Degree Contracts in Bedfordshire

Academic Degree
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 13 18
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +13
Contract jobs citing Degree 22 22 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 14.01% 8.94% 8.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.89% 46.81% 24.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 8
10th Percentile £470 - £159
25th Percentile £500 £500 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +22.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile - - £516
90th Percentile £602 £584 £626
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £27.66 - -
25th Percentile £28.74 £30.70 -
Median hourly rate £30.78 £31.80 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% - -
75th Percentile £68.69 £56.45 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £70.58 -
East of England median hourly rate £73.75 £38.95 £57.06
% change year-on-year +89.35% -31.74% +178.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bedfordshire

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 45 47 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 28.66% 19.11% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 27 43
10th Percentile £337 £295 £208
25th Percentile - £331 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +29.03%
75th Percentile £580 £531 £616
90th Percentile £612 £575 £644
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 4
10th Percentile £28.05 £24.58 £56.88
25th Percentile £30.34 £30.70 £65.31
Median hourly rate £63.25 £31.80 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year +98.90% -61.45% +43.48%
75th Percentile £83.88 £43.75 £90.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% +66.67% +7.69%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 2 May 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 +1 13 £580 +5.45% 65
Dunstable - 2 £350 - 1
Bedford -1 1 - - 33
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 1 (4.55%) CMS
1 1 (4.55%) Confluence
1 1 (4.55%) Tomcat
1 1 (4.55%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (13.64%) Simulink
4 2 (9.09%) CANalyzer
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (4.55%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (22.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Power Platform
2 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Power Automate
2 4 (18.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (40.91%) Power BI
2 4 (18.18%) Data Lake
2 4 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.55%) Metadata
3 1 (4.55%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) CANoe
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 8 (36.36%) Pharmaceutical
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Automotive
3 6 (27.27%) Manufacturing
4 4 (18.18%) Electronics
5 3 (13.64%) Games
5 3 (13.64%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Japanese Language
6 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Legal
7 1 (4.55%) Retail
7 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Data Analytics Specialist
1 4 (18.18%) Training Manager
2 2 (9.09%) Analyst
2 2 (9.09%) Architect
2 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (9.09%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (9.09%) SAP Financial Specialist
2 2 (9.09%) Test Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Associate Director
3 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
3 1 (4.55%) Consultant
3 1 (4.55%) Data Analyst
3 1 (4.55%) Data Architect
3 1 (4.55%) PMO Project Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
3 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
3 1 (4.55%) Service Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.55%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) JTAPI
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) e-Learning
1 4 (18.18%) Learning Management System
1 4 (18.18%) Life Science
2 3 (13.64%) Algorithms
2 3 (13.64%) FPGA
2 3 (13.64%) PCIe
2 3 (13.64%) Verilog
3 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.55%) Infotainment
4 1 (4.55%) IVR
4 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.55%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Android
1 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Computer Science
1 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (31.82%) Agile
2 7 (31.82%) Project Management
3 5 (22.73%) Analytics
3 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (22.73%) Data Modelling
4 4 (18.18%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (18.18%) Inventory Management
4 4 (18.18%) Logistics
4 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
5 3 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) Cryptography
5 3 (13.64%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis
5 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
5 3 (13.64%) Physics
5 3 (13.64%) Quality Management
5 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (13.64%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) MATLAB
2 3 (13.64%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (13.64%) Tcl
3 1 (4.55%) Java
3 1 (4.55%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Master's Degree
2 3 (13.64%) HNC
2 3 (13.64%) HND
2 3 (13.64%) PMP
2 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.55%) CISSP
4 1 (4.55%) CSPO
4 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) Data Quality
1 3 (13.64%) DO-254
1 3 (13.64%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Firmware
2 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) Ariba
2 5 (22.73%) SAP
3 3 (13.64%) Actel
3 3 (13.64%) Altera
3 3 (13.64%) Intel
3 3 (13.64%) Microsemi
3 3 (13.64%) Xilinx
4 2 (9.09%) Anaplan
4 2 (9.09%) Hyperion
5 1 (4.55%) Alteryx
5 1 (4.55%) Avaya
5 1 (4.55%) MKS
5 1 (4.55%) Oracle
5 1 (4.55%) Verint