Windows Contracts in Bedford

Microsoft Windows
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedford with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 15 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedford 25.81% 68.18% 20.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 1
10th Percentile £170 £148 -
25th Percentile £175 £154 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £173 £140
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% +23.21% -66.06%
75th Percentile £281 £188 -
90th Percentile £288 £288 -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £250 £210 £338
% change year-on-year +19.05% -37.78% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate - - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +238.71%

All Operating Systems
Bedford

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bedford with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 8 15 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 25.81% 68.18% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 1
10th Percentile £170 £148 -
25th Percentile £175 £154 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £173 £140
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% +23.21% -66.06%
75th Percentile £281 £188 -
90th Percentile £288 £288 -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £263 £225 £338
% change year-on-year +16.67% -33.33% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate - - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +238.71%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Bedford

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Bedford

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Bedford

Windows
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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) MPLS
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) IT Support
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
3 2 (25.00%) IT Technician
3 2 (25.00%) Support Technician
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Database Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (12.50%) Email Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) SAP
3 3 (37.50%) Ariba
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix
4 1 (12.50%) VMware