Budgeting Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Budgeting
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Budgeting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 34 33
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.08% 0.61% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 0.65% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £304 - -
25th Percentile £309 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £800 £575
Median % change year-on-year -42.19% +39.13% -8.00%
75th Percentile £603 - £588
90th Percentile £609 - -
East of England median daily rate £568 £725 £575
% change year-on-year -21.72% +26.09% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Budgeting 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 305 155 196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 81.99% 93.94% 83.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 74 113
10th Percentile £405 £380 £300
25th Percentile £413 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.93% +10.48% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £575
90th Percentile £650 £726 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 25 38
10th Percentile £52.29 £26.27 £15.36
25th Percentile £62.13 £60.75 £15.39
Median hourly rate £69.11 £80.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.62% +272.09% -55.67%
75th Percentile £74.81 £88.00 £65.25
90th Percentile £75.40 £92.10 £66.45
East of England median hourly rate £27.96 £38.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -26.42% -3.92% +85.68%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Budgeting job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Budgeting
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Budgeting

Budgeting
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in Bedfordshire

Budgeting
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 Budgeting within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 June 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 - 3 £325 - 4
Bedford - 1 £600 -
Budgeting
East of England

Budgeting
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 (25.00%) Anypoint
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Billing
2 1 (25.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Project Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (25.00%) Order to Cash
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Ariba
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) MuleSoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle