Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 8 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedford 40.00% 30.77% 37.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 100.00% 66.67% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £60 £209 £172
25th Percentile £87 £253 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 £325 £194
Median % change year-on-year -59.01% +67.74% -48.33%
75th Percentile £179 - £344
90th Percentile £207 - £394
Bedfordshire median daily rate £215 £365 £188
% change year-on-year -41.10% +94.67% -29.58%
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 £41.45 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year -24.64% - -

All Cloud Skills
Bedford

Microsoft 365 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 8 6 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 40.00% 46.15% 37.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £60 £224 £172
25th Percentile £87 £289 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 £325 £194
Median % change year-on-year -59.01% +67.74% -29.55%
75th Percentile £179 £366 £344
90th Percentile £207 £439 £394
Bedfordshire median daily rate £575 £525 £506
% change year-on-year +9.52% +3.70% -1.22%
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% +195.24%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Bedford

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Bedford over the 6 months to 9 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Bedford

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
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 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
1 7 (87.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DHCP
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) SAN
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) IT Support
1 5 (62.50%) Support Officer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Driving Licence
2 2 (25.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (62.50%) IT Strategy
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Barracuda Networks
2 2 (25.00%) Dell