GIS Job Trends in West Sussex

Geographic Information System (GIS)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring GIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - +59
Permanent jobs citing GIS 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 0.24% - 0.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.50% - 5.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £75,750
25th Percentile - - £76,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile - - £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £80,000 £76,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +68.89% -37.93%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
West Sussex

GIS 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 in West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 40 70 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 9.52% 21.88% 18.94%
Number of salaries quoted 27 33 60
10th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -29.63% +22.73%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GIS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

GIS job vacancy trend in West Sussex

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Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing GIS

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Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 31 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
Worthing - 1 £70,000 -
GIS
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Developer
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI