Microsoft Contracts in Bedfordshire

Microsoft
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire 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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 29 33 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 11.93% 18.03% 13.21%
As % of the Vendors category 22.31% 34.74% 38.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 22
10th Percentile £180 £163 £145
25th Percentile £225 £208 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £322 £375
Median % change year-on-year +16.46% -14.13% -9.09%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £441
90th Percentile £500 £600 £500
East of England median daily rate £426 £425 £375
% change year-on-year +0.29% +13.33% +38.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -33.33% +112.90%
75th Percentile £19.76 - £53.75
90th Percentile £20.81 - -
East of England median hourly rate £14.80 £17.61 £14.50
% change year-on-year -15.96% +21.45% -18.31%

All Vendors
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 130 95 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 53.50% 51.91% 33.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 66 54
10th Percentile £298 £208 £208
25th Percentile £425 £314 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £584 £600 £572
90th Percentile £750 - £646
East of England median daily rate £498 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +10.56% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 8
10th Percentile £15.50 - £12.75
25th Percentile £18.00 - £14.81
Median hourly rate £21.50 £22.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -54.87% +204.69%
75th Percentile £21.75 - £54.69
90th Percentile £37.15 - £60.88
East of England median hourly rate £21.37 £19.81 £15.50
% change year-on-year +7.87% +27.81% -12.68%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Bedfordshire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Bedfordshire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Bedfordshire

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Bedfordshire

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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 Microsoft within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 -4 14 £488 +26.30% 8
Bedford 0 7 £225 +28.57% 10
Henlow - 1 - -
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
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 8 (27.59%) SharePoint
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Azure
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) Mimecast
3 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) Intranet
2 1 (3.45%) DNS
2 1 (3.45%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) MPLS
2 1 (3.45%) VLAN
2 1 (3.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) SAP HANA
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Power Query
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) LabVIEW
General
1 20 (68.97%) Social Skills
2 11 (37.93%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (31.03%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (24.14%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (24.14%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
6 4 (13.79%) Marketing
6 4 (13.79%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (6.90%) Aerospace
8 1 (3.45%) Automotive
8 1 (3.45%) Finance
8 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (17.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (17.24%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (17.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (17.24%) Administrator
1 5 (17.24%) Support Engineer
2 4 (13.79%) Intranet Specialist
2 4 (13.79%) IT Engineer
2 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Business Integration Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Integration Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Integration Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) IT Support
3 3 (10.34%) Project Administrator
3 3 (10.34%) SAP Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (6.90%) IT Technician
4 2 (6.90%) Support Technician
5 1 (3.45%) Database Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) IT Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Onboarding
2 4 (13.79%) Graphic Design
3 3 (10.34%) Virtual Team
4 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 13 (44.83%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Windows Server
3 5 (17.24%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Project Management
1 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (24.14%) PRINCE2
3 5 (17.24%) ITIL
4 4 (13.79%) Analytics
4 4 (13.79%) Business Case
4 4 (13.79%) Journey Map
4 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
4 4 (13.79%) Web Design
5 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
5 3 (10.34%) Creative Thinking
5 3 (10.34%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (10.34%) Customer-Centricity
5 3 (10.34%) Data Protection
5 3 (10.34%) Impact Assessments
5 3 (10.34%) Logistics
5 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Analysis
6 2 (6.90%) Document Management
6 2 (6.90%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) CCNA
1 4 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
1 4 (13.79%) MCSA
1 4 (13.79%) MCSE
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) SLA
2 3 (10.34%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (34.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) SAP
2 3 (10.34%) Ariba
3 2 (6.90%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Citrix