Software Engineer Contracts in Bedford

Software Engineer
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Bedford is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedford 21.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 21.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £684 - -
90th Percentile £690 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £650 - £496

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 14 28 19
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.32% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 15
10th Percentile £213 £172 £125
25th Percentile £433 £188 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £275 £175
Median % change year-on-year +109.09% +57.14% -36.13%
75th Percentile £675 £413 £209
90th Percentile £681 £689 £254
Bedfordshire median daily rate £600 £500 £470
% change year-on-year +20.00% +6.38% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
Median hourly rate - £31.80 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - +44.55% -58.10%
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.75 £31.80 £63.75
% change year-on-year +91.04% -50.12% +15.91%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Bedford

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Bedford.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Bedford

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedford

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedford region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) SAP ERP
1 3 (100.00%) SAP GTS
1 3 (100.00%) SAP EWM
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) ABAP
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing

Software Engineer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) SAP ERP
1 3 (100.00%) SAP EWM
1 3 (100.00%) SAP GTS
1 3 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Automotive
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) ABAP
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP