Consultant Contracts in Bedfordshire

Consultant
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Bedfordshire is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 22 29
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 24 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 10.13% 4.68% 4.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.65% 4.79% 4.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 7
10th Percentile £509 £381 £500
25th Percentile £513 £409 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +23.08%
75th Percentile £547 £616 £756
90th Percentile £598 £663 £838
East of England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +13.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £45.00 £22.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +104.55% -51.11% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 206 167 266
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.92% 97.66% 97.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 111 156
10th Percentile £263 £200 £263
25th Percentile £361 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £490
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -5.10% +17.01%
75th Percentile £551 £600 £535
90th Percentile £625 £625 £613
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 4 20
10th Percentile - £17.10 £14.10
25th Percentile £15.39 £20.25 £36.06
Median hourly rate £60.00 £48.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.71% -7.62% +238.71%
75th Percentile £65.75 £82.50 £62.44
90th Percentile £67.50 £87.00 £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.32 £16.00
% change year-on-year -0.73% +170.72% -

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Bedfordshire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Bedfordshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Bedfordshire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Bedfordshire

Consultant
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 Consultant within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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 +8 15 £525 +5.00% 1
Dunstable -1 7 £525 -16.00%
Consultant
East of England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Consultant 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 across the Bedfordshire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (58.33%) SAP
2 12 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (45.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (45.83%) Business Transformation
4 8 (33.33%) Ariba
4 8 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 8 (33.33%) Life Science
5 6 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
5 6 (25.00%) Service Management
5 6 (25.00%) Banking
6 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (12.50%) Finance
7 3 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (8.33%) SAP FI
8 2 (8.33%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (8.33%) SAP CO
8 2 (8.33%) Patch Management
8 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (8.33%) Performance Management
9 1 (4.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (4.17%) CMDB
9 1 (4.17%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (4.17%) Unit Testing
9 1 (4.17%) System Integration Testing
9 1 (4.17%) Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (4.17%) Demand Forecasting
9 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (4.17%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 1 (4.17%) Expense Management

Consultant Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 11 (45.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (8.33%) SAP CO
2 2 (8.33%) SAP FI
2 2 (8.33%) SAP FI/CO
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) IDoc
1 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Life Science
2 3 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.17%) CMDB
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (45.83%) Business Transformation
3 6 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
3 6 (25.00%) Service Management
4 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.33%) Patch Management
5 2 (8.33%) Performance Management
5 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (4.17%) Demand Forecasting
6 1 (4.17%) Expense Management
6 1 (4.17%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.17%) Order to Cash
6 1 (4.17%) Planning and Forecasting
6 1 (4.17%) Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (4.17%) Record to Report
6 1 (4.17%) Service Design
6 1 (4.17%) System Integration Testing
6 1 (4.17%) Unit Testing
6 1 (4.17%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (4.17%) Vulnerability Scanning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) SAP
2 8 (33.33%) Ariba
3 1 (4.17%) BMC
3 1 (4.17%) FIS