Geographic Information (Geospatial Data)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Geospatial Data skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Geospatial Data over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 771 882 1023
Rank change year-on-year +111 +141 -205
Permanent jobs citing Geospatial Data 137 116 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.76% 0.50% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 89 57 80
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,600 £28,625
25th Percentile £36,500 £37,418 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £66,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £44,445 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.87% -6.43% -17.39%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Geospatial Data 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 with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 17,993 23,234 42,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.51% 21.81% 27.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12,611 14,224 21,652
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% +5.10%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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
England +142 112 £47,500 - 33
UK excluding London +34 101 £47,500 +6.87% 21
Work from Home +99 40 £45,065 -18.06% 20
North of England +83 32 £40,132 +74.48% 4
East of England +48 26 £45,250 -19.56%
North West - 23 £39,132 - 2
London +156 20 £55,000 +4.76% 14
South East -6 14 £52,500 +6.60% 7
South West -24 11 £60,000 +53.28% 6
Yorkshire +106 8 £57,500 +150.00% 2
Midlands +9 8 £90,000 +50.00% 1
Scotland -59 5 - - 1
Wales - 3 £47,500 - 2
West Midlands +23 2 £43,153 -6.70% 1
East Midlands -15 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North East -8 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 29 (21.17%) ArcGIS
2 3 (2.19%) Smallworld
3 2 (1.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.73%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.38%) Trello
3 3 (2.19%) AutoCAD
3 3 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.73%) InVision
4 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.73%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (2.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (2.19%) SAP CRM
3 3 (2.19%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 31 (22.63%) Azure
2 23 (16.79%) AWS
2 23 (16.79%) SaaS
3 17 (12.41%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.57%) Power Automate
5 8 (5.84%) Serverless
6 7 (5.11%) AWS Lambda
6 7 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.11%) Google Sheets
7 6 (4.38%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.92%) IaaS
8 4 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.92%) PaaS
9 3 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.46%) GCP
11 1 (0.73%) Amazon Cognito
11 1 (0.73%) Figma
11 1 (0.73%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.38%) HTTP
2 5 (3.65%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (75.91%) GIS
2 25 (18.25%) Relational Database
3 23 (16.79%) Spatial Data
4 22 (16.06%) SQL Server
5 21 (15.33%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (12.41%) Power BI
7 14 (10.22%) MySQL
8 9 (6.57%) MS Access
9 7 (5.11%) MongoDB
9 7 (5.11%) NoSQL
9 7 (5.11%) Redis
10 5 (3.65%) Metadata
11 2 (1.46%) Looker
11 2 (1.46%) QGIS
11 2 (1.46%) Tableau
12 1 (0.73%) Big Data
12 1 (0.73%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (6.57%) JIRA
1 9 (6.57%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.73%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.73%) Selenium
General
1 43 (31.39%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (10.22%) Retail
3 13 (9.49%) Finance
4 12 (8.76%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.84%) Local Government
6 7 (5.11%) Back Office
7 5 (3.65%) Publishing
8 3 (2.19%) Environmental Health
9 1 (0.73%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.73%) Aviation
9 1 (0.73%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.73%) German Language
9 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.73%) Law
9 1 (0.73%) Legal
9 1 (0.73%) Marketing
9 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (16.79%) Architect
1 23 (16.79%) Software Engineer
2 17 (12.41%) Developer
3 11 (8.03%) Geospatial Architect
3 11 (8.03%) Lead
3 11 (8.03%) Software Architect
4 9 (6.57%) Analyst
4 9 (6.57%) Application Support Team Leader
4 9 (6.57%) Applications Support
4 9 (6.57%) Support Team Leader
4 9 (6.57%) Team Leader
5 8 (5.84%) GIS Analyst
5 8 (5.84%) Software Developer
6 7 (5.11%) Coordinator
6 7 (5.11%) Digital Transformation
6 7 (5.11%) GIS Architect
6 7 (5.11%) Principal Architect
7 6 (4.38%) GIS Data Analyst
7 6 (4.38%) Oracle Team Leader
7 6 (4.38%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (16.06%) CSS
1 22 (16.06%) HTML
2 17 (12.41%) React
3 16 (11.68%) .NET
4 13 (9.49%) JSON
5 11 (8.03%) .NET Core
6 10 (7.30%) PostGIS
7 8 (5.84%) AngularJS
7 8 (5.84%) Blazor
7 8 (5.84%) HTML5
7 8 (5.84%) Node.js
7 8 (5.84%) RESTful
7 8 (5.84%) Svelte
7 8 (5.84%) Vue
8 7 (5.11%) ASP.NET
8 7 (5.11%) OpenLayers
8 7 (5.11%) XML
9 6 (4.38%) GeoJSON
9 6 (4.38%) Leaflet
9 6 (4.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 33 (24.09%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.03%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.65%) 3D Graphics
3 5 (3.65%) Animation
4 4 (2.92%) IoT
4 4 (2.92%) NHS
5 3 (2.19%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.19%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.19%) Photography
5 3 (2.19%) Smart Meter
6 2 (1.46%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.73%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.73%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.11%) Linux
1 7 (5.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.85%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (26.28%) Actionable Insight
3 33 (24.09%) Software Architecture
4 32 (23.36%) Software Engineering
5 28 (20.44%) Agile
6 26 (18.98%) Data Analysis
6 26 (18.98%) Full Stack Development
7 25 (18.25%) Web Development
8 21 (15.33%) Line Management
9 20 (14.60%) Business Intelligence
9 20 (14.60%) DevOps
10 19 (13.87%) OO
10 19 (13.87%) Visualisation
11 17 (12.41%) Migration
12 16 (11.68%) Analytics
12 16 (11.68%) User Experience
13 15 (10.95%) Computer Science
14 14 (10.22%) Data Visualisation
14 14 (10.22%) Decision-Making
15 12 (8.76%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 46 (33.58%) Python
2 37 (27.01%) SQL
3 28 (20.44%) JavaScript
4 13 (9.49%) C#
5 6 (4.38%) Apex Code
6 4 (2.92%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.46%) Java
8 1 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (21.90%) Degree
2 29 (21.17%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.38%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.92%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (2.19%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.46%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.11%) Accessibility
1 7 (5.11%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.92%) GDPR
2 4 (2.92%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (24.82%) ESRI
2 22 (16.06%) Microsoft
3 21 (15.33%) Oracle
4 15 (10.95%) Mapbox
5 9 (6.57%) Civica
6 7 (5.11%) Google
7 6 (4.38%) Salesforce
8 5 (3.65%) SAP
9 4 (2.92%) Databricks
9 4 (2.92%) Sparx
10 3 (2.19%) Mapinfo
11 1 (0.73%) Adobe
11 1 (0.73%) Xamarin