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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 559 638
Rank change year-on-year +18 +79 +196
Contract jobs citing Smallworld 19 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.008% 0.006%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.54% 0.074% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 2
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £403 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £700 £475
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +47.37% -
75th Percentile £463 - £488
90th Percentile £538 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £700 £475
% change year-on-year -39.29% +47.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £35.00 -

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 3,549 4,072 4,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.71% 10.90% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,343 2,550 3,314
10th Percentile £280 £263 £250
25th Percentile £385 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% +3.55% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £810 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £458 £475
% change year-on-year -1.64% -3.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 74 153
10th Percentile £16.64 £18.49 £16.16
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £34.98 £36.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +20.00% +46.34%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.00 £75.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.88 £56.13 £27.00
% change year-on-year -39.63% +107.87% +50.00%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smallworld over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Smallworld in the UK

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 6 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 19 October 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 +27 16 £425 - 2
UK excluding London -6 14 £425 -39.29% 6
South East - 12 £419 -
Work from Home +17 4 - - 1
Scotland +5 2 £525 -25.00% 6
London - 2 - - 1

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 6 (31.58%) ArcGIS
1 6 (31.58%) GeoServer
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle Spatial
3 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
4 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (100.00%) GIS
2 6 (31.58%) Geospatial Data
2 6 (31.58%) QGIS
3 4 (21.05%) Spatial Data
4 3 (15.79%) Data Lake
4 3 (15.79%) Metadata
5 2 (10.53%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Architect
1 6 (31.58%) GIS Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Support Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Customer Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Customer Support Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Data Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Data Centre Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Migration Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Business Support Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Customer Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Customer Support Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Developer
6 1 (5.26%) GIS Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Middleware
1 3 (15.79%) PostGIS
2 1 (5.26%) HTML
2 1 (5.26%) JSF
2 1 (5.26%) REST
2 1 (5.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
2 3 (15.79%) Replication
3 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Agile
1 10 (52.63%) Data Migration
1 10 (52.63%) Migration
2 9 (47.37%) DevOps
3 6 (31.58%) AI
3 6 (31.58%) Analytics
3 6 (31.58%) Data Governance
3 6 (31.58%) Integration Patterns
3 6 (31.58%) Machine Learning
3 6 (31.58%) Validation
4 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
4 5 (26.32%) Use Case
5 4 (21.05%) Data Validation
5 4 (21.05%) SDLC
6 3 (15.79%) Architectural Design
6 3 (15.79%) Change Control
6 3 (15.79%) Data Stewardship
6 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.79%) High Availability
6 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) Magik
2 4 (21.05%) Java
2 4 (21.05%) SQL
3 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
3 2 (10.53%) PMP
3 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.53%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) ESRI
2 7 (36.84%) Oracle
3 6 (31.58%) Intergraph
4 1 (5.26%) Citrix
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft