GIS Officer Job Trends in Wales

GIS Officer
UK > Wales

The median GIS Officer salary in Wales is £39,511 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a GIS Officer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,553 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,511 - -
75th Percentile £40,470 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £40,000 - £27,620
% change year-on-year - - +7.59%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 996 709 1,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 95.17% 96.59%
Number of salaries quoted 682 329 1,016
10th Percentile £27,013 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,043 £69,900
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

GIS Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

GIS Officer job vacancy trend in Wales

GIS Officer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 16 February 2026, GIS Officer 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 across the Wales region featuring GIS Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Entry
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) ESRI
1 2 (100.00%) GIS
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) R
1 2 (100.00%) Spatial Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Validation

GIS Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) GIS
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Entry
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Spatial Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ESRI
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft