Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Project Planning
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.29% - 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% - 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £275
75th Percentile - - £300
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £480 - £300
% change year-on-year - - -25.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Project Planning 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 276 148 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 81.42% 94.27% 86.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 80 123
10th Percentile - £463 £303
25th Percentile £413 £500 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.93% +10.48% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
East of England median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 35
10th Percentile £25.15 £20.26 £15.33
25th Percentile £59.00 £28.21 £15.39
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +182.56% -66.27%
75th Percentile £73.46 £81.25 £38.33
90th Percentile £75.00 £88.00 £65.75
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £41.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -45.14% +3.13% +62.47%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

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

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

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

Project Planning
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 Planning within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Biggleswade - 1 £525 -
Project Planning
East of England

Project Planning
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory