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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 351 408
Rank change year-on-year -48 +57 -42
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 233 180 176
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.62% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.36% 1.64% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 114 129
10th Percentile £185 £208 £184
25th Percentile £300 £263 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £414 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.76% +3.44% -9.60%
75th Percentile £563 £533 £538
90th Percentile £644 £600 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £350 £395
% change year-on-year +28.57% -11.39% -7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 5
10th Percentile £17.23 - £16.64
25th Percentile - - £16.79
Median hourly rate £25.38 £16.26 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +56.09% -8.24% -21.35%
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile £36.74 - £17.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £16.26 £17.72
% change year-on-year +56.09% -8.24% -27.69%

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 17,079 10,959 13,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 37.57% 32.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,519 7,525 9,860
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £620 £634
90th Percentile £704 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 512 249 350
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.14 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.46 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% +28.69% -38.94%
75th Percentile £63.75 £47.50 £38.13
90th Percentile £77.50 £73.75 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £20.37 £17.72
% change year-on-year +84.09% +14.95% -31.49%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -66 207 £450 +7.14% 82
UK excluding London -30 136 £450 +28.57% 74
London -61 81 £450 -5.26% 23
North of England -18 67 £550 +31.26% 19
Yorkshire -10 51 £558 +137.45% 9
Work from Home -48 47 £520 +28.00% 35
South East -44 31 £250 -50.00% 23
North West -42 15 £450 -0.77% 9
Midlands -68 13 £288 +7.48% 9
Scotland -4 12 £178 -45.38% 5
West Midlands -53 12 £288 +4.55% 7
East of England -31 7 £205 -13.68% 10
South West -42 4 £425 +7.94% 11
Wales -10 3 £300 -
East Midlands -31 1 £450 +136.84% 2
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
1 204 (87.55%) SharePoint
2 119 (51.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (4.29%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (6.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.86%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.43%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.43%) InDesign
6 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.43%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 220 (94.42%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (47.21%) Entra ID
3 107 (45.92%) Azure
4 53 (22.75%) Microsoft Copilot
5 48 (20.60%) Power Platform
6 47 (20.17%) Microsoft Purview
7 31 (13.30%) PowerApps
8 28 (12.02%) Power Automate
9 16 (6.87%) SaaS
10 14 (6.01%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (4.29%) AWS
11 10 (4.29%) Rubrik
12 9 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (3.43%) ShareGate
14 7 (3.00%) PaaS
15 6 (2.58%) GitHub
15 6 (2.58%) Google Workspace
16 4 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (1.72%) Copilot Studio
17 2 (0.86%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.30%) Wi-Fi
2 30 (12.88%) VPN
3 28 (12.02%) DNS
4 20 (8.58%) DHCP
5 15 (6.44%) LAN
6 13 (5.58%) TCP/IP
7 12 (5.15%) WAN
8 10 (4.29%) Unified Communications
9 8 (3.43%) PSTN
10 6 (2.58%) Firewall
10 6 (2.58%) Intranet
10 6 (2.58%) VoIP
11 3 (1.29%) SMTP
11 3 (1.29%) VLAN
12 2 (0.86%) PCoIP
12 2 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.86%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.86%) Wireless
13 1 (0.43%) Kerberos
13 1 (0.43%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.01%) Power BI
2 8 (3.43%) Metadata
3 2 (0.86%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.43%) MySQL
4 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (6.44%) JIRA
2 4 (1.72%) Fiddler
3 3 (1.29%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.29%) MSI
4 1 (0.43%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 95 (40.77%) Social Skills
2 40 (17.17%) Finance
3 28 (12.02%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.44%) Legal
5 15 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.15%) Banking
7 5 (2.15%) German Language
7 5 (2.15%) Italian Language
8 4 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.29%) Games
9 3 (1.29%) Law
9 3 (1.29%) Local Government
9 3 (1.29%) Military
10 2 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.86%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.86%) Police
10 2 (0.86%) Retail
11 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (15.02%) Architect
2 28 (12.02%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 24 (10.30%) IT Support
4 23 (9.87%) Analyst
5 22 (9.44%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 21 (9.01%) Support Engineer
7 17 (7.30%) IT Engineer
7 17 (7.30%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (6.44%) Consultant
8 15 (6.44%) Senior
9 13 (5.58%) Developer
10 11 (4.72%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.86%) Microsoft Engineer
11 9 (3.86%) Service Analyst
12 8 (3.43%) Service Desk Analyst
13 7 (3.00%) IT Analyst
13 7 (3.00%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
14 6 (2.58%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
14 6 (2.58%) SharePoint Consultant
14 6 (2.58%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (22.32%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (2.58%) CSS
2 6 (2.58%) JSON
2 6 (2.58%) OpenID
2 6 (2.58%) SAML
3 5 (2.15%) .NET
3 5 (2.15%) HTML
3 5 (2.15%) REST
4 4 (1.72%) OAuth
4 4 (1.72%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.72%) React
4 4 (1.72%) SPFx
5 3 (1.29%) FIDO
5 3 (1.29%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (0.86%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.86%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.86%) HTML5
6 2 (0.86%) jQuery
6 2 (0.86%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.86%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.58%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.86%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.00%) IoT
4 6 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.15%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.72%) PMI
6 4 (1.72%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.29%) Housing Association
7 3 (1.29%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.86%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.86%) CMDB
8 2 (0.86%) CUDA
8 2 (0.86%) iPhone
8 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Licensing
8 2 (0.86%) PKI
8 2 (0.86%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.86%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.86%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 85 (36.48%) Windows
2 25 (10.73%) Mac OS
3 17 (7.30%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.58%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.58%) Android
6 3 (1.29%) Linux
7 2 (0.86%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (19.74%) Migration
2 37 (15.88%) Customer Service
2 37 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (15.02%) ITSM
4 30 (12.88%) Data Loss Prevention
5 28 (12.02%) Records Management
6 27 (11.59%) Information Governance
7 25 (10.73%) Root Cause Analysis
7 25 (10.73%) User Experience
8 24 (10.30%) AI
9 23 (9.87%) ITIL
10 22 (9.44%) Agile
10 22 (9.44%) E-Discovery
11 19 (8.15%) Runbook
12 18 (7.73%) Data Protection
12 18 (7.73%) Incident Response
13 17 (7.30%) Service Management
14 16 (6.87%) CI/CD
14 16 (6.87%) Roadmaps
14 16 (6.87%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (36.05%) PowerShell
2 16 (6.87%) Python
3 11 (4.72%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (3.00%) SQL
5 6 (2.58%) C#
5 6 (2.58%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.72%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.86%) Bash
8 1 (0.43%) C
8 1 (0.43%) C++
8 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (10.73%) Security Cleared
2 23 (9.87%) Degree
3 15 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (6.44%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.15%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.72%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.86%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.86%) MCSE
6 2 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.43%) ACSP
7 1 (0.43%) ACTC
7 1 (0.43%) CCNA
7 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.43%) PMP
7 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.59%) GDPR
2 14 (6.01%) MiFID
3 13 (5.58%) FINRA
4 7 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.58%) SLA
6 4 (1.72%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.29%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.86%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.86%) GRC
9 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.43%) QA
9 1 (0.43%) SOC 1
System Software
1 89 (38.20%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.29%) Docker
4 3 (1.29%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.86%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.43%) NFS
6 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 59 (25.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (7.30%) SCCM
3 15 (6.44%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (4.72%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.72%) Terraform
7 3 (1.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.86%) Ansible
8 2 (0.86%) Packer
9 1 (0.43%) CA Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 213 (91.42%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.30%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.29%) Apple
4 8 (3.43%) Citrix
5 7 (3.00%) Cisco
6 6 (2.58%) Google
6 6 (2.58%) VMware
7 5 (2.15%) Proofpoint
8 4 (1.72%) Freshdesk
9 3 (1.29%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.29%) Dell
9 3 (1.29%) Forcepoint
9 3 (1.29%) HP
10 2 (0.86%) Aruba
10 2 (0.86%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.86%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.86%) Leostream
10 2 (0.86%) NVIDIA
10 2 (0.86%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.86%) Ping Identity