ESRI Contract Job Trends

ESRI
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 December 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
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 498 562
Rank change year-on-year -39 +64 +168
Contract jobs citing ESRI 53 36 38
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.088%
As % of the Vendors category 0.31% 0.24% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 30 34
10th Percentile £383 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £509 £633
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -19.57% +15.00%
75th Percentile £681 £611 £650
90th Percentile £715 £700 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £475 £633
% change year-on-year +7.89% -24.90% +29.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £16.12

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17,362 15,267 19,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 46.93% 45.86% 44.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,094 9,098 12,225
10th Percentile £296 £285 £252
25th Percentile £408 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £716 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 447 658
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.26
25th Percentile £17.98 £18.51 £19.38
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £46.03
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% -40.25% +77.03%
75th Percentile £44.94 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.48 £25.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -14.08% -45.86% +103.57%

ESRI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ESRI job vacancy trend in the UK

ESRI
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

ESRI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ESRI over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ESRI in the UK

ESRI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

ESRI
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 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
England -28 48 £525 +9.38% 23
UK excluding London -29 40 £513 +7.89% 22
South East +11 27 £425 -17.07% 11
Work from Home +3 21 £623 +21.46% 13
London -29 8 £525 +3.96% 3
North of England -55 5 £670 +48.89% 4
Yorkshire - 5 £670 -
South West -3 3 £478 +12.35% 1
West Midlands - 3 £400 - 3
Midlands - 3 £400 - 3
Scotland +3 2 £525 -25.00% 3

ESRI
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 27 (50.94%) ArcGIS
2 10 (18.87%) GeoServer
2 10 (18.87%) Smallworld
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Spatial
Business Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Maximo
2 3 (5.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (3.77%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (33.96%) Azure
2 4 (7.55%) AWS
3 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.77%) Azure API Management
4 2 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.77%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) Reverse Proxy
1 1 (1.89%) RFID
1 1 (1.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (81.13%) GIS
2 22 (41.51%) Geospatial Data
3 9 (16.98%) QGIS
3 9 (16.98%) Spatial Data
4 5 (9.43%) Metadata
5 3 (5.66%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.89%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.89%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Presentation Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.55%) Local Government
4 3 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Tech for Good
6 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (33.96%) Architect
2 9 (16.98%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (15.09%) GIS Architect
3 8 (15.09%) Subject Matter Expert
4 7 (13.21%) Analyst
4 7 (13.21%) Developer
5 4 (7.55%) Geospatial Developer
5 4 (7.55%) GIS Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) GIS Developer
5 4 (7.55%) GIS Specialist
6 3 (5.66%) Build Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Consultant
6 3 (5.66%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Data Centre Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Lead
6 3 (5.66%) Lead Developer
6 3 (5.66%) Maximo Architect
6 3 (5.66%) Migration Specialist
7 2 (3.77%) Customer Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) PostGIS
2 2 (3.77%) REST
2 2 (3.77%) Web Services
3 1 (1.89%) .NET
3 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.89%) CSS
3 1 (1.89%) Dojo
3 1 (1.89%) HTML
3 1 (1.89%) HTML5
3 1 (1.89%) jQuery
3 1 (1.89%) Middleware
3 1 (1.89%) OAuth
3 1 (1.89%) SAML
3 1 (1.89%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.89%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.42%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (5.66%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.66%) Replication
3 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.77%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.77%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.77%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (47.17%) Migration
2 13 (24.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (18.87%) Asset Management
3 10 (18.87%) Data Modelling
3 10 (18.87%) DevOps
4 9 (16.98%) Agile
4 9 (16.98%) Analytics
4 9 (16.98%) Roadmaps
4 9 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (16.98%) Validation
5 7 (13.21%) Technology Roadmap
6 6 (11.32%) AI
6 6 (11.32%) Data Migration
6 6 (11.32%) Decision-Making
6 6 (11.32%) Machine Learning
7 5 (9.43%) Data Management
7 5 (9.43%) Integration Patterns
8 4 (7.55%) Computer Science
8 4 (7.55%) ETL
8 4 (7.55%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.21%) Python
2 4 (7.55%) SQL
3 3 (5.66%) Java
3 3 (5.66%) Magik
4 1 (1.89%) C#
4 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.89%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.55%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.66%) QA
3 2 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.77%) GDPR
4 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) IBM
1 7 (13.21%) Intergraph
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
1 7 (13.21%) SAP
2 4 (7.55%) Oracle
3 1 (1.89%) F5
3 1 (1.89%) VMware