Analytics Contracts in Bedfordshire

Analytics
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 15 24
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 -18
Contract jobs citing Analytics 42 16 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 18.18% 7.55% 3.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.10% 9.09% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 6 4
10th Percentile £539 £463 £408
25th Percentile £550 £503 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £543 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% -9.58% +20.00%
75th Percentile £650 £646 -
90th Percentile £700 £713 -
East of England median daily rate £580 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +10.48% -4.55% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Analytics 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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 209 176 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 90.48% 83.02% 89.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 106 91
10th Percentile £198 £300 £225
25th Percentile £500 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.50% - +0.20%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £600
90th Percentile £684 £663 £625
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 19 4
10th Percentile £27.94 £15.29 £56.80
25th Percentile £59.88 £30.35 £59.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £68.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -19.71% +24.55%
75th Percentile £89.00 £66.75 £82.50
90th Percentile £91.50 £68.75 £87.00
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% +90.48% +6.01%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Analytics in Bedfordshire

Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytics in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Analytics in Bedfordshire

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 1 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in Bedfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytics in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Analytics in Bedfordshire

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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 Analytics within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 August 2025. 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 +7 36 £603 +17.56% 9
Dunstable +1 1 £425 -
Analytics
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 27 (64.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (14.29%) Workday HCM
3 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (2.38%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.38%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.38%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.38%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 14 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 9 (21.43%) Azure
3 7 (16.67%) Snowflake
4 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (30.95%) Power BI
2 7 (16.67%) Data Lake
2 7 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (7.14%) SAP HANA
4 2 (4.76%) Metadata
5 1 (2.38%) Big Data
5 1 (2.38%) Cognos Framework Manager
5 1 (2.38%) Cognos Report Studio
5 1 (2.38%) DataStage
5 1 (2.38%) DB2
5 1 (2.38%) Delta Lake
5 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (40.48%) Pharmaceutical
2 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 14 (33.33%) Finance
4 10 (23.81%) Manufacturing
5 5 (11.90%) Aviation
6 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Banking
7 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Lead
2 11 (26.19%) Architect
3 8 (19.05%) Technical Architect
3 8 (19.05%) Workday Architect
4 5 (11.90%) Data Analytics Specialist
5 3 (7.14%) Consultant
5 3 (7.14%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (7.14%) SAP Financial Specialist
6 2 (4.76%) Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Analytics Consultant
6 2 (4.76%) Analytics Developer
6 2 (4.76%) Cloud Consultant
6 2 (4.76%) Data Architect
6 2 (4.76%) Developer
6 2 (4.76%) Functional Consultant
6 2 (4.76%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 2 (4.76%) Senior
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Functional Consultant
6 2 (4.76%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 20 (47.62%) Life Science
2 3 (7.14%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.38%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Migration
2 14 (33.33%) Data Design
2 14 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 13 (30.95%) Record to Report
4 11 (26.19%) Data Modelling
5 9 (21.43%) Roadmaps
6 8 (19.05%) Data Migration
7 7 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (11.90%) Inventory Management
8 5 (11.90%) Logistics
8 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (11.90%) Quality Management
8 5 (11.90%) Use Case
9 4 (9.52%) Business Analysis
9 4 (9.52%) ERP
9 4 (9.52%) Prototyping
9 4 (9.52%) User Experience
10 3 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
10 3 (7.14%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (11.90%) Degree
1 5 (11.90%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.38%) ACCA
2 1 (2.38%) CIMA
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.19%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.14%) GxP
2 3 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (4.76%) PMO
Vendors
1 27 (64.29%) SAP
2 11 (26.19%) Ariba
3 8 (19.05%) Workday
4 3 (7.14%) Anaplan
4 3 (7.14%) Hyperion
5 2 (4.76%) Cognos
5 2 (4.76%) IBM
5 2 (4.76%) Oracle
6 1 (2.38%) Databricks
6 1 (2.38%) Genesys
6 1 (2.38%) Informatica
6 1 (2.38%) Microsoft