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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 397 447
Rank change year-on-year +29 +50 +116
Permanent jobs citing GIS 22 37 88
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.13% 0.24% 0.32%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.01% 0.91% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 69
10th Percentile £37,197 £31,520 £33,388
25th Percentile £39,227 £38,625 £38,103
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £82,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £76,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.76% +68.89% -10.00%

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 2,169 4,064 6,750
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.25% 26.08% 24.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,563 2,427 5,768
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,718 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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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 18 February 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 12 (54.55%) ArcGIS
2 5 (22.73%) GeoServer
3 4 (18.18%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) Civil 3D
2 1 (4.55%) Navisworks
2 1 (4.55%) Revit
2 1 (4.55%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) AWS
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.55%) Figma
5 1 (4.55%) GCP
5 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) QGIS
2 4 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 3 (13.64%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (9.09%) Power BI
5 1 (4.55%) Spatial Data
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.09%) Welsh Language
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Local Government
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Developer
2 4 (18.18%) GIS Architect
3 3 (13.64%) GIS Developer
3 3 (13.64%) GIS Officer
3 3 (13.64%) Knowledge Officer
4 2 (9.09%) Geospatial Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 1 (4.55%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Designer
5 1 (4.55%) GIS Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) GIS Support
5 1 (4.55%) Head of Engineering
5 1 (4.55%) Head of Information
5 1 (4.55%) Head of Information Management
5 1 (4.55%) Interaction Designer
5 1 (4.55%) OSS Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) OSS Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Support Officer
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) .NET
2 4 (18.18%) Django
3 2 (9.09%) CSS
3 2 (9.09%) HTML
3 2 (9.09%) PostGIS
3 2 (9.09%) React
4 1 (4.55%) GeoPandas
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
1 4 (18.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (22.73%) Agile
3 5 (22.73%) Data Analysis
3 5 (22.73%) Scrum
3 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (22.73%) TOGAF
4 4 (18.18%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (18.18%) Open Source
5 3 (13.64%) Data Governance
5 3 (13.64%) Data Management
5 3 (13.64%) DevOps
5 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
5 3 (13.64%) Spatial Analysis
5 3 (13.64%) Story Mapping
5 3 (13.64%) Validation
6 2 (9.09%) Data Collection
6 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (9.09%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) R
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.55%) C#
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Degree
2 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 3 (13.64%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Ansible
1 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) ESRI
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 4 (18.18%) Oracle
3 4 (18.18%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.55%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow