Magik Contract Job Trends

GE Smallworld Magik
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Magik skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 586 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Magik 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.011% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.035% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 - -

All Programming Languages
UK

Magik falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,476 10,836 13,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.02% 32.55% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,604 6,935 9,366
10th Percentile £350 £350 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £618 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.26% -2.50% -3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 247 414
10th Percentile £32.50 £21.25 £35.15
25th Percentile £51.00 £38.38 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -0.13%
75th Percentile £69.45 £68.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £85.00 £78.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% -3.08% -

Magik
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Magik job vacancy trend in the UK

Magik
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Magik
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Magik
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Magik 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
UK excluding London - 3 £525 -
England - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £525 -
Work from Home - 2 - -
South East - 1 - -

Magik
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 (100.00%) Smallworld
2 3 (75.00%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (25.00%) B2B
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) ESRI
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle