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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 342 416
Rank change year-on-year -18 +74 +27
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 257 189 181
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.63% 0.61% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.66% 1.63% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 122 121
10th Percentile £185 £185 £166
25th Percentile £255 £223 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £407 £375
Median % change year-on-year +10.70% +8.40% -11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £554 £500
90th Percentile £613 £600 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £245 £350
% change year-on-year +83.67% -30.00% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 12
10th Percentile £20.50 £18.65 £16.57
25th Percentile £20.74 £21.05 £17.49
Median hourly rate £25.08 £22.30 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +12.47% +25.82% -33.08%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.07 £20.00
90th Percentile £66.55 £24.18 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £22.30 £17.72
% change year-on-year -3.75% +25.82% -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 15,481 11,563 14,853
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.80% 37.62% 33.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,618 7,801 10,592
10th Percentile £311 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.60% -1.45% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 392 178 335
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.93 £14.18
25th Percentile £20.29 £21.46 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +25.00% -12.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £44.58 £50.13
90th Percentile £80.18 £76.01 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 £24.42 £20.00
% change year-on-year +74.80% +22.10% -4.76%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -22 234 £450 +5.88% 77
UK excluding London -3 166 £450 +83.67% 74
London -53 80 £475 - 10
North of England -6 77 £450 +28.57% 18
Work from Home +3 67 £456 +1.39% 23
Yorkshire -17 52 £500 +108.33% 6
South East -2 39 £260 +9.47% 23
North West -30 18 £388 -13.94% 12
South West -28 13 £450 +9.09% 8
Midlands -53 13 £525 +150.00% 14
East of England -17 10 £190 -22.45% 9
West Midlands -52 10 £550 +161.90% 5
Scotland +6 8 £178 -5.33% 2
Wales +4 7 £300 -
North East - 7 £475 - 1
East Midlands -25 3 £450 +136.84% 9

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
1 200 (77.82%) SharePoint
2 131 (50.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (4.28%) Confluence
4 6 (2.33%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.95%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 19 (7.39%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.95%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.17%) Trello
6 2 (0.78%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (2.33%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) Actimize
4 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 226 (87.94%) Microsoft 365
2 112 (43.58%) Azure
3 109 (42.41%) Entra ID
4 39 (15.18%) Power Platform
5 34 (13.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 34 (13.23%) Microsoft Purview
6 27 (10.51%) PowerApps
7 25 (9.73%) Power Automate
8 12 (4.67%) SaaS
9 11 (4.28%) ShareGate
10 10 (3.89%) Rubrik
11 8 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.95%) Copilot Studio
12 5 (1.95%) PaaS
13 4 (1.56%) AWS
13 4 (1.56%) Azure AI
13 4 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.56%) GitHub
13 4 (1.56%) Google Workspace
14 3 (1.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 37 (14.40%) Wi-Fi
2 20 (7.78%) VPN
3 16 (6.23%) DNS
4 13 (5.06%) DHCP
4 13 (5.06%) LAN
4 13 (5.06%) WAN
5 11 (4.28%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.89%) Unified Communications
7 9 (3.50%) 4G
8 6 (2.33%) Firewall
8 6 (2.33%) Skype
9 5 (1.95%) PSTN
9 5 (1.95%) VoIP
10 4 (1.56%) DKIM
10 4 (1.56%) DMARC
10 4 (1.56%) SD-WAN
11 3 (1.17%) Intranet
11 3 (1.17%) SMTP
12 2 (0.78%) Extranet
12 2 (0.78%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.06%) Power BI
2 5 (1.95%) Metadata
3 2 (0.78%) Tableau
4 1 (0.39%) DTS
Development Applications
1 19 (7.39%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) GitLab
2 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.39%) MSI
General
1 123 (47.86%) Social Skills
2 49 (19.07%) Finance
3 23 (8.95%) Public Sector
4 18 (7.00%) Legal
5 14 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.50%) Banking
8 5 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.17%) Retail
11 2 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.78%) Games
12 1 (0.39%) International Banking
12 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.39%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.39%) Local Government
12 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.39%) Marketing
12 1 (0.39%) Police
Job Titles
1 46 (17.90%) Architect
2 35 (13.62%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 35 (13.62%) Support Engineer
3 28 (10.89%) IT Support
4 24 (9.34%) Consultant
5 20 (7.78%) Analyst
6 19 (7.39%) IT Engineer
7 18 (7.00%) Desktop Support
8 17 (6.61%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (5.84%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (5.84%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 13 (5.06%) Developer
10 13 (5.06%) Support Analyst
11 12 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (4.28%) Senior
13 10 (3.89%) Desktop Specialist
13 10 (3.89%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
13 10 (3.89%) Operational Support Analyst
13 10 (3.89%) Operations Support Analyst
13 10 (3.89%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (17.90%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (2.33%) REST
3 5 (1.95%) HTML
3 5 (1.95%) JSON
4 4 (1.56%) CSS
4 4 (1.56%) OpenID
4 4 (1.56%) SAML
5 3 (1.17%) .NET
6 2 (0.78%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.78%) HTML5
6 2 (0.78%) jQuery
6 2 (0.78%) LangChain
6 2 (0.78%) OAuth
6 2 (0.78%) Semantic Kernel
6 2 (0.78%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.39%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.39%) Beautiful Soup
7 1 (0.39%) Kafka
7 1 (0.39%) Pandas
7 1 (0.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.00%) Onboarding
2 6 (2.33%) Data Centre
2 6 (2.33%) Driving Licence
2 6 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (1.95%) Data Structures
3 5 (1.95%) IoT
4 4 (1.56%) AI Agents
4 4 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.17%) PKI
5 3 (1.17%) Smartphone
5 3 (1.17%) Taxonomies
6 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.78%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Licensing
6 2 (0.78%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.39%) iPhone
7 1 (0.39%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 107 (41.63%) Windows
2 49 (19.07%) Windows 10
3 14 (5.45%) Mac OS
4 11 (4.28%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.33%) Android
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (25.68%) Migration
2 47 (18.29%) ITIL
3 41 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (12.06%) ITSM
4 31 (12.06%) Service Management
5 30 (11.67%) Customer Service
6 24 (9.34%) Data Loss Prevention
7 23 (8.95%) Problem Management
8 22 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (8.17%) Agile
9 21 (8.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (7.78%) Identity Management
10 20 (7.78%) Information Governance
11 19 (7.39%) Incident Response
12 18 (7.00%) Root Cause Analysis
13 17 (6.61%) E-Discovery
13 17 (6.61%) Records Management
14 16 (6.23%) Identity Access Management
14 16 (6.23%) Runbook
15 15 (5.84%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 94 (36.58%) PowerShell
2 14 (5.45%) Python
3 13 (5.06%) SQL
4 11 (4.28%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (2.33%) C#
6 4 (1.56%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.39%) C
7 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.39%) Korn
Qualifications
1 52 (20.23%) Security Cleared
2 40 (15.56%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.39%) Degree
4 10 (3.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.17%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.17%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.39%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.39%) CCNA
7 1 (0.39%) CISA
7 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.39%) CISSP
7 1 (0.39%) MCSE
7 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.39%) PMP
7 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.06%) GDPR
2 14 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (5.45%) MiFID
3 13 (5.06%) FINRA
4 5 (1.95%) SLA
5 3 (1.17%) GRC
6 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.78%) PMO
6 2 (0.78%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 125 (48.64%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) Docker
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 62 (24.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (13.62%) SCCM
3 12 (4.67%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (4.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (3.11%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.95%) HP SiteScope
6 5 (1.95%) SCOM
7 3 (1.17%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.78%) CA Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.78%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.78%) Terraform
9 1 (0.39%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 210 (81.71%) Microsoft
2 37 (14.40%) ServiceNow
3 10 (3.89%) Remedy
4 7 (2.72%) Cisco
5 6 (2.33%) Apple
5 6 (2.33%) Workday
6 5 (1.95%) Google
6 5 (1.95%) Splunk
7 4 (1.56%) Citrix
7 4 (1.56%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.56%) VMware
8 2 (0.78%) Aruba
8 2 (0.78%) Computacenter
8 2 (0.78%) HP
8 2 (0.78%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.39%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.39%) Okta
9 1 (0.39%) Refinitiv
9 1 (0.39%) Tanium
9 1 (0.39%) Zscaler