GIS Architect Contract Job Trends in England

GIS Architect
UK > England

The median GIS Architect daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 521 578
Rank change year-on-year 0 +57 +198
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Architect 10 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.034% 0.019% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.021% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 4
10th Percentile £415 £588 £663
25th Percentile £438 £613 £683
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £713 £713
Median % change year-on-year -22.81% - +14.00%
75th Percentile £670 £800 £741
90th Percentile £720 - £746
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £713
% change year-on-year -12.00% -12.28% +14.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 26,828 28,907 36,984
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 92.98% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,230 17,644 25,666
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £404 £413 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,575 1,094 1,406
10th Percentile £14.07 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%
75th Percentile £51.02 £66.46 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +55.71%

GIS Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'GIS Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

GIS Architect job vacancy trend in England

GIS Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GIS Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GIS Architect job vacancies in England

GIS Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS Architect in England over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIS Architect in England

GIS Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +2 8 £500 -37.50% 2
Midlands - 2 £620 -
West Midlands - 2 £620 -
GIS Architect
UK

GIS Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, GIS Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring GIS Architect in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) ESRI
1 10 (100.00%) GIS
2 8 (80.00%) Migration
3 7 (70.00%) Data Governance
4 6 (60.00%) Agile
4 6 (60.00%) ArcGIS
4 6 (60.00%) Data Migration
4 6 (60.00%) DevOps
4 6 (60.00%) Integration Patterns
4 6 (60.00%) Smallworld
5 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (50.00%) TOGAF
5 5 (50.00%) Validation
6 4 (40.00%) Azure
6 4 (40.00%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (30.00%) AI
7 3 (30.00%) Analytics
7 3 (30.00%) Architectural Design
7 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
7 3 (30.00%) Data Lake
7 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
7 3 (30.00%) Data Quality
7 3 (30.00%) Data Stewardship
7 3 (30.00%) Data Validation
7 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (30.00%) Degree
7 3 (30.00%) GeoServer
7 3 (30.00%) High Availability
7 3 (30.00%) Impact Assessments

GIS Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) ArcGIS
1 6 (60.00%) Smallworld
2 3 (30.00%) GeoServer
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle Spatial
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) GIS
2 4 (40.00%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (30.00%) Data Lake
3 3 (30.00%) Metadata
3 3 (30.00%) QGIS
3 3 (30.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Middleware
1 3 (30.00%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (30.00%) Replication
3 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Migration
2 7 (70.00%) Data Governance
3 6 (60.00%) Agile
3 6 (60.00%) Data Migration
3 6 (60.00%) DevOps
3 6 (60.00%) Integration Patterns
4 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 5 (50.00%) Validation
5 3 (30.00%) AI
5 3 (30.00%) Analytics
5 3 (30.00%) Architectural Design
5 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
5 3 (30.00%) Data Stewardship
5 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (30.00%) High Availability
5 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
5 3 (30.00%) Open Source
5 3 (30.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Magik
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) ESRI
2 3 (30.00%) Intergraph
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) IBM