Bid Writer Contracts

Bid Writer
UK

The median Bid Writer daily rate in the UK is £444, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 - 709
Rank change year-on-year - - +137
Contract jobs requiring a Bid Writer 13 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile - - £338
25th Percentile £413 - £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £450 - £644
90th Percentile £504 - £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 - £350
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

Bid Writer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Bid Writer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Bid Writer in the UK

Bid Writer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Bid Writer.

Daily rate trend for Bid Writer in the UK

Bid Writer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bid Writer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Bid Writer in the UK

Bid Writer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bid Writer.

Hourly rate trend for Bid Writer in the UK

Bid Writer
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bid Writer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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
England - 12 £444 - 5
UK excluding London - 9 £438 - 3
Work from Home - 7 £450 - 3
Yorkshire - 6 £438 -
North of England - 6 £438 - 1
South East - 3 - -
London - 2 £630 - 2

Bid Writer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Bid Writer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Bid Writer in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Agile
1 6 (46.15%) APMP
1 6 (46.15%) Storyboarding
2 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) NCSC
3 3 (23.08%) NIST
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (7.69%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (7.69%) SAP ERP
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (7.69%) SAP
4 1 (7.69%) ERP
4 1 (7.69%) NHS
4 1 (7.69%) Project Management
4 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.69%) ITSM
4 1 (7.69%) Legal

Bid Writer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP ERP
General
1 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
1 6 (46.15%) Storyboarding
2 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (7.69%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (7.69%) ERP
3 1 (7.69%) ITSM
3 1 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (7.69%) Project Management
3 1 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (7.69%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) APMP
2 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (23.08%) NCSC
1 3 (23.08%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) SAP