ArcGIS Contract Job Trends in London

ESRI ArcGIS
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring ArcGIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 339 381
Rank change year-on-year -39 +42 +116
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 13 14 11
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.087% 0.10% 0.059%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.86% 0.86% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 5
10th Percentile £459 £300 £393
25th Percentile £509 £400 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £675
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -35.19% +42.11%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £688
90th Percentile - £613 £695
England median daily rate £538 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +13.16% -9.52% -2.33%

All Application Platform Skills
London

ArcGIS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,510 1,629 2,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.16% 12.02% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,048 1,004 1,460
10th Percentile £329 £308 £263
25th Percentile £415 £406 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £625
90th Percentile £738 £810 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 31
10th Percentile - £18.19 £17.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.84 £21.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £29.40 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.77% +6.91% +21.52%
75th Percentile £39.38 £39.73 £36.25
90th Percentile £89.87 £41.91 £49.08
England median hourly rate £25.42 £42.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year -40.20% +66.67% +15.91%

ArcGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ArcGIS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

ArcGIS job vacancy trend in London

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ArcGIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ArcGIS in London over the 6 months to 9 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ArcGIS in London

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ArcGIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the London region over the 6 months to 9 February 2026. 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
West London - 1 - -
ArcGIS
England

ArcGIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (15.38%) Oracle Spatial
2 1 (7.69%) GeoServer
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (15.38%) RFID
1 2 (15.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) GIS
2 6 (46.15%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (30.77%) Spatial Data
4 2 (15.38%) Power BI
5 1 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (7.69%) Metadata
5 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Lead
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Geospatial Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Lead Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Data Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) SAP Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Data Governance Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Data Governance Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Data Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Geospatial Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Geospatial Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) GIS Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Governance Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Leader
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
1 2 (15.38%) OAuth
1 2 (15.38%) SAML
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Basis
2 1 (7.69%) PostGIS
2 1 (7.69%) REST
2 1 (7.69%) RESTful
2 1 (7.69%) SOAP
2 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
2 2 (15.38%) Data Structures
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Unix
2 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Data Modelling
2 6 (46.15%) Migration
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (30.77%) Test Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Analytics
4 3 (23.08%) Functional Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (15.38%) Architectural Design
5 2 (15.38%) Capacity Management
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
5 2 (15.38%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) Order Management
5 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Java
2 2 (15.38%) PL/SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
3 1 (7.69%) Apex Code
3 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) QA
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
1 2 (15.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) ESRI
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 2 (15.38%) SAP
4 1 (7.69%) Mapinfo
4 1 (7.69%) Progress
4 1 (7.69%) Salesforce