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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 423 389
Rank change year-on-year +16 -34 -38
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 272 137 175
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.41% 0.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.45% 1.11% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 83 124
10th Percentile £185 £216 £195
25th Percentile £213 £284 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £415 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -2.35% +3.03%
75th Percentile £525 £506 £541
90th Percentile £625 £585 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £250 £350 £400
% change year-on-year -28.57% -12.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 4
10th Percentile £19.00 £58.90 £21.00
25th Percentile £25.29 £60.99 £23.05
Median hourly rate £32.50 £68.23 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -52.36% +182.15% +7.32%
75th Percentile £34.12 £72.24 £26.26
90th Percentile £40.07 £72.40 £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £68.23 £24.18
% change year-on-year -52.36% +182.15% +7.32%

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 18,734 12,335 13,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.25% 37.25% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,359 8,262 9,249
10th Percentile £326 £313 £313
25th Percentile £420 £411 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £623 £616 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 623 313 274
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.17 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.50 £23.98
Median % change year-on-year +29.09% +14.70% -31.50%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £82.87 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £18.87 £21.37
% change year-on-year +85.48% -11.70% -20.11%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 3 August 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 -1 248 £400 -3.61% 119
UK excluding London -23 138 £250 -28.57% 96
London -12 116 £450 +5.88% 34
Work from Home -11 86 £370 -10.30% 52
North of England -30 56 £450 +2.86% 29
South East -44 34 £250 -50.00% 22
Yorkshire -21 28 £200 -50.00% 12
North West -37 27 £495 +11.93% 14
Midlands -36 21 £225 -18.18% 27
West Midlands -49 20 £225 -18.18% 11
Scotland 0 13 £250 -25.93% 2
South West -34 9 £163 -20.73% 9
East of England -19 7 £205 -13.68% 9
East Midlands -15 1 £250 - 16
North East - 1 £275 - 4

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
1 236 (86.76%) SharePoint
2 118 (43.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.31%) SharePoint Server
4 8 (2.94%) Confluence
5 2 (0.74%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.37%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 30 (11.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (8.46%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.74%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.37%) InDesign
5 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.37%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 256 (94.12%) Microsoft 365
2 161 (59.19%) Azure
3 134 (49.26%) Entra ID
4 58 (21.32%) Microsoft Copilot
5 57 (20.96%) Power Platform
6 42 (15.44%) Microsoft Purview
7 39 (14.34%) Power Automate
8 37 (13.60%) PowerApps
9 16 (5.88%) AWS
9 16 (5.88%) SaaS
10 11 (4.04%) Azure AI
10 11 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (4.04%) ShareGate
11 7 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.57%) Google Workspace
12 6 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.21%) Copilot Studio
13 5 (1.84%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.10%) Azure Functions
14 3 (1.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 51 (18.75%) DNS
2 47 (17.28%) VPN
3 41 (15.07%) DHCP
4 32 (11.76%) TCP/IP
5 29 (10.66%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (6.25%) Firewall
7 15 (5.51%) LAN
8 11 (4.04%) WAN
9 7 (2.57%) Intranet
9 7 (2.57%) Network Security
9 7 (2.57%) Unified Communications
9 7 (2.57%) VLAN
9 7 (2.57%) Wireless
10 6 (2.21%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (1.84%) PSTN
12 4 (1.47%) SMTP
13 3 (1.10%) VoIP
14 2 (0.74%) PCoIP
14 2 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.74%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.25%) Power BI
2 16 (5.88%) Metadata
3 8 (2.94%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.47%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.37%) MySQL
5 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (6.99%) JIRA
2 5 (1.84%) Fiddler
3 4 (1.47%) MSI
3 4 (1.47%) Zephyr
4 3 (1.10%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.74%) TestRail
5 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 118 (43.38%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.65%) Finance
3 24 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.04%) Legal
6 7 (2.57%) Banking
7 6 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.84%) German Language
8 5 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.47%) Italian Language
9 4 (1.47%) Law
9 4 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.47%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.10%) Advertising
10 3 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.10%) Local Government
10 3 (1.10%) Marketing
10 3 (1.10%) Military
10 3 (1.10%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (14.71%) IT Support
2 38 (13.97%) Support Engineer
3 35 (12.87%) Analyst
4 30 (11.03%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 25 (9.19%) IT Engineer
5 25 (9.19%) IT Support Engineer
6 21 (7.72%) Senior
7 18 (6.62%) 2nd Line Support
8 16 (5.88%) Consultant
9 13 (4.78%) Desktop Support
9 13 (4.78%) Support Analyst
10 12 (4.41%) Microsoft Engineer
11 11 (4.04%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.68%) 1st Line Support
12 10 (3.68%) Help Desk Support
12 10 (3.68%) Service Analyst
13 9 (3.31%) Developer
13 9 (3.31%) Lead
13 9 (3.31%) Service Desk Analyst
14 8 (2.94%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.46%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (2.94%) JSON
2 8 (2.94%) SPFx
3 7 (2.57%) .NET
3 7 (2.57%) CSS
3 7 (2.57%) React
4 4 (1.47%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.47%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (1.47%) OAuth
4 4 (1.47%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.47%) OpenID
4 4 (1.47%) REST
4 4 (1.47%) SAML
5 3 (1.10%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.10%) FIDO
5 3 (1.10%) HTML
5 3 (1.10%) jQuery
6 2 (0.74%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.74%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.74%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.97%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.41%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.57%) Smartphone
5 6 (2.21%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.84%) Taxonomies
7 4 (1.47%) AS400
7 4 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.47%) iSeries
7 4 (1.47%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.47%) PMI
8 3 (1.10%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.10%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.10%) IoT
8 3 (1.10%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.74%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.74%) CUDA
9 2 (0.74%) PKI
9 2 (0.74%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 131 (48.16%) Windows
2 30 (11.03%) Mac OS
3 28 (10.29%) Windows 10
4 23 (8.46%) Apple iOS
5 14 (5.15%) Android
6 10 (3.68%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.10%) Linux
8 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (25.74%) Migration
2 68 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 58 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (20.96%) ITIL
5 49 (18.01%) ITSM
6 44 (16.18%) Service Management
7 37 (13.60%) AI
8 30 (11.03%) User Experience
9 27 (9.93%) Data Loss Prevention
10 24 (8.82%) Data Protection
11 23 (8.46%) Change Management
12 22 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (7.72%) Agile
14 19 (6.99%) Records Management
14 19 (6.99%) Roadmaps
14 19 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (6.62%) Information Governance
15 18 (6.62%) Project Delivery
16 17 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
16 17 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 71 (26.10%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.31%) Python
3 8 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 8 (2.94%) TypeScript
4 7 (2.57%) C#
5 6 (2.21%) SQL
6 2 (0.74%) Bash
6 2 (0.74%) C++
7 1 (0.37%) Bicep
7 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (14.71%) Degree
2 27 (9.93%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (8.82%) Security Cleared
4 18 (6.62%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.31%) A+ Certification
6 8 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.21%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.84%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.74%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.74%) MCSE
10 2 (0.74%) PMP
10 2 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.37%) ACTC
11 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.37%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.35%) SLA
2 9 (3.31%) GDPR
3 6 (2.21%) QA
4 5 (1.84%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.47%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.37%) FINRA
7 1 (0.37%) GRC
7 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.37%) MiFID
7 1 (0.37%) SOC 1
7 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 133 (48.90%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.74%) Docker
5 2 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.37%) Firmware
6 1 (0.37%) NFS
6 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 111 (40.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (9.19%) SCCM
3 19 (6.99%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.10%) Terraform
7 2 (0.74%) Ansible
7 2 (0.74%) Packer
8 1 (0.37%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.37%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 240 (88.24%) Microsoft
2 39 (14.34%) ServiceNow
3 22 (8.09%) Cisco
4 20 (7.35%) VMware
5 13 (4.78%) Apple
6 8 (2.94%) Citrix
7 7 (2.57%) Google
7 7 (2.57%) HP
7 7 (2.57%) Proofpoint
8 6 (2.21%) Canon
8 6 (2.21%) Meraki
8 6 (2.21%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.47%) Dell
9 4 (1.47%) DocuSign
9 4 (1.47%) Freshdesk
9 4 (1.47%) IBM
10 3 (1.10%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.10%) F5
10 3 (1.10%) Forcepoint
10 3 (1.10%) Remedy