IT Strategy Contracts in Bedfordshire

IT/Technology Strategy
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring IT Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IT Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 34 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +10
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 3.21% 0.41% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 0.47% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £448
25th Percentile - - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £513
75th Percentile - - £602
90th Percentile - - £717
East of England median daily rate £625 £513 £713
% change year-on-year +21.95% -28.07% +31.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

IT Strategy 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 147 213 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 94.23% 86.59% 91.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 123 120
10th Percentile £463 £303 £207
25th Percentile £500 £406 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +10.53% -3.06%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £626
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 35 6
10th Percentile £20.26 £15.33 £18.50
25th Percentile £28.21 £15.39 £29.31
Median hourly rate £60.75 £21.50 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +182.56% -66.27% +15.91%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.33 £87.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.75 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in Bedfordshire

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in Bedfordshire

IT Strategy
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 Strategy within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bedford - 5 - - 3
IT Strategy
East of England

IT Strategy
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:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support
1 5 (100.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft