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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 373 498
Rank change year-on-year -84 +125 +67
Permanent jobs citing GIS 85 145 205
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.53% 0.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.00% 3.12% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 41 90 151
10th Percentile £28,000 £38,625 £30,750
25th Percentile £38,553 £46,563 £36,120
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £76,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.76% +68.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £51,000
90th Percentile £86,250 - £67,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +55.56% -10.00%

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 4,256 4,652 10,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.95% 16.87% 18.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,481 2,932 8,005
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,650 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%

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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 17 March 2026.

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 17 March 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
South East -26 21 £70,000 -7.89% 12
West Midlands +16 17 £62,500 +17.26% 2
Midlands -13 17 £62,500 +17.26% 8
South West -16 17 £29,000 -31.76% 6
North of England -28 11 £48,979 +13.90% 11
East of England -80 10 £40,000 -47.37% 6
North West -11 6 £48,979 +39.94% 8
Scotland -16 6 £75,000 - 3
Wales -13 3 £39,511 -57.29%
North East - 3 - -
Yorkshire -38 2 - - 3
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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 10 (11.76%) ArcGIS
2 6 (7.06%) Smallworld
3 3 (3.53%) GeoServer
4 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (31.76%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (21.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.53%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.18%) SmartSuite
4 1 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.65%) Azure
2 9 (10.59%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (9.41%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (9.41%) Entra ID
4 7 (8.24%) AWS
5 5 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.53%) Serverless
7 2 (2.35%) Google Docs
7 2 (2.35%) Google Drive
7 2 (2.35%) Google Play
7 2 (2.35%) Google Sheets
7 2 (2.35%) TestFlight
8 1 (1.18%) Figma
8 1 (1.18%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.41%) Firewall
1 8 (9.41%) Network Security
2 5 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (23.53%) Geospatial Data
2 10 (11.76%) Spatial Data
3 6 (7.06%) QGIS
4 5 (5.88%) Power BI
5 3 (3.53%) Metadata
6 1 (1.18%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (7.06%) Jenkins
2 3 (3.53%) Git
2 3 (3.53%) JIRA
3 2 (2.35%) Android Studio
3 2 (2.35%) CMake
3 2 (2.35%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.35%) Xcode
4 1 (1.18%) TestRail
General
1 30 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 27 (31.76%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (24.71%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (14.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (9.41%) Finance
6 7 (8.24%) Local Government
7 3 (3.53%) Legal
7 3 (3.53%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.35%) Publishing
8 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.35%) Welsh Language
9 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (34.12%) Analyst
2 16 (18.82%) Developer
3 14 (16.47%) GIS Technician
4 11 (12.94%) Architect
5 8 (9.41%) Digital Architect
5 8 (9.41%) GIS Developer
6 5 (5.88%) Data Analyst
6 5 (5.88%) GIS Officer
7 4 (4.71%) GIS Analyst
7 4 (4.71%) Software Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Geospatial Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Information Officer
8 3 (3.53%) Information Systems Officer
8 3 (3.53%) Operations Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Operations Technician
8 3 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.35%) Data Technician
9 2 (2.35%) GIS Support
9 2 (2.35%) iOS Android Developer
9 2 (2.35%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.88%) .NET
2 3 (3.53%) Leaflet
2 3 (3.53%) Node.js
2 3 (3.53%) OpenLayers
2 3 (3.53%) PostGIS
2 3 (3.53%) Qt
3 2 (2.35%) Google Maps API
3 2 (2.35%) OpenGL
3 2 (2.35%) OpenSceneGraph
3 2 (2.35%) QML
3 2 (2.35%) Qt Quick
3 2 (2.35%) React
3 2 (2.35%) Vulkan
4 1 (1.18%) CSS
4 1 (1.18%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.47%) Management Information System
2 10 (11.76%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.53%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.53%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (3.53%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.35%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.18%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.18%) IoT
5 1 (1.18%) LLPG
5 1 (1.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.53%) Windows
2 2 (2.35%) Android
2 2 (2.35%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.12%) Data Analysis
2 14 (16.47%) Spatial Analysis
3 12 (14.12%) Software Engineering
4 11 (12.94%) TOGAF
5 9 (10.59%) Agile
5 9 (10.59%) Analytics
5 9 (10.59%) Asset Management
5 9 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (9.41%) Data Analytics
6 8 (9.41%) Data Integration
6 8 (9.41%) Impact Assessments
6 8 (9.41%) ITIL
7 6 (7.06%) Architectural Design
7 6 (7.06%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (7.06%) Data Management
7 6 (7.06%) Data Pipeline
7 6 (7.06%) Data Science
8 5 (5.88%) Decision-Making
8 5 (5.88%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.29%) SQL
2 9 (10.59%) Python
3 7 (8.24%) Java
4 3 (3.53%) Bash
4 3 (3.53%) C++
4 3 (3.53%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.35%) C
5 2 (2.35%) Objective-C
5 2 (2.35%) R
5 2 (2.35%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.18%) Magik
6 1 (1.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (36.47%) Degree
2 8 (9.41%) DBS Check
2 8 (9.41%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.24%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.88%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.35%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.18%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.18%) City & Guilds
6 1 (1.18%) PhD
6 1 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.53%) QA
2 1 (1.18%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (9.41%) Active Directory
1 8 (9.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.53%) Terraform
2 1 (1.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 37 (43.53%) Microsoft
2 18 (21.18%) ESRI
3 8 (9.41%) Cisco
3 8 (9.41%) HP
3 8 (9.41%) VMware
4 5 (5.88%) Google
4 5 (5.88%) Juniper
5 2 (2.35%) Apple
5 2 (2.35%) Mapbox
5 2 (2.35%) Xamarin
6 1 (1.18%) Oracle