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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 331 411
Rank change year-on-year -50 +80 +15
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 246 192 174
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.65% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.51% 1.72% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 127 127
10th Percentile £185 £200 £187
25th Percentile £255 £229 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £500
90th Percentile £613 £600 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £245 £400
% change year-on-year +83.67% -38.75% -7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 10
10th Percentile £18.49 £18.17 £16.77
25th Percentile £22.35 £21.05 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% +24.66% -33.08%
75th Percentile £25.38 £24.18 £19.44
90th Percentile £62.81 - £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 16,339 11,153 14,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.27% 38.02% 32.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,156 7,760 10,255
10th Percentile £313 £313 £289
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 £635
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £488
% change year-on-year -1.04% -1.54% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 457 207 359
10th Percentile £15.57 £15.38 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £20.12 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.00 £26.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +39.62% +24.01% -16.13%
75th Percentile £61.25 £42.49 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.20 £62.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 £24.18 £17.80
% change year-on-year +76.53% +35.84% -19.24%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -48 224 £450 - 73
UK excluding London -9 164 £450 +83.67% 62
North of England -22 74 £475 +22.58% 16
London -78 69 £475 -8.87% 27
Work from Home -23 56 £475 +15.15% 24
Yorkshire -10 52 £500 +108.33% 4
South East -16 41 £260 -48.00% 19
North West -28 21 £450 -2.17% 12
Midlands -61 16 £513 +144.05% 5
West Midlands -60 13 £525 +150.00% 1
East of England -18 11 £190 -15.56% 11
South West -28 11 £450 +50.00% 6
Scotland +8 9 £178 -8.97% 6
Wales -5 3 £300 - 2
East Midlands -34 3 £450 +136.84% 4
North East - 1 £475 - 1

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
1 196 (79.67%) SharePoint
2 122 (49.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (4.88%) Confluence
4 1 (0.41%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.81%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.81%) Trello
5 1 (0.41%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.41%) InDesign
5 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.44%) Workday HCM
2 4 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 219 (89.02%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (44.72%) Entra ID
3 101 (41.06%) Azure
4 48 (19.51%) Power Platform
5 45 (18.29%) Microsoft Copilot
6 40 (16.26%) Microsoft Purview
7 32 (13.01%) PowerApps
8 29 (11.79%) Power Automate
9 14 (5.69%) SaaS
10 13 (5.28%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (4.07%) Rubrik
12 9 (3.66%) ShareGate
13 8 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (2.44%) PaaS
15 5 (2.03%) AWS
15 5 (2.03%) Google Workspace
16 4 (1.63%) GitHub
17 3 (1.22%) Copilot Studio
17 3 (1.22%) Slack
18 2 (0.81%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (15.85%) Wi-Fi
2 21 (8.54%) VPN
3 15 (6.10%) DNS
4 14 (5.69%) LAN
5 12 (4.88%) WAN
6 11 (4.47%) DHCP
6 11 (4.47%) Unified Communications
7 10 (4.07%) TCP/IP
8 9 (3.66%) 4G
9 7 (2.85%) Firewall
10 6 (2.44%) PSTN
10 6 (2.44%) VoIP
11 4 (1.63%) DKIM
11 4 (1.63%) DMARC
11 4 (1.63%) Intranet
12 3 (1.22%) SD-WAN
12 3 (1.22%) SMTP
13 2 (0.81%) VLAN
13 2 (0.81%) WebEx
14 1 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.91%) Power BI
2 6 (2.44%) Metadata
3 2 (0.81%) Tableau
4 1 (0.41%) DTS
Development Applications
1 18 (7.32%) JIRA
2 2 (0.81%) MSI
3 1 (0.41%) GitLab
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
General
1 104 (42.28%) Social Skills
2 31 (12.60%) Finance
3 27 (10.98%) Public Sector
4 19 (7.72%) Legal
5 12 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.44%) Banking
9 4 (1.63%) Local Government
9 4 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.22%) Retail
11 2 (0.81%) Games
11 2 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.41%) Electronics
12 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Law
12 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.41%) Military
12 1 (0.41%) Publishing
12 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (17.89%) Architect
2 35 (14.23%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 33 (13.41%) Support Engineer
4 25 (10.16%) IT Support
5 22 (8.94%) Consultant
6 19 (7.72%) IT Engineer
7 17 (6.91%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (6.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 14 (5.69%) Developer
10 13 (5.28%) Senior
11 12 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support
12 11 (4.47%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (4.07%) Analyst
13 10 (4.07%) Windows Engineer
14 9 (3.66%) Administrator
14 9 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (3.66%) Windows Support Engineer
15 8 (3.25%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
15 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Engineer
15 8 (3.25%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (19.51%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (2.44%) REST
3 5 (2.03%) HTML
4 4 (1.63%) CSS
4 4 (1.63%) JSON
5 3 (1.22%) OpenID
5 3 (1.22%) SAML
6 2 (0.81%) .NET
6 2 (0.81%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.81%) HTML5
6 2 (0.81%) jQuery
6 2 (0.81%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.41%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.41%) Beautiful Soup
7 1 (0.41%) Kafka
7 1 (0.41%) OAuth
7 1 (0.41%) Pandas
7 1 (0.41%) React
7 1 (0.41%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.41%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.28%) Onboarding
2 7 (2.85%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.44%) IoT
3 6 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.03%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.03%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.03%) Taxonomies
5 3 (1.22%) Housing Association
5 3 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.22%) PKI
5 3 (1.22%) Smartphone
6 2 (0.81%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.81%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Licensing
6 2 (0.81%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.41%) CMDB
7 1 (0.41%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.41%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 98 (39.84%) Windows
2 38 (15.45%) Windows 10
3 15 (6.10%) Mac OS
4 9 (3.66%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.03%) Android
6 3 (1.22%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (24.80%) Migration
2 34 (13.82%) ITIL
3 30 (12.20%) Customer Service
4 29 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (10.57%) Data Loss Prevention
6 24 (9.76%) Information Governance
6 24 (9.76%) ITSM
6 24 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (9.35%) Agile
8 22 (8.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (8.54%) Records Management
10 20 (8.13%) Root Cause Analysis
11 19 (7.72%) Identity Access Management
11 19 (7.72%) Identity Management
11 19 (7.72%) Incident Response
12 18 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (7.32%) Service Management
13 17 (6.91%) E-Discovery
14 16 (6.50%) Roadmaps
15 15 (6.10%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 83 (33.74%) PowerShell
2 13 (5.28%) Python
3 11 (4.47%) Kusto Query Language
4 9 (3.66%) SQL
5 4 (1.63%) C#
5 4 (1.63%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.41%) C
6 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (20.33%) Security Cleared
2 37 (15.04%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.72%) Degree
4 16 (6.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.22%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.81%) MCSE
7 1 (0.41%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) CCNA
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.41%) PMP
7 1 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.20%) GDPR
2 14 (5.69%) MiFID
3 13 (5.28%) FINRA
3 13 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.03%) SLA
5 4 (1.63%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.22%) GRC
6 3 (1.22%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.81%) PMO
8 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.41%) QA
8 1 (0.41%) SOC 1
System Software
1 104 (42.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Docker
4 1 (0.41%) Firmware
4 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 56 (22.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (10.98%) SCCM
3 12 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (4.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 10 (4.07%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.81%) CA Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (0.81%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.81%) Terraform
6 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 213 (86.59%) Microsoft
2 37 (15.04%) ServiceNow
3 8 (3.25%) Apple
3 8 (3.25%) Cisco
4 6 (2.44%) Workday
5 5 (2.03%) Google
5 5 (2.03%) Remedy
5 5 (2.03%) VMware
6 4 (1.63%) Citrix
7 3 (1.22%) Proofpoint
8 2 (0.81%) Aruba
8 2 (0.81%) Computacenter
8 2 (0.81%) Dell
8 2 (0.81%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.81%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.41%) Nexthink
9 1 (0.41%) Okta
9 1 (0.41%) Refinitiv
9 1 (0.41%) Tanium
9 1 (0.41%) Zscaler