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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 28 23
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 9 15 22
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.42% 4.04% 5.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.23% 13.04% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile £169 £220 £225
25th Percentile £179 £273 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £388 £475
Median % change year-on-year -50.97% -18.42% +163.89%
75th Percentile £228 £513 £519
90th Percentile £286 £573 £574
East of England median daily rate £200 £225 £350
% change year-on-year -11.11% -35.71% +66.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate - £15.57 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year - -4.48% +4.65%
75th Percentile - £16.30 £21.37
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.00 £16.30 £16.30
% change year-on-year +4.29% - +4.15%

All Cloud Computing 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 88 115 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 23.66% 31.00% 23.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 60 52
10th Percentile £188 £295 £289
25th Percentile £359 £405 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £503 £420
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +19.64% -3.17%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £585
90th Percentile £700 £700 £600
East of England median daily rate £495 £510 £420
% change year-on-year -2.94% +21.43% -11.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate - £16.30 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.88%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £21.37
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.50 £23.78 £16.30
% change year-on-year -26.41% +45.89% -18.50%

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 4 October 2026.

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 4 October 2026. 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
Cambridge +10 5 £190 -50.97% 24
Peterborough 0 3 £175 - 7
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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Google Workspace
2 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DHCP
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Support Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) IT Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) IT Support
2 4 (44.44%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Mac Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) CCTV
2 1 (11.11%) CMDB
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) Android
3 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Software Deployment
3 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) ITSM
3 2 (22.22%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Service Management
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
4 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
4 1 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Task Automation
4 1 (11.11%) User Experience
4 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Apple
2 1 (11.11%) Google