Data Center
Essex > Colchester
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Colchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Centre | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Colchester | - | - | 11.11% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Essex median daily rate | £285 | £363 | £316 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.38% | +14.72% | -29.78% |
All Generic Skills
Colchester
Data Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Colchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Colchester | 29.17% | 25.00% | 11.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £181 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £185 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £190 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £195 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £238 | - | - |
| Essex median daily rate | £335 | £350 | £315 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.29% | +11.11% | -8.70% |
Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Colchester.
Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Colchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing Data Centre.
