Degree Contracts in Bedfordshire

Academic Degree
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 18 31
Rank change year-on-year +1 +13 -18
Contract jobs citing Degree 21 18 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 8.47% 9.28% 3.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.84% 27.27% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 7
10th Percentile - £160 £300
25th Percentile - £400 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -13.46%
75th Percentile £565 £488 £513
90th Percentile £588 £618 £532
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £428
% change year-on-year - +16.82% -4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.70 - £66.25
Median hourly rate £31.80 £35.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.14% -48.15% -
75th Percentile £32.90 - £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £43.48 £54.75 £18.50
% change year-on-year -20.59% +195.95% -43.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bedfordshire

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 43 66 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 17.34% 34.02% 18.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 45 26
10th Percentile £295 £208 £220
25th Percentile £300 £322 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +18.75% -13.04%
75th Percentile £503 £605 £497
90th Percentile £543 £644 £533
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 8
10th Percentile £22.54 £41.50 £11.33
25th Percentile £25.60 £51.25 £41.63
Median hourly rate £31.80 £75.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.60% +36.36% +9.45%
75th Percentile £32.90 £90.00 £63.31
90th Percentile - - £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £26.00 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +23.81% +7.69% -48.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Bedfordshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Bedfordshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Bedfordshire

Degree
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 Degree within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 April 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 -4 12 £525 +16.67% 10
Bedford -2 2 - - 31
Degree
East of England

Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.76%) Confluence
2 1 (4.76%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.76%) SAP CO
2 1 (4.76%) SAP ERP
2 1 (4.76%) SAP FI
2 1 (4.76%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Internet
2 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) MS Access
2 1 (4.76%) Metadata
2 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Pharmaceutical
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
3 6 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 4 (19.05%) Marketing
5 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 5 (23.81%) Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (19.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Lead
3 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Support Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) SAP Manager
4 3 (14.29%) SAP Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Data Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Data Governance Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Data Governance Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Data Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Governance Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Lead Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (4.76%) Data Science Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Onboarding Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) IoT
1 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
1 2 (9.52%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
3 5 (23.81%) Project Management
4 4 (19.05%) Data Migration
4 4 (19.05%) ITIL
4 4 (19.05%) Migration
4 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
4 4 (19.05%) Supplier Management
5 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 3 (14.29%) Data Governance
5 3 (14.29%) Data Management
5 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 3 (14.29%) Validation
6 2 (9.52%) Agile
6 2 (9.52%) Asset Management
6 2 (9.52%) CAD
6 2 (9.52%) Change Management
6 2 (9.52%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) CCNA
1 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (19.05%) MCSA
1 4 (19.05%) MCSE
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) Data Quality
2 4 (19.05%) SLA
3 2 (9.52%) QA
4 1 (4.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (4.76%) GDPR
4 1 (4.76%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) SAP
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 3 (14.29%) Alteryx
3 3 (14.29%) Ariba
4 2 (9.52%) Talend