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,493 | £76,250 | £87,426 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £57,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -11.54% | +8.33% |
Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Geospatial Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Geospatial Data
Salary Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Geospatial Data in Scotland.
Geospatial Data
Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Geospatial Data within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | +22 | 4 | £57,500 | - | 1 |
| Geospatial Data UK |
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Geospatial Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:
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