GIS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring GIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GIS over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 422 358 444
Rank change year-on-year -64 +86 +128
Permanent jobs citing GIS 43 249 171
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.72% 0.48%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.21% 3.25% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 26 74 77
10th Percentile £32,544 £31,275 £35,375
25th Percentile £36,246 £35,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £51,500 £58,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £53,500 £80,000 £71,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,548 7,656 8,733
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.49% 22.18% 24.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,196 6,047 6,455
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £63,678
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.78% +6.13%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £57,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year +7.83% -8.73% +5.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GIS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing GIS.

GIS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing GIS over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

GIS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (18.60%) ArcGIS
2 6 (13.95%) IIS
3 1 (2.33%) GeoServer
Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Revit
2 3 (6.98%) AutoCAD
2 3 (6.98%) Blender
2 3 (6.98%) ProjectWise
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.23%) Azure
2 5 (11.63%) Power Platform
3 4 (9.30%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.65%) AWS
5 1 (2.33%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.95%) SQL Server
2 5 (11.63%) QGIS
3 4 (9.30%) Power BI
4 2 (4.65%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (2.33%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.33%) Spatial Data
General
1 9 (20.93%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.60%) Finance
3 6 (13.95%) Advertising
3 6 (13.95%) Welsh Language
4 5 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Environmental Health
5 2 (4.65%) Games
5 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.33%) Marketing
6 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (13.95%) Applications Specialist
1 6 (13.95%) Applications Support
1 6 (13.95%) Applications Support Specialist
1 6 (13.95%) Developer
1 6 (13.95%) Support Specialist
2 5 (11.63%) Senior
2 5 (11.63%) Senior Developer
3 4 (9.30%) Analyst
3 4 (9.30%) Lead
3 4 (9.30%) Technical Leader
4 3 (6.98%) Data Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Technical Support
5 2 (4.65%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) GIS Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Insight Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Remote Sensing Specialist
6 1 (2.33%) Associate Consultant
6 1 (2.33%) Data Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Geospatial Consultant
6 1 (2.33%) Junior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) PostGIS
2 3 (6.98%) Leaflet
3 2 (4.65%) PyTorch
3 2 (4.65%) TensorFlow
4 1 (2.33%) .NET
4 1 (2.33%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.33%) Blazor
4 1 (2.33%) CSS
4 1 (2.33%) D3.js
4 1 (2.33%) Google Maps API
4 1 (2.33%) HTML
4 1 (2.33%) LangChain
4 1 (2.33%) Plotly
4 1 (2.33%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (2.33%) React
4 1 (2.33%) REST
4 1 (2.33%) Shiny
4 1 (2.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (2.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.30%) NHS
3 3 (6.98%) IoT
3 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.65%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.65%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (4.65%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.65%) Lidar
4 2 (4.65%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (4.65%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Windows
2 6 (13.95%) Windows Server
3 4 (9.30%) Android
3 4 (9.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Project Delivery
2 12 (27.91%) Analytics
3 11 (25.58%) Asset Management
4 10 (23.26%) Agile
4 10 (23.26%) Visualisation
5 9 (20.93%) Decision-Making
5 9 (20.93%) Project Management
6 8 (18.60%) Collaborative Culture
6 8 (18.60%) Data Analysis
6 8 (18.60%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (16.28%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (16.28%) Mentoring
7 7 (16.28%) Project Planning
8 6 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (11.63%) Dashboard Development
9 5 (11.63%) Information Management
9 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (11.63%) Web Development
10 4 (9.30%) Human-Centred Design
10 4 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.91%) Python
2 7 (16.28%) JavaScript
3 6 (13.95%) SQL
4 4 (9.30%) C#
4 4 (9.30%) PHP
4 4 (9.30%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) Degree
2 6 (13.95%) DBS Check
3 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.65%) PhD
3 2 (4.65%) RIBA
3 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) Accessibility
2 4 (9.30%) WCAG
3 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) ESRI
3 5 (11.63%) Autodesk
4 1 (2.33%) Google
4 1 (2.33%) Mapbox
4 1 (2.33%) Sun
4 1 (2.33%) Zoho