GIS Jobs in the West Midlands

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for GIS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GIS over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 237 253
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 -38
Permanent jobs citing GIS 13 37 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.18% 0.55% 0.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.13% 2.63% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 14
10th Percentile £27,620 £31,250 £22,975
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,281 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,806 £44,125 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% +0.86% -20.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £63,750 £46,098
90th Percentile - £67,500 £49,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +3.63%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
West Midlands

GIS is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,155 1,408 1,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 16.09% 20.78% 21.84%
Number of salaries quoted 968 846 1,144
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,188 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIS in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for GIS in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GIS in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Birmingham -6 8 £61,903 +1.07% 2
Shropshire +2 5 £27,620 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (30.77%) ArcGIS
2 2 (15.38%) GeoServer
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) SaaS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (23.08%) Spatial Data
2 2 (15.38%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.69%) Power BI
3 1 (7.69%) QGIS
General
1 5 (38.46%) Public Sector
2 4 (30.77%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Business Development Manager
1 4 (30.77%) Business Manager
1 4 (30.77%) Development Manager
2 3 (23.08%) GIS Officer
2 3 (23.08%) GIS Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Analytics Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analytics Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Data Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Data Science Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) GIS Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) GIS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) GeoJSON
1 2 (15.38%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Lidar
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Machine Learning
2 4 (30.77%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (30.77%) Business Development
2 4 (30.77%) Channel Management
3 3 (23.08%) Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
4 2 (15.38%) Data Science
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (15.38%) Remote Sensing
4 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team Management
5 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Data Analytics
5 1 (7.69%) Data Governance
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.69%) Information Security
5 1 (7.69%) Situational Awareness
5 1 (7.69%) Spatial Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) C#
2 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
1 2 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR