Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 27 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 31 60 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.18% 7.59% 7.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.60% 27.27% 24.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19 41 77
10th Percentile £25,850 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £31,971 £31,699
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% +0.86% -17.66%
75th Percentile £83,750 £34,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £46,875 £54,250
East of England median annual salary £37,500 £33,000 £31,699
% change year-on-year +13.64% +4.10% -11.95%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Cambridgeshire

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 228 220 349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 23.41% 27.81% 29.16%
Number of salaries quoted 145 91 301
10th Percentile £29,300 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £83,750 £88,750
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -13.64%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough -5 9 £85,000 +193.25% 2
Cambridge -25 7 £31,500 -1.56% 8
Wisbech 0 1 £30,000 -7.55% 4
Microsoft 365
East of England

Microsoft 365
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (29.03%) SharePoint
2 4 (12.90%) Confluence
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (48.39%) Entra ID
2 14 (45.16%) Azure
3 5 (16.13%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.45%) AWS
5 1 (3.23%) IaaS
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.23%) Nutanix
5 1 (3.23%) PaaS
5 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (29.03%) Firewall
2 5 (16.13%) VPN
3 4 (12.90%) TCP/IP
4 3 (9.68%) DHCP
4 3 (9.68%) DNS
4 3 (9.68%) LAN
4 3 (9.68%) WAN
5 1 (3.23%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.23%) VoIP
5 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (3.23%) GIS
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
General
1 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (51.61%) IT Support
2 15 (48.39%) Support Engineer
3 13 (41.94%) IT Engineer
3 13 (41.94%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) Lead
4 6 (19.35%) Technical Leader
5 2 (6.45%) Senior
5 2 (6.45%) Support Technician
6 1 (3.23%) 1st Line Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (3.23%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Deskside Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) ICT Officer
6 1 (3.23%) ICT Support
6 1 (3.23%) ICT Support Officer
6 1 (3.23%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Support Officer
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Robotics
2 4 (12.90%) Client/Server
3 3 (9.68%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) LLPG
4 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (67.74%) Windows
2 8 (25.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.45%) Android
3 2 (6.45%) Apple iOS
3 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.23%) Linux
4 1 (3.23%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (29.03%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (22.58%) Data Protection
4 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (19.35%) Migration
4 6 (19.35%) Virtual Environments
5 5 (16.13%) AI
5 5 (16.13%) Business Continuity
5 5 (16.13%) Proactive Monitoring
5 5 (16.13%) Server Management
6 4 (12.90%) Computer Science
6 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
6 4 (12.90%) Network Virtualisation
7 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (6.45%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (6.45%) DevOps
8 2 (6.45%) ITIL
8 2 (6.45%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (6.45%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 2 (6.45%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.45%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.23%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.23%) GDPR
1 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (51.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.23%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Apple
2 2 (6.45%) Cisco
3 1 (3.23%) Aruba
3 1 (3.23%) MobileIron
3 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.23%) Progress
3 1 (3.23%) Veeam
3 1 (3.23%) VMware