Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Microsoft Windows Server
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 9.38% - 21.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 75.00% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £250
75th Percentile - - £288
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £475 - £275
% change year-on-year - - +7.84%

All Operating Systems
Bedford

Windows Server falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 12.50% 10.53% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 8
10th Percentile £271 - £171
25th Percentile £348 - £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £213
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% +52.94% +21.43%
75th Percentile - - £278
90th Percentile - - £288
Bedfordshire median daily rate £444 £325 £325
% change year-on-year +36.54% - +27.45%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Bedford

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Windows Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Windows Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Barracuda Networks
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) VMware