We had 731 respondents. Here are some of the highlights:
- 40% of respondents list their job titles as either GIS Analyst or GIS Technician. 16% are GIS Managers/Coordinators/Directors, and 6% GIS Developers/Programmers.
- 40% of respondents have 10 years of experience or greater.
- 43% have a Master’s degree or higher. Should You Get a Master’s Degree in GIS?
- 70% of respondents are male. I suppose this is better than it was 10 years ago, but we really need to attract more women to the field.
- 41% of you are between the ages of 30-39. 24% are between the ages of 40-49. Less than 2% are above the age of 60.
- Salaries appear to be widely dispersed with 29% between $50,000-$70,000/year. I was surprised to see almost 13% below $20,000/year.
- ESRI is far and away the most popular platform with 93% of respondents indicating this as one of their primary platforms. This question allows more than one platform to be selected. Open Source GIS software came in second at 14%. I suspect this will grow quite a bit in the coming years.
- Primary programming languages in use include .NET (55%), Python (50%) , JavaScript (27%), Java (20%), and Flex (17%).
