ArcGIS Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

ESRI ArcGIS
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring ArcGIS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 133 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.16% 0.075% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.40% 0.92% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile £395 - -
England median daily rate £425 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +12.82%

All Application Platform Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 285 217 313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.16% 8.13% 10.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 138 228
10th Percentile £270 £254 £184
25th Percentile £348 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £423 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% -0.59% -12.37%
75th Percentile £537 £538 £540
90th Percentile £588 £630 £602
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 10
10th Percentile £23.11 £15.75 £11.77
25th Percentile £30.04 £45.22 £17.56
Median hourly rate £34.43 £48.56 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.10% +155.58% +7.04%
75th Percentile £41.39 £51.91 £21.13
90th Percentile £52.93 £57.00 £25.85
England median hourly rate £43.80 £37.50 £46.84
% change year-on-year +16.79% -19.94% +112.91%

ArcGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing ArcGIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for ArcGIS in the Midlands

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ArcGIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ArcGIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
West Midlands -8 4 £375 - 1
ArcGIS
England

ArcGIS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 4 (100.00%) GIS
2 3 (75.00%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) GDB
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) GIS Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) GIS Architect
2 1 (25.00%) GIS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) GeoJSON
1 2 (50.00%) KML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cartography
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Conversion
2 2 (50.00%) Spatial Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Spatial Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ESRI