OneDrive Contracts

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 416 389
Rank change year-on-year +82 -27 +150
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 191 186 356
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.43% 0.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.74% 1.32% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 133 272
10th Percentile £210 £183 £185
25th Percentile £243 £213 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £400 £445
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -10.11% +4.71%
75th Percentile £533 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £695 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £395 £425
% change year-on-year -30.38% -7.06% +45.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 3
10th Percentile - £16.69 £18.12
25th Percentile - £17.26 £21.25
Median hourly rate £16.26 £17.72 £26.48
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% -33.08% -0.08%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £17.74 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.26 £17.72 £26.48
% change year-on-year -8.24% -33.08% -

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 10,997 14,094 22,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.61% 32.33% 36.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,640 10,005 15,924
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £634 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 348 350
10th Percentile £15.28 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.43 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.60% -40.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £48.56 £35.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.53 £17.72 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.47% -28.03% +31.31%

OneDrive
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OneDrive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OneDrive over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Top 16 Contract 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 April 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 +71 168 £425 +6.25% 105
London +50 93 £475 +5.56% 41
UK excluding London +44 82 £275 -30.38% 68
Work from Home +44 52 £419 -1.47% 44
North of England +35 24 £388 +93.75% 18
Midlands +18 19 £230 -34.29% 13
North West +15 17 £447 +112.86% 11
West Midlands +8 15 £271 -22.50% 11
South West +42 10 £375 -11.76% 7
South East +37 10 £500 +51.52% 17
East of England +38 9 £238 -62.00% 7
Yorkshire +18 7 £240 +45.45% 5
Scotland +4 7 £325 -22.62% 3
East Midlands +12 4 £190 -43.28% 2
Wales +4 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland -9 1 - - 1

OneDrive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 166 (86.91%) SharePoint
2 109 (57.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.09%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (2.09%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.57%) IIS
5 2 (1.05%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.52%) CMS
6 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 29 (15.18%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.62%) Acrobat
5 4 (2.09%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.52%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 185 (96.86%) Microsoft 365
2 99 (51.83%) Azure
3 86 (45.03%) Entra ID
4 31 (16.23%) Power Platform
5 21 (10.99%) Power Automate
6 17 (8.90%) SaaS
7 15 (7.85%) PowerApps
8 13 (6.81%) Google Workspace
8 13 (6.81%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (4.19%) AWS
9 8 (4.19%) Mimecast
10 6 (3.14%) Asana
10 6 (3.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (3.14%) Slack
11 5 (2.62%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.62%) ShareGate
12 4 (2.09%) Azure Functions
12 4 (2.09%) Serverless
13 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.57%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.66%) VPN
2 27 (14.14%) Wi-Fi
3 25 (13.09%) DNS
4 23 (12.04%) DHCP
5 22 (11.52%) Firewall
6 19 (9.95%) WAN
7 17 (8.90%) VLAN
8 16 (8.38%) Network Security
8 16 (8.38%) VoIP
9 15 (7.85%) LAN
10 12 (6.28%) Skype
11 8 (4.19%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (3.66%) TCP/IP
13 5 (2.62%) SD-WAN
14 4 (2.09%) SAN
15 3 (1.57%) Wireless
16 2 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
16 2 (1.05%) WebEx
17 1 (0.52%) DKIM
17 1 (0.52%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.62%) Power BI
2 1 (0.52%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (4.19%) MSI
2 5 (2.62%) JIRA
3 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 71 (37.17%) Social Skills
2 50 (26.18%) Finance
3 23 (12.04%) Legal
4 11 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.76%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (5.76%) Public Sector
5 5 (2.62%) Banking
6 4 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.57%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.57%) Marketing
8 2 (1.05%) Advertising
8 2 (1.05%) Dutch Language
8 2 (1.05%) Electronics
8 2 (1.05%) Law
8 2 (1.05%) Military
8 2 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.05%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.52%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (21.99%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 41 (21.47%) Support Engineer
3 23 (12.04%) Senior
4 21 (10.99%) Analyst
5 17 (8.90%) Architect
6 16 (8.38%) Desktop Engineer
7 15 (7.85%) Desktop Support
7 15 (7.85%) Microsoft Engineer
8 12 (6.28%) Consultant
8 12 (6.28%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 12 (6.28%) IT Support
9 11 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (5.76%) Senior Support Engineer
10 10 (5.24%) 2nd Line Support
10 10 (5.24%) IT Engineer
10 10 (5.24%) Service Analyst
10 10 (5.24%) Service Desk Analyst
11 9 (4.71%) IT Support Engineer
11 9 (4.71%) Microsoft 365 Manager
12 7 (3.66%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.14%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (1.57%) .NET
3 2 (1.05%) SPFx
4 1 (0.52%) CSS
4 1 (0.52%) HTML
4 1 (0.52%) JSON
4 1 (0.52%) REST
4 1 (0.52%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.28%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.24%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.19%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.66%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.62%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.09%) Blackberry
7 4 (2.09%) BYOD
7 4 (2.09%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.57%) iPhone
8 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Licensing
8 3 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.05%) Anti-Spyware
9 2 (1.05%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.52%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) iPad
10 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 99 (51.83%) Windows
2 47 (24.61%) Windows 10
3 20 (10.47%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.76%) Android
5 8 (4.19%) Apple iOS
5 8 (4.19%) Linux
6 7 (3.66%) Mac OS
6 7 (3.66%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (3.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.62%) Unix
9 3 (1.57%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.52%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (28.27%) Migration
2 40 (20.94%) ITIL
3 34 (17.80%) Customer Service
3 34 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (12.57%) Agile
5 23 (12.04%) Identity Management
6 21 (10.99%) Data Loss Prevention
7 20 (10.47%) Service Delivery
8 19 (9.95%) Project Management
9 18 (9.42%) Cloud Security
10 17 (8.90%) Roadmaps
11 16 (8.38%) Change Management
11 16 (8.38%) E-Discovery
11 16 (8.38%) High Availability
12 14 (7.33%) Data Protection
12 14 (7.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (7.33%) Mentoring
13 13 (6.81%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (6.28%) Asset Management
14 12 (6.28%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 51 (26.70%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.09%) Python
3 2 (1.05%) Groovy
4 1 (0.52%) C#
Qualifications
1 29 (15.18%) Security Cleared
2 28 (14.66%) Degree
3 20 (10.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (9.95%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.19%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.19%) MCSE
6 7 (3.66%) PMI Certification
6 7 (3.66%) PMP
7 4 (2.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.05%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.52%) CISA
9 1 (0.52%) CISM
9 1 (0.52%) CISSP
9 1 (0.52%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.71%) SLA
2 3 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.05%) PMO
3 2 (1.05%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.52%) NIST
System Software
1 108 (56.54%) Active Directory
2 25 (13.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (3.14%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.57%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.57%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.05%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.05%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 76 (39.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (16.75%) SCCM
3 13 (6.81%) AppManager
4 6 (3.14%) WSUS
5 5 (2.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.09%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.57%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 3 (1.57%) PingFederate
7 3 (1.57%) Terraform
8 2 (1.05%) AirWatch
8 2 (1.05%) XenMobile
9 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.52%) OfficeScan
9 1 (0.52%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.52%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.52%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 148 (77.49%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.61%) VMware
3 15 (7.85%) Ivanti
4 12 (6.28%) Google
5 11 (5.76%) Cisco
6 9 (4.71%) Citrix
7 8 (4.19%) ServiceNow
8 7 (3.66%) Adobe
8 7 (3.66%) Apple
9 3 (1.57%) Mitel
9 3 (1.57%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.57%) Remedy
9 3 (1.57%) Zscaler
10 2 (1.05%) Equitrac
10 2 (1.05%) MobileIron
10 2 (1.05%) Progress
11 1 (0.52%) NetApp
11 1 (0.52%) Oracle
11 1 (0.52%) Symantec
11 1 (0.52%) Toshiba