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Skills that raise your pay

• Python

  Automating map production and analysis. The most requested skill in job ads in this field.

• SQL (the language used to ask questions of a database)

  Spatial databases are where serious mapping data lives.

• Web mapping

  Building interactive maps other people can use in a browser.

• Remote sensing

  Satellite and drone imagery. Big in forestry, farming and mining.

• Drone data capture

  A pilot certificate plus mapping skills is a rare and well paid pairing.