Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Planning and Forecasting
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire citing Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 7 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	25	-	30
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+3
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting	15	0	2
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire	4.42%	-	1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	6.10%	-	1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted	1	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£575	-	-
East of England median daily rate	£563	£460	-
% change year-on-year	+22.28%	-	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£40.75	-	-
Median hourly rate	£42.50	-	-
75^th Percentile	£44.25	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
East of England median hourly rate	£42.50	£16.41	-
% change year-on-year	+158.99%	-	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Planning and Forecasting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

	6 months to 7 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	246	207	131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire	72.57%	90.00%	78.44%
Number of daily rates quoted	78	106	66
10^th Percentile	£111	£255	£201
25^th Percentile	£363	£425	£372
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£541	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-7.62%	+8.25%	-1.96%
75^th Percentile	£572	£600	£581
90^th Percentile	£638	£650	£675
East of England median daily rate	£500	£500	£450
% change year-on-year	-	+11.11%	-10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	93	28	16
10^th Percentile	£16.84	£37.50	£45.38
25^th Percentile	£54.00	£62.75	£53.53
Median hourly rate	£70.00	£84.75	£58.45
Median % change year-on-year	-17.40%	+45.00%	+6.27%
75^th Percentile	£75.00	£91.50	£67.50
90^th Percentile	£88.30	£91.80	£67.75
East of England median hourly rate	£47.50	£21.00	£25.00
% change year-on-year	+126.19%	-16.00%	+25.00%

Planning and Forecasting Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Planning and Forecasting Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Planning and Forecasting.

Planning and Forecasting 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 Planning and Forecasting within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Luton	-	4	£575	-	2
Planning and Forecasting East of England

Planning and Forecasting Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 7 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Planning and Forecasting also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region citing Planning and Forecasting.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	BPSS Clearance	73.3%	11
1	Capacity Planning	73.3%	11
1	Manufacturing Engineering	73.3%	11
1	Microsoft	73.3%	11
1	Microsoft Excel	73.3%	11
1	Microsoft Project	73.3%	11
1	Order Management	73.3%	11
1	Production Planning	73.3%	11
1	Programme Delivery	73.3%	11
1	Resource Management	73.3%	11
1	SAP	73.3%	11
1	SAP PP	73.3%	11
1	SC Cleared	73.3%	11
1	Security Cleared	73.3%	11
1	Stakeholder Engagement	73.3%	11
16	Data Integration	20.0%	3
16	Metadata	20.0%	3
18	AWS	13.3%	2
18	Budgeting	13.3%	2
18	Budgeting and Forecasting	13.3%	2
18	Data Architecture	13.3%	2
18	Data Engineering	13.3%	2
18	Data Governance	13.3%	2
18	Data Modelling	13.3%	2
18	Data Quality	13.3%	2
18	Databricks	13.3%	2
18	Delta Lake	13.3%	2
18	Demand Forecasting	13.3%	2
18	ERP	13.3%	2
18	Event-Driven	13.3%	2

Planning and Forecasting Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Capacity Planning	73.3%	11
1	Manufacturing Engineering	73.3%	11
1	Order Management	73.3%	11
1	Production Planning	73.3%	11
1	Programme Delivery	73.3%	11
1	Resource Management	73.3%	11
1	Stakeholder Engagement	73.3%	11
8	Data Integration	20.0%	3
9	Budgeting	13.3%	2
9	Budgeting and Forecasting	13.3%	2
9	Data Architecture	13.3%	2
9	Data Engineering	13.3%	2
9	Data Governance	13.3%	2
9	Data Modelling	13.3%	2
9	Demand Forecasting	13.3%	2
9	ERP	13.3%	2
9	Event-Driven	13.3%	2
9	Information Architecture	13.3%	2
9	Integration Patterns	13.3%	2
9	Lakehouse	13.3%	2