GIS Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Geographic Information System (GIS)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring GIS 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 120 92 139
Rank change year-on-year -28 +47 +79
Permanent jobs citing GIS 3 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.16% 0.35% 0.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.13% 2.51% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £17,375 -
25th Percentile - £26,563 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £43,750 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year - -31.37% -1.92%
75th Percentile - £61,563 £80,000
90th Percentile - £71,125 -
Yorkshire median annual salary - £43,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -27.08% -7.69%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 265 199 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 14.29% 13.87% 22.71%
Number of salaries quoted 166 149 341
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,813 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £68,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,050 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,117 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.98% +5.00% -13.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

GIS job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

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Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing GIS

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Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the West Yorkshire region 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
Bradford -17 3 - - 2
GIS
Yorkshire

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Technician
1 2 (66.67%) GIS Support
1 2 (66.67%) GIS Technician
1 2 (66.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) GIS Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) GIS Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Model Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ESRI