Contract IT Job Statistics in Bedfordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Architect	2	+11	£525	-17.64%	57 20.80%	2
Lead	8	+4	£475	-20.83%	42 15.33%	17
Consultant	15	-3	£475	-32.14%	29 10.58%
Senior	16	0	£500	-16.66%	28 10.22%	11
Solutions Architect	20	+1	£525	-19.23%	21 7.66%	2
Developer	23	+1	£500	-6.97%	18 6.57%	5
Analyst	26	-16	£500	-	15 5.47%	11
Technical Architect	27	-6	£650	+4.00%	14 5.11%
Software Engineer	29	-7	£525	-19.23%	12 4.38%	8
CRM Manager	31	-	-	-	10 3.65%	1
Principal Engineer	33	-8	£63	-	8 2.92%	4
Senior Analyst	33	-7	£580	+5.45%	8 2.92%	3
Infrastructure Engineer	34	-	£450	-	7 2.55%	2
Data Architect	34	-9	£505	-20.78%	7 2.55%
Business Analyst	34	-15	£585	+17.00%	7 2.55%	4
Lead Consultant	34	-10	£475	-32.14%	7 2.55%
Azure Engineer	34	-	£425	-	7 2.55%
Cloud Engineer	34	-	£425	-	7 2.55%	1
IT Support	35	-12	£475	+304.25%	6 2.19%	6
Full-Stack Developer	35	-	£538	-	6 2.19%
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	35	-	£625	-	6 2.19%	1
Senior Business Analyst	35	-	£585	-	6 2.19%	2
Implementation Consultant	36	-	£54	-	5 1.82%
Hardware Engineer	36	-	-	-	5 1.82%
Electronics Engineer	36	-	-	-	5 1.82%
Electronics Hardware Engineer	36	-	-	-	5 1.82%
Test Technician	36	-13	-	-	5 1.82%
Azure Infrastructure Engineer	36	-	£413	-	5 1.82%
IT Engineer	36	-	-	-	5 1.82%	7
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer	36	-	£413	-	5 1.82%
Firmware Engineer	36	-	£63	-	5 1.82%	5
FPGA Engineer	36	-	-	-	5 1.82%	1
Digital Hardware Engineer	36	-	-	-	5 1.82%
Principal Software Engineer	37	-12	-	-	4 1.46%	2
SAP Consultant	37	-15	£500	-28.57%	4 1.46%
Network Engineer	37	-11	£525	+110.00%	4 1.46%	1
Systems Engineer	37	-11	-	-	4 1.46%	16
3rd Line Support	37	-	£475	-	4 1.46%
Project Manager	38	-19	£413	-21.42%	3 1.09%	5
IT Consultant	38	-	£550	-	3 1.09%
Security Architect	38	-	£520	-	3 1.09%
Security Engineer	38	-12	-	-	3 1.09%	1
Technical Leader	38	-12	£600	-20.00%	3 1.09%	6
Implementation Specialist	38	-	-	-	3 1.09%
DevOps Engineer	38	-	£650	-	3 1.09%
Service Design Consultant	38	-	£550	-	3 1.09%
Artificial Intelligence Consultant	38	-	£625	-	3 1.09%
Analytics Consultant	38	-12	£425	-39.28%	3 1.09%
Product Lead	39	-	-	-	2 0.73%	1
DevOps Automation Engineer	39	-	£650	-	2 0.73%