AI Job Trends in Colchester

AI
Essex > Colchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Colchester requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Permanent jobs citing AI 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Colchester 7.81% - 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.26% - 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £47,500
75th Percentile - - £51,250
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary £57,500 £88,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -35.03% +86.32% +6.66%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Colchester

AI falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Colchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54 36 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Colchester 84.38% 69.23% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 34 22 35
10th Percentile £31,875 - £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £21,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £33,341 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +49.97% -48.71% -9.72%
75th Percentile - £67,000 £85,625
90th Percentile £58,125 £78,125 £95,000
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £52,250 £49,161
% change year-on-year -13.88% +6.28% -6.36%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Colchester.

AI job vacancy trend in Colchester

AI
Salary Trend in Colchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing AI

AI
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:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
1 5 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Junior
1 5 (100.00%) Junior Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Junior Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft