National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
East of England > Bedfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NIST 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 | 30 | 34 | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +4 | -3 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing NIST | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 1.92% | 0.41% | 1.08% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 6.98% | 2.44% | 4.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | - | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £522 | £662 | £528 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.15% | +25.50% | -15.60% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £77.50 | - | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £85.00 | £80.00 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.25% | +52.38% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £92.50 | - | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £85.00 | £80.00 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.25% | +52.38% | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bedfordshire
NIST falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Bedfordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 43 | 41 | 42 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 27.56% | 16.67% | 22.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 15 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £525 | £448 | £281 |
| 25th Percentile | £550 | £500 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | - | +2.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £580 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £600 | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £550 | £410 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +34.15% | -8.89% | +5.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £43.50 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £60.19 | £15.39 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £73.25 | £15.79 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +363.90% | -69.92% | -22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £88.00 | £16.20 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.25 | £51.00 | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £33.32 | £15.79 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +111.02% | -9.77% | -36.36% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in Bedfordshire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NIST in Bedfordshire.
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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 NIST 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luton | +4 | 3 | £525 | - | 8 |
| NIST East of England |
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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: