Data Strategy Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Data Strategy
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 2.27% - 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% - 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £750
Bedfordshire median daily rate - £650 £750
% change year-on-year - -13.33% +66.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedford

Data Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33 10 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 75.00% 83.33% 62.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 4 7
10th Percentile £220 £295 £185
25th Percentile £475 £459 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £575 £325
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +76.92% +62.50%
75th Percentile £639 £619 £538
90th Percentile £675 £653 £653
Bedfordshire median daily rate £505 £590 £525
% change year-on-year -14.41% +12.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £13.47
25th Percentile £65.00 - £15.29
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £31.80
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.55%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £32.90
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £70.75 £75.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.67% +248.84% -55.67%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Bedford

Data Strategy
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle