Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Microsoft Office
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 23 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -19 +24
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 5 5 32
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 2.50% 2.58% 15.24%
As % of the Applications category 33.33% 41.67% 91.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £404 £249 £194
25th Percentile £466 £284 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £363 £250
Median % change year-on-year +58.62% +45.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £434 £381
90th Percentile - £466 £573
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £575 £363 £250
% change year-on-year +58.62% +45.00% -

All Software Application Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 15 12 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 7.50% 6.19% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 5
10th Percentile £402 £250 £198
25th Percentile £423 £285 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £371 £250
Median % change year-on-year +54.99% +48.40% -16.67%
75th Percentile £625 £456 £413
90th Percentile - £481 £585
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £550 £371 £250
% change year-on-year +48.25% +48.40% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £16.55 £18.83 -
25th Percentile £18.13 £20.06 -
Median hourly rate £25.75 £22.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.19% - -
75th Percentile £36.50 £26.06 -
90th Percentile £41.45 £27.68 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £18.93 £16.23 £14.16
% change year-on-year +16.61% +14.62% -59.54%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Cambridge over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Cambridge

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Hudson
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) General Ledger
2 3 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) IFS Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) HR Assistant
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Accounts Payable
1 3 (60.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) IFS
3 1 (20.00%) HP