The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Azure AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Azure AI falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Bedford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills |
3 |
5 |
7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford |
18.75% |
29.41% |
33.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| 10th Percentile |
£99 |
£209 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£184 |
£253 |
£181 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£333 |
£325 |
£200 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+2.53% |
+62.50% |
+14.29% |
| 75th Percentile |
£488 |
- |
£388 |
| 90th Percentile |
£578 |
- |
£395 |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate |
£550 |
£500 |
£475 |
| % change year-on-year |
+10.00% |
+5.26% |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Median hourly rate |
£41.45 |
£30.00 |
- |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+38.17% |
- |
- |
| Bedfordshire median hourly rate |
£100.00 |
£55.00 |
£62.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+81.82% |
-11.29% |
+273.16% |
