Windows Contracts in Bedfordshire

Microsoft Windows
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire 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 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 21 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -17 +10
Contract jobs citing Windows 18 11 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 10.17% 4.76% 18.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 94.74% 84.62% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 23
10th Percentile £182 £178 £155
25th Percentile £225 £200 £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £275 £210
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% +30.95% -2.33%
75th Percentile £488 £288 £311
90th Percentile £570 £348 £520
East of England median daily rate £383 £350 £300
% change year-on-year +9.29% +16.67% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £59.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £21.28 £25.25 £18.26
% change year-on-year -15.72% +38.32% -3.28%

All Operating Systems
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 19 13 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 10.73% 5.63% 19.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 25
10th Percentile £182 £181 £156
25th Percentile £225 £216 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £275 £210
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% +30.95% -2.33%
75th Percentile £488 £363 £400
90th Percentile £570 £388 £520
East of England median daily rate £450 £445 £425
% change year-on-year +1.12% +4.71% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £59.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.23% - -
East of England median hourly rate £23.61 £60.00 £18.53
% change year-on-year -60.65% +223.89% -34.79%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Bedfordshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Bedfordshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Bedfordshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Bedfordshire

Windows
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 Windows within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 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 +5 11 £463 +23.33% 110
Leighton Buzzard - 5 - - 4
Bedford -2 2 £225 -5.26% 110
Windows
East of England

Windows
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 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (27.78%) IBM Domino
3 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
4 1 (5.56%) CMS
4 1 (5.56%) Tomcat
4 1 (5.56%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 6 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 4 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (22.22%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
4 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Cisco IOS
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) LAN
2 1 (5.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) AdminStudio
2 1 (5.56%) InstallShield
2 1 (5.56%) MSI
2 1 (5.56%) WiX
General
1 5 (27.78%) Games
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Design Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Deskside Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Avaya Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) ICT Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) ICT Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Training Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Software Packaging
2 1 (5.56%) JTAPI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.56%) e-Learning
2 1 (5.56%) EPoS
2 1 (5.56%) IVR
2 1 (5.56%) Learning Management System
2 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 5 (27.78%) Android
2 5 (27.78%) Mac OS
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) E-Commerce
2 4 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (22.22%) Identity Management
2 4 (22.22%) Impact Analysis
2 4 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
2 4 (22.22%) Privileged Identity Management
2 4 (22.22%) Security Operations
2 4 (22.22%) Zero Trust
3 3 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Migration
3 3 (16.67%) Software Rationalisation
4 2 (11.11%) Agile
4 2 (11.11%) Application Packaging
4 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.11%) CBAP
4 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) GDPR
1 4 (22.22%) HIPAA
1 4 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (22.22%) NIST
2 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (66.67%) SCCM
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Cisco
2 5 (27.78%) Meraki
2 5 (27.78%) Splunk
3 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.56%) Avaya
4 1 (5.56%) MKS
4 1 (5.56%) Verint