GIS Job Trends in the South West

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring GIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 167 181
Rank change year-on-year +8 +14 +34
Permanent jobs citing GIS 18 22 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.35% 0.53% 0.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.03% 3.13% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 31
10th Percentile - £28,250 £36,500
25th Percentile - £37,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -11.11% +15.38%
75th Percentile £84,375 £79,375 £57,750
90th Percentile £98,050 £80,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,487 £75,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -39.35% +66.67% -5.26%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 447 703 864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.80% 16.95% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 263 341 664
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £35,150
25th Percentile £38,875 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,750 £81,250 £84,542
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -5.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

GIS job vacancy trend in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing GIS

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in the South West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GIS in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Bristol +16 10 £82,500 +560.00% 2
Devon +5 4 £28,000 -30.00%
Dorset - 2 - - 1
Somerset - 2 - - 1
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (16.67%) AWS
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Figma
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) Spatial Data
2 3 (16.67%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (5.56%) Power BI
3 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Git
1 2 (11.11%) Maven
General
1 3 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Developer
1 6 (33.33%) GIS Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Data Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) JavaFX
2 1 (5.56%) CSS
2 1 (5.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) IoT
2 1 (5.56%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (22.22%) UML
3 3 (16.67%) AI
4 2 (11.11%) Agile
4 2 (11.11%) ArchiMate
4 2 (11.11%) Containerisation
4 2 (11.11%) Data Management
4 2 (11.11%) Project Management
4 2 (11.11%) Requirements Management
4 2 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (11.11%) Software Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Thinking
4 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy
4 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 2 (11.11%) User Stories
4 2 (11.11%) Validation
4 2 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (5.56%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Atlassian