OneDrive Contracts in the North West

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 103 124 136
Rank change year-on-year +21 +12 +14
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 17 13 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.86% 0.47% 0.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.66% 1.47% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 19
10th Percentile £268 £122 £140
25th Percentile £356 £142 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £210 £488
Median % change year-on-year +112.86% -56.92% +122.86%
75th Percentile £519 £243 £544
90th Percentile £553 £323 £550
England median daily rate £420 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £17.72 -
England median hourly rate £16.26 £17.72 £26.48
% change year-on-year -8.24% -33.08% -0.08%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 639 884 1,198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.47% 32.09% 37.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 640 887
10th Percentile £244 £284 £311
25th Percentile £400 £391 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £487 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -2.55% -
75th Percentile £558 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 65 32
10th Percentile - £13.00 £16.19
25th Percentile £26.88 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.88 £16.06 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +79.79% -56.94% +100.62%
75th Percentile £50.66 £20.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.88 £43.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
% change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%

OneDrive
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for OneDrive in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for OneDrive in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for OneDrive in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for OneDrive in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Cheshire -3 7 £447 +123.50% 9
Manchester +20 5 £500 - 12
Lancashire +7 5 £375 +70.45% 6
OneDrive
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 17 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 11 (64.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 16 (94.12%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (88.24%) Azure
3 10 (58.82%) Entra ID
4 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (11.76%) SaaS
6 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
6 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) SAN
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support
3 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Migration Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Integration Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Linux
2 4 (23.53%) Unix
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (11.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (41.18%) Data Loss Prevention
3 6 (35.29%) E-Discovery
4 5 (29.41%) Cloud Security
4 5 (29.41%) Data Governance
4 5 (29.41%) Data Protection
4 5 (29.41%) Mentoring
4 5 (29.41%) Migration
4 5 (29.41%) Performance Optimisation
4 5 (29.41%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (29.41%) Zero Trust
5 4 (23.53%) Agile
5 4 (23.53%) High Availability
5 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (23.53%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 4 (23.53%) RBAC
6 2 (11.76%) DevOps
6 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (23.53%) MCSE
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (17.65%) Degree
3 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 10 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (23.53%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (23.53%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (23.53%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (23.53%) vCenter Server
2 4 (23.53%) WSUS
3 2 (11.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Citrix
2 4 (23.53%) VMware