Hybrid/Remote GIS Job Trends

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring GIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 379 444
Rank change year-on-year -47 +65 -23
Permanent jobs citing GIS 40 42 35
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.16% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.26% 1.62% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 22 25 15
10th Percentile £37,361 £30,868 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,122 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% +37.49% -19.08%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,000 £50,375
90th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £65,500
UK median annual salary £43,000 £48,122 £40,750
% change year-on-year -10.64% +18.09% -5.78%

All Database & 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 3,177 2,598 4,704
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.67% 15.72% 22.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,412 1,785 2,903
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,792 £39,250
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.90%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,300 £137,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GIS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

GIS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GIS

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GIS over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

GIS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (20.00%) ArcGIS
2 4 (10.00%) GeoServer
2 4 (10.00%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (2.50%) nginx
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 17 (42.50%) Azure
2 8 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 7 (17.50%) AWS
4 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 4 (10.00%) SaaS
6 3 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (7.50%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (7.50%) PowerApps
6 3 (7.50%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (5.00%) Azure AI
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (2.50%) GitHub
8 1 (2.50%) Google Sheets
8 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) DHCP
1 2 (5.00%) DNS
1 2 (5.00%) LAN
1 2 (5.00%) TETRA
1 2 (5.00%) VLAN
1 2 (5.00%) WAN
1 2 (5.00%) WLAN
2 1 (2.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.50%) Power BI
3 4 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (10.00%) QGIS
4 3 (7.50%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (7.50%) Spatial Data
5 2 (5.00%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.50%) RStudio
General
1 22 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (22.50%) Finance
4 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 3 (7.50%) Back Office
7 2 (5.00%) Law
7 2 (5.00%) Local Government
7 2 (5.00%) Tech for Good
7 2 (5.00%) Welsh Language
8 1 (2.50%) Banking
8 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Legal
8 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.50%) Military
8 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Police
8 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (15.00%) Senior
2 4 (10.00%) Analyst
2 4 (10.00%) Architect
2 4 (10.00%) Design Engineer
2 4 (10.00%) Geospatial Architect
2 4 (10.00%) Lead
3 3 (7.50%) GIS Architect
4 2 (5.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Associate Director
4 2 (5.00%) Associate Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Data Scientist
4 2 (5.00%) Governance Analyst
4 2 (5.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (5.00%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Senior Associate Director
4 2 (5.00%) Senior Design Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.00%) .NET
2 4 (10.00%) AngularJS
2 4 (10.00%) Django
3 2 (5.00%) CSS
3 2 (5.00%) HTML
3 2 (5.00%) JSF
3 2 (5.00%) PrimeFaces
3 2 (5.00%) React
3 2 (5.00%) Vue
4 1 (2.50%) Java SE
4 1 (2.50%) Middleware
4 1 (2.50%) OpenLayers
4 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 4 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.00%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.00%) Low-Code
3 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.50%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.50%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (2.50%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.00%) Linux
2 4 (10.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.50%) Solaris
3 1 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 12 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (17.50%) AI
3 7 (17.50%) Analytics
3 7 (17.50%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (15.00%) Community of Practice
4 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (15.00%) Decision-Making
5 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 5 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 4 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
6 4 (10.00%) Intelligent Automation
6 4 (10.00%) Release Management
6 4 (10.00%) Runbook
6 4 (10.00%) Scrum
6 4 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (10.00%) TOGAF
6 4 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) Python
2 9 (22.50%) SQL
3 3 (7.50%) Java
4 2 (5.00%) Bicep
4 2 (5.00%) C#
4 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.00%) R
4 2 (5.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.50%) Bash
5 1 (2.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Degree
2 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) Chartered Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.00%) CIPD
4 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (5.00%) PMP
4 2 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.50%) CISM
5 1 (2.50%) CISSP
5 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (10.00%) QA
3 2 (5.00%) GDPR
3 2 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (5.00%) SLA
3 2 (5.00%) WCAG
4 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Ansible
2 4 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 9 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) ESRI
2 7 (17.50%) Oracle
3 6 (15.00%) ServiceNow
4 5 (12.50%) Red Hat
4 5 (12.50%) SAP
5 4 (10.00%) Alteryx
6 2 (5.00%) Blue Prism
6 2 (5.00%) Dynatrace
6 2 (5.00%) Foundry
6 2 (5.00%) Splunk
6 2 (5.00%) Workday
7 1 (2.50%) Databricks
7 1 (2.50%) Google
7 1 (2.50%) VMware