Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Project Delivery
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 27 12
Rank change year-on-year -10 -15 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 2 5 24
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.86% 2.81% 10.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 3.36% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 16
10th Percentile - - £381
25th Percentile £406 £488 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% - -
75th Percentile £419 £513 £663
90th Percentile - - £730
East of England median daily rate £558 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +8.78% +2.50% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £28.89 -
East of England median hourly rate £30.11 £28.89 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.21% +28.40% -60.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Project Delivery 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 202 149 207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 87.07% 83.71% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 73 141
10th Percentile £198 £214 £350
25th Percentile £412 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £625
East of England median daily rate £500 £454 £500
% change year-on-year +10.13% -9.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 19 4
10th Percentile £37.50 £25.65 £51.63
25th Percentile £57.38 £30.39 £52.19
Median hourly rate £84.75 £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.50% -9.09% +0.64%
75th Percentile £91.50 £61.25 £58.88
90th Percentile - £67.60 £61.35
East of England median hourly rate £21.50 £27.50 £21.16
% change year-on-year -21.82% +29.99% -5.98%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
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 Project Delivery within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 November 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 -9 2 £413 -17.50% 1
Project Delivery
East of England

Project Delivery
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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft