Geospatial Data Jobs

Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Geospatial Data skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Geospatial Data 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 638 807 1022
Rank change year-on-year +169 +215 -91
Permanent jobs citing Geospatial Data 206 80 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.099% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.40% 0.47% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 71 38 90
10th Percentile £35,529 £31,250 £26,890
25th Percentile £38,066 £41,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £53,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% +19.44% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £64,375 £53,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £79,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £52,500 £42,504
% change year-on-year -7.62% +23.52% -19.99%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Geospatial Data 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 14,713 16,902 48,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.28% 20.95% 27.64%
Number of salaries quoted 9,555 11,871 21,175
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,942 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%

Geospatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Geospatial Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Geospatial Data in the UK

Geospatial Data
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Geospatial Data.

Salary trend for Geospatial Data in the UK

Geospatial Data
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Geospatial Data over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Geospatial Data in the UK

Geospatial Data
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Geospatial Data within the UK 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
UK excluding London +85 163 £48,500 -7.62% 9
England +129 157 £48,500 -9.77% 12
North of England +53 49 £43,750 +15.89% 1
London +93 30 £38,000 -32.44% 3
North West +16 26 £40,132 -
South East +22 25 £56,250 -2.17% 6
Work from Home +33 23 £57,500 -4.17% 8
Yorkshire +77 22 £57,500 +52.32% 1
East of England +16 22 £42,082 -25.19% 1
Scotland -28 19 - -
South West -4 16 £57,500 +12.20%
Midlands -16 14 £90,000 +176.92%
Wales +37 9 - -
Northern Ireland +28 9 - - 1
East Midlands -19 9 - -
West Midlands -11 1 £43,806 +34.79%
North East - 1 - -

Geospatial Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 18 (8.74%) ArcGIS
2 17 (8.25%) SAS
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.43%) Trello
3 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.49%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.49%) InVision
3 1 (0.49%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.91%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 97 (47.09%) Azure
2 95 (46.12%) AWS
3 23 (11.17%) SaaS
4 17 (8.25%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.88%) Google Sheets
5 8 (3.88%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (2.91%) Serverless
7 5 (2.43%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.49%) Amazon Cognito
9 1 (0.49%) Figma
9 1 (0.49%) GCP
9 1 (0.49%) IaaS
9 1 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.43%) HTTP
1 5 (2.43%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (35.44%) GIS
2 18 (8.74%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (8.25%) Power BI
3 17 (8.25%) Spatial Data
4 15 (7.28%) SQL Server
5 14 (6.80%) Relational Database
6 9 (4.37%) MySQL
7 8 (3.88%) MS Access
8 6 (2.91%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.91%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.91%) Redis
9 3 (1.46%) Metadata
10 2 (0.97%) QGIS
11 1 (0.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (3.88%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (2.91%) JIRA
3 1 (0.49%) Git
General
1 113 (54.85%) Social Skills
2 10 (4.85%) Finance
3 8 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (3.88%) Back Office
4 7 (3.40%) Local Government
4 7 (3.40%) Public Sector
4 7 (3.40%) Retail
5 6 (2.91%) Publishing
6 2 (0.97%) Environmental Health
7 1 (0.49%) Law
7 1 (0.49%) Marketing
7 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 93 (45.15%) Architect
2 85 (41.26%) Geospatial Architect
2 85 (41.26%) Software Architect
3 28 (13.59%) Senior
4 24 (11.65%) Analyst
4 24 (11.65%) Developer
5 17 (8.25%) Pricing Analyst
5 17 (8.25%) Senior Analyst
5 17 (8.25%) Senior Pricing Analyst
6 12 (5.83%) Software Engineer
7 11 (5.34%) Lead
8 8 (3.88%) Application Support Team Leader
8 8 (3.88%) Applications Support
8 8 (3.88%) Digital Transformation
8 8 (3.88%) Full Stack Developer
8 8 (3.88%) Support Team Leader
8 8 (3.88%) Team Leader
9 7 (3.40%) Coordinator
9 7 (3.40%) GIS Architect
9 7 (3.40%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.22%) CSS
1 19 (9.22%) HTML
2 16 (7.77%) React
3 11 (5.34%) JSON
4 8 (3.88%) .NET
4 8 (3.88%) PostGIS
5 7 (3.40%) AngularJS
5 7 (3.40%) ASP.NET
5 7 (3.40%) Blazor
5 7 (3.40%) HTML5
5 7 (3.40%) Node.js
5 7 (3.40%) RESTful
5 7 (3.40%) Svelte
5 7 (3.40%) Vue
6 6 (2.91%) .NET Core
6 6 (2.91%) GeoJSON
6 6 (2.91%) XML
7 5 (2.43%) GraphQL
7 5 (2.43%) REST
7 5 (2.43%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 85 (41.26%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (10.68%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.43%) 3D Graphics
3 5 (2.43%) Animation
4 4 (1.94%) NHS
5 3 (1.46%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.49%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.91%) Linux
1 6 (2.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (51.94%) Software Architecture
2 97 (47.09%) Agile
3 92 (44.66%) DevOps
4 91 (44.17%) Migration
5 85 (41.26%) Software Testing
6 34 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (15.05%) Visualisation
8 29 (14.08%) Data Visualisation
9 27 (13.11%) Actionable Insight
10 26 (12.62%) Full Stack Development
10 26 (12.62%) Software Engineering
11 24 (11.65%) Data Analysis
12 23 (11.17%) Data Science
12 23 (11.17%) Web Development
13 20 (9.71%) Line Management
14 19 (9.22%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (8.74%) Mathematics
15 18 (8.74%) User Experience
16 17 (8.25%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 54 (26.21%) Python
2 48 (23.30%) SQL
3 21 (10.19%) JavaScript
4 17 (8.25%) VBA
5 7 (3.40%) C#
6 6 (2.91%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.43%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 26 (12.62%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.65%) Degree
3 4 (1.94%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.49%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.25%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.88%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.49%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (1.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (9.22%) ESRI
2 14 (6.80%) Oracle
3 13 (6.31%) Mapbox
4 10 (4.85%) Microsoft
5 8 (3.88%) Civica
5 8 (3.88%) Google
6 5 (2.43%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.49%) Adobe
7 1 (0.49%) Sparx