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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 382 359
Rank change year-on-year +55 -23 +145
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 153 149 304
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.63% 0.41% 0.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.69% 1.27% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 113 238
10th Percentile £211 £190 £185
25th Percentile £263 £220 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £616 £700 £745
UK median daily rate £415 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.75% -5.88% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £16.64 £17.98
25th Percentile - £16.79 £20.90
Median hourly rate £16.26 £17.72 £24.51
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% -27.69% -7.34%
75th Percentile - - £26.48
90th Percentile - £17.75 -
UK median hourly rate £16.26 £17.72 £22.53
% change year-on-year -8.24% -21.35% -14.81%

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 9,035 11,689 17,571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.12% 32.09% 36.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,257 8,437 12,880
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £418 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £673
90th Percentile £738 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 325 289
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.04 £15.85 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.25 £21.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.24% -38.24% +58.14%
75th Percentile £36.38 £35.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.63 £65.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £21.37 £35.00
% change year-on-year +28.69% -38.94% +57.73%

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 19 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 19 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 +53 85 £475 +5.56% 81
North of England +24 21 £419 +99.52% 31
North West +20 17 £454 +115.95% 22
Midlands +8 16 £268 -23.57% 16
West Midlands -6 13 £275 -21.43% 8
South East +33 11 £500 +119.78% 43
East of England +27 9 £238 -62.00% 17
South West +39 8 £413 -2.94% 20
Yorkshire +14 4 £235 -26.56% 7
East Midlands +13 3 £190 -43.28% 8
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
1 139 (90.85%) SharePoint
2 90 (58.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.61%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (1.96%) IIS
5 2 (1.31%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.65%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.61%) InfoPath
5 2 (1.31%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.65%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 147 (96.08%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (56.86%) Azure
3 77 (50.33%) Entra ID
4 28 (18.30%) Power Platform
5 18 (11.76%) Power Automate
6 17 (11.11%) SaaS
7 13 (8.50%) Google Workspace
7 13 (8.50%) Microsoft Purview
8 12 (7.84%) PowerApps
9 8 (5.23%) AWS
10 7 (4.58%) Mimecast
11 6 (3.92%) Asana
11 6 (3.92%) Slack
12 5 (3.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (3.27%) ShareGate
13 4 (2.61%) Azure Functions
13 4 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (2.61%) Serverless
14 2 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.11%) VPN
1 17 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (10.46%) DNS
3 14 (9.15%) DHCP
4 12 (7.84%) Network Security
4 12 (7.84%) WAN
5 11 (7.19%) Firewall
5 11 (7.19%) VLAN
6 10 (6.54%) VoIP
7 8 (5.23%) LAN
8 7 (4.58%) Skype
9 5 (3.27%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (3.27%) SD-WAN
10 4 (2.61%) SAN
11 3 (1.96%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.96%) WebEx
12 2 (1.31%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (0.65%) Internet
13 1 (0.65%) PBX
13 1 (0.65%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.61%) Power BI
2 1 (0.65%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.96%) JIRA
1 3 (1.96%) MSI
2 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 57 (37.25%) Social Skills
2 40 (26.14%) Finance
3 20 (13.07%) Legal
4 10 (6.54%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.58%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.96%) Banking
7 3 (1.96%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.96%) Marketing
8 2 (1.31%) Advertising
8 2 (1.31%) Dutch Language
8 2 (1.31%) Law
8 2 (1.31%) Military
8 2 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.31%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.65%) Automotive
9 1 (0.65%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.65%) Polish Language
9 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (25.49%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 35 (22.88%) Support Engineer
3 19 (12.42%) Senior
4 17 (11.11%) Analyst
5 16 (10.46%) Architect
6 14 (9.15%) Microsoft Engineer
7 12 (7.84%) Desktop Support
7 12 (7.84%) IT Support
8 11 (7.19%) Desktop Engineer
9 10 (6.54%) Consultant
9 10 (6.54%) IT Engineer
9 10 (6.54%) Senior Support Engineer
10 9 (5.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 9 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (5.23%) Migration Engineer
12 7 (4.58%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 7 (4.58%) Service Analyst
12 7 (4.58%) Service Desk Analyst
12 7 (4.58%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.31%) .NET
3 1 (0.65%) CSS
3 1 (0.65%) HTML
3 1 (0.65%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.65%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.84%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.58%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.61%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.61%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.61%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.96%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.96%) iPhone
5 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Licensing
5 3 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.31%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.65%) BYOD
7 1 (0.65%) CMDB
7 1 (0.65%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.65%) iPad
7 1 (0.65%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.65%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 75 (49.02%) Windows
2 31 (20.26%) Windows 10
3 11 (7.19%) Windows Server
4 9 (5.88%) Android
5 6 (3.92%) Apple iOS
5 6 (3.92%) Linux
5 6 (3.92%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.27%) Unix
6 5 (3.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (3.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.65%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.65%) VMS
8 1 (0.65%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (26.80%) Migration
2 35 (22.88%) ITIL
3 30 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (18.30%) Customer Service
5 23 (15.03%) Agile
6 20 (13.07%) Data Loss Prevention
7 19 (12.42%) Identity Management
8 18 (11.76%) Cloud Security
9 17 (11.11%) Service Delivery
10 16 (10.46%) Roadmaps
11 15 (9.80%) E-Discovery
12 13 (8.50%) Asset Management
12 13 (8.50%) High Availability
12 13 (8.50%) Mentoring
12 13 (8.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (7.19%) Change Management
14 11 (7.19%) Data Protection
14 11 (7.19%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 11 (7.19%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (30.07%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.31%) Python
3 1 (0.65%) C#
Qualifications
1 24 (15.69%) Degree
2 23 (15.03%) Security Cleared
3 20 (13.07%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (8.50%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.23%) DV Cleared
5 8 (5.23%) MCSE
6 7 (4.58%) PMI Certification
6 7 (4.58%) PMP
7 4 (2.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.65%) CISA
9 1 (0.65%) CISM
9 1 (0.65%) CISSP
9 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.27%) SLA
2 3 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.31%) PMO
3 2 (1.31%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.65%) NIST
System Software
1 89 (58.17%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.61%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.96%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.31%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (43.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (13.73%) SCCM
3 8 (5.23%) AppManager
4 5 (3.27%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.61%) Terraform
5 4 (2.61%) vCenter Server
5 4 (2.61%) WSUS
6 3 (1.96%) PingFederate
7 2 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.65%) OfficeScan
8 1 (0.65%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.65%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.65%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 121 (79.08%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.80%) VMware
3 12 (7.84%) Google
4 8 (5.23%) Cisco
4 8 (5.23%) Ivanti
4 8 (5.23%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.92%) Citrix
6 5 (3.27%) Apple
7 3 (1.96%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.96%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.31%) Adobe
8 2 (1.31%) Mitel
9 1 (0.65%) Altiris
9 1 (0.65%) Aruba
9 1 (0.65%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.65%) NetApp
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle
9 1 (0.65%) Progress
9 1 (0.65%) SolarWinds