GIS Architect Contracts

GIS Architect
UK

The median GIS Architect daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 692 841
Rank change year-on-year +119 +149 -119
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Architect 11 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.009% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.010% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 6
10th Percentile - £504 £600
25th Percentile £433 £509 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -19.23% -3.70%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £684
90th Percentile - £721 £691
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £525 £663
% change year-on-year -2.38% -20.75% -10.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

GIS Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured GIS Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GIS Architect in the UK

GIS Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS Architect.

Daily rate trend for GIS Architect in the UK

GIS Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS Architect over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GIS Architect in the UK

GIS Architect
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +89 7 £550 +4.76%
Work from Home +117 4 £445 -15.24%
London - 4 £550 -
UK excluding London +28 3 £513 -2.38%
North of England +16 3 £513 -2.38%
North West - 3 £513 -
South West - 3 £513 -

GIS Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, GIS Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring GIS Architect in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) GIS
2 10 (90.91%) ArcGIS
3 8 (72.73%) Migration
4 7 (63.64%) Data Management
4 7 (63.64%) Mapbox
5 4 (36.36%) DevOps
5 4 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
5 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
5 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
5 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) Azure
5 4 (36.36%) Agile
5 4 (36.36%) ESRI
6 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
6 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
6 3 (27.27%) Data Architecture
6 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (27.27%) Business Development
6 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
6 3 (27.27%) Business Case
6 3 (27.27%) Digital Engineering
6 3 (27.27%) Product Roadmap
6 3 (27.27%) Spatial Data
7 2 (18.18%) Architecture Governance
7 2 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
7 2 (18.18%) Degree
7 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
8 1 (9.09%) Architectural Design
8 1 (9.09%) Geospatial Data

GIS Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (90.91%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) GIS
2 3 (27.27%) Spatial Data
3 1 (9.09%) Geospatial Data
General
1 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Migration
2 7 (63.64%) Data Management
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
4 3 (27.27%) Business Case
4 3 (27.27%) Business Development
4 3 (27.27%) Data Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) Digital Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 2 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (18.18%) Architecture Governance
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 1 (9.09%) Architectural Design
6 1 (9.09%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Mapbox
2 4 (36.36%) ESRI
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft