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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 598 746
Rank change year-on-year +141 +148 -87
Permanent jobs citing GIS 453 302 491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.37% 0.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.89% 1.71% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 171 109 162
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,412 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,764 £37,685 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -17.39%
75th Percentile £61,013 £62,500 £61,063
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,500 £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 15,656 17,698 39,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.62% 21.41% 27.78%
Number of salaries quoted 11,467 11,507 18,880
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £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 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +142 130 £40,000 +17.03% 21
North West +78 91 £40,000 - 14
London +30 90 £56,650 +3.00% 18
South East +52 79 £45,000 -35.71% 11
South West -6 53 £55,500 +38.75% 9
Midlands -38 53 £80,000 +88.24% 10
East of England -8 46 £39,832 -8.69% 7
Yorkshire +95 37 £80,000 +134.06% 7
East Midlands -8 36 £95,000 +192.31% 3
West Midlands -46 13 £43,806 +1.29% 7
North East -14 2 £40,000 -28.86% 1
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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
1 232 (51.21%) ArcGIS
2 193 (42.60%) GeoServer
3 10 (2.21%) Apache
4 6 (1.32%) nginx
4 6 (1.32%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.66%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (0.66%) SharePoint 2013
5 3 (0.66%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.22%) Confluence
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 28 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.99%) Trello
3 5 (1.10%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.44%) LaTeX
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.22%) InVision
7 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (1.10%) Maximo
2 5 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.66%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.66%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.66%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.44%) SAP IS-U
5 2 (0.44%) SAP MRS
Cloud Services
1 233 (51.43%) Azure
2 222 (49.01%) AWS
3 37 (8.17%) Power Platform
4 25 (5.52%) SaaS
5 18 (3.97%) Google Sheets
6 14 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.87%) GitHub
8 11 (2.43%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (1.55%) Serverless
10 6 (1.32%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.88%) IaaS
11 4 (0.88%) PaaS
12 3 (0.66%) Azure API Management
12 3 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.44%) GCP
13 2 (0.44%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.22%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.21%) HTTP
2 5 (1.10%) Intranet
3 3 (0.66%) Broadband
4 2 (0.44%) Internet
4 2 (0.44%) WPA
5 1 (0.22%) RNC
5 1 (0.22%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (50.33%) PostgreSQL
2 195 (43.05%) QGIS
3 88 (19.43%) Geospatial Data
4 35 (7.73%) Power BI
5 34 (7.51%) SQL Server
6 27 (5.96%) Spatial Data
7 23 (5.08%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.53%) Redis
9 15 (3.31%) MySQL
10 9 (1.99%) MS Access
10 9 (1.99%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.55%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.10%) Tableau
13 4 (0.88%) Triplestore
14 3 (0.66%) Metadata
15 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.22%) Looker
Development Applications
1 13 (2.87%) JIRA
2 9 (1.99%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (1.10%) Git
3 5 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.22%) GitLab
4 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (13.69%) Social Skills
2 43 (9.49%) Finance
3 33 (7.28%) Public Sector
4 32 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.96%) Retail
6 22 (4.86%) Back Office
7 20 (4.42%) Local Government
8 11 (2.43%) Marketing
9 8 (1.77%) Publishing
9 8 (1.77%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.32%) Electronics
10 6 (1.32%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.88%) Automotive
11 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.66%) Environmental Health
12 3 (0.66%) Law
12 3 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.22%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.22%) Games
13 1 (0.22%) German Language
Job Titles
1 223 (49.23%) Software Engineer
2 130 (28.70%) Senior
3 119 (26.27%) Senior Software Engineer
4 39 (8.61%) Developer
5 20 (4.42%) Analyst
5 20 (4.42%) Architect
5 20 (4.42%) Network Technician
6 18 (3.97%) Digital Transformation
7 15 (3.31%) Consultant
8 14 (3.09%) Lead
9 12 (2.65%) Geospatial Engineer
10 11 (2.43%) Digital Transformation Manager
10 11 (2.43%) GIS Analyst
10 11 (2.43%) Team Leader
10 11 (2.43%) Transformation Manager
11 10 (2.21%) Data Analyst
11 10 (2.21%) Software Developer
12 9 (1.99%) Application Support Team Leader
12 9 (1.99%) Applications Support
12 9 (1.99%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (46.14%) React
2 202 (44.59%) PostGIS
3 201 (44.37%) OpenLayers
4 197 (43.49%) CSS
4 197 (43.49%) Leaflet
5 193 (42.60%) .NET
6 185 (40.84%) .NET Core
7 34 (7.51%) HTML
8 32 (7.06%) Django
9 24 (5.30%) AngularJS
10 18 (3.97%) JSON
11 16 (3.53%) REST
12 15 (3.31%) RESTful
12 15 (3.31%) Vue
13 14 (3.09%) GeoJSON
14 11 (2.43%) Blazor
14 11 (2.43%) Dask
14 11 (2.43%) Flask
14 11 (2.43%) HTML5
15 10 (2.21%) GeoPandas
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.15%) Management Information System
2 20 (4.42%) PDA
3 8 (1.77%) Driving Licence
3 8 (1.77%) Operational Technology
4 5 (1.10%) Reference Data
5 4 (0.88%) Data Structures
5 4 (0.88%) Linked Data
5 4 (0.88%) Mobile App
5 4 (0.88%) NHS
5 4 (0.88%) Virtual Team
6 3 (0.66%) 3D Graphics
6 3 (0.66%) Data Centre
6 3 (0.66%) Housing Association
6 3 (0.66%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.44%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.44%) FMCG
7 2 (0.44%) iPhone
7 2 (0.44%) Lidar
7 2 (0.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.27%) Linux
2 21 (4.64%) Ubuntu
3 15 (3.31%) Windows
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (50.55%) Software Engineering
2 212 (46.80%) Web Development
3 210 (46.36%) Agile
4 205 (45.25%) Actionable Insight
5 199 (43.93%) DevOps
6 63 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (11.04%) Data Analysis
8 49 (10.82%) Business Intelligence
9 39 (8.61%) Full Stack Development
10 34 (7.51%) Line Management
11 30 (6.62%) Analytics
12 29 (6.40%) Decision-Making
13 27 (5.96%) Computer Science
14 24 (5.30%) Validation
15 23 (5.08%) Data Modelling
15 23 (5.08%) OO
16 21 (4.64%) CRM
16 21 (4.64%) Customer Service
16 21 (4.64%) MVC
17 18 (3.97%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 255 (56.29%) Python
2 249 (54.97%) JavaScript
3 129 (28.48%) C#
4 47 (10.38%) SQL
5 12 (2.65%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.99%) Apex Code
7 6 (1.32%) Ada
7 6 (1.32%) Java
7 6 (1.32%) PHP
8 5 (1.10%) R
9 4 (0.88%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.22%) Ruby
10 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 217 (47.90%) Security Cleared
2 201 (44.37%) SC Cleared
3 80 (17.66%) Degree
4 11 (2.43%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.32%) PMI Certification
5 6 (1.32%) PMP
6 4 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.66%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.66%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.66%) MCPD
7 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.21%) QA
2 8 (1.77%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.32%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.44%) SLA
5 1 (0.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (3.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.99%) Terraform
2 7 (1.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 229 (50.55%) ESRI
2 37 (8.17%) Microsoft
3 26 (5.74%) Oracle
4 19 (4.19%) SAP
5 18 (3.97%) Google
6 15 (3.31%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.99%) Civica
8 6 (1.32%) Mapbox
9 4 (0.88%) Computacenter
9 4 (0.88%) Sparx
10 2 (0.44%) IBM
11 1 (0.22%) Adobe
11 1 (0.22%) Ericsson
11 1 (0.22%) IFS
11 1 (0.22%) Mapinfo
11 1 (0.22%) Nokia
11 1 (0.22%) Xamarin