Smallworld Contract Job Trends

GE Smallworld
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Smallworld skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 517 594
Rank change year-on-year -129 +77 +102
Contract jobs citing Smallworld 4 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.027% 0.002%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.093% 0.24% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile - £350 -
25th Percentile - £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% - -
75th Percentile £519 £444 -
90th Percentile £530 £594 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £413 -
% change year-on-year +21.21% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.25 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - £35.00
75th Percentile £24.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - +40.00%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

Smallworld 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 4,296 3,300 4,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.60% 11.21% 10.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,881 2,176 3,063
10th Percentile £313 £289 £263
25th Percentile £404 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £597 £619
90th Percentile £675 £703 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 66 163
10th Percentile £16.03 £17.33 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £26.45 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £52.50 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +65.56% -39.60%
75th Percentile £61.58 £71.88 £51.91
90th Percentile £74.93 £79.38 £73.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £53.61 £30.00
% change year-on-year -39.38% +78.70% -38.14%

Smallworld
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Smallworld job vacancy trend in the UK

Smallworld
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Smallworld
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Smallworld
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 Smallworld within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 2026. 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 -91 4 £500 +21.21%
South East -75 3 £500 +21.21%
England -122 3 £500 +21.21%
Work from Home - 2 £525 -
Scotland - 1 £525 -

Smallworld
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 3 (75.00%) ArcGIS
2 2 (50.00%) GeoServer
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Autodesk Inventor
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DWDM
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) GIS
2 2 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (50.00%) Metadata
2 2 (50.00%) QGIS
2 2 (50.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) GIS Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Quality Management
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (50.00%) Use Case
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Entry
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Network Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) ESRI
2 2 (50.00%) Intergraph
3 1 (25.00%) Autodesk