ICT Officer Contract Job Trends in Essex

ICT Officer
East of England > Essex

The median ICT Officer daily rate in Essex is £576, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an ICT Officer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.61% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £538 - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £576 - -
75th Percentile £614 - -
90th Percentile £614 - -
East of England median daily rate £576 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 306 98 126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 88.29% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 49 59
10th Percentile £300 £194 £208
25th Percentile £350 £231 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £545 £488 £534
90th Percentile £600 £528 £590
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 21 36
10th Percentile £15.99 £13.25 £16.65
25th Percentile £16.50 £14.84 £28.31
Median hourly rate £17.73 £37.50 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.73% -36.97% +36.37%
75th Percentile £28.75 £75.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £120.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £47.00 £43.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +9.30% -9.47% +42.99%

ICT Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ICT Officer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

ICT Officer job vacancy trend in Essex

ICT Officer
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ICT Officer job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ICT Officer job vacancies in Essex

ICT Officer
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ICT Officer job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ICT Officer job vacancies in Essex

ICT Officer
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Officer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 13 August 2026. 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
Chelmsford - 1 £576 - 1
Epping - 1 £575 - 3
ICT Officer
East of England

ICT Officer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 13 August 2026, ICT Officer 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 Essex region featuring ICT Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Storage
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services

ICT Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Storage
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality