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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 41 12
Rank change year-on-year +12 -29 +35
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 16 6 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 4.58% 1.40% 8.54%
As % of the Applications category 32.65% 5.17% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 11
10th Percentile £404 - £180
25th Percentile £466 £225 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £250 £250
Median % change year-on-year +130.00% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £625 £275 £313
90th Percentile - - £350
East of England median daily rate £400 £363 £315
% change year-on-year +10.34% +15.08% +22.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - £13.29
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £13.58
75th Percentile £31.00 - £14.00
90th Percentile - - £16.40
East of England median hourly rate £19.25 £28.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year -33.04% +47.44% +1.14%

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 49 116 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 14.04% 26.98% 11.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 16
10th Percentile £182 £203 £180
25th Percentile £195 £225 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £300 £250
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £613 £386 £359
90th Percentile £625 £430 £450
East of England median daily rate £388 £373 £330
% change year-on-year +4.03% +12.88% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 100 13
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.00 £13.29
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% -8.56% -49.29%
75th Percentile £18.85 £16.85 £33.44
90th Percentile £28.26 - £34.50
East of England median hourly rate £26.82 £16.23 £36.98
% change year-on-year +65.22% -56.11% +12.05%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -3 5 £575 +130.00% 10
Peterborough - 2 - - 15
Microsoft Office
East of England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco IOS
1 7 (43.75%) DHCP
1 7 (43.75%) DNS
1 7 (43.75%) PuTTY
2 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) LAN
2 2 (12.50%) WAN
2 2 (12.50%) Wireless
2 2 (12.50%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Hudson
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Manufacturing
2 5 (31.25%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (18.75%) General Ledger
4 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Network Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Network Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Network Support
2 5 (31.25%) Network Support Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Network Support Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Support Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) IT Support
3 4 (25.00%) Support Officer
4 3 (18.75%) Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) IFS Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) HR Assistant
5 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Molecular Biology
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Computer Science
2 6 (37.50%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Biology
3 4 (25.00%) Biomedicine
3 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) Data Management
4 3 (18.75%) Accounts Payable
4 3 (18.75%) Accounts Receivable
4 3 (18.75%) Process Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (12.50%) Change Management
6 1 (6.25%) Manual Testing
6 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) C#
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) CCNA
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (43.75%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) CCNP
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) Cisco
3 5 (31.25%) ServiceNow
4 3 (18.75%) IFS
5 2 (12.50%) Peregrine
5 2 (12.50%) Remedy
6 1 (6.25%) HP