Geographic Information System (GIS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 634 419 581
Rank change year-on-year -215 +162 +188
Permanent jobs citing GIS 93 623 366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.58% 0.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.19% 3.37% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 68 191 130
10th Percentile £32,544 £32,000 £32,640
25th Percentile £36,249 £36,060 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £57,938 £61,013 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £70,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £43,250
% change year-on-year -2.22% +4.05% -8.95%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,808 18,504 19,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 17.11% 21.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,835 12,558 12,817
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,960 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,750 £97,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GIS in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for GIS in the UK

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Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England -149 79 £47,500 +5.56% 196
UK excluding London -188 48 £44,000 -2.22% 169
Work from Home -108 41 £44,000 -2.22% 209
London +63 33 £47,500 -16.15% 47
South West +71 11 £36,246 -39.59% 27
East of England +5 11 £44,000 +10.46% 32
North of England -55 10 £48,000 +20.00% 25
North West -78 10 £48,000 +20.00% 20
Midlands +42 6 £36,500 -54.38% 20
South East +16 6 £54,400 +20.89% 47
West Midlands +56 3 £70,000 +59.80% 12
East Midlands +20 3 £35,500 -62.63% 8
Scotland +29 2 - - 13
Northern Ireland +15 1 £28,000 - 2
Wales +3 1 £92,500 +52.89% 5

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 14 (15.05%) ArcGIS
2 8 (8.60%) IIS
3 1 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (15.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.45%) Revit
3 4 (4.30%) AutoCAD
3 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (3.23%) Blender
4 3 (3.23%) ProjectWise
5 2 (2.15%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.51%) Azure
2 16 (17.20%) Snowflake
3 14 (15.05%) AWS
4 10 (10.75%) Power Platform
5 7 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.30%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (2.15%) IaaS
7 2 (2.15%) PaaS
7 2 (2.15%) SaaS
8 1 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.08%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.08%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.15%) TETRA
2 1 (1.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (16.13%) SQL Server
2 14 (15.05%) Big Data
3 12 (12.90%) Geospatial Data
4 9 (9.68%) Power BI
5 7 (7.53%) QGIS
6 5 (5.38%) Spatial Data
7 2 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (2.15%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.15%) EDRMS
7 2 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.15%) Relational Database
7 2 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.08%) MongoDB
8 1 (1.08%) RDBMS
8 1 (1.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Git
General
1 25 (26.88%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.43%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (15.05%) Finance
4 10 (10.75%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.60%) Advertising
6 6 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.45%) Welsh Language
7 4 (4.30%) Legal
7 4 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.23%) Aviation
8 3 (3.23%) Marketing
8 3 (3.23%) Retail
9 2 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.15%) Electronics
9 2 (2.15%) Environmental Health
9 2 (2.15%) Law
9 2 (2.15%) Military
10 1 (1.08%) Games
10 1 (1.08%) Local Government
10 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (16.13%) Consultant
1 15 (16.13%) GIS Consultant
2 14 (15.05%) Analytics Consultant
2 14 (15.05%) Spatial Consultant
3 13 (13.98%) Developer
4 10 (10.75%) Applications Support
5 9 (9.68%) Lead
6 8 (8.60%) Analyst
6 8 (8.60%) Applications Specialist
6 8 (8.60%) Applications Support Specialist
6 8 (8.60%) Senior
6 8 (8.60%) Support Specialist
7 6 (6.45%) Technical Leader
8 5 (5.38%) Architect
8 5 (5.38%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.30%) JavaScript Developer
9 4 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.23%) Data Analyst
10 3 (3.23%) Graduate
10 3 (3.23%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.53%) PostGIS
2 6 (6.45%) CSS
2 6 (6.45%) HTML
2 6 (6.45%) React
3 4 (4.30%) GeoJSON
3 4 (4.30%) Leaflet
3 4 (4.30%) RESTful
3 4 (4.30%) Svelte
4 3 (3.23%) .NET
5 2 (2.15%) PyTorch
5 2 (2.15%) TensorFlow
6 1 (1.08%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.08%) Blazor
6 1 (1.08%) D3.js
6 1 (1.08%) Google Maps API
6 1 (1.08%) OpenLayers
6 1 (1.08%) Plotly
6 1 (1.08%) Razor View Engine
6 1 (1.08%) REST
6 1 (1.08%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.83%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 4 (4.30%) NHS
3 4 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.23%) e-Learning
4 3 (3.23%) IoT
5 2 (2.15%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.15%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (2.15%) CCTV
5 2 (2.15%) Lidar
5 2 (2.15%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.15%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (2.15%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.08%) Life Science
6 1 (1.08%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.60%) Windows
2 7 (7.53%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.45%) Android
3 6 (6.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (33.33%) Analytics
2 26 (27.96%) Visualisation
3 22 (23.66%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (19.35%) Agile
4 18 (19.35%) Asset Management
5 17 (18.28%) Project Management
6 16 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (17.20%) Project Delivery
6 16 (17.20%) Spatial Analysis
7 15 (16.13%) ETL
8 14 (15.05%) Customer Insight
8 14 (15.05%) Decision-Making
8 14 (15.05%) Performance Analysis
8 14 (15.05%) Predictive Modelling
9 11 (11.83%) Data Analysis
10 10 (10.75%) Collaborative Culture
10 10 (10.75%) Mentoring
11 9 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (8.60%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 30 (32.26%) Python
2 25 (26.88%) SQL
3 15 (16.13%) JavaScript
4 7 (7.53%) C#
5 5 (5.38%) R
6 4 (4.30%) PHP
7 2 (2.15%) C
7 2 (2.15%) C++
7 2 (2.15%) Embedded C
7 2 (2.15%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (23.66%) Degree
2 15 (16.13%) Security Cleared
3 9 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.45%) DBS Check
5 5 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.23%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.15%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.15%) PhD
7 2 (2.15%) RIBA
8 1 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.68%) Accessibility
2 6 (6.45%) WCAG
3 5 (5.38%) GDPR
4 3 (3.23%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.15%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.05%) Alteryx
3 12 (12.90%) ESRI
4 6 (6.45%) Autodesk
5 3 (3.23%) Oracle
5 3 (3.23%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.15%) Capita
6 2 (2.15%) Civica
6 2 (2.15%) EMC
6 2 (2.15%) Mapbox
6 2 (2.15%) Mapinfo
6 2 (2.15%) NEC
7 1 (1.08%) Computacenter
7 1 (1.08%) Google
7 1 (1.08%) IFS
7 1 (1.08%) Informatica
7 1 (1.08%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.08%) Sun
7 1 (1.08%) Talend
7 1 (1.08%) Zoho
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