Local Government Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 2 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 0.90% 2.56% -
As % of the General category 1.24% 3.94% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £41 £275 -
Median % change year-on-year -84.93% - -
East of England median daily rate £271 £356 £525
% change year-on-year -24.01% -32.14% +6.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £41.45 £31.12 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.19% - -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £16.77
% change year-on-year +77.78% +34.17% +31.53%

All General Skills
Bedfordshire

Local Government falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 161 127 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 72.20% 65.13% 61.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 65 58
10th Percentile £156 £335 £261
25th Percentile £413 £463 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% - -
75th Percentile £638 £581 £594
90th Percentile £695 £650 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 2
10th Percentile £62.03 £30.45 £52.75
25th Percentile £69.75 £45.63 £53.13
Median hourly rate £86.25 £55.65 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.99% +1.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £91.50 £65.00 £56.88
90th Percentile - £70.25 £57.25
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £17.72
% change year-on-year -34.02% +115.12% -10.55%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Bedfordshire

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Local Government.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Local Government

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Local Government.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Local Government

Local Government
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 Local Government within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 September 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 - 2 £41 -
Local Government
East of England

Local Government
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Barracuda Networks
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft