GIS Job Trends in Somerset

Geographic Information System (GIS)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring GIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GIS 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.48% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 - -
South West median annual salary £30,000 £36,246 £51,000
% change year-on-year -17.23% -28.93% +27.50%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 83 42 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 10.04% 16.28% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 22 33 86
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,749 £37,500 £35,475
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,892 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.73% -20.00% +13.92%
75th Percentile £57,931 £57,500 £56,625
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,000 £62,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

GIS job vacancy trend in Somerset

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Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing GIS

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Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Bridgwater - 2 £42,000 - 1
Taunton - 2 - - 1
GIS
South West

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) GIS Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Line Management
1 2 (50.00%) Logistics
1 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Hydrography
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (25.00%) Lean UX
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
2 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation