The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Observability skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Observability 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 Luton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills |
149 |
101 |
96 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton |
94.90% |
95.28% |
91.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
76 |
56 |
56 |
| 10th Percentile |
£350 |
£388 |
£419 |
| 25th Percentile |
£500 |
£463 |
£461 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£555 |
£500 |
£540 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+11.00% |
-7.41% |
+8.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£628 |
£573 |
£600 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£644 |
- |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate |
£550 |
£500 |
£500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+10.00% |
- |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
25 |
13 |
3 |
| 10th Percentile |
£66.00 |
£50.94 |
£53.00 |
| 25th Percentile |
£75.00 |
£55.00 |
£53.75 |
| Median hourly rate |
£85.00 |
£62.50 |
£55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+36.00% |
+13.64% |
+15.79% |
| 75th Percentile |
£91.50 |
£67.50 |
£60.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£92.10 |
£67.90 |
£61.90 |
| Bedfordshire median hourly rate |
£80.00 |
£58.45 |
£55.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+36.87% |
+6.27% |
-3.51% |
