Public Sector Contracts in Bedfordshire

Public Sector
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 17 23
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -11
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 17 16 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 7.00% 8.65% 5.99%
As % of the General category 8.99% 13.91% 8.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 11
10th Percentile £350 £188 £95
25th Percentile £381 £457 £115
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £588 £275
Median % change year-on-year -22.13% +113.64% -47.62%
75th Percentile £506 £628 £288
90th Percentile £528 £644 £300
East of England median daily rate £388 £563 £450
% change year-on-year -31.11% +25.00% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £14.52 - -
25th Percentile £15.39 - -
Median hourly rate £15.79 - £8.00
75th Percentile £16.20 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £15.79 £18.20 £14.50
% change year-on-year -13.24% +25.52% -19.76%

All General Skills
Bedfordshire

Public Sector is in the General Skills 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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 189 115 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 77.78% 62.16% 74.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 77 113
10th Percentile £306 £208 £263
25th Percentile £403 £331 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £538
90th Percentile £750 £634 £600
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 3 11
10th Percentile £15.33 £59.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.39 £70.63 £46.88
Median hourly rate £21.50 £90.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -76.11% +56.52% +259.38%
75th Percentile £38.33 - £65.13
90th Percentile £65.00 - £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £38.12 £21.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +81.52% +44.83% -3.33%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Bedfordshire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Bedfordshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Bedfordshire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Bedfordshire

Public Sector
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 Public Sector 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 +1 16 £454 -24.38% 3
Bedford -2 1 £575 +248.48%
Public Sector
East of England

Public Sector
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:

Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Teamcenter
2 1 (5.88%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) LabVIEW
1 1 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (52.94%) Local Government
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Performance Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded Software Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Lead Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Project Planner
4 1 (5.88%) Requirements Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Support Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.88%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Management Information System
2 7 (41.18%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Mathematics
2 7 (41.18%) Benchmarking
2 7 (41.18%) Data Collection
2 7 (41.18%) Data Protection
2 7 (41.18%) Performance Management
2 7 (41.18%) Statistics
3 2 (11.76%) Project Management
3 2 (11.76%) Requirements Engineering
4 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
4 1 (5.88%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
4 1 (5.88%) Design Patterns
4 1 (5.88%) DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Functional Testing
4 1 (5.88%) Line Management
4 1 (5.88%) Project Planning
4 1 (5.88%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) SOLID
4 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) Remedy
1 1 (5.88%) Siemens