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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 16 12
Rank change year-on-year -17 -4 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 3 31 62
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.77% 10.99% 12.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.05% 34.44% 69.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 12
10th Percentile £239 £178 £128
25th Percentile £353 £179 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £185 £331
Median % change year-on-year +204.05% -44.15% -20.90%
75th Percentile £778 £415 £488
90th Percentile £896 £549 -
East of England median daily rate £204 £208 £250
% change year-on-year -1.81% -17.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 20 49
10th Percentile - - £14.00
25th Percentile £17.12 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £17.39 £15.29 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +13.70% -6.20% +5.16%
75th Percentile £17.65 £16.30 £21.37
90th Percentile - £21.46 -
East of England median hourly rate £16.65 £15.44 £16.30
% change year-on-year +7.84% -5.28% +5.16%

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 74 90 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.02% 31.91% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 42 26
10th Percentile £356 £338 £213
25th Percentile £402 £425 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £501 £411
Median % change year-on-year +0.65% +21.88% -8.61%
75th Percentile £539 £550 £488
90th Percentile £599 £650 £556
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 22 52
10th Percentile £23.69 - £14.00
25th Percentile £26.50 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £33.96 £15.44 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +119.92% -5.28% +5.16%
75th Percentile £36.81 £16.83 £21.37
90th Percentile £40.73 £21.46 £21.45
East of England median hourly rate £21.72 £17.80 £16.30
% change year-on-year +21.99% +9.20% -16.41%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -5 2 £950 +52.00% 3
Peterborough -5 1 £175 -2.78% 6
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 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) IT Director
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft