Microsoft Office Contracts in Bedfordshire

Microsoft Office
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 22 29
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 8 13 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 5.10% 5.28% 1.63%
As % of the Applications category 33.33% 37.14% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £275 -
25th Percentile - £353 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £170
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% +150.00% -66.00%
75th Percentile - £497 £185
90th Percentile - £500 -
East of England median daily rate £245 £388 £250
% change year-on-year -36.77% +55.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
Median hourly rate £30.78 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +71.00% - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.80 £14.16 £22.00
% change year-on-year +25.71% -35.64% +51.72%

All Software Application Skills
Bedfordshire

Microsoft Office falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 24 35 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 15.29% 14.23% 8.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 10
10th Percentile £440 £350 £162
25th Percentile - £369 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £369
Median % change year-on-year - +35.59% -26.25%
75th Percentile £525 £526 £516
90th Percentile £550 £700 £578
East of England median daily rate £313 £375 £330
% change year-on-year -16.67% +13.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 0
10th Percentile £26.13 - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £15.39 -
Median hourly rate £30.78 £15.79 -
Median % change year-on-year +94.93% - -
75th Percentile £77.50 £18.00 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £28.35 -
East of England median hourly rate £21.46 £15.79 £42.50
% change year-on-year +35.91% -62.85% +73.47%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Bedfordshire

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Bedfordshire

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Bedfordshire

Microsoft Office
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 Office within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 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 +2 5 - - 7
Microsoft Office
East of England

Microsoft Office
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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) ContrOCC
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
1 5 (62.50%) Entra ID
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Automotive
3 2 (25.00%) Japanese Language
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) IT Support
1 5 (62.50%) Support Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (62.50%) IT Strategy
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Business Case
3 1 (12.50%) Change Control
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) SDLC
3 1 (12.50%) Telematics
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Liquidlogic