Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Office
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 40 14
Rank change year-on-year +6 -26 +35
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 13 4 43
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.62% 1.01% 8.43%
As % of the Applications category 33.33% 4.40% 75.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £404 - £194
25th Percentile £466 £225 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £250 £250
Median % change year-on-year +130.00% - -
75th Percentile £625 £275 £381
90th Percentile - - £573
East of England median daily rate £400 £323 £375
% change year-on-year +24.03% -14.00% +47.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - £13.29
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £13.79
75th Percentile £31.00 - £14.04
90th Percentile - - £15.91
East of England median hourly rate £16.55 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -52.71% +66.67% +8.92%

All Software Application Skills
Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Office falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 39 91 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 10.86% 22.92% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 7
10th Percentile £343 £245 £207
25th Percentile £423 £275 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £342 £250
Median % change year-on-year +68.13% +36.80% -
75th Percentile £625 £400 £400
90th Percentile - £445 £528
East of England median daily rate £450 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 80 14
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.98 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.63 £15.62 £13.47
Median hourly rate £18.85 £16.23 £15.96
Median % change year-on-year +16.14% +1.72% -54.41%
75th Percentile £29.29 £16.85 £32.64
90th Percentile £32.69 - £34.50
East of England median hourly rate £19.91 £16.23 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.67% -53.63% +7.69%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
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 Office within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 22 October 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 -7 5 £575 +130.00% 7
Peterborough - 2 - - 5
Microsoft Office
East of England

Microsoft Office
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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco IOS
1 7 (53.85%) DHCP
1 7 (53.85%) DNS
1 7 (53.85%) PuTTY
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) LAN
2 2 (15.38%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) Wireless
2 2 (15.38%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Hudson
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Manufacturing
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) General Ledger
3 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
1 7 (53.85%) Network Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Network Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Network Support
2 5 (38.46%) Network Support Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Network Support Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) IFS Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) HR Assistant
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support
4 1 (7.69%) Support Officer
4 1 (7.69%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.69%) Molecular Biology
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Computer Science
2 3 (23.08%) Accounts Payable
2 3 (23.08%) Accounts Receivable
2 3 (23.08%) Process Improvement
2 3 (23.08%) Project Management
2 3 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
4 1 (7.69%) Biology
4 1 (7.69%) Biomedicine
4 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Data Management
4 1 (7.69%) Manual Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C#
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) CCNA
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (53.85%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) CCNP
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco
3 5 (38.46%) ServiceNow
4 3 (23.08%) IFS
5 2 (15.38%) Peregrine
5 2 (15.38%) Remedy
6 1 (7.69%) HP