Public Sector Contracts in Bedfordshire

Public Sector
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 17 23
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -11
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 18 16 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 7.89% 9.52% 5.45%
As % of the General category 11.18% 15.24% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 9
10th Percentile £356 £175 £121
25th Percentile £425 £332 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £275
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +81.82% -43.59%
75th Percentile £522 £638 £300
90th Percentile £604 £644 £450
East of England median daily rate £450 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -25.00% +26.32% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £14.52 - -
25th Percentile £15.39 - £61.75
Median hourly rate £15.79 - £63.50
75th Percentile £16.20 - £65.25
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £15.79 £17.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year -9.77% +4.48% -44.17%

All General Skills
Bedfordshire

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 161 105 205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 70.61% 62.50% 74.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 68 123
10th Percentile £300 £208 £267
25th Percentile £393 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +4.40%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £535
90th Percentile £730 £633 £638
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 1 13
10th Percentile £15.34 - £16.75
25th Percentile £15.39 - £42.50
Median hourly rate £21.50 £90.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -76.11% +71.43% +238.71%
75th Percentile £45.31 - £65.25
90th Percentile £65.00 - £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £38.12 £19.81 £15.50
% change year-on-year +92.43% +27.81% +3.33%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Bedfordshire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Bedfordshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 18 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Bedfordshire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Bedfordshire

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 June 2024. 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 +5 16 £469 -22.68%
Bedford +2 2 £663 +301.52% 1
Public Sector
East of England

Public Sector
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:

Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Primavera
1 1 (5.56%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) LabVIEW
General
1 9 (50.00%) Local Government
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Performance Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Contracts Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Embedded Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Embedded Software Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Project Planner
4 1 (5.56%) Requirements Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Support Officer
4 1 (5.56%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 7 (38.89%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Mathematics
2 7 (38.89%) Benchmarking
2 7 (38.89%) Data Collection
2 7 (38.89%) Data Protection
2 7 (38.89%) Performance Management
2 7 (38.89%) Statistics
3 2 (11.11%) Agile
3 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 2 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (11.11%) Design Patterns
3 2 (11.11%) OO
3 2 (11.11%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 2 (11.11%) SOLID
3 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.11%) Supplier Management
4 1 (5.56%) Data Engineering
4 1 (5.56%) Project Planning
4 1 (5.56%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
1 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Remedy
2 1 (5.56%) SAP