IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

IT/Technology Strategy
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - -14
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.32% - 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% - 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £650 £540 £575
% change year-on-year +20.37% -6.09% -17.86%

All Process & 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 264 136 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 87.42% 92.52% 87.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 79 163
10th Percentile £402 £483 £313
25th Percentile £413 £501 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £625
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £477
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% -4.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 31
10th Percentile £25.15 £20.26 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £27.47 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £30.78 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +121.60% +43.16% -61.49%
75th Percentile £73.46 £81.25 £32.90
90th Percentile £78.50 £88.00 £65.75
East of England median hourly rate £21.80 £57.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year -62.09% +50.84% +15.52%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing IT Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing IT Strategy

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 10 March 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
Bedford - 4 £650 - 1
IT Strategy
East of England

IT Strategy
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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 4 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware