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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 416 399
Rank change year-on-year +20 -17 -44
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 264 143 191
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.44% 0.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.42% 1.18% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 89 136
10th Percentile £183 £212 £196
25th Percentile £213 £280 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £415 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% -2.35% +3.03%
75th Percentile £558 £513 £541
90th Percentile £632 £585 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £350 £400
% change year-on-year -21.43% -12.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 4
10th Percentile £18.75 £58.90 £17.07
25th Percentile £25.19 £60.99 £17.49
Median hourly rate £32.50 £68.23 £20.95
Median % change year-on-year -52.36% +225.66% -14.51%
75th Percentile £33.75 £72.24 £26.26
90th Percentile £35.60 £72.40 £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.94 £68.23 £20.95
% change year-on-year -57.58% +225.66% -14.51%

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 18,579 12,154 14,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.31% 37.45% 33.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,330 8,142 9,946
10th Percentile £328 £313 £308
25th Percentile £416 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £615 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £730 £742
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 615 310 353
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.24 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% +23.32% -36.29%
75th Percentile £69.88 £47.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £83.55 £67.05 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £21.00
% change year-on-year +98.73% -10.14% -21.50%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -6 235 £361 -13.13% 88
UK excluding London -34 144 £275 -21.43% 80
London -25 103 £447 +5.18% 17
Work from Home -29 79 £379 -9.49% 36
North of England -35 54 £338 -24.38% 23
South East -34 39 £250 -50.00% 25
Yorkshire -19 38 £314 -21.50% 11
Midlands -48 20 £225 -18.18% 12
West Midlands -57 19 £225 -18.18% 4
Scotland -2 15 £214 -34.23% 5
North West -42 15 £450 -0.77% 9
South West -31 8 £288 +33.72% 9
East of England -26 7 £205 -11.35% 10
Wales -10 3 £300 -
East Midlands -12 1 £250 - 8
North East - 1 £275 - 4

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
1 225 (85.23%) SharePoint
2 113 (42.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.79%) Confluence
4 1 (0.38%) CMS
4 1 (0.38%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.38%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (9.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.76%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.76%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.76%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.38%) InDesign
5 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 250 (94.70%) Microsoft 365
2 145 (54.92%) Azure
3 136 (51.52%) Entra ID
4 52 (19.70%) Power Platform
5 50 (18.94%) Microsoft Copilot
6 46 (17.42%) Microsoft Purview
7 30 (11.36%) PowerApps
8 29 (10.98%) Power Automate
9 20 (7.58%) SaaS
10 17 (6.44%) AWS
11 11 (4.17%) ShareGate
12 8 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (3.03%) Google Workspace
13 7 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (2.65%) PaaS
14 6 (2.27%) Copilot Studio
15 5 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (1.52%) Azure AI
17 3 (1.14%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 47 (17.80%) VPN
2 46 (17.42%) DNS
3 35 (13.26%) DHCP
4 34 (12.88%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (10.23%) TCP/IP
6 19 (7.20%) LAN
7 15 (5.68%) WAN
8 14 (5.30%) Firewall
9 13 (4.92%) Unified Communications
10 8 (3.03%) PSTN
11 7 (2.65%) Intranet
12 6 (2.27%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (2.27%) VLAN
12 6 (2.27%) VoIP
13 5 (1.89%) Wireless
14 3 (1.14%) Network Security
15 2 (0.76%) DKIM
15 2 (0.76%) PCoIP
15 2 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.76%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.44%) Power BI
2 11 (4.17%) Metadata
3 4 (1.52%) EDRMS
4 3 (1.14%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.38%) MySQL
5 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (7.20%) JIRA
2 5 (1.89%) Fiddler
3 4 (1.52%) MSI
4 3 (1.14%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 111 (42.05%) Social Skills
2 40 (15.15%) Finance
3 24 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 19 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.68%) Legal
6 6 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.89%) German Language
8 4 (1.52%) Italian Language
8 4 (1.52%) Law
8 4 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.14%) Advertising
9 3 (1.14%) Local Government
9 3 (1.14%) Marketing
9 3 (1.14%) Military
9 3 (1.14%) Publishing
10 2 (0.76%) Banking
10 2 (0.76%) Games
10 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 42 (15.91%) IT Support
2 38 (14.39%) Support Engineer
3 30 (11.36%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 28 (10.61%) Analyst
4 28 (10.61%) IT Engineer
4 28 (10.61%) IT Support Engineer
5 18 (6.82%) 2nd Line Support
5 18 (6.82%) Senior
6 16 (6.06%) Consultant
7 14 (5.30%) Architect
8 12 (4.55%) Microsoft Engineer
9 10 (3.79%) Desktop Support
9 10 (3.79%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 10 (3.79%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.41%) Developer
10 9 (3.41%) Service Analyst
10 9 (3.41%) Service Desk Analyst
10 9 (3.41%) Support Analyst
11 8 (3.03%) Desktop Engineer
11 8 (3.03%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (13.26%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (3.03%) JSON
2 8 (3.03%) SPFx
3 7 (2.65%) .NET
3 7 (2.65%) React
4 6 (2.27%) CSS
5 4 (1.52%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.52%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (1.52%) OAuth
5 4 (1.52%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.52%) OpenID
5 4 (1.52%) REST
5 4 (1.52%) SAML
6 3 (1.14%) FIDO
7 2 (0.76%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.76%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.76%) jQuery
7 2 (0.76%) OpenGL
7 2 (0.76%) Qt
7 2 (0.76%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.88%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.68%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.65%) IoT
4 7 (2.65%) Smartphone
5 6 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.89%) Taxonomies
6 5 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.52%) PMI
7 4 (1.52%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.14%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.14%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.14%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.14%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.76%) CMDB
9 2 (0.76%) CUDA
9 2 (0.76%) PKI
9 2 (0.76%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.38%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 128 (48.48%) Windows
2 32 (12.12%) Mac OS
3 23 (8.71%) Windows 10
4 21 (7.95%) Apple iOS
5 14 (5.30%) Android
6 5 (1.89%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.14%) Linux
8 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (22.73%) Customer Service
2 55 (20.83%) Migration
3 53 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (19.32%) ITIL
5 48 (18.18%) ITSM
6 39 (14.77%) AI
7 38 (14.39%) Service Management
8 34 (12.88%) User Experience
9 27 (10.23%) Data Loss Prevention
10 25 (9.47%) Data Protection
11 21 (7.95%) Agile
11 21 (7.95%) Information Governance
11 21 (7.95%) Records Management
12 20 (7.58%) Roadmaps
13 18 (6.82%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (6.44%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (6.44%) E-Discovery
14 17 (6.44%) Root Cause Analysis
14 17 (6.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 17 (6.44%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (30.30%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.68%) Python
3 8 (3.03%) TypeScript
4 7 (2.65%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.27%) C#
6 5 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (1.89%) SQL
7 2 (0.76%) Bash
7 2 (0.76%) C++
8 1 (0.38%) Bicep
8 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (12.50%) Degree
2 26 (9.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (9.47%) Security Cleared
4 18 (6.82%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.89%) A+ Certification
5 5 (1.89%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.76%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.76%) MCSE
7 2 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.38%) ACTC
8 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.38%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.38%) MCT
8 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.44%) SLA
2 13 (4.92%) GDPR
3 5 (1.89%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.89%) FINRA
3 5 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.89%) MiFID
4 3 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.76%) GRC
6 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.38%) QA
6 1 (0.38%) SOC 1
6 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 126 (47.73%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.14%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.76%) Docker
5 2 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.76%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.38%) Firmware
6 1 (0.38%) NFS
6 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 107 (40.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (9.85%) SCCM
3 23 (8.71%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (3.79%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.14%) Terraform
7 2 (0.76%) Ansible
7 2 (0.76%) Packer
8 1 (0.38%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.38%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 230 (87.12%) Microsoft
2 38 (14.39%) ServiceNow
3 18 (6.82%) Cisco
4 12 (4.55%) Apple
4 12 (4.55%) VMware
5 8 (3.03%) Citrix
5 8 (3.03%) Google
6 6 (2.27%) Canon
7 5 (1.89%) Proofpoint
8 4 (1.52%) Dell
8 4 (1.52%) Freshdesk
8 4 (1.52%) Meraki
9 3 (1.14%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.14%) F5
9 3 (1.14%) Forcepoint
9 3 (1.14%) HP
10 2 (0.76%) Adobe
10 2 (0.76%) Aruba
10 2 (0.76%) Leostream
10 2 (0.76%) Oracle