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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 481 622
Rank change year-on-year -39 +141 +161
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 38 77 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.21% 0.032%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.02% 1.93% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 30 7
10th Percentile £365 £311 £380
25th Percentile £400 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £703 £600 £613
90th Percentile £720 £675 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +23.53% -22.73% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £45.00 -

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 3,714 3,983 4,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.83% 10.97% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,470 2,474 3,245
10th Percentile £281 £263 £250
25th Percentile £390 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £810 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £459 £475
% change year-on-year -0.27% -3.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 77 145
10th Percentile £15.77 £19.82 £15.80
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.18 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £41.91 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.49% +39.70% +49.11%
75th Percentile £65.25 £67.02 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £74.00 £74.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £56.13 £27.00
% change year-on-year -32.29% +107.87% +51.18%

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 3 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 3 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 -44 28 £425 -5.56% 40
Work from Home -25 23 £575 +27.78% 24
UK excluding London -59 21 £525 +23.53% 28
South East +9 11 £720 +40.49% 17
London -15 9 £425 -22.73% 15
Scotland -2 4 £525 +76.47% 1
Midlands -20 4 £400 - 4
West Midlands -25 4 £400 - 2
Yorkshire -34 2 £415 -2.35%
North of England -56 2 £415 -2.35% 6

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 6 (15.79%) Smallworld
2 4 (10.53%) Oracle Spatial
3 3 (7.89%) GeoServer
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (21.05%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) Azure
2 3 (7.89%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.26%) AWS
3 2 (5.26%) Azure Storage
3 2 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (76.32%) GIS
2 16 (42.11%) Spatial Data
3 11 (28.95%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (7.89%) Data Lake
4 3 (7.89%) Metadata
4 3 (7.89%) Power BI
4 3 (7.89%) QGIS
4 3 (7.89%) SQL Server
5 2 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database
6 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) GDB
1 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.68%) Public Sector
3 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.79%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Local Government
4 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Publishing
5 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (36.84%) Architect
2 8 (21.05%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (18.42%) Analyst
4 6 (15.79%) GIS Architect
5 5 (13.16%) Developer
5 5 (13.16%) GIS Analyst
6 4 (10.53%) GIS Developer
7 3 (7.89%) Data Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Maximo Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Administrator
8 2 (5.26%) Customer Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Customer Support Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Geospatial Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Geospatial Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) GIS Specialist
8 2 (5.26%) Migration Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Support Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Trainer
9 1 (2.63%) Data Analyst
9 1 (2.63%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.79%) PostGIS
2 4 (10.53%) Middleware
3 2 (5.26%) CSS
3 2 (5.26%) GeoJSON
3 2 (5.26%) HTML
3 2 (5.26%) React
3 2 (5.26%) Web Services
4 1 (2.63%) .NET
4 1 (2.63%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (2.63%) Dojo
4 1 (2.63%) HTML5
4 1 (2.63%) jQuery
4 1 (2.63%) KML
4 1 (2.63%) REST
4 1 (2.63%) RESTful
4 1 (2.63%) SAP PI
4 1 (2.63%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.26%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Migration
2 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (21.05%) Asset Management
4 7 (18.42%) Data Management
4 7 (18.42%) Data Modelling
5 6 (15.79%) Roadmaps
5 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (15.79%) Technology Roadmap
6 4 (10.53%) Agile
6 4 (10.53%) Architectural Design
6 4 (10.53%) Data Governance
6 4 (10.53%) Data Migration
6 4 (10.53%) DevOps
6 4 (10.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (10.53%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (10.53%) ETL
6 4 (10.53%) Open Source
6 4 (10.53%) SDLC
6 4 (10.53%) Spatial Data Management
6 4 (10.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.68%) Python
2 6 (15.79%) Magik
2 6 (15.79%) SQL
3 3 (7.89%) Java
3 3 (7.89%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.63%) C#
4 1 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.63%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.63%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.16%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.63%) Degree
3 1 (2.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (2.63%) QA
2 1 (2.63%) SLA
Vendors
1 25 (65.79%) ESRI
2 8 (21.05%) IBM
3 7 (18.42%) Oracle
4 3 (7.89%) SAP
5 2 (5.26%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.63%) Databricks