ESRI ArcGIS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring ArcGIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 792 640 720
Rank change year-on-year -152 +80 -20
Permanent jobs citing ArcGIS 17 27 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.055% 0.063%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.35% 0.68% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 33
10th Percentile - £36,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,606 £40,313 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £53,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -23.21% +68.84%
75th Percentile £85,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £112,300 £82,375 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,351 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -31.08% -20.00% +87.50%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,833 3,978 5,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.08% 8.11% 8.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,236 2,631 3,582
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £35,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -

ArcGIS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ArcGIS job vacancy trend in the UK

ArcGIS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ArcGIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ArcGIS over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for ArcGIS in the UK

ArcGIS
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the UK over the 6 months to 13 October 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
England -139 10 £43,000 -28.33% 19
Work from Home -57 8 £42,175 -0.76% 17
UK excluding London -150 7 £41,351 -31.08% 17
London -53 5 £86,500 +53.78% 6
South East -40 4 £41,351 -41.96% 4
Scotland - 2 - - 2
West Midlands -43 1 £80,500 +101.25% 2
Midlands -55 1 £80,500 +101.25% 3

ArcGIS
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 4 (23.53%) GeoServer
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle Spatial
2 1 (5.88%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) AutoCAD
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) AWS
1 8 (47.06%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 2 (11.76%) SaaS
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (64.71%) GIS
2 7 (41.18%) QGIS
3 6 (35.29%) Geospatial Data
4 5 (29.41%) Spatial Data
5 4 (23.53%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
6 3 (17.65%) Power BI
7 2 (11.76%) Relational Database
7 2 (11.76%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) GitLab
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
2 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Local Government
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Architect
1 4 (23.53%) Geospatial Architect
2 3 (17.65%) GIS Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Data Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Data Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Analytics Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Data Analytics Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Data Integration Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Data Science Manager
4 1 (5.88%) GIS Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) GIS Technician
4 1 (5.88%) Information Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Information Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) .NET
1 4 (23.53%) Django
2 2 (11.76%) JSON
2 2 (11.76%) Kafka
2 2 (11.76%) RESTful
2 2 (11.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
1 2 (11.76%) Life Science
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.76%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.88%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Linux
2 4 (23.53%) Ubuntu
3 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Analytics
1 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (23.53%) Customer Engagement
2 4 (23.53%) Data Management
2 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
2 4 (23.53%) Open Source
2 4 (23.53%) Scrum
2 4 (23.53%) Spatial Analysis
2 4 (23.53%) TOGAF
2 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
3 3 (17.65%) Business Development
3 3 (17.65%) Change Management
3 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
3 3 (17.65%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (17.65%) Market Research
3 3 (17.65%) Product Management
3 3 (17.65%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (17.65%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) Python
2 9 (52.94%) SQL
3 3 (17.65%) R
4 2 (11.76%) Java
4 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
5 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) Master's Degree
3 3 (17.65%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Data Quality
1 3 (17.65%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) SOC 2
3 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Ansible
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) ESRI
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle
2 4 (23.53%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.88%) Databricks
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft