Senior GIS Developer Job Trends

Senior GIS Developer
UK

The median Senior GIS Developer salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior GIS Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,173 53,172 46,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.28% 93.59% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 32,782 28,551 36,094
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,589 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% - -

Senior GIS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior GIS Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior GIS Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior GIS Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior GIS Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior GIS Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior GIS Developer
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior GIS Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 December 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
London - 1 £67,500 - 2
England - 1 £67,500 - 17
Work from Home - 1 £67,500 - 18

Senior GIS Developer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Senior GIS Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior GIS Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) ArcGIS
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GeoPandas
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) PostGIS
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

Senior GIS Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GeoPandas
1 1 (100.00%) PostGIS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI