Spatial Data Job Trends

Spatial Data
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Spatial Data skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 686 707
Rank change year-on-year +51 +21 +235
Permanent jobs citing Spatial Data 18 13 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.024% 0.025%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.28% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 10
10th Percentile £63,625 £30,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £65,313 £31,230 £38,265
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +126.97% -15.56% -7.37%
75th Percentile £107,500 £77,500 £55,313
90th Percentile - - £64,709
UK excluding London median annual salary - £31,777 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -29.38% +5.88%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Spatial Data 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 6,507 9,532 11,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.85% 17.81% 20.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,164 5,324 8,909
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,375 £47,500 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,900 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,775 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

Spatial Data
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Spatial Data relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Spatial Data job vacancy trend in the UK

Spatial Data
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spatial Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spatial Data

Spatial Data
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Spatial Data over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Spatial Data in the UK

Spatial Data
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spatial Data within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 +67 18 £86,250 +126.97% 19
UK excluding London +58 11 - - 13
South West +16 8 - - 1
London +58 7 £86,250 +15.00% 6
North of England +10 3 - - 4
North East - 3 - -
Work from Home +60 1 £67,500 +98.53% 9

Spatial Data
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 (5.56%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) AutoCAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (83.33%) GIS
2 9 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (33.33%) Metadata
3 6 (33.33%) QGIS
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Developer
1 7 (38.89%) GIS Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) GIS Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) GIS Technician
2 6 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Operations Technician
3 2 (11.11%) Account Director
4 1 (5.56%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Commercial Director
4 1 (5.56%) Development Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior GIS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) GeoPandas
1 1 (5.56%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
1 6 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Data Management
2 7 (38.89%) Visualisation
3 6 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 6 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (16.67%) Business Development
5 2 (11.11%) GTM Strategy
5 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.56%) AI
6 1 (5.56%) B2B
6 1 (5.56%) B2B Sales
6 1 (5.56%) CAD
6 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.56%) Digital Twin
6 1 (5.56%) ETL
6 1 (5.56%) Line Management
6 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) SQL
2 6 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) ESRI