QGIS Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

QGIS (formerly Quantum GIS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London citing QGIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 394 356
Rank change year-on-year -87 -38 +35
Contract jobs citing QGIS 4 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.047% 0.036%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.11% 0.31% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £275 £409 -
25th Percentile £290 £413 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £550 £145
Median % change year-on-year -42.73% +279.31% -58.57%
75th Percentile £340 £575 £155
90th Percentile £355 - -
UK median daily rate £467 £490 £600
% change year-on-year -4.64% -18.33% +55.84%

All Database & BI Skills
UK excluding London

QGIS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
5 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills 3,487 2,582 2,387
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.34% 15.32% 14.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,185 1,744 1,493
10th Percentile £333 £303 £313
25th Percentile £410 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £527
% change year-on-year +2.50% -5.12% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 38 60
10th Percentile £15.90 £20.94 £17.50
25th Percentile £21.04 £27.02 £19.77
Median hourly rate £38.50 £41.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +39.17% -35.04%
75th Percentile £55.41 £65.00 £49.81
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.45 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £40.95 £43.50 £30.59
% change year-on-year -5.87% +42.20% -35.60%

QGIS Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QGIS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

QGIS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

QGIS Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing QGIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing QGIS

QGIS Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing QGIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing QGIS

QGIS Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QGIS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 November 2026. 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland - 2 £315 - 2
South East -67 1 - - 3
South West - 1 - -
QGIS
UK

QGIS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Database & Business Intelligence

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1GIS75.0%3
1Spatial Data75.0%3
3Geospatial Data50.0%2
4Data Lake25.0%1
4Metadata25.0%1