Microsoft Contracts in Bedford

Microsoft
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedford requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
25 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 7 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedford 35.00% 22.22% 26.92%
As % of the Vendors category 58.33% 66.67% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £152
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £325 £155
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +109.85% -58.70%
75th Percentile - - £157
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £525 £425 £315
% change year-on-year +23.53% +34.92% -16.00%
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 £42.83 -
% change year-on-year -3.21% - -

All Vendors
Bedford

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 12 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 60.00% 33.33% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £290 - £132
25th Percentile £388 £325 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £531 £147
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% +260.32% -60.68%
75th Percentile £575 £756 £155
90th Percentile £590 - £157
Bedfordshire median daily rate £578 £550 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +15.79% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £38.29 - -
25th Percentile £39.48 - -
Median hourly rate £41.45 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.17% - -
75th Percentile £50.00 - -
90th Percentile £54.50 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year +88.24% - -

Microsoft
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

Microsoft
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 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) IT Support
1 5 (71.43%) Support Officer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
2 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (71.43%) IT Strategy
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Barracuda Networks
1 1 (14.29%) Dell