GIS Jobs in England

Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 604 479 601
Rank change year-on-year -125 +122 +123
Permanent jobs citing GIS 85 441 297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.45% 0.37%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.22% 2.78% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 71 166 109
10th Percentile £34,750 £31,625 £32,412
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,529 £37,685
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £58,625 £60,581 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,979 15,881 17,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.15% 16.34% 21.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,458 11,608 11,406
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,960 £42,937 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £83,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £63,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -9.45% +5.83%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in England

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Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for GIS in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for GIS in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the England region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
London +54 37 £47,500 -13.64% 175
South West +82 12 £36,246 -39.59% 56
East of England -3 11 £44,000 +10.46% 81
North of England -47 10 £48,000 +20.00% 81
North West -53 10 £48,000 +20.00% 44
South East +27 7 £57,200 +27.11% 110
Midlands +48 6 £35,500 -55.63% 66
East Midlands +26 4 £35,500 -62.63% 22
West Midlands +65 2 £53,750 +22.70% 44
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (10.59%) ArcGIS
2 8 (9.41%) IIS
3 1 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.18%) GeoServer
3 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.35%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 19 (22.35%) Azure
2 16 (18.82%) AWS
2 16 (18.82%) Snowflake
3 7 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (8.24%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.71%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.35%) IaaS
5 2 (2.35%) PaaS
6 1 (1.18%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.18%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.18%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 14 (16.47%) Big Data
3 11 (12.94%) Geospatial Data
4 7 (8.24%) Power BI
5 5 (5.88%) QGIS
5 5 (5.88%) Spatial Data
6 3 (3.53%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (3.53%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (3.53%) EDRMS
6 3 (3.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.18%) MongoDB
8 1 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 1 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.18%) JIRA
2 1 (1.18%) TestRail
General
1 21 (24.71%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 15 (17.65%) Finance
4 9 (10.59%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.24%) Advertising
6 6 (7.06%) Welsh Language
7 5 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.71%) Legal
8 4 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.53%) Aviation
9 3 (3.53%) Law
9 3 (3.53%) Marketing
9 3 (3.53%) Retail
10 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.35%) Electronics
10 2 (2.35%) Environmental Health
10 2 (2.35%) Military
11 1 (1.18%) Games
11 1 (1.18%) Local Government
11 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (16.47%) Analytics Consultant
1 14 (16.47%) Consultant
1 14 (16.47%) GIS Consultant
1 14 (16.47%) Spatial Consultant
2 12 (14.12%) Developer
3 11 (12.94%) Applications Support
4 9 (10.59%) Lead
5 8 (9.41%) Analyst
5 8 (9.41%) Applications Specialist
5 8 (9.41%) Applications Support Specialist
5 8 (9.41%) Support Specialist
6 7 (8.24%) Senior
7 6 (7.06%) Technical Leader
8 5 (5.88%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.71%) Architect
9 4 (4.71%) Data Analyst
9 4 (4.71%) Data Scientist
9 4 (4.71%) JavaScript Developer
9 4 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.53%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.06%) CSS
1 6 (7.06%) HTML
2 5 (5.88%) React
3 4 (4.71%) GeoJSON
3 4 (4.71%) PostGIS
3 4 (4.71%) RESTful
3 4 (4.71%) Svelte
4 3 (3.53%) .NET
5 2 (2.35%) PyTorch
5 2 (2.35%) TensorFlow
6 1 (1.18%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.18%) Blazor
6 1 (1.18%) D3.js
6 1 (1.18%) Google Maps API
6 1 (1.18%) LangChain
6 1 (1.18%) Plotly
6 1 (1.18%) Qt
6 1 (1.18%) Razor View Engine
6 1 (1.18%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (1.18%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.06%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.71%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.53%) Algorithms
3 3 (3.53%) e-Learning
4 2 (2.35%) CCTV
4 2 (2.35%) Lidar
4 2 (2.35%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.35%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.18%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.18%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.18%) Life Science
5 1 (1.18%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.24%) Windows
1 7 (8.24%) Windows Server
2 6 (7.06%) Android
2 6 (7.06%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (36.47%) Analytics
2 24 (28.24%) Visualisation
3 22 (25.88%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (22.35%) Agile
4 19 (22.35%) Asset Management
5 17 (20.00%) ETL
6 15 (17.65%) Decision-Making
6 15 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (17.65%) Project Management
6 15 (17.65%) Spatial Analysis
7 14 (16.47%) Customer Insight
7 14 (16.47%) Performance Analysis
7 14 (16.47%) Predictive Modelling
8 11 (12.94%) Collaborative Culture
8 11 (12.94%) Machine Learning
9 9 (10.59%) Project Delivery
10 8 (9.41%) Data Analysis
10 8 (9.41%) Data Analytics
10 8 (9.41%) Project Planning
10 8 (9.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (34.12%) Python
2 24 (28.24%) SQL
3 14 (16.47%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.71%) C#
4 4 (4.71%) PHP
5 3 (3.53%) C++
6 2 (2.35%) C
6 2 (2.35%) Embedded C
6 2 (2.35%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.18%) Bash
7 1 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.18%) Java
7 1 (1.18%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (25.88%) Degree
2 12 (14.12%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.41%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.06%) DBS Check
5 5 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.71%) Master's Degree
7 3 (3.53%) PhD
8 2 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.35%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.18%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.59%) Accessibility
2 6 (7.06%) GDPR
2 6 (7.06%) WCAG
3 3 (3.53%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.35%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (36.47%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.47%) Alteryx
3 6 (7.06%) ESRI
4 4 (4.71%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.53%) Capita
5 3 (3.53%) Civica
5 3 (3.53%) Mapinfo
5 3 (3.53%) NEC
6 2 (2.35%) EMC
6 2 (2.35%) Oracle
7 1 (1.18%) Cisco
7 1 (1.18%) Computacenter
7 1 (1.18%) Google
7 1 (1.18%) IFS
7 1 (1.18%) Informatica
7 1 (1.18%) Mapbox
7 1 (1.18%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.18%) Sun
7 1 (1.18%) Talend
7 1 (1.18%) Zoho
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