GIS Contracts in London

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GIS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GIS over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 344 431 533
Rank change year-on-year +87 +102 -109
Contract jobs citing GIS 51 49 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.32% 0.93% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 26 57
10th Percentile £463 £364 £360
25th Percentile £485 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £638 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -2.86% +6.06% +16.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 3
10th Percentile - - £25.15
25th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £29.32
Median hourly rate £23.32 £22.49 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.71% -40.04% +87.50%
75th Percentile £25.66 £23.73 £38.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.41 £22.49 £52.50
% change year-on-year -18.12% -57.17% +360.53%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
London

GIS is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,856 5,280 8,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.06% 20.44% 21.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,854 3,870 6,074
10th Percentile £375 £400 £406
25th Percentile £456 £475 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -0.86% +10.48%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £838 £800 £788
England median daily rate £529 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 51 35
10th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £26.25
25th Percentile £25.62 £23.70 £32.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +62.78%
75th Percentile £55.00 £78.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.30 £90.00 £76.84
England median hourly rate £40.13 £56.95 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.54% +26.56% +83.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS in London.

Daily rate trend for GIS in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GIS in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS in London.

Hourly rate trend for GIS in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London - 6 £510 - 3
South London - 5 £625 -
East London -10 4 - - 1
West London +22 3 £488 +8.33% 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 22 (43.14%) ArcGIS
2 8 (15.69%) SharePoint
2 8 (15.69%) Site Server
3 1 (1.96%) GeoServer
3 1 (1.96%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (27.45%) Azure
2 13 (25.49%) AWS
3 11 (21.57%) IaaS
4 10 (19.61%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (15.69%) Amazon S3
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (3.92%) GCP
6 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.96%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.80%) 2G
1 5 (9.80%) 3G
1 5 (9.80%) 4G
1 5 (9.80%) 5G
1 5 (9.80%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (27.45%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (13.73%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (11.76%) Spatial Data
4 5 (9.80%) QGIS
5 4 (7.84%) Big Data
5 4 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (5.88%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (3.92%) Power BI
8 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.96%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (47.06%) Public Sector
2 10 (19.61%) Finance
3 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
4 7 (13.73%) Local Government
5 6 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 5 (9.80%) Electronics
6 5 (9.80%) Manufacturing
6 5 (9.80%) Marketing
7 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.88%) Back Office
8 2 (3.92%) Military
9 1 (1.96%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 8 (15.69%) Developer
1 8 (15.69%) Senior
2 7 (13.73%) GIS Developer
3 6 (11.76%) Analyst
3 6 (11.76%) GIS Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Architect
4 5 (9.80%) GIS Architect
4 5 (9.80%) GIS Specialist
4 5 (9.80%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (7.84%) Operations Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Radio Specialist
5 4 (7.84%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (7.84%) Senior GIS Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Head of IT
6 3 (5.88%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Product Owner
6 3 (5.88%) Python Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Senior Product Owner
6 3 (5.88%) Spatial Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (17.65%) .NET
1 9 (17.65%) REST
2 3 (5.88%) PostGIS
3 2 (3.92%) RESTful
3 2 (3.92%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.84%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.88%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.92%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (3.92%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (3.92%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.49%) DevOps
1 13 (25.49%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 11 (21.57%) ETL
3 10 (19.61%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (19.61%) Project Management
4 9 (17.65%) Migration
5 8 (15.69%) Project Delivery
6 7 (13.73%) Agile
6 7 (13.73%) Asset Management
6 7 (13.73%) Budget Management
6 7 (13.73%) Business Development
7 6 (11.76%) Business Case
7 6 (11.76%) CRM
7 6 (11.76%) Data Analysis
7 6 (11.76%) Data Management
8 5 (9.80%) Analytics
8 5 (9.80%) Computer Science
8 5 (9.80%) Digital Marketing
8 5 (9.80%) Programme Management
8 5 (9.80%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (41.18%) Python
2 8 (15.69%) Korn
2 8 (15.69%) PowerShell
3 6 (11.76%) SQL
4 4 (7.84%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Degree
2 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.88%) AWS Certification
3 3 (5.88%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) QA
2 3 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Vendors
1 27 (52.94%) ESRI
2 12 (23.53%) Oracle
3 8 (15.69%) SAP
4 2 (3.92%) Google
5 1 (1.96%) Mapbox
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft