QGIS (formerly Quantum GIS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring QGIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QGIS 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 617 829 1204
Rank change year-on-year +212 +375 -276
Permanent jobs citing QGIS 229 58 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.072% 0.041%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.56% 0.34% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 14
10th Percentile £21,749 £31,250 £30,825
25th Percentile £24,625 £33,250 £34,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,420 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.78% -2.01% -5.17%
75th Percentile £41,250 £42,710 £56,875
90th Percentile £43,806 £47,500 £87,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £34,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -20.69%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

QGIS 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%

QGIS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for QGIS in the UK

QGIS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QGIS.

Salary trend for QGIS in the UK

QGIS
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for QGIS in the UK

QGIS
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QGIS 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 +130 192 £30,000 -13.04% 5
England +147 141 £37,500 +8.70% 3
Work from Home +104 105 £37,500 -16.67% 4
North of England +62 56 - -
Scotland -6 38 - - 2
North West +27 37 - -
South East +24 23 - - 2
South West +13 21 £30,000 -28.99%
London +95 20 £37,500 -
Yorkshire +76 19 - -
Midlands -12 19 £43,806 +34.79%
Northern Ireland +37 18 - - 1
East Midlands -15 18 - -
Wales +40 17 - -
West Midlands -7 1 £43,806 +34.79%

QGIS
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
1 217 (94.76%) ArcGIS
2 214 (93.45%) GeoServer
3 3 (1.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.87%) Stata
3 1 (0.44%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 214 (93.45%) AWS
1 214 (93.45%) Azure
2 1 (0.44%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (96.07%) GIS
2 216 (94.32%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (0.87%) Spatial Data
3 2 (0.87%) Tableau
4 1 (0.44%) Power BI
4 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (2.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (1.31%) Marketing
3 1 (0.44%) Public Sector
3 1 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 218 (95.20%) Software Engineer
2 100 (43.67%) Senior
3 98 (42.79%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (1.31%) Analyst
4 3 (1.31%) GIS Technician
4 3 (1.31%) Trainee
5 2 (0.87%) Data Analyst
5 2 (0.87%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (0.87%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (0.44%) Data Engineer
6 1 (0.44%) GIS Analyst
6 1 (0.44%) GIS Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (93.89%) PostGIS
2 214 (93.45%) .NET
2 214 (93.45%) .NET Core
2 214 (93.45%) CSS
2 214 (93.45%) Leaflet
2 214 (93.45%) OpenLayers
2 214 (93.45%) React
3 4 (1.75%) Qt
4 3 (1.31%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.75%) CUDA
2 3 (1.31%) Driving Licence
2 3 (1.31%) iPhone
2 3 (1.31%) Social Media
3 1 (0.44%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (95.20%) Software Engineering
2 214 (93.45%) Actionable Insight
2 214 (93.45%) Agile
2 214 (93.45%) DevOps
2 214 (93.45%) Web Development
3 4 (1.75%) CAD
3 4 (1.75%) Computer Science
3 4 (1.75%) Multithreading
3 4 (1.75%) Parallel Programming
3 4 (1.75%) Visualisation
4 3 (1.31%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (1.31%) Spatial Analysis
5 2 (0.87%) Data Science
5 2 (0.87%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (0.87%) Principal Component Analysis
5 2 (0.87%) Process Improvement
5 2 (0.87%) Quantitative Analysis
5 2 (0.87%) Quantitative Research
5 2 (0.87%) Regression Analysis
5 2 (0.87%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 222 (96.94%) Python
2 214 (93.45%) JavaScript
3 180 (78.60%) C#
4 3 (1.31%) R
5 1 (0.44%) C++
5 1 (0.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 218 (95.20%) Security Cleared
2 214 (93.45%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.93%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
1 1 (0.44%) GDPR
Vendors
1 215 (93.89%) ESRI