Key Management Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Key Management
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Key Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 24 31
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 -7
Contract jobs citing Key Management 3 14 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.01% 6.31% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 6.97% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £85 -
25th Percentile £695 £86 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 £306 -
Median % change year-on-year +131.84% - -
75th Percentile £725 £525 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £710 £306 -
% change year-on-year +131.84% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 1
10th Percentile - £85.50 -
25th Percentile £82.50 £90.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £91.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +13.75% +45.45%
75th Percentile £87.50 £91.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £85.00 £91.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -6.59% +13.75% +45.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Key Management 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 216 201 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 72.97% 90.54% 82.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 96 95
10th Percentile £216 £185 £325
25th Percentile £405 £453 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +10.25% +0.40%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 32 17
10th Percentile £23.59 £37.50 £36.75
25th Percentile £61.00 £60.31 £50.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £82.25 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +43.04% -1.71%
75th Percentile £75.00 £91.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.20 - £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £44.75 £31.57 £40.00
% change year-on-year +41.77% -21.09% +101.92%

Key Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Key Management job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Key Management
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Key Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Key Management

Key Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Key Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Key Management

Key Management
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 Key Management within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
Luton -6 3 £710 +131.84% 6
Key Management
East of England

Key Management
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 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Military
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Product Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Patch Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) ISACA
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) NCSC
2 2 (66.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft