Microsoft Windows
Essex > Colchester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Colchester requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 4 | 2 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -2 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Colchester | - | 23.53% | 29.41% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £310 | £255 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £400 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | +108.70% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £645 |
| Essex median daily rate | £245 | £219 | £240 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.74% | -8.65% | -31.43% |
All Operating Systems
Colchester
Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Colchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Colchester | - | 23.53% | 29.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £310 | £255 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £400 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | +108.70% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £645 |
| Essex median daily rate | £375 | £275 | £288 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.36% | -4.35% | -40.72% |
Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Colchester.
Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Colchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Colchester.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Colchester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Colchester.