ArcGIS Contract Job Trends in the North West

ESRI ArcGIS
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring ArcGIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 125 137
Rank change year-on-year -32 +12 +34
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 1 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.033% 0.25% 0.071%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.29% 1.74% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £583 -
25th Percentile £425 £584 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £585 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +17.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £475 £600 -
90th Percentile - £608 -
England median daily rate £525 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -4.76%

All Application Platform Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 347 288 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 11.36% 14.29% 6.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 204 120
10th Percentile £147 £166 £207
25th Percentile £326 £322 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £520
90th Percentile £600 £596 £613
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 7 26
10th Percentile £19.66 £16.18 £13.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.75 £13.25
Median hourly rate £63.20 £24.76 £27.31
Median % change year-on-year +155.25% -9.33% +33.21%
75th Percentile £74.26 £43.39 £45.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £48.13 £46.18
England median hourly rate £27.21 £52.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year -48.17% +105.88% +15.07%

ArcGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

ArcGIS job vacancy trend in the North West

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

ArcGIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) QGIS
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility