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 requiring QGIS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 356 398
Rank change year-on-year -18 +42 +106
Contract jobs citing QGIS 2 13 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.073% 0.084%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.084% 0.53% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £135 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £145 -
Median % change year-on-year +279.31% - -
75th Percentile £575 £155 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £490 £404 £420
% change year-on-year +21.37% -3.87% -16.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 requiring database or business intelligence skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,379 2,464 3,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.38% 13.75% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,568 1,625 2,142
10th Percentile £300 £319 £325
25th Percentile £385 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £672 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £533 £545
% change year-on-year -6.19% -2.20% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 57 103
10th Percentile £20.89 £16.54 £21.00
25th Percentile £23.34 £19.30 £26.94
Median hourly rate £39.48 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.60% -45.45% +57.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.60 £74.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £66.90 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +24.29% -36.36% +22.22%

QGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing QGIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for QGIS 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 18 September 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 2 £550 - 7
QGIS
UK

QGIS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) GIS Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Spatial Analysis
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ESRI