Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Peterborough

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Peterborough requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 2 12 25
As % of all contract jobs in Peterborough 2.74% 11.21% 13.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.57% 50.00% 80.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £424
25th Percentile £163 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £180 £504
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -64.27% +22.12%
75th Percentile £188 - £562
90th Percentile - - £591
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £190 £388 £475
% change year-on-year -50.97% -18.42% +111.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate - £15.14 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year - -7.12% +12.41%
75th Percentile - £16.30 £21.37
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £17.39 £15.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year +14.83% -7.12% +12.41%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 7 24 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 9.59% 22.43% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £213 £170 £335
25th Percentile £288 £180 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -21.74% +39.39%
75th Percentile £506 - £610
90th Percentile £548 £593 £687
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £510 £525 £420
% change year-on-year -2.86% +25.00% -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 16 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £35.91 £16.30 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +120.31% - +12.41%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £21.37
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £27.00 £16.30 £16.30
% change year-on-year +65.64% - +12.41%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CCTV
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Google