Consultant Contracts in Bedfordshire

Consultant
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Bedfordshire is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 24 25
Rank change year-on-year +13 +1 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 25 7 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 10.29% 4.07% 5.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.74% 4.17% 5.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 5 8
10th Percentile £510 £378 -
25th Percentile £513 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -21.74% +17.95%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £716
90th Percentile £590 £633 £838
East of England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +13.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £45.00 £22.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +104.55% -51.11% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 213 168 271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.65% 97.67% 98.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 115 151
10th Percentile £263 £183 £263
25th Percentile £363 £281 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +21.21%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £535
90th Percentile £643 £600 £625
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £460
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 19
10th Percentile £15.31 £18.50 £14.95
25th Percentile £15.39 £29.31 £42.50
Median hourly rate £31.80 £63.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.12% +15.91% +254.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £87.50 £61.38
90th Percentile £65.75 £90.00 £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £36.25 £15.75
% change year-on-year +18.62% +130.16% -4.55%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Bedfordshire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Bedfordshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Bedfordshire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Bedfordshire

Consultant
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 Consultant within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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 +6 16 £538 +7.50% 1
Dunstable 0 7 £525 -
Consultant
East of England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Consultant contract job roles required 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 featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 15 (60.00%) SAP
2 12 (48.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (48.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (44.00%) Business Transformation
4 9 (36.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 9 (36.00%) Life Science
5 8 (32.00%) Ariba
6 6 (24.00%) Service Management
6 6 (24.00%) Banking
6 6 (24.00%) IT Asset Management
7 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (16.00%) Finance
9 3 (12.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (8.00%) Order to Cash
10 2 (8.00%) Record to Report
10 2 (8.00%) SAP CO
10 2 (8.00%) Performance Management
10 2 (8.00%) Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (8.00%) Patch Management
10 2 (8.00%) SAP FI
10 2 (8.00%) SAP FI/CO
11 1 (4.00%) Retail
11 1 (4.00%) Asset Management
11 1 (4.00%) Data Management
11 1 (4.00%) Legal
11 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
11 1 (4.00%) Risk Assessment
11 1 (4.00%) Information Security

Consultant Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 12 (48.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (8.00%) SAP CO
2 2 (8.00%) SAP FI
2 2 (8.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (4.00%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
1 1 (4.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (4.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (24.00%) Banking
4 4 (16.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) IDoc
1 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Life Science
2 3 (12.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.00%) CMDB
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (44.00%) Business Transformation
3 6 (24.00%) IT Asset Management
3 6 (24.00%) Service Management
4 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.00%) Order to Cash
5 2 (8.00%) Patch Management
5 2 (8.00%) Performance Management
5 2 (8.00%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (8.00%) Record to Report
5 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (4.00%) Analytics
6 1 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (4.00%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.00%) Business Analysis
6 1 (4.00%) Data Management
6 1 (4.00%) Demand Forecasting
6 1 (4.00%) Expense Management
6 1 (4.00%) System Integration Testing
6 1 (4.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (4.00%) GxP
1 1 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) SAP
2 8 (32.00%) Ariba
3 1 (4.00%) BMC
3 1 (4.00%) FIS
3 1 (4.00%) Hyperion