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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 613 740
Rank change year-on-year +156 +127 -78
Permanent jobs citing GIS 454 299 481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.36% 0.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.93% 1.66% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 171 104 164
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,842 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,060 £37,685 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £61,013 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £71,750 £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 15,498 18,030 39,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.03% 21.43% 27.98%
Number of salaries quoted 11,455 11,617 18,850
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 1 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 1 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 +155 133 £40,000 +17.03% 21
North West +83 93 £40,000 - 16
London +76 89 £57,075 +3.77% 14
South East +52 79 £45,000 -35.71% 13
Midlands -15 54 £80,000 +88.24% 12
South West -3 53 £60,000 +50.00% 13
East of England 0 44 £39,832 -8.69% 10
Yorkshire +96 38 £80,000 +134.06% 5
East Midlands +8 37 £95,000 +192.31% 4
West Midlands -46 13 £43,806 +1.29% 8
North East -9 2 £40,000 -28.86%
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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
1 239 (52.64%) ArcGIS
2 201 (44.27%) GeoServer
3 10 (2.20%) Apache
4 7 (1.54%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.32%) nginx
6 3 (0.66%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.66%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.66%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.22%) Confluence
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 28 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.98%) Trello
3 5 (1.10%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.44%) LaTeX
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.22%) InVision
6 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Maximo
1 6 (1.32%) Oracle Applications
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
1 241 (53.08%) Azure
2 230 (50.66%) AWS
3 39 (8.59%) Power Platform
4 25 (5.51%) SaaS
5 18 (3.96%) Google Sheets
6 15 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.86%) GitHub
8 11 (2.42%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (1.54%) Serverless
10 6 (1.32%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.88%) IaaS
11 4 (0.88%) PaaS
12 3 (0.66%) Azure API Management
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 (2.20%) 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
1 235 (51.76%) PostgreSQL
2 200 (44.05%) QGIS
3 88 (19.38%) Geospatial Data
4 36 (7.93%) Power BI
5 34 (7.49%) SQL Server
6 27 (5.95%) Spatial Data
7 23 (5.07%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.52%) Redis
9 15 (3.30%) MySQL
10 10 (2.20%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.98%) MS Access
12 7 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.54%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.10%) Tableau
14 4 (0.88%) Triplestore
15 3 (0.66%) Metadata
16 1 (0.22%) Big Data
16 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
16 1 (0.22%) Looker
16 1 (0.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 13 (2.86%) JIRA
2 9 (1.98%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (1.10%) Git
5 1 (0.22%) GitLab
5 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (13.44%) Social Skills
2 43 (9.47%) Finance
3 33 (7.27%) Public Sector
4 32 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.95%) Retail
6 22 (4.85%) Back Office
7 20 (4.41%) Local Government
8 11 (2.42%) Marketing
9 8 (1.76%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.54%) Publishing
11 6 (1.32%) Electronics
11 6 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.88%) Automotive
12 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.66%) Environmental Health
13 3 (0.66%) Law
14 1 (0.22%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.22%) Games
14 1 (0.22%) German Language
Job Titles
1 230 (50.66%) Software Engineer
2 137 (30.18%) Senior
3 126 (27.75%) Senior Software Engineer
4 41 (9.03%) Developer
5 21 (4.63%) Analyst
6 19 (4.19%) Architect
7 18 (3.96%) Digital Transformation
8 16 (3.52%) Network Technician
9 14 (3.08%) Consultant
9 14 (3.08%) Lead
10 12 (2.64%) Geospatial Engineer
11 11 (2.42%) Data Analyst
11 11 (2.42%) Digital Transformation Manager
11 11 (2.42%) GIS Analyst
11 11 (2.42%) Team Leader
11 11 (2.42%) Transformation Manager
12 10 (2.20%) Software Developer
13 9 (1.98%) Application Support Team Leader
13 9 (1.98%) Applications Support
13 9 (1.98%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (47.58%) React
2 209 (46.04%) PostGIS
3 208 (45.81%) OpenLayers
4 204 (44.93%) Leaflet
5 196 (43.17%) CSS
6 194 (42.73%) .NET
7 185 (40.75%) .NET Core
8 39 (8.59%) Django
9 33 (7.27%) HTML
10 25 (5.51%) AngularJS
11 18 (3.96%) JSON
12 17 (3.74%) REST
13 16 (3.52%) RESTful
14 15 (3.30%) Vue
15 14 (3.08%) GeoJSON
16 11 (2.42%) Blazor
16 11 (2.42%) Dask
16 11 (2.42%) Flask
17 10 (2.20%) ASP.NET
17 10 (2.20%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.13%) Management Information System
2 16 (3.52%) PDA
3 8 (1.76%) Driving Licence
3 8 (1.76%) Operational Technology
4 5 (1.10%) Reference Data
5 4 (0.88%) Data Structures
5 4 (0.88%) Linked Data
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%) Mobile App
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%) Lidar
7 2 (0.44%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (10.79%) Linux
2 28 (6.17%) Ubuntu
3 15 (3.30%) Windows
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (51.98%) Software Engineering
2 219 (48.24%) Web Development
3 218 (48.02%) Agile
4 212 (46.70%) Actionable Insight
5 207 (45.59%) DevOps
6 63 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (11.23%) Business Intelligence
8 50 (11.01%) Data Analysis
9 40 (8.81%) Full Stack Development
10 34 (7.49%) Line Management
11 31 (6.83%) Analytics
12 30 (6.61%) Decision-Making
13 27 (5.95%) Computer Science
14 23 (5.07%) Data Modelling
14 23 (5.07%) OO
15 21 (4.63%) CRM
15 21 (4.63%) Customer Service
15 21 (4.63%) MVC
16 20 (4.41%) Validation
17 19 (4.19%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 262 (57.71%) Python
2 256 (56.39%) JavaScript
3 128 (28.19%) C#
4 48 (10.57%) SQL
5 13 (2.86%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.98%) Apex Code
7 7 (1.54%) Java
8 6 (1.32%) Ada
8 6 (1.32%) PHP
8 6 (1.32%) R
9 4 (0.88%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.22%) Ruby
10 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 225 (49.56%) Security Cleared
2 209 (46.04%) SC Cleared
3 78 (17.18%) Degree
4 11 (2.42%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.10%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.10%) PMP
6 4 (0.88%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
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 (2.20%) QA
2 8 (1.76%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.54%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.44%) SLA
5 1 (0.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (3.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.98%) Terraform
2 7 (1.54%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 234 (51.54%) ESRI
2 38 (8.37%) Microsoft
3 26 (5.73%) Oracle
4 19 (4.19%) SAP
5 18 (3.96%) Google
6 15 (3.30%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.98%) Civica
8 6 (1.32%) Mapbox
9 4 (0.88%) Sparx
10 3 (0.66%) Computacenter
10 3 (0.66%) 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