IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

IT Manager
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median IT Manager daily rate in Bedfordshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.27% - 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% - 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.00%
East of England median daily rate £500 £519 £575
% change year-on-year -3.66% -9.74% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 337 164 202
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 91.11% 91.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 77 102
10th Percentile £313 £185 £300
25th Percentile £413 £475 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £580 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.93% +16.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £573
90th Percentile £643 £700 £625
East of England median daily rate £500 £488 £442
% change year-on-year +2.56% +10.29% -6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 24 47
10th Percentile £37.50 £25.99 £15.39
25th Percentile £62.00 £63.94 £15.50
Median hourly rate £71.50 £80.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.63% +33.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £88.00 £65.38
90th Percentile £81.73 £91.50 £67.50
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.79% +18.62%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Bedfordshire

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Bedfordshire

IT Manager
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 IT Manager within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Biggleswade - 1 £525 -
IT Manager
East of England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 26 June 2026, IT Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

IT Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory