Data Design Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Data Design
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Data Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 26 24
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 -
Contract jobs citing Data Design 3 5 14
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.40% 3.03% 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 3.50% 6.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £713 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £725 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +38.10% -
75th Percentile - £738 £538
90th Percentile - - £560
East of England median daily rate £600 £725 £525
% change year-on-year -17.24% +38.10% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Data Design 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 188 143 222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 87.44% 86.67% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 74 153
10th Percentile £313 £215 £363
25th Percentile £413 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £550
90th Percentile £638 £700 £600
East of England median daily rate £481 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.32% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 4
10th Percentile £30.09 £24.30 £51.63
25th Percentile £39.48 £30.00 £52.19
Median hourly rate £71.00 £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.00% -9.09% -3.51%
75th Percentile £90.75 £58.75 £58.88
90th Percentile £91.50 £67.70 £61.35
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £21.31
% change year-on-year -30.00% +40.78% -3.14%

Data Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Data Design job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Data Design
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Data Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Data Design

Data Design
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 Data Design within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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 -5 2 £650 -10.34% 1
Data Design
East of England

Data Design
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Life Science
2 1 (33.33%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Conceptual Models
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) Ontologies
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Ariba