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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 388 406
Rank change year-on-year -4 +18 -21
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 267 147 189
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.49% 0.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.49% 1.30% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 87 135
10th Percentile £190 £206 £191
25th Percentile £231 £263 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £420
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -5.62%
75th Percentile £565 £500 £547
90th Percentile £629 £585 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £304 £350 £400
% change year-on-year -13.14% -12.50% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 4
10th Percentile £18.75 - £17.07
25th Percentile £25.19 £57.50 £17.49
Median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £20.95
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +210.26% -7.01%
75th Percentile £33.75 £72.50 £26.26
90th Percentile £35.60 - £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.94 £65.00 £20.95
% change year-on-year -55.48% +210.26% -7.01%

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 17,967 11,310 14,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.45% 37.81% 32.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,996 7,618 10,029
10th Percentile £328 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £620 £635
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 595 278 365
10th Percentile £16.55 £15.22 £14.14
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.22 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.60 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.12% +30.00% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.75 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £19.27 £20.77
% change year-on-year +94.60% -7.22% -23.07%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 21 June 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 0 242 £436 +5.38% 75
UK excluding London -13 155 £304 -13.14% 68
London -33 99 £450 +5.88% 24
Work from Home -22 77 £420 +1.82% 29
North of England -11 75 £500 +11.86% 15
Yorkshire +2 60 £500 +25.00% 8
South East -41 34 £238 -52.50% 20
West Midlands -51 18 £225 -18.18% 2
Midlands -55 18 £225 -17.05% 10
North West -38 14 £450 -0.77% 7
Scotland -1 13 £178 -45.38% 3
East of England -30 7 £205 -11.35% 12
South West -30 7 £400 +86.05% 8
Wales -13 3 £300 -
North East - 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
1 230 (86.14%) SharePoint
2 126 (47.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.75%) Confluence
4 1 (0.37%) CMS
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 24 (8.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.75%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.75%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.37%) Acrobat
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%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 254 (95.13%) Microsoft 365
2 135 (50.56%) Entra ID
3 130 (48.69%) Azure
4 60 (22.47%) Microsoft Copilot
5 52 (19.48%) Microsoft Purview
5 52 (19.48%) Power Platform
6 31 (11.61%) PowerApps
7 29 (10.86%) Power Automate
8 18 (6.74%) SaaS
9 15 (5.62%) AWS
10 11 (4.12%) ShareGate
11 10 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (3.75%) Rubrik
12 9 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (3.00%) Google Workspace
14 7 (2.62%) PaaS
15 5 (1.87%) Copilot Studio
16 4 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (1.50%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 39 (14.61%) DNS
2 37 (13.86%) VPN
3 31 (11.61%) Wi-Fi
4 29 (10.86%) DHCP
5 22 (8.24%) TCP/IP
6 18 (6.74%) LAN
7 15 (5.62%) WAN
8 13 (4.87%) Unified Communications
9 10 (3.75%) Firewall
10 8 (3.00%) PSTN
11 7 (2.62%) Intranet
12 6 (2.25%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (2.25%) VoIP
13 3 (1.12%) VLAN
14 2 (0.75%) Network Security
14 2 (0.75%) PCoIP
14 2 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.75%) SMTP
14 2 (0.75%) Wireless
14 2 (0.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.74%) Power BI
2 10 (3.75%) Metadata
3 4 (1.50%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.37%) MySQL
4 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (6.74%) JIRA
2 5 (1.87%) Fiddler
3 4 (1.50%) MSI
4 3 (1.12%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (39.33%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.48%) Finance
3 26 (9.74%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.49%) Legal
5 16 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.87%) German Language
8 4 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.50%) Italian Language
8 4 (1.50%) Law
8 4 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.12%) Advertising
9 3 (1.12%) Local Government
9 3 (1.12%) Military
9 3 (1.12%) Publishing
10 2 (0.75%) Banking
10 2 (0.75%) Games
10 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (12.73%) IT Support
2 31 (11.61%) Architect
3 28 (10.49%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 27 (10.11%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 26 (9.74%) Support Engineer
6 24 (8.99%) Analyst
7 20 (7.49%) IT Engineer
7 20 (7.49%) IT Support Engineer
8 17 (6.37%) Senior
9 15 (5.62%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (5.62%) Consultant
10 11 (4.12%) Developer
10 11 (4.12%) Microsoft Engineer
11 10 (3.75%) Project Manager
12 9 (3.37%) Service Analyst
12 9 (3.37%) Service Desk Analyst
13 8 (3.00%) IT Analyst
13 8 (3.00%) Lead
13 8 (3.00%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
13 8 (3.00%) SharePoint Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (19.48%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (3.00%) JSON
2 8 (3.00%) SPFx
3 7 (2.62%) CSS
3 7 (2.62%) React
4 6 (2.25%) .NET
5 5 (1.87%) OpenID
5 5 (1.87%) SAML
6 4 (1.50%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.50%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (1.50%) OAuth
6 4 (1.50%) OAuth2
6 4 (1.50%) REST
7 3 (1.12%) FIDO
7 3 (1.12%) HTML
8 2 (0.75%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.75%) HTML5
8 2 (0.75%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.75%) Qt
8 2 (0.75%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.24%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.62%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.62%) IoT
4 7 (2.62%) Smartphone
5 6 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.87%) Taxonomies
7 4 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.50%) PMI
8 3 (1.12%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.12%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.12%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.75%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.75%) CMDB
9 2 (0.75%) CUDA
9 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Licensing
9 2 (0.75%) PKI
9 2 (0.75%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 115 (43.07%) Windows
2 30 (11.24%) Mac OS
3 19 (7.12%) Windows 10
4 18 (6.74%) Apple iOS
5 14 (5.24%) Android
6 3 (1.12%) Linux
6 3 (1.12%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (19.48%) Migration
2 47 (17.60%) Customer Service
3 45 (16.85%) ITSM
3 45 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (14.98%) ITIL
5 36 (13.48%) AI
5 36 (13.48%) User Experience
6 35 (13.11%) Data Loss Prevention
7 29 (10.86%) Records Management
8 28 (10.49%) Information Governance
8 28 (10.49%) Root Cause Analysis
8 28 (10.49%) Service Management
9 26 (9.74%) Data Protection
10 25 (9.36%) E-Discovery
11 21 (7.87%) Agile
11 21 (7.87%) Runbook
12 20 (7.49%) Roadmaps
13 18 (6.74%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (6.74%) Incident Response
13 18 (6.74%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (34.46%) PowerShell
2 14 (5.24%) Python
3 12 (4.49%) Kusto Query Language
4 8 (3.00%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.00%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.62%) C#
6 4 (1.50%) SQL
7 2 (0.75%) Bash
7 2 (0.75%) C++
8 1 (0.37%) Bicep
8 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (11.99%) Degree
2 26 (9.74%) Security Cleared
3 17 (6.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (5.99%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.87%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.87%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.75%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.75%) MCSE
6 2 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.37%) ACSP
7 1 (0.37%) ACTC
7 1 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.11%) GDPR
2 15 (5.62%) SLA
3 13 (4.87%) FINRA
3 13 (4.87%) MiFID
4 6 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.87%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.75%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.75%) GRC
7 2 (0.75%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.37%) QA
8 1 (0.37%) SOC 1
System Software
1 110 (41.20%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.75%) Docker
4 2 (0.75%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.37%) Firmware
5 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.37%) NFS
5 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 91 (34.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (8.99%) SCCM
3 23 (8.61%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.12%) Terraform
7 2 (0.75%) Ansible
7 2 (0.75%) Packer
8 1 (0.37%) CA Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 237 (88.76%) Microsoft
2 38 (14.23%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.24%) Cisco
4 10 (3.75%) Apple
5 8 (3.00%) Google
6 7 (2.62%) Citrix
7 6 (2.25%) Canon
8 5 (1.87%) Proofpoint
8 5 (1.87%) VMware
9 4 (1.50%) Dell
9 4 (1.50%) Freshdesk
10 3 (1.12%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.12%) F5
10 3 (1.12%) Forcepoint
10 3 (1.12%) HP
11 2 (0.75%) Aruba
11 2 (0.75%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.75%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.75%) Leostream
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle