ArcGIS Contract Job Trends

ESRI ArcGIS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ArcGIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 486 608
Rank change year-on-year -71 +122 +150
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 35 73 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.098% 0.20% 0.032%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.92% 1.81% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 6
10th Percentile £362 - £371
25th Percentile £400 £400 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -11.36%
75th Percentile £720 £619 £575
90th Percentile - £693 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £720 £438 £550
% change year-on-year +64.57% -20.45% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year - +117.12% -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £35.00 £16.12
% change year-on-year - +117.12% -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,803 4,042 4,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.70% 11.05% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,561 2,482 3,134
10th Percentile £283 £256 £250
25th Percentile £400 £390 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £625
90th Percentile £716 £775 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £454 £470
% change year-on-year +4.63% -3.40% -1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 94 139
10th Percentile £17.36 £17.02 £14.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.44 £17.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.04 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% +27.09% +34.91%
75th Percentile £69.25 £64.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £41.00 £23.85
% change year-on-year -7.32% +71.91% +36.29%

ArcGIS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ArcGIS job vacancy trend in the UK

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ArcGIS over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ArcGIS in the UK

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

ArcGIS
Top 10 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 November 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
England -64 27 £605 +34.44% 15
Work from Home -6 23 £720 +37.14% 7
UK excluding London -55 23 £720 +64.57% 14
South East +5 14 £720 +40.49% 11
London -26 6 £400 -21.95% 1
Scotland +2 4 £525 +16.67% 1
West Midlands -16 3 £400 - 1
Midlands -28 3 £400 - 1
Yorkshire -39 2 £415 -2.35%
North of England -53 2 £415 -2.35%

ArcGIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (11.43%) Smallworld
2 3 (8.57%) GeoServer
3 2 (5.71%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Maximo
2 1 (2.86%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (5.71%) AWS
3 2 (5.71%) Azure Storage
3 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Functions
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (2.86%) PaaS
4 1 (2.86%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (74.29%) GIS
2 11 (31.43%) Spatial Data
3 9 (25.71%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (8.57%) SQL Server
5 2 (5.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (5.71%) Metadata
5 2 (5.71%) Power BI
6 1 (2.86%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.86%) Oracle Database
6 1 (2.86%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (2.86%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Git
1 1 (2.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Public Sector
3 7 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Local Government
6 2 (5.71%) Publishing
7 1 (2.86%) Aviation
7 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Architect
2 11 (31.43%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (14.29%) Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) Developer
3 5 (14.29%) GIS Architect
4 4 (11.43%) GIS Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) GIS Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Data Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Maximo Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Customer Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Customer Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Geospatial Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Geospatial Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) GIS Specialist
6 2 (5.71%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Trainer
7 1 (2.86%) Cloud Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.86%) Data Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) SAP Trainer
7 1 (2.86%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) PostGIS
2 2 (5.71%) .NET
2 2 (5.71%) Middleware
2 2 (5.71%) REST
2 2 (5.71%) Web Services
3 1 (2.86%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.86%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.86%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (2.86%) CSS
3 1 (2.86%) Dojo
3 1 (2.86%) HTML
3 1 (2.86%) HTML5
3 1 (2.86%) jQuery
3 1 (2.86%) Next.js
3 1 (2.86%) React
3 1 (2.86%) RESTful
3 1 (2.86%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.86%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (31.43%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.71%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.71%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.71%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Migration
2 12 (34.29%) Asset Management
3 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 5 (14.29%) Data Management
5 5 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 4 (11.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (11.43%) ETL
6 4 (11.43%) SDLC
6 4 (11.43%) Validation
7 3 (8.57%) Data Transformation
7 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (8.57%) Mentoring
7 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.57%) Spatial Data Management
8 2 (5.71%) Data Migration
8 2 (5.71%) Data Protection
8 2 (5.71%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) Python
2 6 (17.14%) SQL
3 4 (11.43%) Magik
4 3 (8.57%) Java
5 2 (5.71%) C#
5 2 (5.71%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.86%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.86%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.71%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (65.71%) ESRI
2 11 (31.43%) IBM
3 5 (14.29%) Oracle
4 3 (8.57%) SAP
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft