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 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 396 407
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 -44
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 270 149 192
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.46% 0.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.44% 1.21% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 89 137
10th Percentile £185 £210 £197
25th Percentile £214 £275 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -2.94% +3.03%
75th Percentile £560 £500 £544
90th Percentile £634 £585 £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £288 £350 £400
% change year-on-year -17.86% -12.50% +6.67%
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% -14.51%
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% -14.51%

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 18,749 12,266 14,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.41% 37.55% 33.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,439 8,215 9,998
10th Percentile £326 £313 £307
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £734 £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 618 312 353
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.78 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.06 £27.63 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% +23.90% -36.29%
75th Percentile £69.27 £47.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.56 £67.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £21.00
% change year-on-year +98.73% -10.14% -20.72%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 12 July 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 -10 241 £400 -3.61% 87
UK excluding London -18 155 £288 -17.86% 78
London -24 99 £450 +5.88% 21
Work from Home -15 81 £400 -4.48% 28
North of England -28 65 £450 +0.67% 25
Yorkshire -3 50 £500 +25.00% 13
South East -39 39 £250 -50.00% 18
Midlands -40 20 £225 -18.18% 15
West Midlands -54 19 £225 -18.18% 4
Scotland -6 15 £214 -34.23% 3
North West -44 14 £450 -0.77% 9
South West -35 8 £288 +33.72% 9
East of England -28 7 £205 -11.35% 10
Wales -14 3 £300 - 2
East Midlands -16 1 £250 +31.58% 11
North East - 1 £275 - 5

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
1 233 (86.30%) SharePoint
2 120 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.70%) Confluence
4 1 (0.37%) CMS
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 26 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.74%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.74%) 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 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 256 (94.81%) Microsoft 365
2 142 (52.59%) Azure
3 139 (51.48%) Entra ID
4 54 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
5 51 (18.89%) Power Platform
6 50 (18.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 30 (11.11%) PowerApps
8 28 (10.37%) Power Automate
9 19 (7.04%) SaaS
10 17 (6.30%) AWS
11 11 (4.07%) ShareGate
12 8 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.96%) Google Workspace
13 7 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (2.59%) PaaS
14 6 (2.22%) Copilot Studio
15 5 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (1.85%) Rubrik
16 4 (1.48%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 46 (17.04%) DNS
1 46 (17.04%) VPN
2 35 (12.96%) DHCP
3 33 (12.22%) Wi-Fi
4 27 (10.00%) TCP/IP
5 19 (7.04%) LAN
6 15 (5.56%) WAN
7 14 (5.19%) Firewall
8 13 (4.81%) Unified Communications
9 8 (2.96%) PSTN
10 7 (2.59%) Intranet
11 6 (2.22%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (2.22%) VLAN
11 6 (2.22%) VoIP
12 5 (1.85%) Wireless
13 2 (0.74%) DKIM
13 2 (0.74%) Network Security
13 2 (0.74%) PCoIP
13 2 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.74%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.30%) Power BI
2 11 (4.07%) Metadata
3 4 (1.48%) EDRMS
4 3 (1.11%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.37%) MySQL
5 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (6.67%) JIRA
2 5 (1.85%) Fiddler
3 4 (1.48%) MSI
4 3 (1.11%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 109 (40.37%) Social Skills
2 43 (15.93%) Finance
3 25 (9.26%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (6.30%) Legal
5 10 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.85%) German Language
6 5 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.48%) Italian Language
7 4 (1.48%) Law
7 4 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.11%) Advertising
8 3 (1.11%) Local Government
8 3 (1.11%) Marketing
8 3 (1.11%) Military
8 3 (1.11%) Publishing
9 2 (0.74%) Banking
9 2 (0.74%) Games
9 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (14.81%) IT Support
2 35 (12.96%) Support Engineer
3 30 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 27 (10.00%) Analyst
5 26 (9.63%) IT Engineer
5 26 (9.63%) IT Support Engineer
6 21 (7.78%) Architect
7 18 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
7 18 (6.67%) Senior
8 17 (6.30%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 16 (5.93%) Consultant
10 12 (4.44%) Microsoft Engineer
11 9 (3.33%) Desktop Support
11 9 (3.33%) Developer
11 9 (3.33%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.33%) Service Analyst
11 9 (3.33%) Service Desk Analyst
12 8 (2.96%) Desktop Engineer
12 8 (2.96%) Lead
12 8 (2.96%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (15.19%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (2.96%) JSON
2 8 (2.96%) SPFx
3 7 (2.59%) React
4 6 (2.22%) .NET
5 5 (1.85%) CSS
6 4 (1.48%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.48%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (1.48%) OAuth
6 4 (1.48%) OAuth2
6 4 (1.48%) OpenID
6 4 (1.48%) REST
6 4 (1.48%) SAML
7 3 (1.11%) FIDO
8 2 (0.74%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.74%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.74%) Qt
8 2 (0.74%) Unreal Engine
9 1 (0.37%) Backbone.js
9 1 (0.37%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.85%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.59%) IoT
4 7 (2.59%) Smartphone
5 6 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.85%) Taxonomies
7 4 (1.48%) PMI
7 4 (1.48%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.11%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.11%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.11%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.11%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.74%) CMDB
9 2 (0.74%) CUDA
9 2 (0.74%) PKI
9 2 (0.74%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.37%) Linked Data
Operating Systems
1 125 (46.30%) Windows
2 32 (11.85%) Mac OS
3 22 (8.15%) Windows 10
4 20 (7.41%) Apple iOS
5 14 (5.19%) Android
6 5 (1.85%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.11%) 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 56 (20.74%) Customer Service
2 52 (19.26%) Migration
3 50 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (18.15%) ITIL
5 46 (17.04%) ITSM
6 38 (14.07%) AI
7 36 (13.33%) Service Management
8 35 (12.96%) User Experience
9 31 (11.48%) Data Loss Prevention
10 26 (9.63%) Data Protection
11 24 (8.89%) Information Governance
11 24 (8.89%) Records Management
12 22 (8.15%) Root Cause Analysis
13 21 (7.78%) Agile
14 20 (7.41%) E-Discovery
14 20 (7.41%) Roadmaps
15 18 (6.67%) Runbook
15 18 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (6.30%) Business Intelligence
16 17 (6.30%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (30.74%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.56%) Python
3 8 (2.96%) Kusto Query Language
3 8 (2.96%) TypeScript
4 6 (2.22%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.85%) C#
6 4 (1.48%) SQL
7 2 (0.74%) Bash
7 2 (0.74%) C++
8 1 (0.37%) Bicep
8 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (11.85%) Degree
2 26 (9.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (9.63%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.85%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.85%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.48%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.74%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.74%) MCSE
6 2 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (0.74%) 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%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.37%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.41%) GDPR
2 16 (5.93%) SLA
3 8 (2.96%) FINRA
3 8 (2.96%) MiFID
4 5 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.11%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.74%) GRC
7 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.37%) QA
7 1 (0.37%) SOC 1
7 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 124 (45.93%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.11%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.74%) Docker
5 2 (0.74%) Hyper-V
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
1 104 (38.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (9.63%) SCCM
3 23 (8.52%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.11%) 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
1 237 (87.78%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 17 (6.30%) Cisco
4 12 (4.44%) Apple
5 11 (4.07%) VMware
6 8 (2.96%) Citrix
6 8 (2.96%) Google
7 6 (2.22%) Canon
8 5 (1.85%) Proofpoint
9 4 (1.48%) Dell
9 4 (1.48%) Freshdesk
10 3 (1.11%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.11%) F5
10 3 (1.11%) Forcepoint
10 3 (1.11%) HP
10 3 (1.11%) Meraki
11 2 (0.74%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.74%) Leostream
11 2 (0.74%) Oracle
11 2 (0.74%) Workday