GIS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 403 454
Rank change year-on-year -10 +51 +105
Permanent jobs citing GIS 110 178 94
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.48% 0.31%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.86% 3.05% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 68 96 70
10th Percentile £29,225 £30,000 £34,018
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £37,318
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £76,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.68% +68.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £55,500
90th Percentile £83,625 - £67,388
UK median annual salary £48,122 £75,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -35.84% +66.67% -

All Database & 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 3,847 5,845 6,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.15% 15.67% 20.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,430 3,078 4,762
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,805 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% -3.99% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

GIS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GIS

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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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025. 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
Midlands +35 22 £45,000 -15.57% 20
West Midlands +33 21 £45,000 -15.57% 11
South West +14 21 £34,000 -15.00% 20
South East +8 21 £80,000 +5.26% 33
East of England -41 17 £55,000 -27.63% 9
Wales - 12 £48,122 - 3
North of England +19 9 £45,974 +93.57% 24
Scotland +19 6 £75,000 +7.14% 6
North West +24 4 £45,974 +93.57% 12
North East - 3 - - 1
Yorkshire +1 2 - - 11
Northern Ireland -7 2 £31,500 +14.55% 2
East Midlands -12 1 £25,000 -19.35% 9
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (5.45%) ArcGIS
1 6 (5.45%) Smallworld
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (29.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.73%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.82%) Civil 3D
4 2 (1.82%) Navisworks
4 2 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.91%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.91%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.91%) Revit
5 1 (0.91%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.91%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
2 9 (8.18%) SaaS
3 7 (6.36%) Azure
4 4 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.73%) AWS
5 3 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.73%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.73%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.82%) Google Docs
6 2 (1.82%) Google Drive
6 2 (1.82%) Google Play
6 2 (1.82%) Google Sheets
6 2 (1.82%) TestFlight
7 1 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.91%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.73%) Firewall
1 3 (2.73%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (2.73%) Network Security
2 1 (0.91%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (21.82%) Geospatial Data
2 13 (11.82%) Spatial Data
3 3 (2.73%) Metadata
3 3 (2.73%) Power BI
3 3 (2.73%) QGIS
4 1 (0.91%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Git
2 4 (3.64%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.64%) JIRA
3 2 (1.82%) Android Studio
3 2 (1.82%) CMake
3 2 (1.82%) Maven
3 2 (1.82%) TestRail
3 2 (1.82%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.82%) Xcode
General
1 41 (37.27%) Social Skills
2 36 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (28.18%) Finance
4 23 (20.91%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (17.27%) Legal
6 14 (12.73%) Fire and Rescue
7 8 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (5.45%) Law
9 3 (2.73%) Local Government
9 3 (2.73%) Military
10 2 (1.82%) Publishing
11 1 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.91%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (24.55%) Analyst
2 18 (16.36%) Developer
3 14 (12.73%) Network Engineer
4 13 (11.82%) Lead
5 8 (7.27%) GIS Developer
6 7 (6.36%) Consultant
6 7 (6.36%) ServiceNow Consultant
6 7 (6.36%) Technical Consultant
7 6 (5.45%) Support Consultant
7 6 (5.45%) Technical Support
7 6 (5.45%) Technical Support Consultant
8 5 (4.55%) Architect
8 5 (4.55%) GIS Technician
9 4 (3.64%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.64%) GIS Analyst
9 4 (3.64%) GIS Officer
9 4 (3.64%) Software Engineer
10 3 (2.73%) Digital Architect
10 3 (2.73%) Information Officer
10 3 (2.73%) Information Systems Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.09%) CSS
1 10 (9.09%) HTML
2 7 (6.36%) JSON
2 7 (6.36%) XML
3 4 (3.64%) .NET
3 4 (3.64%) Qt
4 2 (1.82%) Google Maps API
4 2 (1.82%) JavaFX
4 2 (1.82%) OpenGL
4 2 (1.82%) OpenSceneGraph
4 2 (1.82%) QML
4 2 (1.82%) Qt Quick
4 2 (1.82%) React
4 2 (1.82%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.36%) Management Information System
2 15 (13.64%) SCADA
3 14 (12.73%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.64%) 3D Graphics
5 3 (2.73%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.73%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.82%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.91%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.91%) IoT
7 1 (0.91%) LLPG
7 1 (0.91%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.64%) Windows
2 2 (1.82%) Android
2 2 (1.82%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.82%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (19.09%) Data Analysis
2 21 (19.09%) Incident Management
3 16 (14.55%) Regulatory Compliance
4 14 (12.73%) Asset Management
5 12 (10.91%) Decision-Making
5 12 (10.91%) Software Engineering
6 11 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 10 (9.09%) Agile
7 10 (9.09%) Document Management
7 10 (9.09%) Programme Management
7 10 (9.09%) Technical Analysis
8 9 (8.18%) Data Management
9 8 (7.27%) Data Integration
9 8 (7.27%) Information Security
10 7 (6.36%) ITSM
10 7 (6.36%) Service Management
11 6 (5.45%) Data Pipeline
11 6 (5.45%) Problem Management
12 5 (4.55%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.18%) JavaScript
2 8 (7.27%) Python
2 8 (7.27%) SQL
3 7 (6.36%) Java
4 4 (3.64%) Bash
4 4 (3.64%) C++
5 2 (1.82%) C
5 2 (1.82%) C#
5 2 (1.82%) Objective-C
5 2 (1.82%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.91%) Magik
6 1 (0.91%) VB
6 1 (0.91%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (40.00%) Degree
2 15 (13.64%) DBS Check
3 8 (7.27%) Security Cleared
4 7 (6.36%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.73%) CTC Cleared
5 3 (2.73%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.82%) PhD
7 1 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.91%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.91%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (0.91%) CISM
7 1 (0.91%) CISSP
7 1 (0.91%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.91%) GIAC
7 1 (0.91%) GSLC
7 1 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.64%) QA
2 2 (1.82%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.82%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.91%) COBIT
3 1 (0.91%) GDPR
3 1 (0.91%) GRC
3 1 (0.91%) ISO 19650
3 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.91%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (2.73%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.91%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 47 (42.73%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.91%) ESRI
3 10 (9.09%) Cisco
4 8 (7.27%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.64%) Google
6 3 (2.73%) HP
6 3 (2.73%) Juniper
6 3 (2.73%) VMware
7 2 (1.82%) Apple
7 2 (1.82%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.82%) Mapbox
7 2 (1.82%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.91%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.91%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.91%) Oracle