Hybrid/Remote ESRI Contract Job Trends

ESRI
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 4 November 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
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 306 383
Rank change year-on-year +12 +77 +172
Contract jobs citing ESRI 21 14 25
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category 0.44% 0.26% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 20
10th Percentile £360 £135 £406
25th Percentile £503 £316 £629
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £456 £640
Median % change year-on-year +30.96% -28.71% +16.36%
75th Percentile £714 £600 £650
90th Percentile £720 £737 -
UK median daily rate £500 £495 £633
% change year-on-year +1.01% -21.74% +15.00%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,786 5,417 8,393
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 47.65% 45.04% 45.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,948 3,243 5,464
10th Percentile £325 £325 £316
25th Percentile £425 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.37%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £711 £721
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 86 186
10th Percentile £15.08 £17.79 £17.07
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.98 £24.81
Median hourly rate £34.00 £39.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -28.44% +0.93%
75th Percentile £63.40 £65.00 £72.38
90th Percentile £65.25 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.11 £32.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -21.53% -27.11% +75.60%

ESRI
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ESRI and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ESRI job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

ESRI
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ESRI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ESRI

ESRI
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ESRI over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

ESRI daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

ESRI
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ESRI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ESRI

ESRI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 14 (66.67%) ArcGIS
2 5 (23.81%) GeoServer
3 4 (19.05%) Smallworld
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle Spatial
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Maximo
2 2 (9.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (9.52%) SAP ERP
2 2 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) Azure API Management
3 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (9.52%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (80.95%) GIS
2 7 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
3 5 (23.81%) Spatial Data
4 4 (19.05%) QGIS
5 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
6 2 (9.52%) Metadata
7 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
7 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Local Government
4 1 (4.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Architect
2 9 (42.86%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (23.81%) GIS Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) CRM Architect
4 2 (9.52%) CRM Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Data Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365 Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Dynamics CRM Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Geospatial Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Geospatial Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) GIS Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Maximo Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Customer Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) GIS Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) GIS Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) PostGIS
1 2 (9.52%) Web Services
2 1 (4.76%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (4.76%) CSS
2 1 (4.76%) Dojo
2 1 (4.76%) HTML
2 1 (4.76%) HTML5
2 1 (4.76%) jQuery
2 1 (4.76%) MapLibre
2 1 (4.76%) Middleware
2 1 (4.76%) REST
2 1 (4.76%) SAP PI
2 1 (4.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 2 (9.52%) Data Structures
2 2 (9.52%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Migration
2 7 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (23.81%) Data Modelling
5 4 (19.05%) Data Management
5 4 (19.05%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (14.29%) Agile
6 3 (14.29%) Data Integration
6 3 (14.29%) SDLC
6 3 (14.29%) Validation
7 2 (9.52%) AI
7 2 (9.52%) Computer Science
7 2 (9.52%) CRM
7 2 (9.52%) Data Migration
7 2 (9.52%) Data Protection
7 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (9.52%) ETL
7 2 (9.52%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
2 2 (9.52%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) Magik
2 2 (9.52%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) C#
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
4 2 (9.52%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
1 2 (9.52%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) IBM
2 3 (14.29%) Oracle
2 3 (14.29%) SAP
3 2 (9.52%) Intergraph
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft