Project Management Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Project Management
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 12 6
Rank change year-on-year -9 -6 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 15 18 27
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 6.70% 9.42% 16.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.35% 11.69% 19.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 20
10th Percentile £363 £121 £508
25th Percentile £424 £121 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £174 £588
Median % change year-on-year +245.32% -70.43% +38.24%
75th Percentile £619 £528 £600
90th Percentile £650 £588 -
East of England median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.50% -4.76% +10.53%

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 204 154 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 91.07% 80.63% 86.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 82 83
10th Percentile £198 £213 £305
25th Percentile £450 £403 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £625 £574 £600
90th Percentile £665 £650 £635
East of England median daily rate £508 £442 £500
% change year-on-year +14.82% -11.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 17 3
10th Percentile £37.50 £46.50 £53.00
25th Percentile £62.38 £54.70 £53.75
Median hourly rate £80.00 £59.40 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.68% +8.00% -3.93%
75th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £60.25
90th Percentile - £70.30 £61.90
East of England median hourly rate £22.60 £40.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year -43.49% +101.92% -5.67%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

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

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Bedfordshire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

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

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 1 October 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 -8 13 £600 +389.80% 7
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
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:

Business Applications
1 10 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (6.67%) SAP ERP
2 1 (6.67%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Power BI
1 4 (26.67%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
1 1 (6.67%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 9 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Finance
5 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Finance Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Manager
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Finance Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAP EWM Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Finance Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Transformation Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Life Science
1 4 (26.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (33.33%) ERP
3 4 (26.67%) Analytics
3 4 (26.67%) Biotechnology
3 4 (26.67%) Business Analysis
3 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (26.67%) Data Management
3 4 (26.67%) Data Science
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Use Case
3 4 (26.67%) User Experience
4 3 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
4 3 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (13.33%) Visualisation
6 1 (6.67%) Coaching
6 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) ACCA
2 1 (6.67%) CIMA
2 1 (6.67%) CIPFA
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) GxP
1 4 (26.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (13.33%) QA
3 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) SAP
2 3 (20.00%) Ariba
3 2 (13.33%) Aruba
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle