Microsoft 365 Contracts in Cambridgeshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 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 15 11 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 32 60 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 11.59% 12.05% 10.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.78% 68.97% 40.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 32
10th Percentile £178 £120 £200
25th Percentile £179 £213 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £413 £419
Median % change year-on-year -55.15% -1.49% +4.69%
75th Percentile £415 £488 £488
90th Percentile £549 - £500
East of England median daily rate £208 £250 £300
% change year-on-year -17.00% -16.67% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 48 25
10th Percentile - £14.00 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.28% +5.16% -
75th Percentile £16.30 £21.37 £15.75
90th Percentile £21.46 - £18.50
East of England median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year -5.28% +5.16% -

All Cloud Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 87 87 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 31.52% 17.47% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 25 91
10th Percentile £338 £210 £205
25th Percentile £425 £300 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -8.33% +4.05%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £516
90th Percentile £650 £563 £575
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 51 25
10th Percentile - £14.00 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.28% +5.16% -
75th Percentile £17.40 £21.37 £15.75
90th Percentile £21.46 £21.46 £18.50
East of England median hourly rate £18.82 £16.30 £19.00
% change year-on-year +15.46% -14.21% +22.58%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire 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
Peterborough +2 25 £180 -64.27% 4
Cambridge +11 3 £625 +177.78% 12
Wisbech - 1 £185 -
Microsoft 365
East of England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 22 (68.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 22 (68.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Azure
1 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (84.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
General
1 5 (15.63%) Retail
2 3 (9.38%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (87.50%) Analyst
2 27 (84.38%) Service Analyst
2 27 (84.38%) Service Desk Analyst
3 18 (56.25%) Technical Analyst
3 18 (56.25%) Technical Services Analyst
4 5 (15.63%) Call Centre Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) 1st Line Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (3.13%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (3.13%) Administrator
5 1 (3.13%) Database Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) IT Administrator
5 1 (3.13%) Procurement Administrator
5 1 (3.13%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Life Science
1 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (90.63%) ITIL
2 27 (84.38%) Customer Service
2 27 (84.38%) Incident Management
3 24 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (71.88%) Service Delivery
5 22 (68.75%) Mathematics
6 1 (3.13%) Change Control
6 1 (3.13%) Change Management
6 1 (3.13%) Coaching
6 1 (3.13%) Contract Negotiation
6 1 (3.13%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (3.13%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.13%) ITSM
6 1 (3.13%) Migration
6 1 (3.13%) Network Management
6 1 (3.13%) Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (3.13%) Software Asset Management
6 1 (3.13%) Software Licensing
6 1 (3.13%) System Testing
6 1 (3.13%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (87.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (84.38%) A+ Certification
2 27 (84.38%) MCSA
3 16 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 16 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.13%) GDPR
1 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (71.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (87.50%) ServiceNow
2 27 (84.38%) Citrix
3 24 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.13%) Apple
4 1 (3.13%) Ariba
4 1 (3.13%) Google
4 1 (3.13%) SAP