Microsoft Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £700 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £650 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 337 289 378
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.31% 77.90% 78.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 121 172
10th Percentile £185 £275 £185
25th Percentile £350 £340 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £560
90th Percentile £688 £613 £636
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 39 112
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.92 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.38 £16.96 £14.12
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +29.20% +14.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £28.75 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £53.50 £37.70
East of England median hourly rate £31.20 £47.50 £40.31
% change year-on-year -34.32% +17.84% +96.63%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Engineer
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 Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 22 November 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
Cambridge - 1 £650 -
Microsoft Engineer
East of England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Enrichment
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Enrichment
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft