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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 29 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 -17 +22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 3 7 40
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.82% 2.26% 9.13%
As % of the Applications category 12.00% 11.86% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £405 £265 £144
25th Percentile £469 £296 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £325 £250
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £375 £475
90th Percentile - £443 £610
East of England median daily rate £350 £300 £388
% change year-on-year +16.67% -22.58% +55.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.62 £13.29
Median hourly rate - £16.23 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year - +14.62% -38.13%
75th Percentile - £16.85 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.35 £30.78 £17.50
% change year-on-year -46.88% +75.89% -48.53%

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 25 59 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 6.83% 19.03% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 5
10th Percentile £283 £279 £169
25th Percentile £406 £313 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £325 £250
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £389 £413
90th Percentile - £447 £585
East of England median daily rate £410 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +17.14% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 48 15
10th Percentile - - £13.29
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £13.65
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.23 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year +100.25% +14.62% -58.35%
75th Percentile £39.31 £16.85 £19.56
90th Percentile £44.07 £21.46 £34.08
East of England median hourly rate £19.34 £21.46 £40.28
% change year-on-year -9.89% -46.72% +3.27%

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 10 January 2026.

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 10 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
Cambridge -7 3 £600 +84.62% 3
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Hudson
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) General Ledger
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) IFS Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Author
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Accounts Payable
1 2 (66.67%) Accounts Receivable
1 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) IFS