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 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 359 525
Rank change year-on-year -178 +166 +6
Permanent jobs citing GIS 48 496 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.62% 0.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.05% 3.99% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 43 148 81
10th Percentile £32,544 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £35,000 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +4.05% -8.95%
75th Percentile £56,550 £55,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -

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 4,558 12,421 10,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.55% 15.57% 19.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,809 8,143 6,517
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £41,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,750 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.65% -11.54% +8.33%

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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 12 June 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 12 June 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
South West +75 11 £36,246 -34.69% 25
East of England +9 11 £44,000 +10.46% 34
North of England -49 10 £48,000 +20.00% 25
North West -57 10 £48,000 +20.00% 20
Midlands +41 6 £36,500 -54.38% 16
South East +27 6 £54,400 +20.89% 44
West Midlands +64 3 £70,000 +59.80% 9
East Midlands +25 3 £35,500 -62.63% 7
Scotland +38 2 - - 14
Northern Ireland +14 1 £28,000 - 2
Wales +6 1 £92,500 +52.89% 7
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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 8 (16.67%) IIS
2 6 (12.50%) ArcGIS
3 1 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.17%) GNU Octave
3 1 (2.08%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.08%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 18 (37.50%) Azure
2 6 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.42%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (4.17%) IaaS
5 2 (4.17%) PaaS
5 2 (4.17%) SaaS
5 2 (4.17%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.58%) Geospatial Data
3 5 (10.42%) Power BI
4 2 (4.17%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (4.17%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.17%) EDRMS
4 2 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (4.17%) QGIS
4 2 (4.17%) Relational Database
4 2 (4.17%) Spatial Data
4 2 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.08%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.08%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.08%) Tableau
General
1 13 (27.08%) Finance
2 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.67%) Advertising
4 6 (12.50%) Welsh Language
5 5 (10.42%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (8.33%) Legal
6 4 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (6.25%) Marketing
7 3 (6.25%) Retail
8 2 (4.17%) Electronics
8 2 (4.17%) Environmental Health
8 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (4.17%) Law
8 2 (4.17%) Military
9 1 (2.08%) Aviation
9 1 (2.08%) Games
9 1 (2.08%) Local Government
9 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (20.83%) Applications Support
2 8 (16.67%) Applications Specialist
2 8 (16.67%) Applications Support Specialist
2 8 (16.67%) Senior
2 8 (16.67%) Support Specialist
3 7 (14.58%) Developer
4 6 (12.50%) Analyst
5 5 (10.42%) Senior Developer
6 3 (6.25%) Architect
6 3 (6.25%) Lead
6 3 (6.25%) Technical Support
7 2 (4.17%) Applications Support Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Data Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Network Technician
7 2 (4.17%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Remote Sensing Specialist
7 2 (4.17%) Senior Technician
7 2 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) .NET
1 2 (4.17%) CSS
1 2 (4.17%) HTML
1 2 (4.17%) PyTorch
1 2 (4.17%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.08%) D3.js
2 1 (2.08%) JSON
2 1 (2.08%) Plotly
2 1 (2.08%) REST
2 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.17%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.17%) CCTV
3 2 (4.17%) Lidar
3 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.17%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.08%) Life Science
4 1 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) Windows
2 7 (14.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.17%) Analytics
2 11 (22.92%) Asset Management
2 11 (22.92%) Decision-Making
3 9 (18.75%) Agile
3 9 (18.75%) Project Delivery
4 8 (16.67%) Project Management
4 8 (16.67%) Project Planning
5 7 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (14.58%) Data Analysis
5 7 (14.58%) Data Visualisation
5 7 (14.58%) Visualisation
6 6 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (12.50%) Data Analytics
6 6 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (10.42%) IT Strategy
7 5 (10.42%) Web Development
8 4 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (8.33%) Data Management
8 4 (8.33%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.75%) Python
2 7 (14.58%) SQL
3 6 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.33%) PHP
5 3 (6.25%) C#
6 2 (4.17%) C
6 2 (4.17%) C++
6 2 (4.17%) Embedded C
6 2 (4.17%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (2.08%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (27.08%) Degree
2 9 (18.75%) Security Cleared
3 6 (12.50%) DBS Check
4 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.25%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.17%) PhD
7 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.08%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) GDPR
2 3 (6.25%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.17%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 18 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.50%) ESRI
3 3 (6.25%) Oracle
3 3 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.17%) Capita
4 2 (4.17%) Civica
4 2 (4.17%) EMC
4 2 (4.17%) NEC
5 1 (2.08%) Autodesk
5 1 (2.08%) Cisco
5 1 (2.08%) Computacenter
5 1 (2.08%) IFS
5 1 (2.08%) Informatica
5 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.08%) Talend