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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 715 638 835
Rank change year-on-year -77 +197 +326
Permanent jobs citing QGIS 19 262 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.26% 0.074%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.24% 1.58% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 11
10th Percentile £38,750 £21,749 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £24,625 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £30,000 £40,420
Median % change year-on-year +58.33% -25.78% -2.01%
75th Percentile £64,688 £41,250 £42,710
90th Percentile £70,000 £43,806 £47,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £30,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year +41.67% -13.04% -

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 7,931 16,571 17,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.19% 16.57% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,945 11,120 12,278
10th Percentile £35,500 £36,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -5.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

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 18 July 2025.

Salary histogram for QGIS in the UK

QGIS
Top 5 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 18 July 2025. 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
Work from Home -32 13 £42,500 +13.33% 18
England -17 8 £47,500 +26.67% 45
London +81 6 £56,250 +50.00% 8
South West +72 2 £42,500 +41.67% 18
UK excluding London -71 2 £42,500 +41.67% 41

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 9 (47.37%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 11 (57.89%) Blender
2 3 (15.79%) AutoCAD
2 3 (15.79%) ProjectWise
2 3 (15.79%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) 5G
1 8 (42.11%) SD-WAN
1 8 (42.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (57.89%) GIS
2 6 (31.58%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (21.05%) Spatial Data
3 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
4 3 (15.79%) Power BI
General
1 10 (52.63%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Environmental Health
3 2 (10.53%) German Language
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) GNSS Engineer
1 8 (42.11%) Hardware Engineer
1 8 (42.11%) RF Engineer
1 8 (42.11%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Data Scientist
3 2 (10.53%) Graduate
3 2 (10.53%) Remote Sensing Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Technical Support
4 1 (5.26%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.26%) Graduate 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.26%) Graduate Technical Support
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (36.84%) PostGIS
2 3 (15.79%) Leaflet
3 2 (10.53%) PyTorch
3 2 (10.53%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (52.63%) Algorithms
2 8 (42.11%) GNSS
2 8 (42.11%) Self-Driving Car
2 8 (42.11%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (15.79%) IoT
3 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
3 3 (15.79%) NHS
4 2 (10.53%) Lidar
4 2 (10.53%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Data Analysis
2 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (42.11%) B2B
3 8 (42.11%) Decision-Making
3 8 (42.11%) Inertial Navigation
3 8 (42.11%) Mathematical Modelling
3 8 (42.11%) Mathematics
3 8 (42.11%) Physics
3 8 (42.11%) Prototyping
3 8 (42.11%) SDLC
3 8 (42.11%) Test Automation
3 8 (42.11%) Validation
4 6 (31.58%) Machine Learning
4 6 (31.58%) Visualisation
5 5 (26.32%) Digital Engineering
6 4 (21.05%) Data Extraction
6 4 (21.05%) Data Science
6 4 (21.05%) Statistical Analysis
7 3 (15.79%) Information Management
7 3 (15.79%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) Python
2 8 (42.11%) C++
2 8 (42.11%) MATLAB
3 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
4 3 (15.79%) C#
4 3 (15.79%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
2 2 (10.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Mapinfo
2 3 (15.79%) Autodesk
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Hitachi