ArcGIS Job Trends in Scotland

ESRI ArcGIS
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring ArcGIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 - 159
Rank change year-on-year - - +58
Permanent jobs citing ArcGIS 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.038% - 0.12%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.39% - 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £34,600
25th Percentile £56,250 - £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.27%
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £40,420
% change year-on-year -14.29% +73.18% +1.05%

All Application Platform Skills
Scotland

ArcGIS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 255 232 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.73% 7.00% 8.92%
Number of salaries quoted 38 111 184
10th Percentile £25,900 £28,500 £30,375
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £37,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £59,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £64,425 £68,750 £91,354
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

ArcGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

ArcGIS job vacancy trend in Scotland

ArcGIS
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ArcGIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh - 1 £62,500 - 2
ArcGIS
UK

ArcGIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) Smallworld
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Magik
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle