GIS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 28 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 361 563
Rank change year-on-year -37 +202 -6
Permanent jobs citing GIS 139 453 230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.70% 0.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.07% 3.83% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 88 155 88
10th Percentile £41,500 £31,250 £31,025
25th Percentile £49,625 £36,060 £34,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +68.89% -10.00% -
75th Percentile - £51,000 £67,500
90th Percentile - £66,500 £80,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +55.56% -10.00% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 4,528 11,842 12,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.87% 18.26% 19.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,025 8,142 7,171
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,751 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GIS in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 March 2025.

Salary histogram for GIS in the UK excluding London

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +96 78 £76,000 +80.95% 11
South East +61 36 £76,000 +68.89% 15
Midlands +24 12 £56,650 -29.19% 8
West Midlands +32 10 £62,500 +47.06% 4
South West +50 7 £56,250 +25.00% 11
North of England -30 5 £43,000 +7.15% 11
North West -39 4 £35,000 -10.56% 10
East Midlands +29 2 £31,500 -66.84% 4
Scotland +48 1 - - 6
Yorkshire +42 1 £75,000 +17.65%
Wales +19 1 £92,500 +94.74% 2
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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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.76%) IIS
2 7 (5.04%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.32%) ProjectWise
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.72%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.72%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 97 (69.78%) Power Platform
2 17 (12.23%) Azure
3 5 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.16%) AWS
4 3 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.44%) GitHub
5 2 (1.44%) IaaS
5 2 (1.44%) iPaaS
5 2 (1.44%) PaaS
5 2 (1.44%) Serverless
5 2 (1.44%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.72%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (0.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.72%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.72%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.44%) Internet
2 1 (0.72%) Broadband
2 1 (0.72%) MQTT
2 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (69.78%) Power BI
2 96 (69.06%) Geospatial Data
3 94 (67.63%) Power Query
4 10 (7.19%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.16%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.44%) QGIS
7 1 (0.72%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.44%) Git
3 1 (0.72%) GitLab
General
1 15 (10.79%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.63%) Advertising
3 8 (5.76%) Finance
4 5 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.16%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.44%) Environmental Health
6 2 (1.44%) Retail
7 1 (0.72%) Agriculture
7 1 (0.72%) Aviation
7 1 (0.72%) Games
7 1 (0.72%) Legal
7 1 (0.72%) Local Government
7 1 (0.72%) Marketing
7 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (5.76%) Applications Specialist
1 8 (5.76%) Applications Support
1 8 (5.76%) Applications Support Specialist
1 8 (5.76%) Support Specialist
2 5 (3.60%) Senior
3 4 (2.88%) Developer
3 4 (2.88%) Software Engineer
4 3 (2.16%) Analyst
4 3 (2.16%) Architect
4 3 (2.16%) Digital Engineer
4 3 (2.16%) Lead
5 2 (1.44%) Administrator
5 2 (1.44%) Information Manager
5 2 (1.44%) Project Manager
5 2 (1.44%) Remote Sensing Specialist
5 2 (1.44%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.44%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (0.72%) Applications Developer
6 1 (0.72%) IT Manager
6 1 (0.72%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.60%) .NET
2 3 (2.16%) JSON
2 3 (2.16%) MIDP
2 3 (2.16%) RESTful
2 3 (2.16%) SOAP
2 3 (2.16%) Web Services
2 3 (2.16%) XML
3 2 (1.44%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.44%) REST
3 2 (1.44%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.44%) Vue
4 1 (0.72%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.72%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.72%) CSS
4 1 (0.72%) HTML5
4 1 (0.72%) Node.js
4 1 (0.72%) OpenID
4 1 (0.72%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.72%) React
4 1 (0.72%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 96 (69.06%) Algorithms
2 5 (3.60%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.16%) Lidar
3 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.44%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.44%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.72%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.72%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.04%) Windows
1 7 (5.04%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.72%) Android
2 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (74.10%) Asset Management
2 100 (71.94%) Business Intelligence
3 99 (71.22%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (70.50%) Data Management
5 97 (69.78%) Service Delivery
6 94 (67.63%) Actionable Insight
6 94 (67.63%) Strategic Planning
7 13 (9.35%) Project Delivery
8 10 (7.19%) Agile
9 8 (5.76%) Analytics
10 7 (5.04%) Project Planning
11 6 (4.32%) DevOps
11 6 (4.32%) Digital Engineering
12 5 (3.60%) CI/CD
12 5 (3.60%) Computer Science
12 5 (3.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (3.60%) Data Analysis
12 5 (3.60%) IT Strategy
12 5 (3.60%) Migration
12 5 (3.60%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 101 (72.66%) SQL
2 7 (5.04%) Python
3 5 (3.60%) C#
4 4 (2.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.72%) Bicep
5 1 (0.72%) Java
5 1 (0.72%) PHP
5 1 (0.72%) Rust
5 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (7.91%) Degree
2 8 (5.76%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.60%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.88%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.88%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.16%) PhD
6 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.60%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.44%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.72%) Docker
1 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (8.63%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.47%) ESRI
3 6 (4.32%) Oracle
4 3 (2.16%) IFS
5 1 (0.72%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.72%) Databricks
5 1 (0.72%) JDA
5 1 (0.72%) Mapbox
5 1 (0.72%) Salesforce