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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 29 15
Rank change year-on-year -9 -14 +13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 27 58 71
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.08% 6.63% 10.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.62% 26.61% 29.83%
Number of salaries quoted 20 38 68
10th Percentile £26,050 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,985 £30,450
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +1.76% -23.88%
75th Percentile £55,125 £38,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £86,125 £53,750 £58,000
East of England median annual salary £37,500 £33,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -5.71% -6.67%

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 214 218 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 24.43% 24.91% 34.24%
Number of salaries quoted 159 85 206
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,950 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,125 £75,250 £75,938
90th Percentile £93,000 £82,500 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £46,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.95% +5.00% -9.09%

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 14 January 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 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough -5 8 £82,500 +158.05% 11
Cambridge -22 7 £29,500 -7.81% 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 11 (40.74%) SharePoint
2 4 (14.81%) Confluence
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) Entra ID
2 14 (51.85%) Azure
3 9 (33.33%) OneDrive
4 2 (7.41%) AWS
5 1 (3.70%) IaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.70%) Nutanix
5 1 (3.70%) PaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (37.04%) Firewall
2 5 (18.52%) DHCP
2 5 (18.52%) DNS
3 4 (14.81%) LAN
3 4 (14.81%) VPN
3 4 (14.81%) WAN
3 4 (14.81%) Wireless
4 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 3 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (7.41%) IPsec
5 2 (7.41%) SSL
5 2 (7.41%) VLAN
6 1 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (3.70%) GIS
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) IT Support
2 9 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 9 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 7 (25.93%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Lead
4 5 (18.52%) Technical Leader
5 4 (14.81%) Administrator
5 4 (14.81%) IT Administrator
6 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Senior
8 1 (3.70%) 1st Line Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Deskside Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) ICT Support
8 1 (3.70%) IT Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) IT Technician
8 1 (3.70%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Client/Server
2 2 (7.41%) Biopharmaceutical
2 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) LLPG
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (70.37%) Windows
2 9 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (18.52%) Android
4 5 (18.52%) Apple iOS
4 5 (18.52%) Windows 10
5 4 (14.81%) Mac OS
5 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (3.70%) Linux
6 1 (3.70%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (22.22%) Data Protection
3 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (18.52%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (18.52%) ITIL
3 5 (18.52%) Migration
3 5 (18.52%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security
4 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
4 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (14.81%) Security Management
5 3 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 3 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (7.41%) DevOps
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Maintenance
6 2 (7.41%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
3 2 (7.41%) CCNA
3 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.41%) MCSE
4 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) GDPR
2 2 (7.41%) GxP
2 2 (7.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (59.26%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (11.11%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) Apple
3 4 (14.81%) Samsung
4 3 (11.11%) VMware
5 2 (7.41%) Cisco
6 1 (3.70%) Aruba
6 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
6 1 (3.70%) Progress
6 1 (3.70%) Veeam