Microsoft Contracts in Bedford

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Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedford with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 2 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 7 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedford 22.58% 36.36% 66.67%
As % of the Vendors category 77.78% 100.00% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £175 £154 £149
25th Percentile £181 £157 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £175 £274
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -36.13% -36.46%
75th Percentile £284 £188 £416
90th Percentile £288 - £466
Bedfordshire median daily rate £375 £322 £375
% change year-on-year +16.46% -14.13% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -58.10% -
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -18.18% -33.33% +112.90%

All Vendors
Bedford

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 9 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 29.03% 36.36% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 4
10th Percentile £175 £154 £149
25th Percentile £194 £157 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £175 £274
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -36.13% -33.58%
75th Percentile £405 £188 £416
90th Percentile £756 - £466
Bedfordshire median daily rate £525 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +16.67% +12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -58.10% -
75th Percentile - - £61.25
90th Percentile - - £65.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £21.50 £22.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -2.27% -54.87% +214.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Bedford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Bedford.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Bedford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Bedford.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Bedford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedford 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) MPLS
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) IT Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) IT Support
3 2 (28.57%) IT Support Technician
3 2 (28.57%) IT Technician
3 2 (28.57%) Support Technician
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Database Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
1 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (14.29%) Email Migration
1 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
1 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
1 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) Ariba
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) VMware