Microsoft 365 Contracts in Bedfordshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 27 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -18 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 9 10 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 5.73% 4.07% 13.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.47% 21.74% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 20
10th Percentile £160 - £163
25th Percentile £171 - £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - £245
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.94%
75th Percentile £208 - £498
90th Percentile £218 - £550
East of England median daily rate £208 £250 £300
% change year-on-year -17.00% -16.67% -2.83%

All Cloud Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 34 46 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 21.66% 18.70% 37.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 23 53
10th Percentile £325 £233 £163
25th Percentile £500 £263 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £458 £520
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -12.02% +4.00%
75th Percentile £584 £566 £600
90th Percentile £610 £575 £630
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £65.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £18.31 £16.30 £19.00
% change year-on-year +12.33% -14.21% +22.58%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Bedfordshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Bedfordshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Bedfordshire

Microsoft 365
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 Microsoft 365 within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Bedford +5 6 £225 - 3
Luton 0 3 £155 - 10
Microsoft 365
East of England

Microsoft 365
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:

Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
1 7 (77.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) IT Support
1 5 (55.56%) Support Officer
2 2 (22.22%) Deskside Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Governance Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Licensing
2 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (55.56%) IT Strategy
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (11.11%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
2 1 (11.11%) Data Management
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (11.11%) Software Licensing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) HIPAA
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft