Automotive
Essex > Colchester
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Colchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Automotive | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Colchester | - | - | 10.00% |
| As % of the General category | - | - | 28.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Essex median daily rate | £195 | - | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +11.42% |
All General Skills
Colchester
Automotive falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Colchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Colchester | 29.41% | 16.67% | 35.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £245 |
| 25th Percentile | £185 | - | £294 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £190 | £600 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -68.33% | +50.00% | -11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £195 | - | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £685 |
| Essex median daily rate | £338 | £319 | £363 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.80% | -12.00% | -23.68% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £28.21 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £29.65 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £31.10 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Essex median hourly rate | £22.00 | £30.00 | £25.33 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.67% | +18.46% | +20.60% |
Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Automotive relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Colchester.
Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in Colchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing Automotive.
