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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 25 18
Rank change year-on-year -12 -7 -8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 4 13 27
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.10% 4.19% 6.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.71% 15.12% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £115
25th Percentile £538 - £118
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £138
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +300.00% -57.69%
75th Percentile £613 - £200
90th Percentile - - £230
East of England median daily rate £225 £295 £200
% change year-on-year -23.73% +47.50% -22.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 19
10th Percentile - £14.99 -
25th Percentile - £19.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +48.00% -6.45%
75th Percentile - - £18.86
90th Percentile - - £20.00
East of England median hourly rate £14.00 £21.46 £15.65
% change year-on-year -34.76% +37.12% +0.97%

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 85 86 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 23.29% 27.74% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 49 24
10th Percentile £313 £328 £144
25th Percentile £363 £340 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £498
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.50% +4.74%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £613
90th Percentile £658 £654 £675
East of England median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 24
10th Percentile - £14.99 -
25th Percentile £16.00 £19.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £21.46 £15.83
Median % change year-on-year +72.41% +35.61% +2.10%
75th Percentile £43.68 - £20.00
90th Percentile £43.75 - £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £18.00
% change year-on-year -25.44% +19.22% +14.29%

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
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 11 January 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
Peterborough -7 3 - - 13
Cambridge -5 1 £575 - 5
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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Polish Language
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) IT Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Services Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) CentOS
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (75.00%) MCSA
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) VMware