ESRI Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ESRI
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 19 October 2025, 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
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 349 398
Rank change year-on-year 0 +49 +99
Contract jobs citing ESRI 34 17 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.099% 0.11%
As % of the Vendors category 0.44% 0.22% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 14 22
10th Percentile £400 £167 £411
25th Percentile £413 £325 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £633
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -32.81% +15.00%
75th Percentile £695 £684 £650
90th Percentile £720 £721 -
UK median daily rate £501 £495 £633
% change year-on-year +1.11% -21.74% +15.00%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7,722 7,652 9,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.20% 44.63% 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,806 4,404 6,421
10th Percentile £220 £223 £209
25th Percentile £363 £385 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +2.46%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £600
90th Percentile £653 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 632 468 529
10th Percentile £14.75 £14.95 £14.34
25th Percentile £17.15 £15.62 £17.75
Median hourly rate £21.30 £30.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.00% -29.41% +102.38%
75th Percentile £35.09 £63.84 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.30
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £32.50 £43.85
% change year-on-year -26.15% -25.88% +82.71%

ESRI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ESRI job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ESRI
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

ESRI
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ESRI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ESRI in the UK excluding London

ESRI
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

ESRI
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 ESRI within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 October 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 +31 22 £450 -12.20% 3
Midlands - 5 £510 - 2
West Midlands - 5 £510 - 2
North of England -31 3 £670 +57.65% 5
Yorkshire - 3 £670 -
South West +7 2 £525 +23.53%
Scotland +1 2 £525 +24.26% 7
ESRI
UK

ESRI
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 14 (41.18%) ArcGIS
2 12 (35.29%) Smallworld
3 6 (17.65%) GeoServer
4 3 (8.82%) Oracle Spatial
5 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Maximo
2 2 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.88%) SAP ERP
2 2 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (32.35%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) AWS
3 2 (5.88%) Azure API Management
3 2 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (5.88%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.94%) GCP
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (82.35%) GIS
2 10 (29.41%) Geospatial Data
3 8 (23.53%) QGIS
4 6 (17.65%) Spatial Data
5 3 (8.82%) Data Lake
5 3 (8.82%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Legal
4 1 (2.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (50.00%) Architect
2 11 (32.35%) GIS Architect
3 8 (23.53%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (17.65%) Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Subject Matter Expert
6 3 (8.82%) Data Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Data Centre Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) GIS Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Maximo Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Consultant
7 2 (5.88%) CRM Architect
7 2 (5.88%) CRM Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Dynamics 365 Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM Architect
7 2 (5.88%) GIS Consultant
7 2 (5.88%) GIS Specialist
7 2 (5.88%) Migration Architect
8 1 (2.94%) Migration Specialist
8 1 (2.94%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) Middleware
1 3 (8.82%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (38.24%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (8.82%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.82%) Replication
3 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
1 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Migration
2 12 (35.29%) Agile
3 10 (29.41%) Asset Management
3 10 (29.41%) Data Migration
3 10 (29.41%) DevOps
4 9 (26.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (23.53%) Data Governance
5 8 (23.53%) Roadmaps
6 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (17.65%) AI
7 6 (17.65%) Analytics
7 6 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (17.65%) Integration Patterns
7 6 (17.65%) Machine Learning
7 6 (17.65%) Technology Roadmap
7 6 (17.65%) TOGAF
7 6 (17.65%) Validation
8 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
9 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
9 4 (11.76%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) Magik
2 3 (8.82%) Python
3 2 (5.88%) Java
3 2 (5.88%) SQL
4 1 (2.94%) Bash
4 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (11.76%) Master's Degree
3 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.82%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.88%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) IBM
1 6 (17.65%) Intergraph
2 5 (14.71%) Oracle
3 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.88%) SAP
5 1 (2.94%) F5
5 1 (2.94%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.94%) VMware