GIS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 494 561
Rank change year-on-year +176 +67 -83
Permanent jobs citing GIS 308 181 280
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.91% 0.42% 0.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.99% 1.70% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 78 69 88
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,075 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £82,500 £74,875
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.52%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,725 10,624 19,652
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.84% 24.57% 29.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,216 7,302 11,114
10th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £49,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GIS trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing GIS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

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
1 235 (76.30%) ArcGIS
2 217 (70.45%) GeoServer
3 6 (1.95%) Apache
3 6 (1.95%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.97%) Trello
3 2 (0.65%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 239 (77.60%) AWS
2 235 (76.30%) Azure
3 15 (4.87%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.60%) Google Sheets
5 7 (2.27%) GitHub
5 7 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (1.95%) SaaS
7 4 (1.30%) IaaS
7 4 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.30%) PaaS
8 3 (0.97%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.32%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.32%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.97%) HTTP
2 2 (0.65%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (75.00%) PostgreSQL
2 217 (70.45%) QGIS
3 29 (9.42%) Geospatial Data
4 15 (4.87%) Power BI
5 11 (3.57%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.25%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.60%) Redis
8 7 (2.27%) MySQL
9 4 (1.30%) Spatial Data
9 4 (1.30%) Tableau
10 3 (0.97%) MS Access
11 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (1.95%) JIRA
2 5 (1.62%) Git
3 3 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
General
1 30 (9.74%) Finance
2 20 (6.49%) Social Skills
3 16 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (5.19%) Public Sector
4 12 (3.90%) Back Office
4 12 (3.90%) Retail
5 11 (3.57%) Marketing
6 7 (2.27%) Local Government
7 6 (1.95%) Electronics
7 6 (1.95%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.95%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.30%) Automotive
8 4 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.97%) Environmental Health
9 3 (0.97%) Law
9 3 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.32%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.32%) Games
10 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 234 (75.97%) Software Engineer
2 219 (71.10%) Senior
3 214 (69.48%) Senior Software Engineer
4 14 (4.55%) Developer
5 10 (3.25%) Analyst
6 8 (2.60%) Digital Transformation
7 7 (2.27%) Architect
7 7 (2.27%) Consultant
7 7 (2.27%) Coordinator
7 7 (2.27%) Geospatial Engineer
8 6 (1.95%) Analytics Manager
8 6 (1.95%) AWS Developer
8 6 (1.95%) PHP Developer
8 6 (1.95%) PHP Laravel Developer
8 6 (1.95%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.62%) Data Analyst
9 5 (1.62%) Lead
9 5 (1.62%) Team Leader
10 4 (1.30%) Business Consultant
10 4 (1.30%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (70.45%) PostGIS
2 216 (70.13%) OpenLayers
2 216 (70.13%) React
3 215 (69.81%) Leaflet
4 177 (57.47%) .NET
5 173 (56.17%) .NET Core
6 171 (55.52%) CSS
7 55 (17.86%) Django
8 8 (2.60%) HTML
9 7 (2.27%) Celery
9 7 (2.27%) Dask
9 7 (2.27%) Flask
9 7 (2.27%) GeoJSON
9 7 (2.27%) GeoPandas
9 7 (2.27%) NumPy
9 7 (2.27%) Vue
10 6 (1.95%) LAPP Stack
10 6 (1.95%) Laravel
11 5 (1.62%) JSON
12 4 (1.30%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.84%) Management Information System
2 5 (1.62%) Driving Licence
3 3 (0.97%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (0.97%) Housing Association
3 3 (0.97%) Product Ownership
4 2 (0.65%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (0.65%) Lidar
4 2 (0.65%) Onboarding
4 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.32%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.32%) iPhone
5 1 (0.32%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 58 (18.83%) Linux
2 48 (15.58%) Ubuntu
3 8 (2.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (76.30%) Software Engineering
2 223 (72.40%) Agile
3 218 (70.78%) Web Development
4 217 (70.45%) DevOps
5 215 (69.81%) Actionable Insight
6 25 (8.12%) Analytics
7 21 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (6.82%) Data Analysis
8 20 (6.49%) Full Stack Development
8 20 (6.49%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (5.52%) Decision-Making
10 13 (4.22%) Code Quality
10 13 (4.22%) Line Management
10 13 (4.22%) Machine Learning
10 13 (4.22%) MVC
11 12 (3.90%) Data Analytics
11 12 (3.90%) Microservices
12 11 (3.57%) Computer Science
13 10 (3.25%) Customer Requirements
13 10 (3.25%) OO
Programming Languages
1 246 (79.87%) Python
2 235 (76.30%) JavaScript
3 71 (23.05%) C#
4 22 (7.14%) SQL
5 9 (2.92%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.95%) Ada
6 6 (1.95%) PHP
7 5 (1.62%) Java
7 5 (1.62%) R
8 3 (0.97%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.32%) C++
9 1 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 218 (70.78%) SC Cleared
1 218 (70.78%) Security Cleared
2 25 (8.12%) Degree
3 6 (1.95%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (0.97%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.65%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.62%) QA
2 3 (0.97%) Accessibility
2 3 (0.97%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.32%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (2.92%) Terraform
2 2 (0.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 226 (73.38%) ESRI
2 11 (3.57%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.25%) Oracle
4 9 (2.92%) SAP
5 8 (2.60%) Google
5 8 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.30%) Sparx
7 3 (0.97%) Civica