ArcGIS Contract Job Trends in Wales

ESRI ArcGIS
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring ArcGIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.31% - 0.97%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.90% - 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £546 - -
25th Percentile £559 - £710
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - £720
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.91%
75th Percentile £659 - £730
90th Percentile £669 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -18.18%

All Application Platform Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 29 41 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 4.48% 11.36% 8.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 21 17
10th Percentile £338 £293 £120
25th Percentile £413 £304 £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £375 £250
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +50.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £613 £438 £550
90th Percentile £675 £488 £595
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £525
% change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - - £34.00
25th Percentile £150.25 £20.50 £53.13
Median hourly rate £150.50 £21.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +616.67% -75.29% -
75th Percentile £150.75 £21.50 £86.40
90th Percentile - - £87.24
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £36.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -10.96% -3.95% -27.62%

ArcGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

ArcGIS job vacancy trend in Wales

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing ArcGIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing ArcGIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
South Wales - 2 £613 - 6
ArcGIS
UK

ArcGIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Network Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ESRI