Ada Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Ada
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Ada skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Ada 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.86% - 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.67% - 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £400
East of England median daily rate - - £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.97 - -
Median hourly rate £68.21 - -
75th Percentile £73.46 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
Bedfordshire

Ada falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 30 13 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 12.93% 8.39% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 23
10th Percentile £275 £443 £325
25th Percentile £500 £509 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £506
90th Percentile - £681 £550
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £479
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.05% -4.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £57.36 -
25th Percentile £62.97 £61.35 £51.25
Median hourly rate £71.61 £68.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.30% +29.52% +14.13%
75th Percentile £76.25 £74.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £78.50 £77.60 -
East of England median hourly rate £67.50 £66.00 £66.50
% change year-on-year +2.27% -0.75% +2.31%

Ada
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Ada job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Ada
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Ada.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Ada

Ada
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Ada.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Ada

Ada
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ada within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton - 1 - - 2
Ada
East of England

Ada
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (50.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Ada Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Ada Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware