ArcGIS Job Trends

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 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 627 675 678
Rank change year-on-year +48 +3 +207
Permanent jobs citing ArcGIS 22 36 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.036% 0.067% 0.063%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.65% 0.74% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 7 28 22
10th Percentile £28,530 £28,950 £36,158
25th Percentile £35,500 £36,950 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +53.85% +21.88%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £60,025
90th Percentile £87,250 - £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +57.89% +30.14%

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 3,409 4,888 6,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.65% 9.12% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,277 2,867 4,499
10th Percentile £27,800 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,820 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,039 £47,500 £45,196
% change year-on-year -11.50% +5.10% -4.85%

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 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ArcGIS in the UK

ArcGIS
Top 9 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 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
Work from Home +74 15 £51,250 +28.93% 5
UK excluding London +13 8 £60,000 -20.00% 13
England +35 7 £60,000 -20.00% 17
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%
London +60 1 £67,500 - 5
Scotland - 1 £62,500 - 1

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 5 (22.73%) GeoServer
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle Spatial
3 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.55%) Smallworld
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.55%) Acrobat
3 1 (4.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (4.55%) Civil 3D
3 1 (4.55%) Navisworks
3 1 (4.55%) Photoshop
3 1 (4.55%) Revit
3 1 (4.55%) SmartSuite
3 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) AWS
1 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (86.36%) GIS
2 8 (36.36%) Geospatial Data
3 7 (31.82%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (22.73%) QGIS
5 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
6 1 (4.55%) MS Access
6 1 (4.55%) Power BI
6 1 (4.55%) Spatial Data
6 1 (4.55%) Tableau
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (18.18%) Finance
4 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Local Government
5 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.55%) Digital Economy
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) GIS Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Geospatial Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Graduate
3 3 (13.64%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Graduate Technical Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Knowledge Officer
3 3 (13.64%) Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) C# Developer
4 2 (9.09%) C# Software Developer
4 2 (9.09%) GIS Technician
4 2 (9.09%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.55%) GIS Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Head of Information Management
5 1 (4.55%) Research Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Senior GIS Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Statistical Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (31.82%) .NET
2 5 (22.73%) PostGIS
3 4 (18.18%) Django
4 3 (13.64%) Leaflet
4 3 (13.64%) MapLibre
4 3 (13.64%) OpenLayers
4 3 (13.64%) React
5 2 (9.09%) CSS
5 2 (9.09%) HTML
6 1 (4.55%) Blazor
6 1 (4.55%) GeoPandas
6 1 (4.55%) REST
6 1 (4.55%) WinForms
6 1 (4.55%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) e-Learning
2 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
1 4 (18.18%) Ubuntu
2 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (31.82%) Computer Science
2 7 (31.82%) Open Source
3 6 (27.27%) AI
4 5 (22.73%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (22.73%) Data Analysis
4 5 (22.73%) Spatial Analysis
4 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (18.18%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (18.18%) DevOps
5 4 (18.18%) Mathematics
5 4 (18.18%) Scrum
5 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
5 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (18.18%) TOGAF
5 4 (18.18%) Web Development
6 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
6 3 (13.64%) Physics
6 3 (13.64%) Story Mapping
7 2 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) Python
2 6 (27.27%) C#
2 6 (27.27%) SQL
3 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.55%) Java
4 1 (4.55%) Magik
4 1 (4.55%) R
4 1 (4.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Degree
2 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
6 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.55%) ISO 19650
2 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Ansible
1 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) ESRI
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) Oracle
3 4 (18.18%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.55%) Adobe
4 1 (4.55%) Mapinfo