OneDrive Contracts in England

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring OneDrive skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OneDrive over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 387 388
Rank change year-on-year +67 +1 +128
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 168 156 287
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.69% 0.42% 0.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.85% 1.32% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 116 233
10th Percentile £210 £190 £185
25th Percentile £243 £216 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £538 £553 £550
90th Percentile £600 £700 £733
UK median daily rate £414 £400 £445
% change year-on-year +3.44% -10.11% +4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 3
10th Percentile - £16.69 £18.12
25th Percentile - £17.26 £21.25
Median hourly rate £16.26 £17.72 £26.48
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% -33.08% -0.08%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £17.74 -
UK median hourly rate £16.26 £17.72 £26.48
% change year-on-year -8.24% -33.08% -0.08%

All Cloud Skills
England

OneDrive 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 9,062 11,852 18,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.21% 31.87% 36.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,341 8,544 13,518
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 321 311
10th Percentile £15.03 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.85 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%
75th Percentile £40.50 £32.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £61.60 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

OneDrive
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing OneDrive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for OneDrive in England

OneDrive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OneDrive in England.

Daily rate trend for OneDrive in England

OneDrive
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OneDrive in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OneDrive in England

OneDrive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OneDrive in England.

Hourly rate trend for OneDrive in England

OneDrive
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OneDrive within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +52 93 £475 +5.56% 53
North of England +26 24 £388 +93.75% 19
Midlands +16 19 £230 -34.29% 13
North West +21 17 £447 +112.86% 10
West Midlands +6 15 £271 -22.50% 11
South West +44 10 £375 -11.76% 11
South East +40 10 £500 +51.52% 34
East of England +35 9 £238 -62.00% 10
Yorkshire +11 7 £240 +45.45% 7
East Midlands +12 4 £190 -43.28% 2
OneDrive
UK

OneDrive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 153 (91.07%) SharePoint
2 105 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.38%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (2.38%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.79%) IIS
5 1 (0.60%) CMS
5 1 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 28 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.38%) InfoPath
5 2 (1.19%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.60%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 162 (96.43%) Microsoft 365
2 92 (54.76%) Azure
3 82 (48.81%) Entra ID
4 28 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 18 (10.71%) Power Automate
5 18 (10.71%) SaaS
6 13 (7.74%) Google Workspace
6 13 (7.74%) Microsoft Purview
7 12 (7.14%) PowerApps
8 8 (4.76%) AWS
8 8 (4.76%) Mimecast
9 6 (3.57%) Asana
9 6 (3.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 6 (3.57%) Slack
10 5 (2.98%) ShareGate
11 4 (2.38%) Azure Functions
11 4 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (2.38%) Serverless
12 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.79%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.88%) VPN
1 25 (14.88%) Wi-Fi
2 22 (13.10%) DNS
3 20 (11.90%) DHCP
4 19 (11.31%) Firewall
5 17 (10.12%) VLAN
5 17 (10.12%) WAN
6 15 (8.93%) Network Security
6 15 (8.93%) VoIP
7 13 (7.74%) LAN
8 10 (5.95%) Skype
9 7 (4.17%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (2.98%) SD-WAN
11 4 (2.38%) SAN
11 4 (2.38%) TCP/IP
12 2 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (1.19%) WebEx
13 1 (0.60%) DKIM
13 1 (0.60%) DMARC
13 1 (0.60%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.38%) Power BI
2 1 (0.60%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.79%) JIRA
1 3 (1.79%) MSI
2 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 62 (36.90%) Social Skills
2 47 (27.98%) Finance
3 23 (13.69%) Legal
4 11 (6.55%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.98%) Banking
8 4 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.79%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.79%) Marketing
10 2 (1.19%) Advertising
10 2 (1.19%) Dutch Language
10 2 (1.19%) Law
10 2 (1.19%) Military
10 2 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.19%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.60%) International Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.60%) Polish Language
11 1 (0.60%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 41 (24.40%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 40 (23.81%) Support Engineer
3 22 (13.10%) Senior
4 19 (11.31%) Analyst
5 17 (10.12%) Architect
6 15 (8.93%) Desktop Support
6 15 (8.93%) Microsoft Engineer
7 14 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
8 12 (7.14%) Consultant
8 12 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 12 (7.14%) IT Support
9 11 (6.55%) Senior Support Engineer
10 10 (5.95%) 2nd Line Support
10 10 (5.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (5.95%) IT Engineer
11 9 (5.36%) IT Support Engineer
12 8 (4.76%) Service Analyst
12 8 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
12 8 (4.76%) Support Analyst
13 7 (4.17%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (1.79%) .NET
3 1 (0.60%) CSS
3 1 (0.60%) HTML
3 1 (0.60%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.95%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (2.98%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.38%) BYOD
5 4 (2.38%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.79%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.79%) iPhone
6 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Licensing
6 3 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.19%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.19%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.60%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) iPad
8 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.60%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.60%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 87 (51.79%) Windows
2 44 (26.19%) Windows 10
3 16 (9.52%) Windows Server
4 9 (5.36%) Android
5 7 (4.17%) Mac OS
6 6 (3.57%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.57%) Linux
7 5 (2.98%) Unix
7 5 (2.98%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (2.98%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.60%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (27.38%) Migration
2 35 (20.83%) Customer Service
2 35 (20.83%) ITIL
3 31 (18.45%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (13.69%) Identity Management
5 22 (13.10%) Agile
6 21 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
7 20 (11.90%) Service Delivery
8 18 (10.71%) Cloud Security
9 16 (9.52%) E-Discovery
9 16 (9.52%) Roadmaps
10 14 (8.33%) Mentoring
11 13 (7.74%) Change Management
11 13 (7.74%) High Availability
11 13 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 12 (7.14%) Asset Management
12 12 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (7.14%) Project Management
12 12 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (6.55%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 48 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.19%) Python
3 1 (0.60%) C#
Qualifications
1 24 (14.29%) Degree
2 22 (13.10%) Security Cleared
3 18 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.76%) MCSE
6 7 (4.17%) PMI Certification
6 7 (4.17%) PMP
7 4 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.60%) CISA
9 1 (0.60%) CISM
9 1 (0.60%) CISSP
9 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.57%) SLA
2 3 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.19%) PMO
3 2 (1.19%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 103 (61.31%) Active Directory
2 23 (13.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.79%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.19%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 72 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (16.07%) SCCM
3 13 (7.74%) AppManager
4 5 (2.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.38%) vCenter Server
5 4 (2.38%) WSUS
6 3 (1.79%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 3 (1.79%) PingFederate
6 3 (1.79%) Terraform
7 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.60%) OfficeScan
7 1 (0.60%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.60%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.60%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 133 (79.17%) Microsoft
2 24 (14.29%) VMware
3 13 (7.74%) Ivanti
4 12 (7.14%) Google
5 10 (5.95%) Cisco
6 8 (4.76%) Citrix
7 7 (4.17%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.98%) Apple
9 3 (1.79%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.79%) Zscaler
10 2 (1.19%) Adobe
10 2 (1.19%) Mitel
11 1 (0.60%) Altiris
11 1 (0.60%) Aruba
11 1 (0.60%) Barracuda Networks
11 1 (0.60%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.60%) NetApp
11 1 (0.60%) Oracle
11 1 (0.60%) Progress
11 1 (0.60%) SolarWinds