Benchmarking Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Benchmarking
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Benchmarking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.30% - 3.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% - 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £575
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £650 £408 £575
% change year-on-year +59.51% -29.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.39
Median hourly rate - - £15.79
75th Percentile - - £16.20
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - - £15.79

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Benchmarking 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 272 148 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 81.19% 94.27% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 81 123
10th Percentile - £475 £303
25th Percentile £413 £500 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.93% +10.48% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £574
90th Percentile £650 £700 £694
East of England median daily rate £486 £500 £470
% change year-on-year -2.90% +6.38% -1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 35
10th Percentile £25.15 £20.26 £15.33
25th Percentile £59.00 £28.21 £15.39
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +182.56% -66.27%
75th Percentile £73.46 £81.25 £38.33
90th Percentile £75.00 £88.00 £65.75
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £46.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year -51.00% +15.45% +62.47%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Benchmarking job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Benchmarking

Benchmarking
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Benchmarking

Benchmarking
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 Benchmarking within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Bedford - 1 £600 - 1
Benchmarking
East of England

Benchmarking
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Anypoint
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) MuleSoft