Windows Contracts in Bedford

Microsoft Windows
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedford requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows 2 8 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedford 14.29% 25.81% 66.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 10
10th Percentile - £170 £148
25th Percentile - £175 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £200 £173
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +15.94% +23.21%
75th Percentile - £281 £188
90th Percentile - £288 £288
Bedfordshire median daily rate £190 £250 £210
% change year-on-year -24.00% +19.05% -37.78%

All Operating Systems
Bedford

Windows 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 2 8 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 14.29% 25.81% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 10
10th Percentile - £170 £148
25th Percentile - £175 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £200 £173
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +15.94% +23.21%
75th Percentile - £281 £188
90th Percentile - £288 £288
Bedfordshire median daily rate £190 £263 £225
% change year-on-year -27.62% +16.67% -33.33%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Bedford

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Bedford.

Daily rate trend for Windows in Bedford

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Bedford.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Bedford

Windows
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 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) JTAPI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) IVR
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) MKS
1 1 (50.00%) Verint