Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 418 641 759
Rank change year-on-year +223 +118 -96
Permanent jobs citing GIS 610 357 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.36% 0.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.34% 1.67% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 188 121 177
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,294 £28,450
25th Percentile £36,405 £37,685 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,194 £62,500 £61,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.27% -7.37% -5.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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 requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,257 21,342 45,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.27% 21.52% 28.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,529 13,306 21,042
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 £76,250 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GIS in the UK

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Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for GIS in the UK

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Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the UK 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
UK excluding London +187 499 £45,000 +2.27% 103
England +200 443 £45,000 -10.00% 109
Work from Home +160 307 £45,000 -10.00% 49
North of England +172 132 £40,000 -20.00% 27
North West +91 91 £40,000 - 18
London +81 87 £57,500 +4.55% 26
South East +56 76 £45,000 -35.71% 23
Scotland -12 75 £45,000 -11.66% 13
South West -6 53 £51,000 +27.50% 12
Midlands -9 53 £80,000 +101.89% 6
East of England 0 41 £43,000 -3.91% 14
Yorkshire +120 39 £63,750 +177.17% 7
Wales +38 39 £54,000 -26.78% 7
East Midlands +17 36 £95,000 +192.31% 4
Northern Ireland +48 30 - - 3
West Midlands -17 13 £43,806 +1.29% 1
North East -6 2 £40,000 -24.69% 2

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 372 (60.98%) ArcGIS
2 335 (54.92%) GeoServer
3 10 (1.64%) Apache
4 9 (1.48%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.98%) nginx
6 3 (0.49%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.49%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.49%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.16%) Confluence
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 34 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (1.48%) Trello
3 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.66%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.33%) LaTeX
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.16%) InVision
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.31%) Maximo
2 6 (0.98%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.49%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.49%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.33%) SAP IS-U
6 2 (0.33%) SAP MRS
Cloud Services
1 379 (62.13%) Azure
2 363 (59.51%) AWS
3 41 (6.72%) Power Platform
4 33 (5.41%) SaaS
5 18 (2.95%) Google Sheets
6 17 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.13%) GitHub
8 11 (1.80%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (1.15%) Serverless
10 6 (0.98%) Amazon S3
10 6 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.66%) IaaS
11 4 (0.66%) PaaS
12 3 (0.49%) Azure API Management
12 3 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.33%) GCP
13 2 (0.33%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.16%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.64%) HTTP
2 6 (0.98%) DNS
3 5 (0.82%) Intranet
4 2 (0.33%) Broadband
4 2 (0.33%) WPA
5 1 (0.16%) Internet
5 1 (0.16%) RNC
5 1 (0.16%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 371 (60.82%) PostgreSQL
2 333 (54.59%) QGIS
3 100 (16.39%) Geospatial Data
4 36 (5.90%) Power BI
4 36 (5.90%) SQL Server
5 30 (4.92%) Spatial Data
6 23 (3.77%) Relational Database
7 16 (2.62%) Redis
8 15 (2.46%) MySQL
9 12 (1.97%) NoSQL
10 9 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.48%) MS Access
11 7 (1.15%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.82%) Tableau
13 4 (0.66%) Metadata
13 4 (0.66%) Triplestore
14 1 (0.16%) Big Data
14 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
14 1 (0.16%) Looker
14 1 (0.16%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 13 (2.13%) JIRA
2 9 (1.48%) Oracle Forms
3 8 (1.31%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (0.82%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 73 (11.97%) Social Skills
2 43 (7.05%) Finance
3 34 (5.57%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 26 (4.26%) Retail
6 22 (3.61%) Back Office
6 22 (3.61%) Local Government
7 11 (1.80%) Marketing
8 8 (1.31%) Telecoms
9 6 (0.98%) Electronics
9 6 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
9 6 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (0.82%) Publishing
11 4 (0.66%) Automotive
11 4 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Environmental Health
12 3 (0.49%) Law
13 1 (0.16%) Games
Job Titles
1 363 (59.51%) Software Engineer
2 235 (38.52%) Senior
3 214 (35.08%) Senior Software Engineer
4 37 (6.07%) Developer
5 28 (4.59%) Analyst
6 21 (3.44%) Architect
7 18 (2.95%) Digital Transformation
8 16 (2.62%) GIS Analyst
8 16 (2.62%) Network Technician
9 15 (2.46%) Lead
10 14 (2.30%) Consultant
11 12 (1.97%) Geospatial Engineer
12 11 (1.80%) Data Analyst
12 11 (1.80%) Digital Transformation Manager
12 11 (1.80%) Software Developer
12 11 (1.80%) Team Leader
12 11 (1.80%) Transformation Manager
13 9 (1.48%) Applications Support
13 9 (1.48%) Principal Architect
13 9 (1.48%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (56.23%) PostGIS
1 343 (56.23%) React
2 342 (56.07%) OpenLayers
3 338 (55.41%) Leaflet
4 312 (51.15%) CSS
5 311 (50.98%) .NET
6 300 (49.18%) .NET Core
7 59 (9.67%) Django
8 35 (5.74%) HTML
9 20 (3.28%) AngularJS
10 18 (2.95%) JSON
10 18 (2.95%) REST
11 16 (2.62%) RESTful
12 14 (2.30%) GeoJSON
12 14 (2.30%) Vue
13 11 (1.80%) Blazor
13 11 (1.80%) Dask
13 11 (1.80%) Flask
14 10 (1.64%) ASP.NET
14 10 (1.64%) GeoPandas
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.38%) Management Information System
2 16 (2.62%) PDA
3 9 (1.48%) Data Centre
3 9 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (1.31%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (0.82%) Reference Data
7 4 (0.66%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.66%) Linked Data
7 4 (0.66%) NHS
8 3 (0.49%) 3D Graphics
8 3 (0.49%) Housing Association
8 3 (0.49%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.49%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.33%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.33%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.33%) IoT
9 2 (0.33%) Lidar
9 2 (0.33%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 68 (11.15%) Linux
2 48 (7.87%) Ubuntu
3 15 (2.46%) Windows
4 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (60.82%) Software Engineering
2 356 (58.36%) Web Development
3 354 (58.03%) Actionable Insight
3 354 (58.03%) Agile
4 341 (55.90%) DevOps
5 66 (10.82%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (8.69%) Business Intelligence
7 52 (8.52%) Data Analysis
8 43 (7.05%) Full Stack Development
9 34 (5.57%) Line Management
10 32 (5.25%) Analytics
11 30 (4.92%) Decision-Making
12 29 (4.75%) Computer Science
13 24 (3.93%) Project Management
14 23 (3.77%) Data Modelling
14 23 (3.77%) OO
15 22 (3.61%) Software Architecture
16 21 (3.44%) CRM
16 21 (3.44%) Customer Service
16 21 (3.44%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 401 (65.74%) Python
2 388 (63.61%) JavaScript
3 201 (32.95%) C#
4 51 (8.36%) SQL
5 14 (2.30%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.48%) Apex Code
7 8 (1.31%) Java
8 6 (0.98%) Ada
8 6 (0.98%) PHP
8 6 (0.98%) R
9 4 (0.66%) SPARQL
10 2 (0.33%) C++
11 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) Go
11 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.16%) Ruby
11 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 369 (60.49%) Security Cleared
2 345 (56.56%) SC Cleared
3 79 (12.95%) Degree
4 10 (1.64%) Master's Degree
5 6 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.66%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.66%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.49%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.49%) MCPD
7 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.49%) PMP
8 2 (0.33%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.64%) Accessibility
2 9 (1.48%) QA
3 7 (1.15%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.16%) GDPR
5 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (2.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.48%) Terraform
2 6 (0.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 367 (60.16%) ESRI
2 46 (7.54%) Microsoft
3 26 (4.26%) Oracle
4 19 (3.11%) SAP
5 18 (2.95%) Google
6 16 (2.62%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.48%) Civica
7 9 (1.48%) Mapbox
8 5 (0.82%) IBM
9 4 (0.66%) Sparx
10 1 (0.16%) Adobe
10 1 (0.16%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.16%) Ericsson
10 1 (0.16%) IFS
10 1 (0.16%) Mapinfo
10 1 (0.16%) Nokia
10 1 (0.16%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.16%) Xamarin