Orchard Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Orchard
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 28 March 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
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Orchard 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 0.74% - -
As % of the Vendors category 1.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £300 - -

All Vendors
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 54 44 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 39.71% 54.32% 48.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 24 22
10th Percentile £256 £179 £323
25th Percentile £413 £212 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £225 £475
Median % change year-on-year +144.44% -52.63% -27.15%
75th Percentile £666 £336 £500
90th Percentile £688 £648 £630
East of England median daily rate £495 £512 £500
% change year-on-year -3.27% +2.35% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.00 - £11.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £11.50
75th Percentile £24.03 - £17.00
90th Percentile £24.38 - £18.62
East of England median hourly rate £20.09 £29.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year -31.90% +38.04% -2.86%

Orchard
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Orchard job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Orchard
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 (100.00%) OpenEdge
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Civica
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft