GIS Jobs in South Wales

Geographic Information System (GIS)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring GIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GIS over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 102 89
Rank change year-on-year +33 -13 -6
Permanent jobs citing GIS 39 8 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.30% 0.68% 2.04%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 14.94% 2.99% 10.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £48,450 £71,375 -
25th Percentile £51,750 £71,563 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £73,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.97% -7.81% +201.89%
75th Percentile £64,875 £76,563 £85,000
90th Percentile £65,550 £77,125 -
Wales median annual salary £60,500 £73,750 £80,000
% change year-on-year -17.97% -7.81% +201.89%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South Wales

GIS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 261 268 295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 15.43% 22.62% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 129 128 180
10th Percentile £35,195 £35,336 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £36,115
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% +4.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £60,625
90th Percentile £71,500 £77,500 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% +5.88%

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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in South Wales

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Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for GIS in South Wales

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Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in South Wales over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GIS in South Wales

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Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bridgend +30 28 - -
Cardiff - 11 £60,500 - 1
GIS
Wales

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 26 (66.67%) ArcGIS
2 25 (64.10%) GeoServer
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (69.23%) Azure
2 25 (64.10%) AWS
3 2 (5.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (64.10%) PostgreSQL
1 25 (64.10%) QGIS
2 3 (7.69%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.56%) Metadata
3 1 (2.56%) Spatial Data
General
1 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (64.10%) Software Engineer
2 22 (56.41%) Senior
3 15 (38.46%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Delivery Project Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Lead
4 2 (5.13%) Lead Project Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Technical Leader
4 2 (5.13%) Technical Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Consultant
5 1 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Developer
5 1 (2.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (2.56%) GIS Consultant
5 1 (2.56%) Project Leader
5 1 (2.56%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (2.56%) Senior GIS Consultant
5 1 (2.56%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Technical Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (66.67%) PostGIS
1 26 (66.67%) React
2 25 (64.10%) Leaflet
2 25 (64.10%) OpenLayers
3 23 (58.97%) .NET
3 23 (58.97%) .NET Core
3 23 (58.97%) CSS
4 2 (5.13%) Django
5 1 (2.56%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Data Centre
1 6 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
1 6 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.13%) PMI
3 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Linux
1 2 (5.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (69.23%) Actionable Insight
1 27 (69.23%) Agile
2 26 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 25 (64.10%) DevOps
3 25 (64.10%) Web Development
4 7 (17.95%) Business Development
5 6 (15.38%) Economics
5 6 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 3 (7.69%) Data Science
6 3 (7.69%) Project Delivery
6 3 (7.69%) Visualisation
7 2 (5.13%) 3D Modelling
7 2 (5.13%) Data Analysis
7 2 (5.13%) Geochemistry
7 2 (5.13%) Machine Learning
7 2 (5.13%) PRINCE2
7 2 (5.13%) Software Architecture
7 2 (5.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (5.13%) Statistical Analysis
8 1 (2.56%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 26 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 26 (66.67%) Python
2 15 (38.46%) C#
Qualifications
1 27 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 25 (64.10%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) Degree
3 2 (5.13%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.13%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 26 (66.67%) ESRI
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.13%) Sitecore