ESRI Contract Job Trends in London

ESRI
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of ESRI products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ESRI over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 345 380
Rank change year-on-year -20 +35 +157
Contract jobs citing ESRI 9 19 13
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.063% 0.13% 0.072%
As % of the Vendors category 0.13% 0.30% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 12
10th Percentile £437 £374 £466
25th Percentile £506 £413 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £509 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -21.73% +19.27%
75th Percentile £600 £581 £750
90th Percentile - £626 -
England median daily rate £500 £485 £633
% change year-on-year +3.14% -23.32% +15.00%

All Vendors
London

ESRI falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,689 6,291 7,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.75% 43.97% 40.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,377 3,918 5,011
10th Percentile £347 £313 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £751
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.53% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 68 110
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.86 £16.08
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £22.19
Median hourly rate £25.47 £33.00 £36.24
Median % change year-on-year -22.82% -8.93% +42.10%
75th Percentile £41.85 £62.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.12 £84.28 £86.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -20.58% -32.96% +62.73%

ESRI
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ESRI job vacancy trend in London

ESRI
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ESRI

ESRI
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ESRI in London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ESRI in London

ESRI
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ESRI

ESRI
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 9 (100.00%) ArcGIS
2 1 (11.11%) GeoServer
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (22.22%) RFID
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) GIS
2 5 (55.56%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (33.33%) Spatial Data
4 1 (11.11%) Metadata
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Geospatial Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Lead Developer
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Geospatial Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Geospatial Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) GIS Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) GIS Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) OAuth
1 2 (22.22%) SAML
1 2 (22.22%) SAP Basis
2 1 (11.11%) PostGIS
2 1 (11.11%) REST
2 1 (11.11%) SOAP
2 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Data Modelling
2 5 (55.56%) Migration
3 4 (44.44%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (44.44%) Test Strategy
4 3 (33.33%) Functional Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Architectural Design
5 2 (22.22%) Data Management
5 2 (22.22%) EAM
5 2 (22.22%) Identity Management
5 2 (22.22%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (22.22%) Order Management
5 2 (22.22%) Spatial Data Management
6 1 (11.11%) Agile
6 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
6 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
6 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 1 (11.11%) ETL
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) SAP