GIS Jobs in England

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 442 642 729
Rank change year-on-year +200 +87 -76
Permanent jobs citing GIS 443 289 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.33% 0.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.90% 1.52% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 171 101 167
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £27,800
25th Percentile £36,120 £37,685 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,388 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 15,280 19,033 37,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.67% 21.58% 27.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,422 11,991 18,918
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £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 £77,500 £84,056 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in England

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Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIS in England.

Salary trend for GIS in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GIS in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +172 132 £40,000 -20.00% 24
North West +91 91 £40,000 - 16
London +81 87 £57,500 +4.55% 24
South East +56 76 £45,000 -35.71% 22
South West -6 53 £51,000 +27.50% 11
Midlands -9 53 £80,000 +101.89% 5
East of England 0 41 £43,000 -3.91% 14
Yorkshire +120 39 £63,750 +177.17% 6
East Midlands +17 36 £95,000 +192.31% 3
West Midlands -17 13 £43,806 +1.29% 1
North East -6 2 £40,000 -24.69% 2
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 237 (53.50%) ArcGIS
2 201 (45.37%) GeoServer
3 10 (2.26%) Apache
4 9 (2.03%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.35%) nginx
6 3 (0.68%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.68%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.68%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.23%) Confluence
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 28 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.03%) Trello
3 4 (0.90%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.45%) LaTeX
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.23%) InVision
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.81%) Maximo
2 6 (1.35%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.68%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.68%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.68%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.45%) SAP IS-U
6 2 (0.45%) SAP MRS
Cloud Services
1 243 (54.85%) Azure
2 229 (51.69%) AWS
3 41 (9.26%) Power Platform
4 25 (5.64%) SaaS
5 18 (4.06%) Google Sheets
6 17 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.93%) GitHub
8 11 (2.48%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (1.58%) Serverless
10 6 (1.35%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.90%) IaaS
11 4 (0.90%) PaaS
12 3 (0.68%) Azure API Management
12 3 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.45%) GCP
13 2 (0.45%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.23%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.26%) HTTP
2 5 (1.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.45%) Broadband
3 2 (0.45%) WPA
4 1 (0.23%) Internet
4 1 (0.23%) RNC
4 1 (0.23%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (52.60%) PostgreSQL
2 199 (44.92%) QGIS
3 87 (19.64%) Geospatial Data
4 36 (8.13%) Power BI
4 36 (8.13%) SQL Server
5 26 (5.87%) Spatial Data
6 23 (5.19%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.61%) Redis
8 15 (3.39%) MySQL
9 12 (2.71%) NoSQL
10 9 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (2.03%) MS Access
11 7 (1.58%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.13%) Tableau
13 4 (0.90%) Triplestore
14 3 (0.68%) Metadata
15 1 (0.23%) Big Data
15 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.23%) Looker
15 1 (0.23%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 13 (2.93%) JIRA
2 9 (2.03%) Oracle Forms
3 8 (1.81%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (1.13%) Git
5 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (13.54%) Social Skills
2 43 (9.71%) Finance
3 33 (7.45%) Public Sector
4 32 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (5.87%) Retail
6 22 (4.97%) Back Office
6 22 (4.97%) Local Government
7 11 (2.48%) Marketing
8 8 (1.81%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.35%) Electronics
9 6 (1.35%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.13%) Publishing
11 4 (0.90%) Automotive
11 4 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.68%) Environmental Health
12 3 (0.68%) Law
13 1 (0.23%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.23%) Games
13 1 (0.23%) German Language
Job Titles
1 229 (51.69%) Software Engineer
2 136 (30.70%) Senior
3 126 (28.44%) Senior Software Engineer
4 36 (8.13%) Developer
5 23 (5.19%) Analyst
6 18 (4.06%) Architect
6 18 (4.06%) Digital Transformation
7 16 (3.61%) Network Technician
8 14 (3.16%) Lead
9 13 (2.93%) Consultant
10 12 (2.71%) Geospatial Engineer
11 11 (2.48%) Data Analyst
11 11 (2.48%) Digital Transformation Manager
11 11 (2.48%) GIS Analyst
11 11 (2.48%) Team Leader
11 11 (2.48%) Transformation Manager
12 10 (2.26%) Software Developer
13 9 (2.03%) Application Support Team Leader
13 9 (2.03%) Applications Support
13 9 (2.03%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (47.18%) React
2 208 (46.95%) OpenLayers
2 208 (46.95%) PostGIS
3 204 (46.05%) Leaflet
4 197 (44.47%) .NET
5 195 (44.02%) CSS
6 186 (41.99%) .NET Core
7 39 (8.80%) Django
8 32 (7.22%) HTML
9 20 (4.51%) AngularJS
10 18 (4.06%) JSON
10 18 (4.06%) REST
11 16 (3.61%) RESTful
12 14 (3.16%) GeoJSON
12 14 (3.16%) Vue
13 11 (2.48%) Blazor
13 11 (2.48%) Dask
13 11 (2.48%) Flask
14 10 (2.26%) ASP.NET
14 10 (2.26%) GeoPandas
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.16%) Management Information System
2 16 (3.61%) PDA
3 8 (1.81%) Driving Licence
4 5 (1.13%) Reference Data
5 4 (0.90%) Data Structures
5 4 (0.90%) Linked Data
5 4 (0.90%) NHS
6 3 (0.68%) 3D Graphics
6 3 (0.68%) Data Centre
6 3 (0.68%) Housing Association
6 3 (0.68%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (0.68%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.45%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.45%) IoT
7 2 (0.45%) Lidar
7 2 (0.45%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.45%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (10.84%) Linux
2 28 (6.32%) Ubuntu
3 15 (3.39%) Windows
4 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (53.05%) Software Engineering
2 219 (49.44%) Web Development
3 216 (48.76%) Agile
4 212 (47.86%) Actionable Insight
5 207 (46.73%) DevOps
6 62 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (11.96%) Business Intelligence
8 50 (11.29%) Data Analysis
9 40 (9.03%) Full Stack Development
10 34 (7.67%) Line Management
11 31 (7.00%) Analytics
12 30 (6.77%) Decision-Making
13 26 (5.87%) Computer Science
14 23 (5.19%) Data Modelling
14 23 (5.19%) OO
15 21 (4.74%) CRM
15 21 (4.74%) Customer Service
15 21 (4.74%) MVC
15 21 (4.74%) Project Management
16 19 (4.29%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 261 (58.92%) Python
2 250 (56.43%) JavaScript
3 128 (28.89%) C#
4 48 (10.84%) SQL
5 14 (3.16%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.03%) Apex Code
7 7 (1.58%) Java
8 6 (1.35%) Ada
8 6 (1.35%) PHP
8 6 (1.35%) R
9 4 (0.90%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.23%) Ruby
10 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 227 (51.24%) Security Cleared
2 211 (47.63%) SC Cleared
3 74 (16.70%) Degree
4 10 (2.26%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.90%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.68%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.68%) MCPD
7 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.68%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.68%) PMP
8 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.03%) QA
2 7 (1.58%) Accessibility
2 7 (1.58%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.23%) GDPR
4 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (3.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (2.03%) Terraform
2 6 (1.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 232 (52.37%) ESRI
2 40 (9.03%) Microsoft
3 26 (5.87%) Oracle
4 19 (4.29%) SAP
5 18 (4.06%) Google
6 15 (3.39%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.03%) Civica
8 6 (1.35%) Mapbox
9 5 (1.13%) IBM
10 4 (0.90%) Sparx
11 1 (0.23%) Adobe
11 1 (0.23%) Computacenter
11 1 (0.23%) Ericsson
11 1 (0.23%) IFS
11 1 (0.23%) Mapinfo
11 1 (0.23%) Nokia
11 1 (0.23%) Xamarin