ITSM Contract Job Trends in Bedford

IT Service Management (ITSM)
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ITSM 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 12.50% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £475 - £475
% change year-on-year - - +38.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedford

ITSM 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 31 12 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 77.50% 92.31% 56.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 6
10th Percentile £440 £368 £181
25th Percentile £475 £563 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £625 £325
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +92.31% +61.49%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £450
90th Percentile - £684 £538
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £580 £525
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% +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 £68.21 £60.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year +12.28% +182.56% -66.27%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in Bedford

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Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing ITSM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing ITSM

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing ITSM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing ITSM

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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 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 4 (80.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Barracuda Networks
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 5 (100.00%) VMware