Spatial Analysis (Spatial Statistics)
UK

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 896 970 1224
Rank change year-on-year +74 +254 -316
Permanent jobs citing Spatial Analysis 14 9 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.009% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.016% 0.009% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 6
10th Percentile £35,361 £26,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,764 £31,063 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,831 £37,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.09% -12.35% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £41,750 £43,438
90th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,653 £35,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +20.15% -16.47% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Spatial Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,862 98,882 150,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 59,922 58,137 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,251 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,251
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Spatial Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Spatial Analysis in the UK

Spatial Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Spatial Analysis.

Salary trend for Spatial Analysis in the UK

Spatial Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Spatial Analysis over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Spatial Analysis in the UK

Spatial Analysis
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spatial Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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 +110 14 £48,831 +25.21% 5
Work from Home +87 9 £48,831 +62.77% 1
London +132 7 £48,831 -11.22% 3
UK excluding London -11 6 £42,653 +20.15% 2
South West -35 2 £34,791 -10.79%
South East - 2 £48,750 - 1
North of England +55 1 £41,500 +80.43% 1
West Midlands - 1 £43,806 -
Midlands - 1 £43,806 -
North West - 1 £41,500 - 1

Spatial Analysis
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 6 (42.86%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) LaTeX
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure AKS
1 1 (7.14%) GitHub
1 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (71.43%) GIS
2 6 (42.86%) Geospatial Data
2 6 (42.86%) Spatial Data
3 3 (21.43%) Metadata
4 2 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (14.29%) QGIS
5 1 (7.14%) Power BI
5 1 (7.14%) Redis
5 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Fire and Rescue
3 3 (21.43%) Local Government
3 3 (21.43%) Police
4 1 (7.14%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) GIS Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) Research Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Research Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Statistical Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Statistical Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Data Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Data Scientist
4 1 (7.14%) GIS Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) GIS Officer
4 1 (7.14%) GIS Technician
4 1 (7.14%) Python Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Celery
1 1 (7.14%) CSS
1 1 (7.14%) Dask
1 1 (7.14%) Django
1 1 (7.14%) Flask
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
1 1 (7.14%) NumPy
1 1 (7.14%) OpenLayers
1 1 (7.14%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 2 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Data Analysis
2 7 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 6 (42.86%) Data Science
4 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (28.57%) Data Management
5 3 (21.43%) Analytics
5 3 (21.43%) Data Entry
5 3 (21.43%) Data Sharing
5 3 (21.43%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
5 3 (21.43%) Economics
5 3 (21.43%) Open Source
5 3 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (21.43%) Statistics
6 2 (14.29%) Quantitative Analysis
7 1 (7.14%) Data Analytics
7 1 (7.14%) Data Conversion
7 1 (7.14%) Data Governance
7 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
7 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) Python
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) DBS Check
3 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.14%) PhD
3 1 (7.14%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) ESRI
2 1 (7.14%) SAP