ArcGIS Job Trends in the West Midlands

ESRI ArcGIS
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands 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 175 196 176
Rank change year-on-year +21 -20 +88
Permanent jobs citing ArcGIS 3 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.057% 0.048% 0.053%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.44% 0.75% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £45,125
25th Percentile £105,000 - £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £30,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +266.67% -52.94% +96.15%
75th Percentile £115,000 - £78,438
90th Percentile - - £85,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +66.67% +12.50%

All Application Platform Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 208 267 369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.92% 6.43% 9.82%
Number of salaries quoted 143 161 336
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,750 £33,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,300 £49,565
Median % change year-on-year -10.88% +7.54% +10.14%
75th Percentile £63,575 £60,000 £60,688
90th Percentile £82,000 £65,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £50,500 £57,000 £52,501
% change year-on-year -11.40% +8.57% -4.54%

ArcGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

ArcGIS job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

ArcGIS
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ArcGIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ArcGIS

ArcGIS
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +26 2 £110,000 +266.67%
Shropshire - 1 - -
ArcGIS
England

ArcGIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Civil 3D
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Navisworks
1 1 (33.33%) Revit
1 1 (33.33%) SmartSuite
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) GIS
2 2 (66.67%) Geospatial Data
General
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) GIS Technician
2 1 (33.33%) Head of Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Head of Information
2 1 (33.33%) Head of Information Management
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Spatial Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Building Information Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Information Management
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 19650
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ESRI
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft