ArcGIS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ESRI ArcGIS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ArcGIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 527 542
Rank change year-on-year +13 +15 +107
Permanent jobs citing ArcGIS 8 31 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.086% 0.076%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.40% 1.04% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 5 23 17
10th Percentile £27,921 £30,000 £36,120
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,775 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +57.89% +30.14%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £60,025
90th Percentile £96,500 - £63,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -20.00% +53.85% +21.88%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 2,019 2,977 3,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.74% 8.27% 10.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,371 1,587 2,596
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,625 £32,875 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,039 £47,500 £45,196
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +5.10% -4.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -4.55%

ArcGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ArcGIS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ArcGIS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ArcGIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ArcGIS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ArcGIS in the UK excluding London

ArcGIS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +22 3 £110,000 +266.67% 1
West Midlands +21 3 £110,000 +266.67% 1
South East +27 2 £43,476 - 5
Northern Ireland -13 2 £31,500 +14.55%
Scotland - 1 £62,500 - 1
ArcGIS
UK

ArcGIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (12.50%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Acrobat
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (12.50%) Civil 3D
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Navisworks
1 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
1 1 (12.50%) Revit
1 1 (12.50%) SmartSuite
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) GIS
2 3 (37.50%) Geospatial Data
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Local Government
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Economy
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# Software Developer
2 2 (25.00%) GIS Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Information
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Information Management
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) CSS
2 2 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) Blazor
3 1 (12.50%) REST
3 1 (12.50%) WinForms
3 1 (12.50%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Spatial Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) AI
4 1 (12.50%) Building Information Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) CAD
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Information Management
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) C#
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) Magik
4 1 (12.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) ESRI
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle