Windows Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Microsoft Windows
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 16 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 15 14 26
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 6.41% 8.59% 10.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 93.33% 76.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 16
10th Percentile £198 £130 £163
25th Percentile £267 £255 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £325 £263
Median % change year-on-year +36.54% +23.81% +2.94%
75th Percentile £503 £344 £494
90th Percentile £550 £378 £550
East of England median daily rate £229 £313 £400
% change year-on-year -26.80% -21.88% +48.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - £51.70 -
25th Percentile - £54.24 £51.25
Median hourly rate - £56.58 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +7.76% +279.40%
75th Percentile - £64.06 £53.75
90th Percentile - £73.63 -
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £14.08
% change year-on-year -61.31% +361.65% -26.97%

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 15 15 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 6.41% 9.20% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 23
10th Percentile £198 £130 £163
25th Percentile £267 £255 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £325 £325
Median % change year-on-year +36.54% - +27.45%
75th Percentile £503 £344 £506
90th Percentile £550 £378 £550
East of England median daily rate £350 £356 £425
% change year-on-year -1.75% -16.18% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £38.47 -
25th Percentile - £50.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate - £55.65 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +6.00% +237.40%
75th Percentile - £58.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - £71.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £35.00 £65.00 £14.16
% change year-on-year -46.15% +359.04% -35.64%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Windows job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Bedfordshire

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Windows

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 27 December 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 -8 5 £481 - 13
Bedford +1 4 £475 +46.15% 12
Dunstable +1 1 £500 +123.46%
Leighton Buzzard - 1 - -
Windows
East of England

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (6.67%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (26.67%) OneDrive
3 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.67%) Azure
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Functions
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Firewall
2 3 (20.00%) Network Security
2 3 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (6.67%) Internet
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Electronics
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Marketing
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.67%) Games
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Consultant
1 4 (26.67%) IT Support
2 3 (20.00%) IT Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Service Design Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) IT Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Support Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Support Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Design Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) CMDB
1 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows 10
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
2 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.67%) Android
3 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) ITSM
2 6 (40.00%) Migration
3 4 (26.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (26.67%) Impact Assessments
3 4 (26.67%) Incident Management
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
3 4 (26.67%) Service Design
3 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (26.67%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (26.67%) Zero Trust
4 3 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (20.00%) Service Management
5 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (13.33%) Patch Management
5 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
5 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.67%) CCNA
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) HIPAA
2 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) ServiceNow
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco
3 4 (26.67%) Remedy
4 3 (20.00%) Barracuda Networks
4 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 3 (20.00%) VMware
5 2 (13.33%) SAP
6 1 (6.67%) HP
6 1 (6.67%) Meraki
6 1 (6.67%) Progress
6 1 (6.67%) Splunk
6 1 (6.67%) Veeam
6 1 (6.67%) Zscaler