Remote Sensing Jobs

Remote Sensing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Remote Sensing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Remote Sensing over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 905 880
Rank change year-on-year +199 -25 +297
Permanent jobs citing Remote Sensing 3 7 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.007% 0.084%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% 0.008% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,750 £80,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £85,000 £31,931
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +166.20% -50.88%
75th Percentile £50,000 £90,000 £36,000
90th Percentile £52,250 - £39,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £85,000 £31,931
% change year-on-year -50.00% +166.20% -47.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Remote Sensing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

Remote Sensing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Remote Sensing in the UK

Remote Sensing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Remote Sensing.

Salary trend for Remote Sensing in the UK

Remote Sensing
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Remote Sensing within the UK over the 6 months to 30 May 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
UK excluding London +190 3 £42,500 -50.00% 87
Work from Home +120 3 £42,500 -50.00% 27
England +153 2 £42,500 -50.00% 86
South West - 2 £42,500 - 9
Scotland - 1 £52,500 - 3

Remote Sensing
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 2 (66.67%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) GIS
1 2 (66.67%) QGIS
2 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
2 1 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Environmental Health
3 1 (33.33%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Remote Sensing Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Backend Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Database Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) PyTorch
1 2 (66.67%) TensorFlow
2 1 (33.33%) GraphQL
2 1 (33.33%) gRPC
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (66.67%) Lidar
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Interpretation
2 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Deep Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (66.67%) PhD
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes