Geospatial Data Job Trends in Somerset

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Geospatial Data skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Geospatial Data 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.87% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile £87,500 - -
South West median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +39.13% +24.32%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 121 51 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 11.75% 16.61% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 50 41 79
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £35,534
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -22.33% +21.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £59,375
90th Percentile £73,000 £62,500 £63,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £54,750
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.11% -0.45%

Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Geospatial Data relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Geospatial Data job vacancy trend in Somerset

Geospatial Data
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Geospatial Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Geospatial Data

Geospatial Data
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Geospatial Data in Somerset over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Geospatial Data in Somerset

Geospatial Data
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Geospatial Data within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Taunton - 9 £75,000 - 2
Geospatial Data
South West

Geospatial Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 5 (55.56%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Key Vault
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (22.22%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (22.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Git
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
1 5 (55.56%) MSI
General
1 7 (77.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Architect
2 4 (44.44%) Senior
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Data Architect
4 2 (22.22%) Lead
4 2 (22.22%) Lead Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Leader
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Data Architect
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Architect
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) GeoJSON
1 7 (77.78%) RESTful
2 5 (55.56%) .NET
2 5 (55.56%) .NET Core
2 5 (55.56%) .NET Framework
2 5 (55.56%) ATL
2 5 (55.56%) COM
2 5 (55.56%) CSS
2 5 (55.56%) CSS3
2 5 (55.56%) HTML
2 5 (55.56%) HTML5
2 5 (55.56%) MFC
2 5 (55.56%) REST
2 5 (55.56%) WPF
3 2 (22.22%) OpenAPI
3 2 (22.22%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Cloud Native
2 5 (55.56%) Onboarding
3 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
4 3 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
6 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
6 1 (11.11%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
1 7 (77.78%) API Design
1 7 (77.78%) DevSecOps
1 7 (77.78%) Infrastructure as Code
1 7 (77.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
2 5 (55.56%) Containerisation
2 5 (55.56%) Dependency Management
2 5 (55.56%) Deployment Automation
2 5 (55.56%) Design Patterns
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (55.56%) Knowledge Transfer
2 5 (55.56%) Microservices
2 5 (55.56%) SOLID
2 5 (55.56%) Static Application Security Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Virtual Environments
3 4 (44.44%) Hydrography
3 4 (44.44%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Bicep
2 5 (55.56%) C#
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
2 5 (55.56%) Python
2 5 (55.56%) TypeScript
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) NCSC
2 5 (55.56%) Accessibility
2 5 (55.56%) WCAG
3 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (77.78%) Terraform
2 5 (55.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft