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 15 February 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
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 349 372
Rank change year-on-year -20 +23 +141
Contract jobs citing ESRI 10 11 18
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.066% 0.081% 0.097%
As % of the Vendors category 0.14% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 15
10th Percentile £508 £298 £473
25th Percentile £513 £381 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £675
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -40.74% +25.00%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £725
90th Percentile - £615 £750
England median daily rate £500 £450 £638
% change year-on-year +11.17% -29.41% +15.91%

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 6,899 5,983 7,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 45.20% 44.06% 40.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,534 3,696 5,096
10th Percentile £350 £313 £282
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -3.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 73 144
10th Percentile £18.03 £21.50 £13.55
25th Percentile £21.65 £23.80 £17.59
Median hourly rate £27.36 £35.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.84% +33.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £44.25 £61.50 £43.88
90th Percentile £65.73 £80.60 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.62 £27.76
% change year-on-year -22.18% +10.29% -15.89%

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
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
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 ESRI within the London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Central London -11 1 - - 1
ESRI
England

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 10 (100.00%) ArcGIS
2 1 (10.00%) GeoServer
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (20.00%) RFID
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) GIS
2 6 (60.00%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (30.00%) Spatial Data
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
1 4 (40.00%) Geospatial Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Lead
2 3 (30.00%) Lead Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Data Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) ERP Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Geospatial Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Geospatial Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) GIS Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Salesforce Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) OAuth
1 2 (20.00%) SAML
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Basis
2 1 (10.00%) PostGIS
2 1 (10.00%) REST
2 1 (10.00%) SOAP
2 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (20.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Data Modelling
2 5 (50.00%) Migration
3 4 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 3 (30.00%) Functional Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Architectural Design
5 2 (20.00%) EAM
5 2 (20.00%) Identity Management
5 2 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (20.00%) Order Management
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Modelling
6 1 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
6 1 (10.00%) ERP
6 1 (10.00%) Geofencing
6 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (10.00%) Spatial Data Management
6 1 (10.00%) Technical Debt
6 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce