GIS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GIS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GIS over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 552 529
Rank change year-on-year +194 -23 +3
Permanent jobs citing GIS 512 192 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.68% 0.34% 0.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.12% 1.75% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 147 75 143
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £27,100
25th Percentile £35,529 £35,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -8.95% -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,500 £63,750 £60,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

GIS is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 12,413 10,967 16,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.45% 19.25% 22.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,112 6,548 10,139
10th Percentile £32,000 £34,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,984 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +157 133 £40,000 +17.03% 23
North West +83 93 £40,000 - 16
South East +59 79 £45,000 -35.71% 14
Scotland -10 77 £45,000 -11.66% 5
Midlands -9 54 £80,000 +88.24% 10
South West -11 53 £60,000 +50.00% 13
East of England 0 44 £39,832 -8.69% 10
Wales +40 41 £60,500 -17.97% 2
Yorkshire +105 38 £80,000 +134.06% 5
East Midlands +9 37 £95,000 +192.31% 3
Northern Ireland +54 31 - - 2
West Midlands -41 13 £43,806 +1.29% 7
North East -10 2 £40,000 -28.86% 2
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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
1 316 (61.72%) ArcGIS
2 289 (56.45%) GeoServer
3 10 (1.95%) Apache
4 6 (1.17%) nginx
4 6 (1.17%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.59%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (0.59%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 15 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.76%) Trello
3 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.39%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) InVision
7 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.17%) Maximo
1 6 (1.17%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.59%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 331 (64.65%) Azure
2 313 (61.13%) AWS
3 31 (6.05%) SaaS
4 23 (4.49%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (2.34%) GitHub
7 11 (2.15%) Power Automate
8 7 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.17%) Amazon S3
9 6 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (1.17%) Serverless
10 4 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.78%) IaaS
10 4 (0.78%) PaaS
11 3 (0.59%) Azure API Management
11 3 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.59%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.39%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.20%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.20%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.95%) HTTP
2 6 (1.17%) DNS
3 5 (0.98%) Intranet
4 2 (0.39%) Internet
4 2 (0.39%) WPA
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) RNC
5 1 (0.20%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 320 (62.50%) PostgreSQL
2 285 (55.66%) QGIS
3 78 (15.23%) Geospatial Data
4 31 (6.05%) SQL Server
5 22 (4.30%) Relational Database
6 20 (3.91%) Power BI
6 20 (3.91%) Spatial Data
7 16 (3.13%) Redis
8 15 (2.93%) MySQL
9 10 (1.95%) NoSQL
10 9 (1.76%) MS Access
11 7 (1.37%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.78%) Tableau
13 4 (0.78%) Triplestore
14 1 (0.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 12 (2.34%) JIRA
2 9 (1.76%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (0.59%) Git
5 1 (0.20%) GitLab
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (9.57%) Social Skills
2 30 (5.86%) Public Sector
3 25 (4.88%) Finance
4 20 (3.91%) Local Government
5 15 (2.93%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.15%) Marketing
7 8 (1.56%) Retail
7 8 (1.56%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.17%) Electronics
8 6 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.17%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (0.98%) Publishing
10 4 (0.78%) Automotive
10 4 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.59%) Back Office
11 3 (0.59%) Environmental Health
12 1 (0.20%) Games
12 1 (0.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 318 (62.11%) Software Engineer
2 201 (39.26%) Senior
3 184 (35.94%) Senior Software Engineer
4 41 (8.01%) Developer
5 23 (4.49%) Analyst
6 17 (3.32%) Architect
7 16 (3.13%) GIS Analyst
8 13 (2.54%) Lead
9 11 (2.15%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 11 (2.15%) Geospatial Engineer
9 11 (2.15%) Software Developer
10 10 (1.95%) Data Analyst
11 9 (1.76%) Application Support Team Leader
11 9 (1.76%) Applications Support
11 9 (1.76%) Support Team Leader
11 9 (1.76%) Team Leader
12 8 (1.56%) Network Engineer
12 8 (1.56%) Network Technician
13 7 (1.37%) Business Manager
13 7 (1.37%) GIS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 307 (59.96%) React
2 296 (57.81%) PostGIS
3 294 (57.42%) OpenLayers
4 291 (56.84%) Leaflet
5 270 (52.73%) CSS
6 269 (52.54%) .NET
7 261 (50.98%) .NET Core
8 51 (9.96%) Django
9 31 (6.05%) HTML
10 28 (5.47%) AngularJS
11 17 (3.32%) JSON
12 16 (3.13%) REST
12 16 (3.13%) RESTful
13 15 (2.93%) Vue
14 14 (2.73%) GeoJSON
15 11 (2.15%) Blazor
15 11 (2.15%) Dask
15 11 (2.15%) Flask
16 10 (1.95%) ASP.NET
16 10 (1.95%) GeoPandas
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.27%) Management Information System
2 11 (2.15%) Operational Technology
3 8 (1.56%) PDA
3 8 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (1.17%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (0.98%) Driving Licence
6 4 (0.78%) Data Structures
6 4 (0.78%) Linked Data
6 4 (0.78%) NHS
6 4 (0.78%) Reference Data
6 4 (0.78%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.59%) Housing Association
7 3 (0.59%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.39%) FMCG
8 2 (0.39%) Lidar
8 2 (0.39%) PMI
9 1 (0.20%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 59 (11.52%) Linux
2 40 (7.81%) Ubuntu
3 15 (2.93%) Windows
4 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (63.67%) Software Engineering
2 307 (59.96%) Web Development
3 305 (59.57%) Actionable Insight
3 305 (59.57%) Agile
4 291 (56.84%) DevOps
5 46 (8.98%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (7.42%) Full Stack Development
7 34 (6.64%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (6.25%) Data Analysis
9 27 (5.27%) Analytics
10 25 (4.88%) Computer Science
11 24 (4.69%) Decision-Making
12 23 (4.49%) OO
13 22 (4.30%) Data Modelling
14 21 (4.10%) MVC
15 20 (3.91%) Line Management
15 20 (3.91%) Software Architecture
16 19 (3.71%) Code Quality
17 18 (3.52%) Project Management
18 16 (3.13%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 342 (66.80%) JavaScript
2 341 (66.60%) Python
3 175 (34.18%) C#
4 28 (5.47%) SQL
5 10 (1.95%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.76%) Apex Code
7 7 (1.37%) Java
8 6 (1.17%) Ada
8 6 (1.17%) PHP
9 4 (0.78%) R
9 4 (0.78%) SPARQL
10 2 (0.39%) C++
11 1 (0.20%) Go
11 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.20%) Ruby
11 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 318 (62.11%) Security Cleared
2 296 (57.81%) SC Cleared
3 60 (11.72%) Degree
4 10 (1.95%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.17%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.78%) PMP
6 4 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.59%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.59%) MCPD
7 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.39%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.20%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.37%) Accessibility
2 3 (0.59%) Data Quality
2 3 (0.59%) QA
3 2 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (0.39%) SLA
4 1 (0.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.37%) Kubernetes
1 7 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 309 (60.35%) ESRI
2 37 (7.23%) Microsoft
3 25 (4.88%) Oracle
4 15 (2.93%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.54%) SAP
6 9 (1.76%) Civica
7 5 (0.98%) Mapbox
8 4 (0.78%) Sparx
9 3 (0.59%) Computacenter
9 3 (0.59%) Google
9 3 (0.59%) IBM
10 2 (0.39%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.20%) Adobe
11 1 (0.20%) Ericsson
11 1 (0.20%) IFS
11 1 (0.20%) Mapinfo
11 1 (0.20%) Nokia
11 1 (0.20%) Xamarin