GIS Architect Contracts

GIS Architect
UK

The median GIS Architect daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 709 859
Rank change year-on-year +144 +150 -171
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Architect 13 7 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.012% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.013% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 7
10th Percentile - £505 £600
25th Percentile £433 £513 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -19.23% -3.70%
75th Percentile £575 £725 £681
90th Percentile £675 £770 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £650
% change year-on-year - -19.23% -11.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

GIS Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured GIS Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GIS Architect in the UK

GIS Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS Architect.

Daily rate trend for GIS Architect in the UK

GIS Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS Architect over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GIS Architect in the UK

GIS Architect
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +112 9 £550 +4.76% 1
London - 5 £550 -
Work from Home +130 4 £445 -27.35% 1
UK excluding London +57 4 £525 - 1
North of England +26 4 £525 -
North West - 3 £513 -
South West - 3 £513 - 1
North East +15 1 £650 +23.81%

GIS Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, GIS Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring GIS Architect in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) GIS
2 11 (84.62%) ArcGIS
3 9 (69.23%) Migration
4 8 (61.54%) Data Management
5 7 (53.85%) Mapbox
6 6 (46.15%) ESRI
7 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
8 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
8 4 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
8 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
8 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
8 4 (30.77%) Agile
8 4 (30.77%) DevOps
8 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (30.77%) Azure
9 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
9 3 (23.08%) Business Development
9 3 (23.08%) Spatial Data
9 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
9 3 (23.08%) Asset Management
9 3 (23.08%) Business Case
9 3 (23.08%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (23.08%) Product Roadmap
9 3 (23.08%) Digital Engineering
10 2 (15.38%) Architectural Patterns
10 2 (15.38%) Architecture Governance
10 2 (15.38%) Degree
10 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
11 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis

GIS Architect Skill Set
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 11 (84.62%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
1 4 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (100.00%) GIS
2 3 (23.08%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (23.08%) Spatial Data
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Migration
2 8 (61.54%) Data Management
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) DevOps
3 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
4 3 (23.08%) Asset Management
4 3 (23.08%) Business Case
4 3 (23.08%) Business Development
4 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Digital Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (15.38%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) Architecture Governance
5 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.69%) Architectural Design
6 1 (7.69%) Architecture Roadmap
6 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (7.69%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Mapbox
2 6 (46.15%) ESRI
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft