Azure Contracts in Bedfordshire

Microsoft Azure
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 12 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 19 24 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 12.26% 10.53% 14.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.43% 60.00% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 17
10th Percentile £491 £220 £170
25th Percentile - £263 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £375 £300
Median % change year-on-year +54.67% +25.00% -42.31%
75th Percentile £650 £552 £494
90th Percentile £660 £589 £550
East of England median daily rate £580 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +28.89% - -8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Median hourly rate £100.00 £65.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.67% - -
East of England median hourly rate £200.00 £65.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +205.34% -6.43% +100.00%

All Cloud Skills
Bedfordshire

Azure 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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 47 40 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 30.32% 17.54% 34.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 19 45
10th Percentile £388 £255 £181
25th Percentile £500 £263 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +21.58% -8.65% +4.21%
75th Percentile £600 £573 £600
90th Percentile £643 £578 £615
East of England median daily rate £501 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.39% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Median hourly rate £100.00 £65.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.67% - -
East of England median hourly rate £18.31 £16.30 £22.00
% change year-on-year +12.33% -25.91% +41.94%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Bedfordshire

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Azure in Bedfordshire

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Bedfordshire

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Bedfordshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton -3 11 £580 +32.57% 201
Bedford -2 5 - - 160
Azure
East of England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (21.05%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Entra ID
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (31.58%) Power Platform
3 4 (21.05%) Snowflake
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (10.53%) OneDrive
4 2 (10.53%) Power Automate
4 2 (10.53%) PowerApps
5 1 (5.26%) AWS
5 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) Power BI
2 4 (21.05%) Data Lake
2 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
General
1 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
4 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing
4 4 (21.05%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Architect
1 5 (26.32%) IT Support
1 5 (26.32%) Support Officer
2 4 (21.05%) Data Analytics Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Design Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Deskside Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) SAP Financial Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Supply Chain Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Chief Technology Officer
4 1 (5.26%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Driving Licence
2 4 (21.05%) Life Science
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (26.32%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (26.32%) IT Strategy
3 4 (21.05%) Analytics
3 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
3 4 (21.05%) Inventory Management
3 4 (21.05%) Logistics
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (15.79%) Impact Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Migration
5 2 (10.53%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (10.53%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (10.53%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (10.53%) Privileged Identity Management
5 2 (10.53%) Profit Centre Accounting
5 2 (10.53%) Record to Report
5 2 (10.53%) Security Operations
5 2 (10.53%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (10.53%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) C#
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
3 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
3 2 (10.53%) VCAP
4 1 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (5.26%) CCSP
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.26%) CISSP
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) Accessibility
2 3 (15.79%) GDPR
2 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (15.79%) NIST
3 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
3 2 (10.53%) HIPAA
3 2 (10.53%) PMO
4 1 (5.26%) GRC
System Software
1 11 (57.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
1 2 (10.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Ariba
2 4 (21.05%) SAP
3 2 (10.53%) Anaplan
3 2 (10.53%) Citrix
3 2 (10.53%) Hyperion
3 2 (10.53%) VMware
4 1 (5.26%) Zscaler