GIS Jobs in Scotland

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 203 196
Rank change year-on-year +38 -7 +49
Permanent jobs citing GIS 1 75 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.033% 1.12% 0.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.27% 3.89% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 16
10th Percentile - £30,000 £38,125
25th Percentile - £38,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £45,000 £50,939
Median % change year-on-year - -11.66% -15.10%
75th Percentile - £50,000 £67,500
90th Percentile - £60,000 -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 368 1,930 863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.09% 28.78% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 193 459 481
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £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 £90,657 £75,250 £89,852
UK 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 Scotland

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in Scotland

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Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIS in Scotland.

Salary trend for GIS in Scotland

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Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 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 -13 1 - - 6
GIS
UK

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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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree