Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 32 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 -11 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 9 11 31
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.54% 2.81% 5.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.96% 12.09% 32.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 10
10th Percentile £220 £258 £134
25th Percentile £273 £306 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £388 £190
Median % change year-on-year - +103.95% -41.54%
75th Percentile £513 £469 £353
90th Percentile £573 £518 £393
East of England median daily rate £225 £350 £225
% change year-on-year -35.71% +55.56% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 17
10th Percentile £15.39 £14.16 £14.15
25th Percentile - £14.70 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £18.84 £15.65
Median % change year-on-year -15.05% +20.35% +7.93%
75th Percentile - £21.44 £20.00
90th Percentile £16.18 £21.46 -
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £15.83
% change year-on-year -25.44% +35.61% +2.10%

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 113 91 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 31.83% 23.27% 18.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 49 50
10th Percentile £300 £298 £180
25th Percentile £400 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +19.64% -6.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £539
90th Percentile £700 £628 £619
East of England median daily rate £500 £420 £475
% change year-on-year +19.05% -11.58% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 22
10th Percentile £15.90 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £16.00 £14.70 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.90 £18.84 £18.86
Median % change year-on-year +42.82% -0.13% +30.07%
75th Percentile £43.75 £21.44 £20.75
90th Percentile - £21.46 £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £31.25 £21.37 £20.00
% change year-on-year +46.23% +6.85% +29.03%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft 365

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 26 October 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 0 5 - - 6
Cambridge -1 3 £388 +72.22% 11
Microsoft 365
East of England

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) ChatGPT
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (11.11%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (33.33%) Polish Language
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Service Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) IT Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Technical Services Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) IT Support
5 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Administrator
5 1 (11.11%) Call Centre Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) IT Administrator
5 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Junior IT Administrator
5 1 (11.11%) Procurement Administrator
5 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Digital Signage
1 1 (11.11%) Life Science
1 1 (11.11%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) CentOS
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Ubuntu
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
1 5 (55.56%) Incident Management
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Mathematics
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) AI
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) A+ Certification
1 5 (55.56%) MCSA
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
1 7 (77.78%) ServiceNow
2 5 (55.56%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) Ariba
3 1 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (11.11%) OpenAI
3 1 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) VMware