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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 406 402
Rank change year-on-year +19 -4 -38
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 303 150 161
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.46% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.61% 1.22% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 74 109
10th Percentile £181 £250 £168
25th Percentile £213 £350 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £444 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +10.94% -
75th Percentile £525 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £634 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £316 £390 £395
% change year-on-year -18.91% -1.27% +12.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 5
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.87 £20.29
25th Percentile £21.63 £19.69 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £21.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +54.76% -13.15% +8.60%
75th Percentile £34.85 £21.50 -
90th Percentile £65.50 £71.45 £29.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £21.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +54.76% -13.15% +8.60%

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 18,762 12,268 13,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.66% 37.53% 34.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,441 8,169 8,927
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 607 300 201
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.86 £18.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.16 £30.88
Median % change year-on-year +11.45% -5.55% -11.79%
75th Percentile £67.77 £52.81 £61.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.28 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.27 £30.00
% change year-on-year +55.68% -35.77% +11.11%

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 14 September 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 14 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Top 15 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 14 September 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 +10 272 £400 -8.57% 170
UK excluding London -26 141 £316 -18.91% 109
London -20 140 £415 -9.04% 75
Work from Home -25 96 £400 -5.88% 65
North of England -39 60 £431 -10.55% 25
North West -36 33 £493 +2.34% 14
Midlands -29 27 £225 -18.18% 20
Yorkshire -10 26 £200 -50.00% 11
West Midlands -28 26 £225 -18.18% 12
South East -35 25 £325 -37.62% 38
Scotland -8 17 £513 +13.89% 8
South West -39 14 £175 -18.60% 6
East of England -31 6 £205 -41.43% 10
East Midlands -16 1 £250 - 8
North East -43 1 £275 -

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
1 264 (87.13%) SharePoint
2 140 (46.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (4.95%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (1.98%) Confluence
5 2 (0.66%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (0.66%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 29 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.66%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Monis
2 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 290 (95.71%) Microsoft 365
2 164 (54.13%) Azure
3 147 (48.51%) Entra ID
4 73 (24.09%) Power Platform
5 62 (20.46%) Microsoft Copilot
6 48 (15.84%) Power Automate
7 43 (14.19%) PowerApps
8 41 (13.53%) Microsoft Purview
9 18 (5.94%) Azure AI
9 18 (5.94%) SaaS
10 15 (4.95%) AWS
11 9 (2.97%) ShareGate
12 8 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (2.64%) Copilot Studio
13 7 (2.31%) Google Workspace
14 6 (1.98%) Viva Engage
15 5 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (1.32%) Azure Functions
16 4 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 54 (17.82%) DNS
2 48 (15.84%) VPN
3 40 (13.20%) DHCP
4 36 (11.88%) TCP/IP
5 30 (9.90%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (5.28%) Firewall
7 10 (3.30%) LAN
8 9 (2.97%) WAN
9 7 (2.31%) Cisco IOS
9 7 (2.31%) Network Security
10 6 (1.98%) VLAN
10 6 (1.98%) Wireless
11 5 (1.65%) PSTN
11 5 (1.65%) Unified Communications
12 4 (1.32%) Intranet
13 3 (0.99%) Value-Added Service
14 2 (0.66%) DKIM
14 2 (0.66%) PCoIP
14 2 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.66%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.26%) Power BI
2 20 (6.60%) Metadata
3 10 (3.30%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.32%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.66%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.66%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.33%) MySQL
6 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (5.94%) JIRA
2 5 (1.65%) Fiddler
3 4 (1.32%) MSI
3 4 (1.32%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.99%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.66%) TestRail
5 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio
General
1 138 (45.54%) Social Skills
2 58 (19.14%) Finance
3 22 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.60%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.96%) Legal
6 10 (3.30%) Banking
7 7 (2.31%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.65%) German Language
8 5 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.65%) Law
9 4 (1.32%) Italian Language
9 4 (1.32%) Marketing
10 3 (0.99%) Advertising
10 3 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.99%) Military
10 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Polish Language
11 2 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 55 (18.15%) IT Support
2 49 (16.17%) Support Engineer
3 40 (13.20%) Analyst
4 34 (11.22%) IT Engineer
4 34 (11.22%) IT Support Engineer
5 25 (8.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 20 (6.60%) 2nd Line Support
6 20 (6.60%) Project Manager
6 20 (6.60%) Support Analyst
7 19 (6.27%) Senior
8 15 (4.95%) 1st Line Support
8 15 (4.95%) Desktop Support
8 15 (4.95%) Microsoft 365 Manager
9 13 (4.29%) Help Desk Support
9 13 (4.29%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
10 12 (3.96%) Developer
10 12 (3.96%) Lead
10 12 (3.96%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
10 12 (3.96%) Service Analyst
11 10 (3.30%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.94%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (2.64%) .NET
2 8 (2.64%) CSS
2 8 (2.64%) SPFx
3 7 (2.31%) JSON
3 7 (2.31%) React
4 4 (1.32%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.32%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.32%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (1.32%) HTML
4 4 (1.32%) jQuery
4 4 (1.32%) OAuth
4 4 (1.32%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.32%) OpenID
4 4 (1.32%) REST
4 4 (1.32%) SAML
5 3 (0.99%) FIDO
6 2 (0.66%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.66%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.66%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.18%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.95%) Data Centre
3 12 (3.96%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.96%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (1.98%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.98%) Low-Code
5 6 (1.98%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.98%) Smartphone
6 4 (1.32%) AS400
6 4 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.32%) iSeries
6 4 (1.32%) PMI
7 3 (0.99%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.99%) Security Posture
7 3 (0.99%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.66%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.66%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.66%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 148 (48.84%) Windows
2 33 (10.89%) Windows 10
3 31 (10.23%) Apple iOS
4 30 (9.90%) Mac OS
5 18 (5.94%) Android
6 13 (4.29%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.32%) Linux
8 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (31.02%) Customer Service
2 78 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (25.08%) Migration
4 67 (22.11%) ITIL
5 66 (21.78%) ITSM
6 57 (18.81%) Service Management
7 47 (15.51%) AI
8 33 (10.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 33 (10.89%) User Experience
9 32 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (8.58%) Data Protection
10 26 (8.58%) Roadmaps
10 26 (8.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 25 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (7.92%) Data Loss Prevention
13 22 (7.26%) Change Management
14 21 (6.93%) Agile
15 20 (6.60%) Information Governance
15 20 (6.60%) Records Management
16 19 (6.27%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 68 (22.44%) PowerShell
2 9 (2.97%) JavaScript
3 8 (2.64%) C#
3 8 (2.64%) TypeScript
4 7 (2.31%) Python
4 7 (2.31%) SQL
5 2 (0.66%) Bash
5 2 (0.66%) C++
6 1 (0.33%) Bicep
6 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (15.51%) Degree
2 29 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 26 (8.58%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.62%) A+ Certification
5 12 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (2.31%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (2.31%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.99%) PMP
8 3 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.66%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.66%) MCSE
10 1 (0.33%) MCT
10 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.25%) SLA
2 11 (3.63%) GDPR
3 9 (2.97%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.31%) QA
5 4 (1.32%) PMO
6 3 (0.99%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.33%) GRC
8 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.33%) SOC 1
8 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 136 (44.88%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.66%) Docker
4 2 (0.66%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.33%) NFS
5 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 108 (35.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (9.90%) SCCM
3 17 (5.61%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.99%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.99%) WSUS
6 2 (0.66%) Ansible
6 2 (0.66%) Packer
7 1 (0.33%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 273 (90.10%) Microsoft
2 44 (14.52%) ServiceNow
3 30 (9.90%) Cisco
4 22 (7.26%) VMware
5 11 (3.63%) Apple
6 8 (2.64%) Citrix
6 8 (2.64%) Google
6 8 (2.64%) Meraki
7 7 (2.31%) Zscaler
8 6 (1.98%) Canon
8 6 (1.98%) HP
8 6 (1.98%) Proofpoint
9 5 (1.65%) Adobe
10 4 (1.32%) DocuSign
10 4 (1.32%) Freshdesk
10 4 (1.32%) IBM
11 3 (0.99%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.99%) F5
11 3 (0.99%) Samsung
11 3 (0.99%) Workday