GIS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 498 573
Rank change year-on-year +123 +75 -73
Permanent jobs citing GIS 366 183 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.38% 0.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.89% 1.94% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 98 83 160
10th Percentile £30,525 £31,528 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,375 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,153 £43,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% -3.89% -16.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,025 £60,125
90th Percentile £83,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -17.39%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 9,401 9,414 17,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.40% 19.55% 22.55%
Number of salaries quoted 5,708 6,273 10,171
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,300 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,627 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GIS in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for GIS in the UK excluding London

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
North of England +87 90 £40,132 +17.41% 6
South East +45 63 £45,000 -22.41% 5
North West +48 61 £40,132 - 4
Scotland -10 51 £45,000 -11.66% 3
East of England +11 47 £36,664 -2.23% 6
Midlands -44 36 £90,000 +108.09% 2
South West +1 32 £30,000 -25.00% 4
Yorkshire +79 27 - - 2
East Midlands -10 27 £95,000 +192.31%
Wales +46 25 £61,250 -15.52% 1
Northern Ireland +41 22 £27,500 - 4
West Midlands -48 5 £80,000 +84.97% 2
North East -10 2 £40,000 -28.86%
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 205 (56.01%) ArcGIS
2 185 (50.55%) GeoServer
3 10 (2.73%) Apache
4 6 (1.64%) nginx
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
1 8 (2.19%) Trello
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.27%) InVision
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.64%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.82%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.27%) Maximo
3 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 220 (60.11%) Azure
2 205 (56.01%) AWS
3 26 (7.10%) SaaS
4 17 (4.64%) Power Platform
5 12 (3.28%) GitHub
6 10 (2.73%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.37%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.37%) Serverless
10 3 (0.82%) Azure API Management
10 3 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.82%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.55%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.55%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.27%) Figma
12 1 (0.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.46%) HTTP
2 5 (1.37%) Intranet
3 2 (0.55%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) 5G
4 1 (0.27%) Broadband
4 1 (0.27%) DNS
4 1 (0.27%) RNC
4 1 (0.27%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 212 (57.92%) PostgreSQL
2 188 (51.37%) QGIS
3 58 (15.85%) Geospatial Data
4 17 (4.64%) Power BI
4 17 (4.64%) Relational Database
4 17 (4.64%) SQL Server
5 16 (4.37%) Spatial Data
6 15 (4.10%) Redis
7 10 (2.73%) MySQL
8 8 (2.19%) MS Access
9 6 (1.64%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.64%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.09%) Tableau
10 4 (1.09%) Triplestore
11 2 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (3.01%) JIRA
2 8 (2.19%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.82%) Git
4 1 (0.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (11.75%) Social Skills
2 29 (7.92%) Public Sector
3 19 (5.19%) Local Government
4 16 (4.37%) Finance
5 11 (3.01%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.01%) Marketing
6 10 (2.73%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.19%) Retail
8 6 (1.64%) Electronics
8 6 (1.64%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.37%) Publishing
10 4 (1.09%) Automotive
10 4 (1.09%) Back Office
11 2 (0.55%) Environmental Health
11 2 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.27%) Games
12 1 (0.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 209 (57.10%) Software Engineer
2 92 (25.14%) Senior
3 84 (22.95%) Senior Software Engineer
4 23 (6.28%) Developer
5 13 (3.55%) Architect
5 13 (3.55%) Lead
6 12 (3.28%) Business Manager
6 12 (3.28%) Network Technician
7 11 (3.01%) Analyst
7 11 (3.01%) Geospatial Engineer
8 10 (2.73%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 10 (2.73%) Software Developer
9 8 (2.19%) Applications Support
9 8 (2.19%) Business Change Manager
9 8 (2.19%) Change Manager
9 8 (2.19%) Data Analyst
9 8 (2.19%) Network Engineer
9 8 (2.19%) Programme Manager
9 8 (2.19%) Support Team Leader
9 8 (2.19%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (56.28%) React
2 204 (55.74%) CSS
3 195 (53.28%) .NET
4 193 (52.73%) .NET Core
4 193 (52.73%) OpenLayers
5 192 (52.46%) PostGIS
6 190 (51.91%) Leaflet
7 25 (6.83%) HTML
8 21 (5.74%) AngularJS
9 15 (4.10%) JSON
10 12 (3.28%) GeoJSON
10 12 (3.28%) RESTful
11 11 (3.01%) Dask
11 11 (3.01%) Django
11 11 (3.01%) Flask
12 10 (2.73%) GeoPandas
13 9 (2.46%) Celery
13 9 (2.46%) NumPy
13 9 (2.46%) REST
14 8 (2.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.28%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.28%) PDA
3 10 (2.73%) Operational Technology
4 6 (1.64%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.09%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.09%) Linked Data
5 4 (1.09%) NHS
5 4 (1.09%) Reference Data
6 3 (0.82%) FMCG
6 3 (0.82%) iPhone
6 3 (0.82%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (0.82%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.55%) PMI
8 1 (0.27%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.27%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.27%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.19%) Linux
2 15 (4.10%) Windows
3 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (58.74%) Software Engineering
2 205 (56.01%) Actionable Insight
2 205 (56.01%) Web Development
3 199 (54.37%) Agile
4 190 (51.91%) DevOps
5 38 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (7.10%) Data Analysis
7 25 (6.83%) Business Intelligence
7 25 (6.83%) Computer Science
8 20 (5.46%) Data Modelling
8 20 (5.46%) Full Stack Development
8 20 (5.46%) Software Architecture
9 19 (5.19%) Line Management
10 17 (4.64%) OO
11 16 (4.37%) Business Case
12 15 (4.10%) CRM
12 15 (4.10%) Project Management
13 14 (3.83%) Analytics
13 14 (3.83%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (3.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 229 (62.57%) Python
2 226 (61.75%) JavaScript
3 165 (45.08%) C#
4 22 (6.01%) SQL
5 8 (2.19%) Apex Code
6 5 (1.37%) Java
7 4 (1.09%) R
7 4 (1.09%) SPARQL
8 3 (0.82%) C++
9 1 (0.27%) Go
9 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 210 (57.38%) Security Cleared
2 189 (51.64%) SC Cleared
3 58 (15.85%) Degree
4 11 (3.01%) Master's Degree
4 11 (3.01%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.46%) PMP
6 4 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.55%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.46%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.09%) SLA
3 3 (0.82%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.82%) GDPR
4 2 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 17 (4.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (2.19%) Terraform
2 6 (1.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 204 (55.74%) ESRI
2 23 (6.28%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.19%) Oracle
4 14 (3.83%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.73%) SAP
6 8 (2.19%) Civica
6 8 (2.19%) Computacenter
7 4 (1.09%) Mapbox
8 3 (0.82%) Google
9 2 (0.55%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.27%) Adobe
10 1 (0.27%) Ericsson
10 1 (0.27%) IFS
10 1 (0.27%) Mapinfo
10 1 (0.27%) Nokia
10 1 (0.27%) Sparx
10 1 (0.27%) Xamarin