Project Management Contracts in Bedfordshire

Project Management
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Project Management 19 39 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 12.10% 15.85% 13.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.84% 18.31% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 26 17
10th Percentile - £281 £276
25th Percentile £500 £319 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +21.05% -3.14%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £575
90th Percentile £681 - £630
East of England median daily rate £519 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.14% +5.00% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.26 - -
Median hourly rate £23.75 - -
75th Percentile £27.95 - -
90th Percentile £29.65 - -
East of England median hourly rate £46.18 £38.12 £60.00
% change year-on-year +21.14% -36.47% +140.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Project 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 148 213 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 94.27% 86.59% 91.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 123 118
10th Percentile £463 £303 £208
25th Percentile £500 £406 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +10.53% -3.06%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £633
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 35 6
10th Percentile £20.26 £15.33 £18.50
25th Percentile £28.21 £15.39 £29.31
Median hourly rate £60.75 £21.50 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +182.56% -66.27% +15.91%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.33 £87.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.75 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £41.25 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +3.13% +62.47% +58.84%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Bedfordshire

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Bedfordshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Bedfordshire

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Bedfordshire

Project 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 Project Management within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 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 -9 11 £500 -15.25% 15
Bedford +3 4 £650 +13.04% 12
Shefford - 1 - -
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
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 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) SAP CO
1 5 (26.32%) SAP FI
1 5 (26.32%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (21.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (15.79%) SAP ERP
3 3 (15.79%) SAP EWM
3 3 (15.79%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Power Automate
1 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.26%) AWS
2 1 (5.26%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) BGP
1 1 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (5.26%) Firewall
1 1 (5.26%) LAN
1 1 (5.26%) Network Security
1 1 (5.26%) OSPF
1 1 (5.26%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.26%) VPN
1 1 (5.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 7 (36.84%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (31.58%) Automotive
3 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Japanese Language
5 2 (10.53%) Local Government
5 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.26%) General Ledger
6 1 (5.26%) Legal
6 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Training Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) SAP Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Software Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Engagement Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Production Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) PMO Manager
4 1 (5.26%) PMO Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) e-Learning
1 4 (21.05%) Learning Management System
1 4 (21.05%) Life Science
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Android
1 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (26.32%) Agile
3 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (21.05%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (21.05%) Waterfall
4 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Data Management
4 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
4 3 (15.79%) ERP
4 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2
4 3 (15.79%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
5 2 (10.53%) Change Control
5 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
5 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (10.53%) Line Management
5 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
5 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) SDLC
6 1 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) ABAP
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) PMP
3 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.26%) CISSP
4 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) SAP
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco
3 1 (5.26%) F5
3 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.26%) Splunk