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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 399 396
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -49
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 304 160 167
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.49% 0.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.61% 1.29% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 84 113
10th Percentile £181 £237 £159
25th Percentile £213 £306 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £427 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +6.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £513 £528 £550
90th Percentile £600 £625 £635
UK excluding London median daily rate £320 £370 £390
% change year-on-year -13.51% -5.13% +6.85%
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% +9.91%
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% +9.91%

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 18,878 12,389 13,220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.70% 37.60% 34.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,523 8,260 8,900
10th Percentile £325 £311 £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 617 293 195
10th Percentile £15.29 £15.50 £15.69
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £20.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £28.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% -8.06% -11.43%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.75 £63.13
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.50 £19.27 £30.00
% change year-on-year +63.47% -35.77% +15.38%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +16 273 £400 -5.88% 171
UK excluding London -37 143 £320 -13.51% 116
London -18 139 £415 -7.78% 61
Work from Home -34 92 £400 - 73
North of England -31 60 £431 +20.84% 28
North West -33 33 £495 +11.86% 14
Midlands -27 28 £225 -18.18% 19
West Midlands -25 27 £225 -18.18% 12
Yorkshire -15 26 £200 -13.98% 13
South East -44 25 £325 -37.14% 40
Scotland -9 17 £513 +13.89% 6
South West -28 14 £175 -18.60% 9
East of England -29 7 £205 -41.43% 13
East Midlands -15 1 £250 - 7
North East -51 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
1 264 (86.84%) SharePoint
2 141 (46.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (5.26%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (1.97%) Confluence
5 2 (0.66%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (0.66%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 29 (9.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.57%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.66%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
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 (95.39%) Microsoft 365
2 161 (52.96%) Azure
3 144 (47.37%) Entra ID
4 73 (24.01%) Power Platform
5 63 (20.72%) Microsoft Copilot
6 45 (14.80%) Power Automate
7 42 (13.82%) PowerApps
8 39 (12.83%) Microsoft Purview
9 19 (6.25%) Azure AI
10 17 (5.59%) SaaS
11 15 (4.93%) AWS
12 8 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.63%) Copilot Studio
13 7 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (2.30%) Google Workspace
13 7 (2.30%) Viva Engage
14 6 (1.97%) ShareGate
15 5 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (1.32%) Azure Functions
16 4 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 54 (17.76%) DNS
2 48 (15.79%) VPN
3 40 (13.16%) DHCP
4 36 (11.84%) TCP/IP
5 30 (9.87%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (5.26%) Firewall
7 10 (3.29%) LAN
8 9 (2.96%) WAN
9 7 (2.30%) Cisco IOS
9 7 (2.30%) Network Security
10 6 (1.97%) VLAN
10 6 (1.97%) Wireless
11 5 (1.64%) PSTN
11 5 (1.64%) Unified Communications
12 4 (1.32%) Intranet
13 3 (0.99%) SMTP
13 3 (0.99%) Value-Added Service
14 2 (0.66%) DKIM
14 2 (0.66%) PCoIP
14 2 (0.66%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.24%) Power BI
2 18 (5.92%) Metadata
3 10 (3.29%) 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 (5.92%) JIRA
2 5 (1.64%) 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
1 139 (45.72%) Social Skills
2 60 (19.74%) Finance
3 22 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.95%) Legal
6 10 (3.29%) Banking
7 7 (2.30%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.97%) Law
9 5 (1.64%) German Language
9 5 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.32%) Italian Language
10 4 (1.32%) Marketing
10 4 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.99%) Advertising
11 3 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.99%) Military
11 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.66%) Polish Language
12 2 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 55 (18.09%) IT Support
2 50 (16.45%) Support Engineer
3 40 (13.16%) Analyst
4 34 (11.18%) IT Engineer
4 34 (11.18%) IT Support Engineer
5 25 (8.22%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 20 (6.58%) 2nd Line Support
6 20 (6.58%) Support Analyst
7 19 (6.25%) Project Manager
7 19 (6.25%) Senior
8 15 (4.93%) 1st Line Support
8 15 (4.93%) Desktop Support
8 15 (4.93%) Microsoft 365 Manager
9 14 (4.61%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
10 13 (4.28%) Help Desk Support
10 13 (4.28%) Lead
11 12 (3.95%) Developer
11 12 (3.95%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
11 12 (3.95%) Service Analyst
12 10 (3.29%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.59%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (2.63%) .NET
2 8 (2.63%) CSS
3 7 (2.30%) JSON
3 7 (2.30%) SPFx
4 6 (1.97%) React
5 4 (1.32%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.32%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.32%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (1.32%) HTML
5 4 (1.32%) jQuery
5 4 (1.32%) OAuth
5 4 (1.32%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.32%) OpenID
5 4 (1.32%) SAML
6 3 (0.99%) FIDO
6 3 (0.99%) REST
7 2 (0.66%) OpenGL
7 2 (0.66%) Qt
7 2 (0.66%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.13%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.93%) Data Centre
3 12 (3.95%) Video Conferencing
4 11 (3.62%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.30%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.97%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.97%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.97%) Smartphone
7 5 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.32%) AS400
8 4 (1.32%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.32%) iSeries
8 4 (1.32%) PMI
9 3 (0.99%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.66%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.66%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.66%) Replication
10 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 148 (48.68%) Windows
2 33 (10.86%) Windows 10
3 31 (10.20%) Apple iOS
4 29 (9.54%) Mac OS
5 18 (5.92%) Android
6 13 (4.28%) 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 96 (31.58%) Customer Service
2 78 (25.66%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (24.01%) Migration
4 67 (22.04%) ITIL
5 66 (21.71%) ITSM
6 57 (18.75%) Service Management
7 48 (15.79%) AI
8 34 (11.18%) User Experience
9 33 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (8.88%) Data Protection
10 27 (8.88%) Roadmaps
10 27 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
12 25 (8.22%) Data Loss Prevention
13 22 (7.24%) Change Management
14 21 (6.91%) Agile
15 20 (6.58%) Data Governance
16 19 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
16 19 (6.25%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (22.70%) PowerShell
2 9 (2.96%) JavaScript
3 8 (2.63%) C#
4 7 (2.30%) Python
4 7 (2.30%) SQL
4 7 (2.30%) TypeScript
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 46 (15.13%) Degree
2 29 (9.54%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 25 (8.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (4.61%) A+ Certification
6 12 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (2.30%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.30%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (2.30%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.99%) PMP
9 3 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.66%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.66%) MCSE
11 1 (0.33%) ACTC
11 1 (0.33%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.22%) SLA
2 11 (3.62%) GDPR
3 9 (2.96%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.30%) QA
5 4 (1.32%) PMO
6 3 (0.99%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.33%) GRC
8 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 135 (44.41%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.97%) 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
1 106 (34.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (9.87%) SCCM
3 16 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.30%) 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
1 272 (89.47%) Microsoft
2 43 (14.14%) ServiceNow
3 30 (9.87%) Cisco
4 22 (7.24%) VMware
5 10 (3.29%) Apple
6 8 (2.63%) Citrix
6 8 (2.63%) Google
6 8 (2.63%) Meraki
7 7 (2.30%) Proofpoint
7 7 (2.30%) Zscaler
8 6 (1.97%) Canon
8 6 (1.97%) HP
9 5 (1.64%) Adobe
10 4 (1.32%) DocuSign
10 4 (1.32%) Freshdesk
10 4 (1.32%) IBM
10 4 (1.32%) Workday
11 3 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.99%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.99%) Samsung