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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 413 406
Rank change year-on-year +27 -7 -55
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 307 153 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.46% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.62% 1.24% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 75 106
10th Percentile £181 £239 £167
25th Percentile £213 £319 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £514 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £640 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £320 £370 £383
% change year-on-year -13.51% -3.27% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 5
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.87 £20.29
25th Percentile £19.56 £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 £34.12 £21.50 -
90th Percentile £65.17 £71.45 £29.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.94 £21.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +37.81% -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 18,997 12,357 13,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.79% 37.43% 34.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,598 8,222 8,954
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £419
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 614 307 208
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.22
25th Percentile £17.81 £18.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -2.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67.80 £54.38 £60.72
90th Percentile £81.25 £71.67 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £20.25 £29.25
% change year-on-year +48.15% -30.77% +8.33%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +4 276 £400 -5.88% 111
UK excluding London -23 144 £320 -13.51% 80
London -12 141 £415 -7.78% 41
Work from Home -41 96 £400 -3.03% 37
North of England -33 61 £431 -1.60% 18
North West -23 34 £493 +2.34% 9
Midlands -29 29 £225 -18.18% 19
West Midlands -28 28 £225 -18.18% 12
Yorkshire -15 26 £200 -50.00% 8
South East -39 24 £303 -42.38% 29
Scotland -2 17 £513 +13.89% 5
South West -40 14 £175 -18.60% 3
East of England -33 7 £205 -30.21% 7
East Midlands -13 1 £250 - 7
North East -50 1 £275 - 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
1 267 (86.97%) SharePoint
2 144 (46.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (4.89%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (1.95%) Confluence
5 2 (0.65%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (0.65%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 30 (9.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.82%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.65%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Monis
2 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 294 (95.77%) Microsoft 365
2 166 (54.07%) Azure
3 150 (48.86%) Entra ID
4 74 (24.10%) Power Platform
5 63 (20.52%) Microsoft Copilot
6 48 (15.64%) Power Automate
7 44 (14.33%) PowerApps
8 43 (14.01%) Microsoft Purview
9 18 (5.86%) Azure AI
9 18 (5.86%) SaaS
10 15 (4.89%) AWS
11 9 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.93%) ShareGate
12 8 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (2.61%) Copilot Studio
12 8 (2.61%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (1.30%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.30%) GitHub
14 4 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (18.24%) DNS
2 48 (15.64%) VPN
3 41 (13.36%) DHCP
4 36 (11.73%) TCP/IP
5 30 (9.77%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (5.86%) Firewall
7 10 (3.26%) LAN
8 9 (2.93%) WAN
9 7 (2.28%) Cisco IOS
9 7 (2.28%) Network Security
9 7 (2.28%) VLAN
9 7 (2.28%) Wireless
10 5 (1.63%) Intranet
10 5 (1.63%) PSTN
10 5 (1.63%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.30%) SMTP
12 3 (0.98%) Value-Added Service
13 2 (0.65%) DKIM
13 2 (0.65%) PCoIP
13 2 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.14%) Power BI
2 20 (6.51%) Metadata
3 10 (3.26%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.30%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.65%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.65%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.33%) MySQL
6 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (5.86%) JIRA
2 5 (1.63%) Fiddler
3 4 (1.30%) MSI
3 4 (1.30%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.98%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.65%) TestRail
5 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 140 (45.60%) Social Skills
2 58 (18.89%) Finance
3 23 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.17%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.23%) Legal
6 10 (3.26%) Banking
7 7 (2.28%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.63%) German Language
9 5 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.63%) Law
10 4 (1.30%) Italian Language
10 4 (1.30%) Marketing
10 4 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.98%) Advertising
11 3 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.98%) Local Government
11 3 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 55 (17.92%) IT Support
2 49 (15.96%) Support Engineer
3 40 (13.03%) Analyst
4 34 (11.07%) IT Engineer
4 34 (11.07%) IT Support Engineer
5 25 (8.14%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 20 (6.51%) 2nd Line Support
6 20 (6.51%) Project Manager
6 20 (6.51%) Senior
6 20 (6.51%) Support Analyst
7 15 (4.89%) 1st Line Support
7 15 (4.89%) Desktop Support
7 15 (4.89%) Microsoft 365 Manager
8 13 (4.23%) Help Desk Support
9 12 (3.91%) Developer
9 12 (3.91%) Lead
9 12 (3.91%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
9 12 (3.91%) Service Analyst
10 11 (3.58%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
11 10 (3.26%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.51%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (2.61%) .NET
2 8 (2.61%) CSS
2 8 (2.61%) SPFx
3 7 (2.28%) JSON
3 7 (2.28%) React
4 4 (1.30%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.30%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.30%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (1.30%) HTML
4 4 (1.30%) jQuery
4 4 (1.30%) OAuth
4 4 (1.30%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.30%) OpenID
4 4 (1.30%) REST
4 4 (1.30%) SAML
5 3 (0.98%) FIDO
6 2 (0.65%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.65%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.65%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.98%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.89%) Data Centre
3 12 (3.91%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.91%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (2.28%) Driving Licence
4 7 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.95%) Low-Code
5 6 (1.95%) Smartphone
6 4 (1.30%) AS400
6 4 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.30%) iSeries
6 4 (1.30%) PMI
6 4 (1.30%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.98%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.98%) Security Posture
7 3 (0.98%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.65%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.65%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 149 (48.53%) Windows
2 33 (10.75%) Windows 10
3 31 (10.10%) Apple iOS
4 30 (9.77%) Mac OS
5 18 (5.86%) Android
6 14 (4.56%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.30%) Linux
8 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (30.29%) Customer Service
2 79 (25.73%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (24.76%) Migration
4 68 (22.15%) ITIL
5 66 (21.50%) ITSM
6 56 (18.24%) Service Management
7 45 (14.66%) AI
8 34 (11.07%) Stakeholder Management
8 34 (11.07%) User Experience
9 30 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (8.79%) Data Protection
11 26 (8.47%) Roadmaps
12 25 (8.14%) Cybersecurity
12 25 (8.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (7.82%) Data Loss Prevention
14 23 (7.49%) Change Management
15 22 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
16 21 (6.84%) Agile
17 20 (6.51%) Information Governance
17 20 (6.51%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (22.48%) PowerShell
2 9 (2.93%) JavaScript
3 8 (2.61%) C#
3 8 (2.61%) TypeScript
4 7 (2.28%) Python
4 7 (2.28%) SQL
5 2 (0.65%) Bash
5 2 (0.65%) C++
6 1 (0.33%) Bicep
6 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (15.31%) Degree
2 28 (9.12%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (8.14%) SC Cleared
5 14 (4.56%) A+ Certification
6 11 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (2.28%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.28%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (2.28%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.98%) PMP
9 3 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.65%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.65%) MCSE
11 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.14%) SLA
2 12 (3.91%) GDPR
3 9 (2.93%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.28%) QA
5 4 (1.30%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.30%) PMO
6 3 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.65%) 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
1 138 (44.95%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.65%) Docker
5 2 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.33%) Firmware
6 1 (0.33%) NFS
6 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 109 (35.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (9.77%) SCCM
3 17 (5.54%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.98%) WSUS
6 2 (0.65%) Ansible
6 2 (0.65%) Packer
7 1 (0.33%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 277 (90.23%) Microsoft
2 44 (14.33%) ServiceNow
3 30 (9.77%) Cisco
4 22 (7.17%) VMware
5 11 (3.58%) Apple
6 9 (2.93%) Google
7 8 (2.61%) Citrix
7 8 (2.61%) Meraki
8 7 (2.28%) Proofpoint
8 7 (2.28%) Zscaler
9 6 (1.95%) Canon
9 6 (1.95%) HP
10 5 (1.63%) Adobe
11 4 (1.30%) DocuSign
11 4 (1.30%) Freshdesk
11 4 (1.30%) IBM
12 3 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.98%) Dell
12 3 (0.98%) Oracle
12 3 (0.98%) Workday