3rd Line Support Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Third Line Support
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The median Third Line Support daily rate in Bedford is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 4.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £475 £450 -
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedford. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bedford with a recognized job title 24 18 14
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.00% 94.74% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 10
10th Percentile £166 £180 £171
25th Percentile £411 £289 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £514 £275
Median % change year-on-year +7.92% +87.00% -6.78%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £397
90th Percentile £649 £681 £585
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.50 - -
Median hourly rate £40.73 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.75% - -
75th Percentile £46.25 - -
90th Percentile £53.00 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% -9.09% -1.48%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

3rd Line Support job vacancy trend in Bedford

3rd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Bedford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Bedford

3rd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Bedford.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Bedford

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, 3rd Line Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedford region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Barracuda Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Barracuda Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) VMware