GIS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 334 456 593
Rank change year-on-year +122 +137 -130
Permanent jobs citing GIS 290 178 318
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.82% 0.47% 0.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.64% 1.95% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 80 73 84
10th Percentile £32,325 £37,750 £29,875
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,625 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £70,000 £82,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,965 9,151 22,656
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.41% 24.42% 29.94%
Number of salaries quoted 6,286 6,572 11,078
10th Percentile £37,101 £40,000 £37,491
25th Percentile £43,750 £49,750 £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 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GIS trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GIS.

GIS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GIS over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

GIS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 213 (73.45%) ArcGIS
2 192 (66.21%) GeoServer
3 6 (2.07%) Apache
3 6 (2.07%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.03%) Trello
3 2 (0.69%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 215 (74.14%) AWS
2 211 (72.76%) Azure
3 15 (5.17%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.76%) Google Sheets
5 7 (2.41%) GitHub
5 7 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (2.07%) SaaS
7 4 (1.38%) IaaS
7 4 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.38%) PaaS
8 3 (1.03%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.34%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.34%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.03%) Broadband
1 3 (1.03%) HTTP
2 1 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (71.72%) PostgreSQL
2 194 (66.90%) QGIS
3 29 (10.00%) Geospatial Data
4 15 (5.17%) Power BI
5 13 (4.48%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.79%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.76%) Redis
8 7 (2.41%) MySQL
9 4 (1.38%) Spatial Data
9 4 (1.38%) Tableau
10 3 (1.03%) MS Access
11 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.07%) JIRA
2 5 (1.72%) Git
3 3 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.34%) GitLab
General
1 30 (10.34%) Finance
2 22 (7.59%) Social Skills
3 16 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (5.52%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.48%) Retail
5 12 (4.14%) Back Office
6 11 (3.79%) Marketing
7 7 (2.41%) Local Government
8 6 (2.07%) Electronics
8 6 (2.07%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.07%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.38%) Automotive
9 4 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.03%) Environmental Health
10 3 (1.03%) Law
10 3 (1.03%) Publishing
11 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.34%) Games
12 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 211 (72.76%) Software Engineer
2 198 (68.28%) Senior
3 190 (65.52%) Senior Software Engineer
4 13 (4.48%) Developer
5 10 (3.45%) Analyst
5 10 (3.45%) Consultant
6 9 (3.10%) Architect
7 8 (2.76%) Digital Transformation
8 7 (2.41%) Coordinator
8 7 (2.41%) Geospatial Engineer
9 6 (2.07%) Analytics Manager
9 6 (2.07%) AWS Developer
9 6 (2.07%) PHP Developer
9 6 (2.07%) PHP Laravel Developer
9 6 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.72%) Data Analyst
10 5 (1.72%) Lead
10 5 (1.72%) Team Leader
11 4 (1.38%) Business Consultant
11 4 (1.38%) IT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (66.55%) PostGIS
2 192 (66.21%) OpenLayers
2 192 (66.21%) React
3 191 (65.86%) Leaflet
4 177 (61.03%) .NET
5 174 (60.00%) CSS
6 173 (59.66%) .NET Core
7 31 (10.69%) Django
8 11 (3.79%) HTML
9 8 (2.76%) Vue
10 7 (2.41%) Celery
10 7 (2.41%) Dask
10 7 (2.41%) Flask
10 7 (2.41%) GeoJSON
10 7 (2.41%) GeoPandas
10 7 (2.41%) NumPy
11 6 (2.07%) LAPP Stack
11 6 (2.07%) Laravel
12 5 (1.72%) REST
12 5 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.21%) Management Information System
2 5 (1.72%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.03%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (1.03%) Housing Association
3 3 (1.03%) Mobile App
3 3 (1.03%) Product Ownership
4 2 (0.69%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (0.69%) iPhone
4 2 (0.69%) Lidar
4 2 (0.69%) Onboarding
4 2 (0.69%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.34%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.34%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 35 (12.07%) Linux
2 24 (8.28%) Ubuntu
3 8 (2.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (73.10%) Software Engineering
2 201 (69.31%) Agile
3 194 (66.90%) DevOps
3 194 (66.90%) Web Development
4 191 (65.86%) Actionable Insight
5 25 (8.62%) Analytics
6 23 (7.93%) Full Stack Development
7 21 (7.24%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (7.24%) Data Analysis
8 20 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (5.86%) Decision-Making
10 13 (4.48%) Line Management
10 13 (4.48%) Machine Learning
10 13 (4.48%) Microservices
10 13 (4.48%) MVC
11 12 (4.14%) Code Quality
11 12 (4.14%) Data Analytics
12 11 (3.79%) Computer Science
13 10 (3.45%) Customer Requirements
13 10 (3.45%) OO
Programming Languages
1 226 (77.93%) Python
2 214 (73.79%) JavaScript
3 74 (25.52%) C#
4 23 (7.93%) SQL
5 10 (3.45%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.07%) Ada
6 6 (2.07%) PHP
7 5 (1.72%) R
8 4 (1.38%) Java
9 3 (1.03%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.34%) C++
10 1 (0.34%) Go
Qualifications
1 194 (66.90%) SC Cleared
1 194 (66.90%) Security Cleared
2 28 (9.66%) Degree
3 6 (2.07%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.72%) QA
2 3 (1.03%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (2.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.10%) Terraform
2 3 (1.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 207 (71.38%) ESRI
2 11 (3.79%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.45%) Oracle
4 9 (3.10%) SAP
5 8 (2.76%) Google
5 8 (2.76%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.38%) Sparx
7 3 (1.03%) Civica