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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 401 370
Rank change year-on-year +17 -31 +124
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 184 161 272
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.43% 0.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.43% 1.24% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 103 185
10th Percentile £185 £170 £182
25th Percentile £255 £223 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £528 £550 £500
90th Percentile £588 £600 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £288 £375 £350
% change year-on-year -23.33% +7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 12
10th Percentile £18.87 £20.76 £16.40
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.05 £19.43
Median hourly rate £21.23 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +20.90% +51.98%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £22.53
90th Percentile £63.44 £25.84 £26.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £24.18 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.15% +20.90% +51.98%

All Cloud 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 12,866 13,000 16,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.41% 34.88% 35.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,605 8,589 12,110
10th Percentile £308 £313 £300
25th Percentile £408 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 175 323
10th Percentile £15.17 £17.44 £14.68
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £17.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +9.38% +45.19%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.73 £62.50
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £34.47 £22.50
% change year-on-year -41.97% +53.18% +16.88%

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 22 October 2025.

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 22 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Top 17 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 22 October 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
England +34 165 £425 - 123
UK excluding London -5 97 £288 -23.33% 107
Work from Home +58 77 £375 -28.57% 42
London +25 76 £450 - 41
North of England -6 35 £190 -55.29% 16
North West -4 19 £418 -1.76% 12
South East +17 18 £275 +15.79% 46
South West +4 14 £450 -14.29% 9
East of England -3 12 £370 +25.42% 19
Yorkshire -12 10 £190 -49.33% 4
Wales +9 6 - - 1
Midlands -35 6 £470 +17.50% 13
North East - 6 - -
Scotland -6 5 £450 +138.41% 3
West Midlands -28 5 £470 +17.50% 7
Northern Ireland -9 1 - - 2
East Midlands -13 1 - - 5

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
1 133 (72.28%) SharePoint
2 84 (45.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (5.43%) Skype for Business
4 7 (3.80%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (1.09%) Confluence
6 1 (0.54%) CMS
6 1 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 26 (14.13%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (7.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (7.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (4.35%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.63%) Acrobat
6 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.09%) Trello
7 1 (0.54%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.54%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (7.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 155 (84.24%) Microsoft 365
2 92 (50.00%) Azure
3 70 (38.04%) Entra ID
4 19 (10.33%) Power Platform
5 16 (8.70%) PowerApps
6 14 (7.61%) Microsoft Purview
6 14 (7.61%) Power Automate
7 13 (7.07%) ShareGate
8 10 (5.43%) Microsoft Copilot
9 8 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (2.17%) AWS
10 4 (2.17%) SaaS
11 3 (1.63%) Azure AI
11 3 (1.63%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.63%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.63%) Copilot Studio
11 3 (1.63%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.09%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.15%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (7.07%) DNS
2 13 (7.07%) VPN
3 11 (5.98%) DHCP
4 10 (5.43%) Skype
5 9 (4.89%) TCP/IP
6 8 (4.35%) 4G
7 7 (3.80%) Firewall
8 6 (3.26%) WAN
9 5 (2.72%) WebEx
10 4 (2.17%) DMARC
10 4 (2.17%) LAN
10 4 (2.17%) SMTP
10 4 (2.17%) VLAN
10 4 (2.17%) VoIP
11 3 (1.63%) SD-WAN
12 2 (1.09%) DKIM
12 2 (1.09%) Intranet
12 2 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (1.09%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.17%) Power BI
2 3 (1.63%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (3.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.54%) Appium
2 1 (0.54%) Git
2 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.54%) MSI
2 1 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 93 (50.54%) Social Skills
2 41 (22.28%) Finance
3 17 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.61%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.43%) Banking
6 8 (4.35%) Legal
7 6 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.63%) Law
11 2 (1.09%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.09%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.09%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.09%) Marketing
11 2 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.09%) Polish Language
11 2 (1.09%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 29 (15.76%) Analyst
2 24 (13.04%) Support Analyst
3 22 (11.96%) Consultant
4 20 (10.87%) Support Engineer
5 19 (10.33%) Desktop Support
6 17 (9.24%) IT Support
7 16 (8.70%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 16 (8.70%) Operational Support Analyst
7 16 (8.70%) Operations Analyst
7 16 (8.70%) Operations Support Analyst
8 14 (7.61%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (5.98%) Architect
10 10 (5.43%) Desktop Specialist
10 10 (5.43%) Desktop Support Specialist
10 10 (5.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (5.43%) Support Specialist
11 9 (4.89%) 1st Line Support
11 9 (4.89%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
11 9 (4.89%) Windows Engineer
12 8 (4.35%) SharePoint Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.89%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (1.63%) LangChain
2 3 (1.63%) Semantic Kernel
3 2 (1.09%) JSON
3 2 (1.09%) REST
4 1 (0.54%) .NET
4 1 (0.54%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.54%) CSS
4 1 (0.54%) HTML
4 1 (0.54%) OAuth
4 1 (0.54%) OpenID
4 1 (0.54%) SAML
4 1 (0.54%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.54%) SPFx
4 1 (0.54%) Web Services
4 1 (0.54%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.07%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.63%) AI Agents
4 3 (1.63%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.63%) Low-Code
4 3 (1.63%) Smartphone
4 3 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.09%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.09%) PKI
6 1 (0.54%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.54%) iPad
6 1 (0.54%) iPhone
6 1 (0.54%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.54%) Replication
6 1 (0.54%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 88 (47.83%) Windows
2 45 (24.46%) Windows 10
3 11 (5.98%) Apple iOS
4 8 (4.35%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.72%) Android
6 3 (1.63%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.09%) VMS
8 1 (0.54%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.54%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (29.89%) Migration
2 51 (27.72%) ITIL
3 34 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (14.13%) ITSM
5 25 (13.59%) Service Management
6 21 (11.41%) Problem Management
7 20 (10.87%) Customer Service
7 20 (10.87%) Project Management
8 18 (9.78%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (9.24%) Agile
9 17 (9.24%) Data Loss Prevention
10 16 (8.70%) Identity Access Management
11 15 (8.15%) Identity Management
11 15 (8.15%) Mobile Device Management
11 15 (8.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (7.61%) Validation
13 13 (7.07%) Change Management
13 13 (7.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 13 (7.07%) Inventory Management
14 12 (6.52%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 54 (29.35%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.35%) SQL
3 5 (2.72%) Python
4 4 (2.17%) C#
5 2 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.54%) Bicep
6 1 (0.54%) Java
6 1 (0.54%) Korn
Qualifications
1 44 (23.91%) Security Cleared
2 37 (20.11%) SC Cleared
3 29 (15.76%) Degree
4 13 (7.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (3.26%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.26%) PMP
7 3 (1.63%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.63%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.09%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.09%) MCSE
9 1 (0.54%) CISA
9 1 (0.54%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.61%) GDPR
1 14 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.80%) NIST
3 6 (3.26%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.63%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.63%) PMO
4 3 (1.63%) SLA
5 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.54%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 116 (63.04%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.07%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.09%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.09%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.54%) XenApp
5 1 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (28.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (22.83%) SCCM
3 8 (4.35%) HP SiteScope
3 8 (4.35%) SCOM
4 7 (3.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 7 (3.80%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.63%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (1.63%) Terraform
6 2 (1.09%) AppManager
6 2 (1.09%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.54%) CA Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.54%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 143 (77.72%) Microsoft
2 29 (15.76%) ServiceNow
3 14 (7.61%) Remedy
4 8 (4.35%) Apple
4 8 (4.35%) Splunk
5 7 (3.80%) Cisco
6 5 (2.72%) VMware
7 4 (2.17%) Adobe
7 4 (2.17%) Google
8 3 (1.63%) Citrix
8 3 (1.63%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.09%) BMC
9 2 (1.09%) Computacenter
9 2 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.09%) Ivanti
9 2 (1.09%) Okta
9 2 (1.09%) Proofpoint
9 2 (1.09%) Veeam
9 2 (1.09%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.54%) UiPath