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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 14 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 28 55 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 9.06% 10.54% 6.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.00% 53.40% 31.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 19
10th Percentile £178 £200 £175
25th Percentile £179 £225 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £193 £413 £375
Median % change year-on-year -53.33% +10.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £321 £488 £422
90th Percentile £511 - £438
East of England median daily rate £225 £350 £245
% change year-on-year -35.71% +42.86% -18.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 43 13
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.48 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +5.16% -
75th Percentile £16.30 £21.37 £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
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 100 103 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 32.36% 19.73% 22.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 38 75
10th Percentile £231 £225 £208
25th Percentile £416 £322 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £420 £425
Median % change year-on-year +22.32% -1.18% -
75th Percentile £631 £488 £488
90th Percentile £700 £554 £566
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 45 14
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.48 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.28% +5.16% -
75th Percentile £16.65 £21.37 £15.75
90th Percentile £26.15 £21.42 £19.43
East of England median hourly rate £18.82 £16.30 £22.00
% change year-on-year +15.46% -25.91% +41.94%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 18 £180 -64.27% 14
Cambridge +9 5 £413 +83.33% 51
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (53.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (53.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Azure
1 1 (3.57%) ChatGPT
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.57%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (71.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
General
1 5 (17.86%) Retail
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (78.57%) Analyst
2 20 (71.43%) Service Analyst
2 20 (71.43%) Service Desk Analyst
3 15 (53.57%) Technical Analyst
3 15 (53.57%) Technical Services Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Call Centre Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (7.14%) Administrator
5 2 (7.14%) IT Administrator
5 2 (7.14%) IT Support
5 2 (7.14%) Procurement Administrator
5 2 (7.14%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Database Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Life Science
2 1 (3.57%) Digital Signage
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (78.57%) ITIL
2 20 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 20 (71.43%) Incident Management
3 17 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (57.14%) Service Delivery
5 15 (53.57%) Mathematics
6 2 (7.14%) Data Analysis
6 2 (7.14%) Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (7.14%) Service Management
7 1 (3.57%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (3.57%) Asset Management
7 1 (3.57%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.57%) Change Management
7 1 (3.57%) Coaching
7 1 (3.57%) Data Migration
7 1 (3.57%) ITSM
7 1 (3.57%) Migration
7 1 (3.57%) Software Asset Management
7 1 (3.57%) Software Licensing
7 1 (3.57%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (71.43%) A+ Certification
2 20 (71.43%) MCSA
3 12 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 12 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.57%) GDPR
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (57.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (82.14%) ServiceNow
2 20 (71.43%) Citrix
3 19 (67.86%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.14%) Ariba
4 2 (7.14%) Google
4 2 (7.14%) SAP
5 1 (3.57%) Apple
5 1 (3.57%) OpenAI