Local Government Contracts in Bedford

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Bedford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedford 5.00% - -
As % of the General category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate - £275 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £41.45 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £41.45 £31.12 -
% change year-on-year +33.19% - -

All General Skills
Bedford

Local Government falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 17 15 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 85.00% 83.33% 57.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 4
10th Percentile £258 £273 £123
25th Percentile £368 £313 £147
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £180
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +163.89% -52.00%
75th Percentile £575 £753 £297
90th Percentile £590 £756 £449
Bedfordshire median daily rate £554 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.75% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Median hourly rate £41.45 £22.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +83.04% - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £84.50 £50.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year +69.00% -31.03% +22.88%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Bedford

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government in Bedford.

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Bedford

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government in Bedford.

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Bedford

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Barracuda Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft