Installations Engineer Contract Job Trends in Colchester

Installation Engineer
Essex > Colchester

The median Installation Engineer daily rate in Colchester is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Installations Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Colchester 3.85% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - -
Essex median daily rate £190 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Colchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Colchester. 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 Colchester with a recognized job title 12 13 15
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 46.15% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 9
10th Percentile £153 - £343
25th Percentile £170 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £275 £425
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% -35.29% -5.56%
75th Percentile £195 £503 £500
90th Percentile - £574 -
Essex median daily rate £356 £318 £450
% change year-on-year +12.03% -29.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £28.21
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £29.65
Median % change year-on-year - +34.91% +155.38%
75th Percentile - - £31.10
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £36.41
% change year-on-year -25.48% -7.29% +87.75%

Installations Engineer Skill Set
Top 1 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Colchester

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Installations Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Colchester region featuring Installations Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Android

Installations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Colchester 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Installations Engineer jobs