ArcGIS Contract Job Trends in the North of England

ESRI ArcGIS
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring ArcGIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 137 175
Rank change year-on-year -73 +38 +62
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 1 23 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.021% 0.68% 0.13%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.17% 5.75% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 5
10th Percentile - £400 -
25th Percentile £413 £413 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -8.16% -6.67%
75th Percentile £438 £583 £575
90th Percentile - £591 £620
England median daily rate £563 £475 £508
% change year-on-year +18.42% -6.40% -7.73%

All Application Platform Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 587 400 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.08% 11.91% 7.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 249 247
10th Percentile £198 £203 £197
25th Percentile £313 £331 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £455 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +7.06% -10.53%
75th Percentile £525 £565 £575
90th Percentile £581 £638 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 6 25
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.16 £12.84
25th Percentile £19.75 £17.00 £13.17
Median hourly rate £41.00 £22.13 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.27% +26.46% -13.58%
75th Percentile £69.35 £37.32 £23.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £48.38 £39.45
England median hourly rate £27.21 £42.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -35.98% +73.47% +38.26%

ArcGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

ArcGIS job vacancy trend in the North of England

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ArcGIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ArcGIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Yorkshire -56 1 £425 -
ArcGIS
England

ArcGIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ERP Trainer
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Trainer
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Trainer
1 1 (100.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP