ITSM Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

IT Service Management (ITSM)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 32 26
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 -1
Contract jobs citing ITSM 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.45% 1.04% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 1.27% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £436
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £470
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.69%
75th Percentile - - £500
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £488 £438 £650
% change year-on-year +11.43% -32.69% +62.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

ITSM 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 201 157 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 90.95% 81.35% 86.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 85 85
10th Percentile £313 £216 £310
25th Percentile £450 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £625 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £633
East of England median daily rate £510 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +13.33% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 17 3
10th Percentile £37.50 £46.50 £53.00
25th Percentile £62.38 £54.70 £53.75
Median hourly rate £80.00 £59.40 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.68% +8.00% -3.93%
75th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £60.25
90th Percentile - £70.30 £61.90
East of England median hourly rate £22.38 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -37.83% +80.00% -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing ITSM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing ITSM

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing ITSM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing ITSM

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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 ITSM within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 October 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 -11 1 £600 - 2
ITSM
East of England

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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 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow