Orchard Contract Job Trends in Essex

Orchard
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring knowledge or experience of Orchard products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Orchard over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Orchard Information Systems Ltd.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Orchard 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.52% - -
As % of the Vendors category 1.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
East of England median daily rate £350 - -

All Vendors
Essex

Orchard falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 75 36 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 38.66% 47.37% 33.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 24 47
10th Percentile £270 £184 £192
25th Percentile £363 £243 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £320 £475
Median % change year-on-year +48.48% -32.65% +7.95%
75th Percentile £539 £515 £575
90th Percentile £600 £600 £651
East of England median daily rate £500 £512 £500
% change year-on-year -2.30% +2.35% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 4 13
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.69 -
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.46 £12.13
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £40.31
Median % change year-on-year -19.54% -46.04% -38.46%
75th Percentile £23.61 £25.31 £64.25
90th Percentile £55.00 £28.13 -
East of England median hourly rate £20.33 £21.98 £18.00
% change year-on-year -7.53% +22.11% -14.33%

Orchard
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Orchard relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Orchard job vacancy trend in Essex

Orchard
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Housing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP