Degree Contracts in Bedfordshire

Academic Degree
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 18 30
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 -20
Contract jobs citing Degree 22 15 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 9.05% 8.11% 3.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.81% 24.59% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 6
10th Percentile - £159 £300
25th Percentile £500 £378 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £460
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -2.17% -11.54%
75th Percentile - £516 £519
90th Percentile £584 £626 £533
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £428
% change year-on-year - +16.82% -4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.70 - £66.25
Median hourly rate £31.80 - £67.50
75th Percentile £56.45 - £68.75
90th Percentile £70.58 - -
East of England median hourly rate £38.95 £57.06 £20.50
% change year-on-year -31.74% +178.35% -35.94%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bedfordshire

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 47 61 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 19.34% 32.97% 19.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 42 28
10th Percentile £295 £208 £252
25th Percentile £331 £282 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £388
Median % change year-on-year - +25.81% -15.76%
75th Percentile £531 £605 £498
90th Percentile £575 £644 £547
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 11
10th Percentile £24.58 £56.88 £12.75
25th Percentile £30.70 £65.31 £32.00
Median hourly rate £31.80 £82.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.45% +43.48% +14.43%
75th Percentile £43.75 £90.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £65.50 - -
East of England median hourly rate £35.00 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% +7.69% -49.19%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Bedfordshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Bedfordshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Bedfordshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Bedfordshire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Luton +3 14 £550 +22.22% 14
Bedford -1 2 - - 31
Degree
East of England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) Confluence
2 1 (4.55%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.55%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Internet
2 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Metadata
1 1 (4.55%) MS Access
1 1 (4.55%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 11 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (31.82%) Finance
5 6 (27.27%) Manufacturing
6 4 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (18.18%) Marketing
7 1 (4.55%) Legal
7 1 (4.55%) Military
7 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 4 (18.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Lead
2 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) SAP Manager
3 3 (13.64%) SAP Project Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Data Governance Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Data Governance Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Data Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Governance Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Lead Project Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) CSS
1 2 (9.09%) HTML
2 1 (4.55%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) CMDB
1 2 (9.09%) IoT
1 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) ITIL
3 5 (22.73%) PRINCE2
3 5 (22.73%) Project Management
3 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (18.18%) Asset Management
4 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 4 (18.18%) Supplier Management
5 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
5 3 (13.64%) Data Governance
5 3 (13.64%) Data Management
5 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
5 3 (13.64%) Key Management
5 3 (13.64%) Migration
5 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security
6 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (9.09%) Cost Reduction
6 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
6 2 (9.09%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) CCNA
1 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (18.18%) MCSA
1 4 (18.18%) MCSE
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) Data Quality
1 4 (18.18%) SLA
2 1 (4.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (4.55%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) JSP 440
2 1 (4.55%) NCSC
2 1 (4.55%) NIST
2 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
2 1 (4.55%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.64%) Ariba
4 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.55%) Alteryx
5 1 (4.55%) Talend