Geospatial Data Job Trends in the South East

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
England > South East

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 290 360
Rank change year-on-year -9 +70 -14
Permanent jobs citing Geospatial Data 7 4 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.045% 0.047% 0.095%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.53% 0.32% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 16
10th Percentile - £38,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,606 £45,000 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,182 £56,250 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.77% - +4.65%
75th Percentile £84,128 £62,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £81,013 £47,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +70.55% -1.04% -10.70%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,320 1,233 2,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.40% 14.35% 14.82%
Number of salaries quoted 979 694 1,900
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,669 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Geospatial Data job vacancy trend in the South East

Geospatial Data
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Geospatial Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Geospatial Data

Geospatial Data
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Geospatial Data in the South East over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Geospatial Data in the South East

Geospatial Data
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Geospatial Data within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Hampshire -42 3 £81,013 +80.03%
East Sussex - 2 £41,351 -
Thames Valley - 2 - - 1
Berkshire - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
Geospatial Data
England

Geospatial Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (42.86%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) GIS
2 2 (28.57%) Spatial Data
3 1 (14.29%) Big Data
3 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) Metadata
3 1 (14.29%) QGIS
3 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
3 1 (14.29%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Brand Awareness
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Data Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
1 2 (28.57%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Data Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Data Integration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Executive
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) Kafka
1 1 (14.29%) RESTful
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) Blog
2 1 (14.29%) Life Science
2 1 (14.29%) PropTech
2 1 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Coaching
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Data Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) ETL
3 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Spatial Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 1 (14.29%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) ESRI
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) HubSpot