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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 320 495
Rank change year-on-year -56 +175 +75
Permanent jobs citing GIS 37 308 182
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.91% 0.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.13% 3.99% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 26 78 70
10th Percentile £32,544 £32,500 £36,163
25th Percentile £36,246 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £49,188 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £83,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £64,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +43.33% -10.00% -

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 3,273 7,726 10,510
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.87% 22.83% 24.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,414 6,220 7,215
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,101 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

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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 May 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 6 (16.22%) IIS
2 4 (10.81%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.70%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) AWS
3 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.70%) Amazon Cognito
4 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.70%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) GitHub
4 1 (2.70%) Google Sheets
4 1 (2.70%) iPaaS
4 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Broadband
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
1 1 (2.70%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.11%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (5.41%) Power BI
3 2 (5.41%) QGIS
4 1 (2.70%) Big Data
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.70%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.70%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) GitLab
1 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (21.62%) Finance
1 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Advertising
2 6 (16.22%) Welsh Language
3 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Environmental Health
4 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.41%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Agriculture
5 1 (2.70%) Back Office
5 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Games
5 1 (2.70%) Legal
5 1 (2.70%) Local Government
5 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (18.92%) Lead
2 6 (16.22%) Applications Specialist
2 6 (16.22%) Applications Support
2 6 (16.22%) Applications Support Specialist
2 6 (16.22%) Support Specialist
2 6 (16.22%) Technical Leader
3 4 (10.81%) Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Developer
4 3 (8.11%) Technical Support
5 2 (5.41%) Data Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Remote Sensing Specialist
5 2 (5.41%) Software Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Blazor Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Full-Stack C# Developer
6 1 (2.70%) GIS Specialist
6 1 (2.70%) Migration Specialist
6 1 (2.70%) Python Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Python Team Leader
6 1 (2.70%) React Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
1 2 (5.41%) PyTorch
1 2 (5.41%) React
1 2 (5.41%) REST
1 2 (5.41%) TensorFlow
1 2 (5.41%) Vue
2 1 (2.70%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.70%) Blazor
2 1 (2.70%) JSON
2 1 (2.70%) Node.js
2 1 (2.70%) OAuth
2 1 (2.70%) OpenID
2 1 (2.70%) PostGIS
2 1 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.70%) Razor View Engine
2 1 (2.70%) SOAP
2 1 (2.70%) Vuex
2 1 (2.70%) Web Services
2 1 (2.70%) WebSockets
2 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Lidar
1 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Algorithms
2 2 (5.41%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.70%) Kinect
3 1 (2.70%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Android
2 6 (16.22%) Apple iOS
2 6 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Asset Management
2 10 (27.03%) Project Management
3 8 (21.62%) Collaborative Culture
4 7 (18.92%) Agile
4 7 (18.92%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
4 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (16.22%) Analytics
5 6 (16.22%) Human-Centred Design
5 6 (16.22%) Project Delivery
5 6 (16.22%) Project Planning
5 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (16.22%) Strategic Planning
6 5 (13.51%) Visualisation
7 4 (10.81%) Data Analytics
7 4 (10.81%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (10.81%) Decision-Making
8 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (8.11%) DevOps
8 3 (8.11%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) SQL
2 5 (13.51%) Python
3 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.41%) C#
5 1 (2.70%) PHP
5 1 (2.70%) R
5 1 (2.70%) Rust
5 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Degree
2 6 (16.22%) DBS Check
3 2 (5.41%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.41%) PhD
4 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.70%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) Accessibility
1 6 (16.22%) WCAG
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) ESRI
3 3 (8.11%) Google
4 2 (5.41%) Mapbox
5 1 (2.70%) Autodesk
5 1 (2.70%) IFS
5 1 (2.70%) Oracle
5 1 (2.70%) Sun
5 1 (2.70%) Zoho