ESRI Contract Job Trends in the North of England

ESRI
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 24 March 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
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 163 168
Rank change year-on-year -66 +5 +58
Contract jobs citing ESRI 6 3 11
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.10% 0.094% 0.23%
As % of the Vendors category 0.24% 0.19% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 7
10th Percentile £645 - -
25th Percentile £647 - £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 £614 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.08% +2.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £693 - £663
90th Percentile £695 - £695
England median daily rate £500 £456 £575
% change year-on-year +9.59% -20.65% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £13.50
England median hourly rate - - £13.50
% change year-on-year - - -77.50%

All Vendors
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,511 1,616 2,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 43.68% 50.50% 43.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,623 1,042 1,276
10th Percentile £257 £230 £244
25th Percentile £380 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £489
Median % change year-on-year - -2.86% -2.20%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £672
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 70 206
10th Percentile £15.61 £20.80 £10.95
25th Percentile £21.64 £24.18 £12.53
Median hourly rate £34.27 £32.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +103.13% -46.67%
75th Percentile £60.85 £60.00 £24.99
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.17% +24.25% -31.56%

ESRI
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

ESRI job vacancy trend in the North of England

ESRI
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

ESRI
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

ESRI
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 ESRI within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 March 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 -55 6 £670 -
ESRI
England

ESRI
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (33.33%) SAP ERP
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Azure API Management
3 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) GIS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Build Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Software Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) CRM Architect
3 2 (33.33%) CRM Solutions Architect
3 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
3 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM Architect
3 2 (33.33%) Software Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Software Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 4 (66.67%) Dependency Management
1 4 (66.67%) DevOps
1 4 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 4 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) API Management
2 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 2 (33.33%) CRM
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft