ArcGIS Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ESRI ArcGIS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ArcGIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 311 405
Rank change year-on-year -55 +94 +77
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 21 47 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.32% 0.036%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.13% 2.89% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 5
10th Percentile £400 £348 £440
25th Percentile £513 £400 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -14.29% -
75th Percentile - £600 £575
90th Percentile - £693 £620
UK median daily rate £600 £513 £508
% change year-on-year +17.07% +0.99% -7.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.12
UK median hourly rate - - £16.12

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,851 1,625 1,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.20% 10.94% 9.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,264 943 1,236
10th Percentile £213 £207 £213
25th Percentile £358 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £454 £470
Median % change year-on-year +4.63% -3.40% -2.08%
75th Percentile £562 £552 £591
90th Percentile £667 £638 £678
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 58 103
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.93 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £20.53 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.21 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.53% +100.00% +28.57%
75th Percentile £69.95 £64.67 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.10 £70.00 £72.40
UK median hourly rate £26.86 £36.00 £26.89
% change year-on-year -25.40% +33.88% +45.35%

ArcGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ArcGIS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ArcGIS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ArcGIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ArcGIS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ArcGIS in the UK excluding London

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ArcGIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
South East -9 13 £720 +40.49% 7
Scotland +6 4 £525 -
West Midlands -28 3 £400 - 2
Midlands -34 3 £400 - 2
Yorkshire -51 1 £425 -
North of England -60 1 £425 -5.56% 1
ArcGIS
UK

ArcGIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 2 (9.52%) Smallworld
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 11 (52.38%) Maximo
2 1 (4.76%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Azure Storage
2 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Functions
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (4.76%) PaaS
3 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (76.19%) GIS
2 4 (19.05%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (19.05%) Spatial Data
3 1 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Aviation
4 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Local Government
4 1 (4.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Architect
2 9 (42.86%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (19.05%) GIS Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Maximo Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) GIS Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) GIS Developer
5 2 (9.52%) GIS Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Customer Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Customer Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) ERP Trainer
6 1 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (4.76%) GIS Trainer
6 1 (4.76%) Migration Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Trainer
6 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) .NET
1 1 (4.76%) Next.js
1 1 (4.76%) React
1 1 (4.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Asset Management
2 10 (47.62%) Migration
3 7 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
4 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (14.29%) SDLC
6 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (9.52%) Data Management
6 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (4.76%) CRM
7 1 (4.76%) Data Integration
7 1 (4.76%) ERP
7 1 (4.76%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 1 (4.76%) Parallel Processing
7 1 (4.76%) Project Management
7 1 (4.76%) Software Engineering
7 1 (4.76%) TOGAF
7 1 (4.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) Python
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 2 (9.52%) Java
3 2 (9.52%) Magik
4 1 (4.76%) C#
4 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) ESRI
2 11 (52.38%) IBM
3 2 (9.52%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) SAP