Senior Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Senior
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Senior daily rate in Bedfordshire is £533, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 19 15 16
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 8.48% 8.98% 6.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.31% 10.07% 6.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 10
10th Percentile - £479 £503
25th Percentile £413 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +9.09% +46.67%
75th Percentile £621 £700 £558
90th Percentile £641 £719 £608
East of England median daily rate £550 £513 £570
% change year-on-year +7.32% -10.09% +3.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 204 149 232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 89.22% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 70 164
10th Percentile £313 £180 £300
25th Percentile £413 £350 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £516
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.69% +3.25%
75th Percentile £586 £675 £550
90th Percentile £638 £701 £600
East of England median daily rate £490 £454 £475
% change year-on-year +7.93% -4.42% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 6
10th Percentile £36.27 £24.98 £25.35
25th Percentile £53.44 £30.20 £35.84
Median hourly rate £80.00 £52.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% -2.33% -3.72%
75th Percentile £89.06 £59.69 £56.88
90th Percentile £91.50 £71.60 £60.25
East of England median hourly rate £28.00 £48.03 £40.91
% change year-on-year -41.70% +17.42% +94.79%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Senior job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Bedfordshire

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Senior
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 Senior within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 December 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 -4 7 £575 -11.54% 28
Shefford - 7 £425 - 6
Bedford -2 2 £585 +11.43% 29
Senior
East of England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 7 (36.84%) Platform Engineering
1 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
2 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
3 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.79%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (10.53%) Change Management
4 2 (10.53%) Coaching
4 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
4 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (10.53%) ERP
4 2 (10.53%) Incident Response
4 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 2 (10.53%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (10.53%) SAP
4 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) Security Operations
4 2 (10.53%) SLA
4 2 (10.53%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (10.53%) Threat Management
4 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (5.26%) Agile
5 1 (5.26%) Analytics
5 1 (5.26%) Biotechnology

Senior Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
1 1 (5.26%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (10.53%) Aerospace
1 2 (10.53%) Finance
1 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Aviation
2 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (5.26%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (5.26%) FMCG
2 1 (5.26%) Life Science
2 1 (5.26%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Platform Engineering
1 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
2 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
3 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.79%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (10.53%) Change Management
4 2 (10.53%) Coaching
4 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
4 2 (10.53%) ERP
4 2 (10.53%) Incident Response
4 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
4 2 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (10.53%) Security Operations
4 2 (10.53%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (10.53%) Threat Management
4 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
2 1 (5.26%) GxP
2 1 (5.26%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.53%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Retek