GIS Analyst
Also known as: GIS Executive · Remote Sensing Analyst · GIS Technician
Builds and analyses maps and location data using GIS and remote-sensing software.
What you’d do
Works with maps and location data — digitising features, processing satellite or drone images, and running spatial analysis. Mapping and survey firms, infrastructure and utility companies, environmental consultancies and government projects hire GIS analysts. Most of the day is at a computer working in GIS software.
- Digitise and clean map and survey data
- Process satellite and drone imagery
- Run spatial analysis and make maps
- Maintain geospatial databases
How you get in
Freshers often start as GIS technicians or executives in mapping and data-processing firms, doing digitisation work, then move to analysis. A short course in GIS and remote sensing, plus a small portfolio of maps, is what interviews usually look for.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- GIS software (QGIS / ArcGIS)
- Map projections and coordinate systems
- Image interpretation
- Spatial analysis
- Basic scripting (often Python) for automation
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition4
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Plan graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field4
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Plan graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Entry digitisation work can be repetitive; analysis roles come with experience.
- Growth path: GIS technician → analyst → GIS specialist or project lead.
- Programming skills open geospatial data and developer roles.
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