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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 623 678 672
Rank change year-on-year +55 -6 +174
Permanent jobs citing ArcGIS 21 38 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.035% 0.069% 0.057%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.60% 0.74% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 7 29 18
10th Percentile £28,530 £29,300 £36,386
25th Percentile £35,500 £38,000 £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 £42,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +76.47% +16.44%

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 3,499 5,121 5,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.91% 9.23% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,367 3,076 4,344
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £108,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -12.63% +3.26% -3.16%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 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
Work from Home +79 15 £51,250 +23.49% 9
UK excluding London +27 8 £60,000 -20.00% 16
England +41 7 £60,000 -20.00% 21
West Midlands +31 3 £110,000 +266.67% 3
Midlands +28 3 £110,000 +266.67% 3
South East +30 2 £43,476 - 9
Northern Ireland -5 2 £31,500 +14.55% 1
London +55 1 £67,500 - 5
Scotland - 1 £62,500 -

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 (23.81%) GeoServer
2 4 (19.05%) Oracle Spatial
3 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.76%) Smallworld
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.76%) Acrobat
3 1 (4.76%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (4.76%) Civil 3D
3 1 (4.76%) Navisworks
3 1 (4.76%) Photoshop
3 1 (4.76%) Revit
3 1 (4.76%) SmartSuite
3 1 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) AWS
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.52%) SaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (85.71%) GIS
2 7 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (23.81%) QGIS
5 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
6 1 (4.76%) MS Access
6 1 (4.76%) Power BI
6 1 (4.76%) Spatial Data
6 1 (4.76%) Tableau
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (9.52%) Local Government
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Digital Economy
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Developer
2 4 (19.05%) Architect
2 4 (19.05%) GIS Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Knowledge Officer
4 2 (9.52%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) C# Developer
4 2 (9.52%) C# Software Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Geospatial Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) GIS Technician
4 2 (9.52%) Graduate
4 2 (9.52%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Graduate Technical Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Software Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Software Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) GIS Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Report Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Research Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior GIS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) .NET
2 4 (19.05%) Django
2 4 (19.05%) PostGIS
3 2 (9.52%) CSS
3 2 (9.52%) HTML
3 2 (9.52%) Leaflet
3 2 (9.52%) MapLibre
3 2 (9.52%) OpenLayers
3 2 (9.52%) React
4 1 (4.76%) Blazor
4 1 (4.76%) GeoPandas
4 1 (4.76%) REST
4 1 (4.76%) WinForms
4 1 (4.76%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) e-Learning
1 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
1 4 (19.05%) Ubuntu
2 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 6 (28.57%) Open Source
3 5 (23.81%) AI
3 5 (23.81%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (23.81%) Data Analysis
3 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (19.05%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (19.05%) Scrum
4 4 (19.05%) Spatial Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (19.05%) TOGAF
5 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) Mathematics
5 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 3 (14.29%) Story Mapping
5 3 (14.29%) Web Development
6 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) Python
2 6 (28.57%) SQL
3 5 (23.81%) C#
4 4 (19.05%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.76%) Java
5 1 (4.76%) Magik
5 1 (4.76%) R
5 1 (4.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree
2 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) ISO 19650
2 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Ansible
1 4 (19.05%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (57.14%) ESRI
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Oracle
3 4 (19.05%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.76%) Adobe
4 1 (4.76%) Mapinfo