OneDrive Contracts

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring OneDrive skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OneDrive over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 408 362
Rank change year-on-year +20 -46 +169
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 148 188 355
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.44% 0.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.28% 1.33% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 135 255
10th Percentile £206 £191 £185
25th Percentile £269 £270 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £420 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -1.18% +6.25%
75th Percentile £500 £547 £600
90th Percentile £585 £675 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +48.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 9
10th Percentile - £17.07 £15.45
25th Percentile £57.50 £17.49 £22.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £20.95 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year +210.26% -7.01% -14.98%
75th Percentile £72.50 £26.26 £26.48
90th Percentile - £30.00 £27.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £20.95 £24.51
% change year-on-year +210.26% -14.51% -7.16%

All Cloud 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 11,603 14,161 20,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.66% 32.81% 36.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,772 9,952 14,671
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £622 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 355 334
10th Percentile £15.26 £14.05 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.06 £19.00
Median hourly rate £27.76 £22.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.18% -37.14% +59.09%
75th Percentile £47.50 £43.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £70.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £20.87 £25.73
% change year-on-year -9.58% -18.87% +33.65%

OneDrive
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OneDrive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OneDrive.

Daily rate trend for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OneDrive over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OneDrive.

Hourly rate trend for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Top 16 Contract 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 1 July 2025. 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 +33 127 £414 -2.65% 414
UK excluding London +21 72 £350 -12.50% 306
London +31 65 £425 -5.56% 146
Work from Home +30 47 £419 -1.47% 241
North of England +16 15 £447 +78.80% 72
Midlands -1 14 £275 -31.25% 39
East of England +30 12 £231 -59.34% 53
North West +14 12 £454 +81.40% 45
West Midlands -8 12 £275 -31.25% 24
South East +52 11 £500 +143.90% 77
South West +26 8 £215 -50.86% 39
Scotland -5 8 £325 -5.80% 13
Yorkshire +2 3 £400 +25.00% 19
Wales +8 2 - - 11
East Midlands +4 2 £190 -43.28% 15
Northern Ireland -8 2 - - 9

OneDrive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 128 (86.49%) SharePoint
2 69 (46.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.70%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (2.03%) IIS
4 3 (2.03%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (2.03%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.73%) Acrobat
3 6 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.70%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.68%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 144 (97.30%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (50.00%) Azure
3 56 (37.84%) Entra ID
4 22 (14.86%) Power Platform
5 18 (12.16%) PowerApps
6 16 (10.81%) Microsoft Purview
7 15 (10.14%) Power Automate
8 13 (8.78%) SaaS
9 9 (6.08%) Mimecast
10 7 (4.73%) AWS
10 7 (4.73%) ShareGate
11 6 (4.05%) Asana
11 6 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (4.05%) Slack
12 5 (3.38%) Google Workspace
12 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 3 (2.03%) Azure Functions
14 3 (2.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.51%) VPN
2 15 (10.14%) DNS
3 12 (8.11%) DHCP
3 12 (8.11%) Firewall
4 10 (6.76%) WAN
4 10 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (6.08%) TCP/IP
6 8 (5.41%) Skype
6 8 (5.41%) VoIP
7 7 (4.73%) VLAN
8 6 (4.05%) LAN
9 5 (3.38%) SD-WAN
10 4 (2.70%) SAN
11 3 (2.03%) WebEx
12 2 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (1.35%) DMARC
12 2 (1.35%) SMTP
12 2 (1.35%) Wireless
13 1 (0.68%) Network Security
13 1 (0.68%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.38%) JIRA
2 2 (1.35%) MSI
3 1 (0.68%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 59 (39.86%) Social Skills
2 44 (29.73%) Finance
3 23 (15.54%) Legal
4 7 (4.73%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.05%) Banking
6 5 (3.38%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.70%) Law
8 3 (2.03%) Marketing
9 2 (1.35%) Advertising
9 2 (1.35%) Dutch Language
9 2 (1.35%) Electronics
9 2 (1.35%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.35%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.68%) Automotive
10 1 (0.68%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (17.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 20 (13.51%) Support Engineer
3 19 (12.84%) Analyst
4 15 (10.14%) Architect
5 12 (8.11%) IT Support
6 11 (7.43%) Consultant
6 11 (7.43%) Senior
7 9 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (6.08%) IT Engineer
7 9 (6.08%) Microsoft 365 Manager
8 8 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (5.41%) Support Manager
9 7 (4.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 7 (4.73%) Migration Engineer
9 7 (4.73%) Service Analyst
9 7 (4.73%) Service Desk Analyst
9 7 (4.73%) Support Analyst
10 6 (4.05%) IT Analyst
10 6 (4.05%) Microsoft 365 Architect
10 6 (4.05%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (2.03%) SPFx
3 2 (1.35%) CSS
3 2 (1.35%) HTML
3 2 (1.35%) REST
4 1 (0.68%) .NET
4 1 (0.68%) JSON
4 1 (0.68%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.68%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.11%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.03%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.35%) Anti-Spyware
5 2 (1.35%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.35%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.35%) CMDB
5 2 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.35%) iPhone
6 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.68%) iPad
6 1 (0.68%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.68%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 75 (50.68%) Windows
2 22 (14.86%) Windows 10
3 11 (7.43%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.08%) Android
5 7 (4.73%) Apple iOS
6 6 (4.05%) Linux
6 6 (4.05%) Mac OS
6 6 (4.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (4.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.70%) Unix
8 3 (2.03%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.68%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (25.68%) Migration
2 36 (24.32%) ITIL
3 27 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (15.54%) Customer Service
4 23 (15.54%) Data Loss Prevention
5 22 (14.86%) Agile
6 21 (14.19%) Identity Management
7 16 (10.81%) Data Protection
7 16 (10.81%) Roadmaps
8 15 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (9.46%) Project Management
10 13 (8.78%) Asset Management
11 12 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (8.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 11 (7.43%) Change Management
12 11 (7.43%) E-Discovery
12 11 (7.43%) Zero Trust
13 10 (6.76%) Cloud Security
13 10 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 10 (6.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 40 (27.03%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.70%) Python
3 2 (1.35%) C#
3 2 (1.35%) Groovy
4 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (17.57%) Degree
3 12 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 11 (7.43%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.41%) MCSE
5 8 (5.41%) PMI Certification
5 8 (5.41%) PMP
6 4 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.35%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.68%) CISA
8 1 (0.68%) CISM
8 1 (0.68%) CISSP
8 1 (0.68%) HNC
8 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.73%) NIST
3 6 (4.05%) GDPR
3 6 (4.05%) HIPAA
4 5 (3.38%) SLA
5 3 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.03%) PMO
6 2 (1.35%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 75 (50.68%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.70%) BitLocker
3 4 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.03%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.68%) XenApp
5 1 (0.68%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 44 (29.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (14.19%) SCCM
3 4 (2.70%) AppManager
3 4 (2.70%) Terraform
3 4 (2.70%) vCenter Server
3 4 (2.70%) WSUS
4 2 (1.35%) AirWatch
4 2 (1.35%) PingFederate
4 2 (1.35%) XenMobile
5 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 115 (77.70%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.08%) Adobe
2 9 (6.08%) VMware
3 8 (5.41%) Citrix
3 8 (5.41%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.05%) Apple
4 6 (4.05%) Ivanti
5 5 (3.38%) Cisco
5 5 (3.38%) Google
6 3 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.03%) MobileIron
6 3 (2.03%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.03%) Remedy
6 3 (2.03%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.35%) BMC
7 2 (1.35%) Equitrac
7 2 (1.35%) Mitel
7 2 (1.35%) Progress
7 2 (1.35%) Veeam
8 1 (0.68%) Toshiba