Project Management Contracts in Bedfordshire

Project Management
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 40 24 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 16.46% 12.97% 13.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.05% 14.20% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 17 21
10th Percentile £285 £276 £360
25th Percentile £338 £281 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £750 £575 £575
90th Percentile - £630 £600
East of England median daily rate £525 £500 £481
% change year-on-year +5.00% +4.00% +6.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £8.00
East of England median hourly rate £38.12 £60.00 £24.96
% change year-on-year -36.47% +140.43% -22.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 210 169 262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 86.42% 91.35% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 120 134
10th Percentile £301 £207 £263
25th Percentile £403 £311 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -3.06% +15.29%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £538
90th Percentile £664 £626 £634
East of England median daily rate £465 £475 £468
% change year-on-year -2.11% +1.50% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 6 19
10th Percentile £15.33 £18.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.39 £29.31 £42.50
Median hourly rate £21.50 £63.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.27% +15.91% +243.75%
75th Percentile £38.33 £87.50 £61.38
90th Percentile £65.75 £90.00 £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -11.93%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Bedfordshire

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Bedfordshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Bedfordshire

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Bedfordshire

Project Management
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 Project Management within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 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 31 £580 +25.41% 7
Bedford - 1 £575 - 5
Leighton Buzzard - 1 £575 -
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
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 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.00%) Confluence
3 1 (2.50%) Anypoint
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (35.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.50%) Azure
2 1 (2.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.50%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 18 (45.00%) Finance
1 18 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (17.50%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Local Government
6 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.50%) Legal
7 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 11 (27.50%) Lead
3 4 (10.00%) Intranet Specialist
4 3 (7.50%) Administrator
4 3 (7.50%) Project Administrator
4 3 (7.50%) SAP Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) Onboarding Manager
5 2 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.00%) SAP Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) SAP Support
6 1 (2.50%) Finance Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Onboarding Project Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (2.50%) SAP Financial Leader
6 1 (2.50%) SAP Financial Project Manager
6 1 (2.50%) SAP Project Leader
6 1 (2.50%) Sustainability Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Graphic Design
2 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 10 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (22.50%) Service Design
3 8 (20.00%) Change Management
3 8 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 7 (17.50%) Knowledge Management
4 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (12.50%) Analytics
5 5 (12.50%) Business Case
5 5 (12.50%) ITIL
5 5 (12.50%) Line Management
5 5 (12.50%) Project Planning
5 5 (12.50%) Service Management
6 4 (10.00%) Journey Map
6 4 (10.00%) Web Design
7 3 (7.50%) Customer-Centricity
8 2 (5.00%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (5.00%) Decision-Making
8 2 (5.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) PMO
2 1 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 12 (30.00%) SAP
2 8 (20.00%) Ariba
2 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (17.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.50%) MuleSoft