OneDrive Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 147 171 180
Rank change year-on-year +24 +9 +17
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 21 14 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.63% 0.30% 0.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.92% 1.01% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 24
10th Percentile £220 £122 £140
25th Percentile £350 £149 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £210 £425
Median % change year-on-year +99.52% -50.59% +94.29%
75th Percentile £500 £286 £514
90th Percentile £545 £419 £550
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year - -21.35% -14.64%
England median hourly rate £16.26 £17.72 £24.51
% change year-on-year -8.24% -27.69% -7.34%

All Cloud Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,095 1,381 2,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.04% 29.80% 36.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 980 1,514
10th Percentile £258 £268 £300
25th Percentile £380 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% -6.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £638 £650 £686
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 79 39
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.00 £16.09
25th Percentile £12.82 £15.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -54.11% +66.67%
75th Percentile £73.44 £22.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £97.49 £44.24 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.25 £21.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year +20.24% -38.24% +58.14%

OneDrive
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for OneDrive in the North of England

OneDrive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for OneDrive in the North of England

OneDrive
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OneDrive in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OneDrive in the North of England

OneDrive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for OneDrive in the North of England

OneDrive
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West +20 17 £454 +115.95% 23
Yorkshire +14 4 £235 -26.56% 7
OneDrive
England

OneDrive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 21 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 13 (61.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.76%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (90.48%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (66.67%) Azure
3 9 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (9.52%) SaaS
6 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
6 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) SAN
2 3 (14.29%) DHCP
2 3 (14.29%) DNS
2 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (9.52%) LAN
3 2 (9.52%) VLAN
3 2 (9.52%) VoIP
3 2 (9.52%) VPN
3 2 (9.52%) WAN
4 1 (4.76%) Skype
4 1 (4.76%) WebEx
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Legal
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Architect
1 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 3 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Integration Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) IT Support
5 1 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 4 (19.05%) Unix
2 4 (19.05%) Windows 10
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Server
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 6 (28.57%) E-Discovery
3 6 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (23.81%) Agile
4 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
4 5 (23.81%) Data Governance
4 5 (23.81%) Data Protection
4 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
4 5 (23.81%) Migration
4 5 (23.81%) Performance Optimisation
4 5 (23.81%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (23.81%) Zero Trust
5 4 (19.05%) High Availability
5 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (19.05%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 4 (19.05%) RBAC
6 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 3 (14.29%) ITIL
7 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (19.05%) MCSE
2 4 (19.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.76%) PMP
System Software
1 14 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (19.05%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (19.05%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (19.05%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (19.05%) vCenter Server
2 4 (19.05%) WSUS
3 3 (14.29%) SCCM
4 2 (9.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (9.52%) AppManager
Vendors
1 20 (95.24%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) VMware
3 4 (19.05%) Citrix
4 2 (9.52%) Ivanti