Senior Contracts in Bedfordshire

Senior
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Senior 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 22 17 26
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 11 13 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 4.64% 7.60% 5.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.34% 7.78% 5.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 12
10th Percentile £469 £500 £429
25th Percentile £503 £515 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £520
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% - -5.45%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £530
90th Percentile £650 £600 -
East of England median daily rate £534 £588 £513
% change year-on-year -9.11% +14.63% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £35.83 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -31.76% -4.55% +136.97%

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% -

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Bedfordshire

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Bedfordshire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Bedfordshire

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior 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 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 -6 10 £525 +0.96% 8
Senior
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) SAP
1 9 (81.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (54.55%) Pharmaceutical
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 5 (45.45%) Ariba
3 5 (45.45%) Banking
3 5 (45.45%) Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (36.36%) Translating Business Requirements
4 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) SAP CO
5 3 (27.27%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (27.27%) B2B
5 3 (27.27%) SAP FI
5 3 (27.27%) XML
5 3 (27.27%) ERP
5 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
5 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Cash Management
5 3 (27.27%) Expense Management
5 3 (27.27%) Order to Cash
5 3 (27.27%) FIS
5 3 (27.27%) GDPR
5 3 (27.27%) Data Structures
5 3 (27.27%) System Integration Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Data Integration
5 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (27.27%) Customer Experience
5 3 (27.27%) IDoc

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (81.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (27.27%) SAP CO
2 3 (27.27%) SAP FI
2 3 (27.27%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Collibra
1 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
1 1 (9.09%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Ataccama
1 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
1 1 (9.09%) Data Mining
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 6 (54.55%) Pharmaceutical
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Banking
3 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Automotive
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) IDoc
1 3 (27.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Structures
2 2 (18.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (9.09%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (27.27%) Accounts Payable
3 3 (27.27%) B2B
3 3 (27.27%) Cash Management
3 3 (27.27%) Customer Experience
3 3 (27.27%) Data Integration
3 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) ERP
3 3 (27.27%) Expense Management
3 3 (27.27%) Order to Cash
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) System Integration Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
3 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Business Transformation
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Data Architecture
5 1 (9.09%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) GxP
2 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) SAP
2 5 (45.45%) Ariba
3 3 (27.27%) FIS
4 1 (9.09%) Alteryx
4 1 (9.09%) Dataiku
4 1 (9.09%) Trillium