OneDrive Contract Job Trends

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring OneDrive skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 336 428
Rank change year-on-year -49 +92 -14
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 235 193 173
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.66% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.43% 1.73% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 128 128
10th Percentile £185 £200 £177
25th Percentile £260 £229 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £420 £411
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +2.13% -3.24%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £613 £596 £666
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £245 £400
% change year-on-year +83.67% -38.75% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 9
10th Percentile £17.23 £18.17 £16.74
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.05 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £22.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% +24.66% -33.08%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £17.78
90th Percentile £62.91 - £20.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.27 £22.09 £17.72
% change year-on-year +14.37% +24.66% -33.08%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 16,388 11,168 14,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.91% 38.13% 32.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,162 7,838 10,213
10th Percentile £313 £313 £294
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £476 £490
% change year-on-year -0.11% -2.96% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 462 222 352
10th Percentile £15.51 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £19.98 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £26.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.06% +26.19% -21.47%
75th Percentile £67.19 £41.50 £39.06
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.45 £62.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year +86.10% +36.46% -19.45%

OneDrive
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OneDrive relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

OneDrive job vacancy trend in the UK

OneDrive
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OneDrive.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OneDrive

OneDrive
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OneDrive over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OneDrive.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OneDrive

OneDrive
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OneDrive over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OneDrive within the UK over the 6 months to 30 March 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -67 210 £450 +5.88% 70
UK excluding London -26 152 £450 +83.67% 62
North of England -23 73 £488 +30.00% 14
London -76 69 £475 -5.00% 22
Yorkshire -18 51 £500 +108.33% 3
Work from Home -24 51 £475 +15.15% 23
South East -27 33 £260 -48.00% 17
North West -39 21 £450 -0.77% 11
Midlands -69 15 £500 +138.10% 7
West Midlands -56 12 £525 +116.49% 4
Scotland +10 11 £178 -8.97% 5
East of England -28 10 £190 -15.56% 13
South West -32 8 £400 +33.33% 7
Wales -9 3 £300 - 2
East Midlands -37 3 £450 +136.84% 3
North East - 1 £475 -

OneDrive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 195 (82.98%) SharePoint
2 120 (51.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (5.11%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.85%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.85%) Trello
5 1 (0.43%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.43%) InDesign
5 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Workday HCM
2 4 (1.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 215 (91.49%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (46.81%) Entra ID
3 102 (43.40%) Azure
4 46 (19.57%) Microsoft Copilot
4 46 (19.57%) Power Platform
5 41 (17.45%) Microsoft Purview
6 30 (12.77%) PowerApps
7 27 (11.49%) Power Automate
8 14 (5.96%) SaaS
9 13 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (4.26%) Rubrik
11 8 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.98%) ShareGate
13 6 (2.55%) AWS
13 6 (2.55%) PaaS
14 5 (2.13%) Google Workspace
15 4 (1.70%) GitHub
16 3 (1.28%) Copilot Studio
17 2 (0.85%) Azure AI
17 2 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (16.17%) Wi-Fi
2 24 (10.21%) VPN
3 18 (7.66%) DNS
4 14 (5.96%) LAN
5 12 (5.11%) WAN
6 11 (4.68%) DHCP
6 11 (4.68%) TCP/IP
7 10 (4.26%) Unified Communications
8 8 (3.40%) Firewall
9 6 (2.55%) 4G
9 6 (2.55%) PSTN
9 6 (2.55%) VoIP
10 4 (1.70%) DKIM
10 4 (1.70%) DMARC
10 4 (1.70%) Intranet
11 3 (1.28%) SD-WAN
11 3 (1.28%) SMTP
11 3 (1.28%) VLAN
12 1 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.38%) Power BI
2 6 (2.55%) Metadata
3 2 (0.85%) Tableau
4 1 (0.43%) DTS
4 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.43%) MySQL
4 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (7.66%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) GitLab
2 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.43%) MSI
General
1 99 (42.13%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.04%) Finance
3 26 (11.06%) Public Sector
4 19 (8.09%) Legal
5 12 (5.11%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.55%) Banking
9 4 (1.70%) Local Government
9 4 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.28%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.28%) Retail
11 2 (0.85%) Games
11 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.85%) Police
12 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.43%) International Banking
12 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.43%) Marketing
12 1 (0.43%) Military
Job Titles
1 43 (18.30%) Architect
2 34 (14.47%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 29 (12.34%) Support Engineer
4 24 (10.21%) IT Support
5 22 (9.36%) Consultant
6 17 (7.23%) IT Engineer
6 17 (7.23%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (5.96%) Developer
7 14 (5.96%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 12 (5.11%) Analyst
8 12 (5.11%) Senior
9 11 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (4.26%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (3.40%) Project Manager
12 7 (2.98%) Administrator
12 7 (2.98%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
12 7 (2.98%) Microsoft Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) SharePoint Consultant
12 7 (2.98%) Windows Engineer
13 6 (2.55%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (20.85%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (2.55%) REST
3 5 (2.13%) HTML
4 4 (1.70%) CSS
4 4 (1.70%) JSON
5 3 (1.28%) OpenID
5 3 (1.28%) SAML
6 2 (0.85%) .NET
6 2 (0.85%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.85%) HTML5
6 2 (0.85%) jQuery
6 2 (0.85%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.43%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.43%) Beautiful Soup
7 1 (0.43%) Kafka
7 1 (0.43%) LDAP
7 1 (0.43%) OAuth
7 1 (0.43%) Pandas
7 1 (0.43%) React
7 1 (0.43%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.53%) Onboarding
2 7 (2.98%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.55%) IoT
4 5 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.13%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.13%) Taxonomies
5 3 (1.28%) Housing Association
5 3 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.28%) PKI
5 3 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.85%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.85%) CMDB
6 2 (0.85%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Licensing
6 2 (0.85%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.85%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.43%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 93 (39.57%) Windows
2 30 (12.77%) Windows 10
3 17 (7.23%) Mac OS
4 11 (4.68%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.98%) Android
6 3 (1.28%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.43%) Linux
7 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.68%) Migration
2 31 (13.19%) ITIL
3 30 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (12.34%) Customer Service
5 28 (11.91%) Data Loss Prevention
6 25 (10.64%) ITSM
7 24 (10.21%) Information Governance
8 22 (9.36%) Agile
9 21 (8.94%) Records Management
9 21 (8.94%) Root Cause Analysis
9 21 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 19 (8.09%) Identity Access Management
11 19 (8.09%) Incident Response
12 18 (7.66%) E-Discovery
13 17 (7.23%) Identity Management
13 17 (7.23%) Runbook
13 17 (7.23%) Service Management
14 16 (6.81%) Business Intelligence
15 15 (6.38%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 82 (34.89%) PowerShell
2 13 (5.53%) Python
3 11 (4.68%) Kusto Query Language
4 9 (3.83%) SQL
5 4 (1.70%) C#
5 4 (1.70%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.43%) C
6 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (16.17%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.49%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.09%) Degree
4 16 (6.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.28%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.85%) MCSE
7 1 (0.43%) CCNA
7 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.43%) PMP
7 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (12.34%) GDPR
2 14 (5.96%) MiFID
3 13 (5.53%) FINRA
4 12 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.13%) SLA
6 4 (1.70%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.28%) GRC
7 3 (1.28%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.85%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.85%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.43%) PMO
9 1 (0.43%) QA
9 1 (0.43%) SOC 1
System Software
1 100 (42.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) Docker
4 1 (0.43%) Firmware
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.43%) NFS
4 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 55 (23.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (8.94%) SCCM
3 12 (5.11%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (4.26%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (3.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.85%) CA Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.85%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.85%) Terraform
7 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 206 (87.66%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.19%) ServiceNow
3 8 (3.40%) Apple
4 7 (2.98%) Cisco
5 6 (2.55%) Citrix
5 6 (2.55%) Workday
6 5 (2.13%) Google
6 5 (2.13%) Remedy
6 5 (2.13%) VMware
7 3 (1.28%) Dell
7 3 (1.28%) Proofpoint
8 2 (0.85%) Aruba
8 2 (0.85%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.85%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.43%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.43%) Draytek
9 1 (0.43%) NetApp
9 1 (0.43%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.43%) Veritas
9 1 (0.43%) WatchGuard