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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 347 395
Rank change year-on-year -22 +48 +115
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 13 14 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.089% 0.10% 0.038%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.86% 0.86% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 3
10th Percentile £357 £300 £362
25th Percentile £466 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £631
90th Percentile - £613 £673
England median daily rate £550 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +15.79% -3.06% -9.26%

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 1,508 1,630 2,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.29% 11.89% 10.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,037 1,021 1,439
10th Percentile £325 £308 £263
25th Percentile £415 £409 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £738 £810 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 29
10th Percentile - £17.35 £17.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.91 £21.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -8.46% +15.22%
75th Percentile £45.25 £38.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £92.44 £41.91 £50.77
England median hourly rate £27.21 £45.00 £26.78
% change year-on-year -39.53% +68.04% +37.33%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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
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 5 (38.46%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (30.77%) Spatial Data
4 2 (15.38%) Metadata
4 2 (15.38%) Power BI
5 1 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Local Government
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Publishing
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%) Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Developer
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 Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) GIS Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Governance Manager
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 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Data Modelling
2 6 (46.15%) Migration
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (30.77%) Test Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Functional Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) Architectural Design
5 2 (15.38%) Capacity Management
5 2 (15.38%) Data Management
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
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%) Spatial Data Management
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%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (7.69%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) QA
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