The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring B2B skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited B2B over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
31
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing B2B
2
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire
B2B 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
147
213
169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire
94.23%
86.59%
91.35%
Number of daily rates quoted
80
123
120
10th Percentile
£463
£303
£207
25th Percentile
£500
£406
£311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£580
£525
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+10.48%
+10.53%
-3.06%
75th Percentile
£675
£575
£600
90th Percentile
£700
£700
£626
East of England median daily rate
£500
£475
£475
% change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
18
35
6
10th Percentile
£20.26
£15.33
£18.50
25th Percentile
£28.21
£15.39
£29.31
Median hourly rate
£60.75
£21.50
£63.75
Median % change year-on-year
+182.56%
-66.27%
+15.91%
75th Percentile
£81.25
£38.33
£87.50
90th Percentile
£88.00
£65.75
£90.00
East of England median hourly rate
£42.50
£40.00
£24.62
% change year-on-year
+6.25%
+62.47%
+58.84%
B2B Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Job postings citing B2B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
B2B Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing B2B in Bedfordshire.
B2B Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing B2B also mentioned 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 Bedfordshire region with a requirement for B2B.
B2B 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:
