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 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 385 360
Rank change year-on-year -5 -25 +129
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 174 165 292
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.44% 0.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.38% 1.27% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 102 201
10th Percentile £194 £170 £193
25th Percentile £263 £250 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -2.74%
75th Percentile £517 £554 £540
90th Percentile £609 £626 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £313 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -21.88% +6.67% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 11
10th Percentile £18.87 £20.62 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.20 £18.86
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% +20.90% +51.98%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £22.53
90th Percentile £65.73 £26.68 £27.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £24.18 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.15% +20.90% +51.98%

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 12,623 13,015 16,951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.33% 34.71% 35.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,442 8,605 12,188
10th Percentile £308 £313 £300
25th Percentile £409 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 180 326
10th Percentile £15.22 £16.30 £14.57
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.41
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +7.99% +46.78%
75th Percentile £43.75 £66.69 £63.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £35.00 £22.52
% change year-on-year -45.71% +55.42% +15.49%

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 13 October 2025.

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 13 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Top 17 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 13 October 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 +37 156 £425 -5.56% 112
UK excluding London -20 86 £313 -21.88% 99
London +32 78 £438 -2.78% 34
Work from Home +42 71 £400 -25.58% 46
North of England -4 32 £190 -55.29% 12
South East +16 17 £275 +10.00% 49
North West -4 17 £443 +4.12% 8
South West +5 12 £450 -14.29% 12
Yorkshire -14 9 £190 -49.33% 3
East of England -12 8 £475 -11.63% 13
Wales +7 6 - - 1
Midlands -18 6 £329 -17.81% 8
North East - 6 - - 1
West Midlands -24 5 £329 -17.81% 3
Scotland -13 4 £450 +141.61% 7
East Midlands -4 1 - - 5
Northern Ireland -8 1 - - 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
1 132 (75.86%) SharePoint
2 77 (44.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (5.75%) Skype for Business
4 7 (4.02%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.57%) CMS
5 1 (0.57%) Confluence
5 1 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 24 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (7.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (4.60%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.72%) Acrobat
6 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.15%) Trello
7 1 (0.57%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.57%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.57%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (6.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 148 (85.06%) Microsoft 365
2 92 (52.87%) Azure
3 64 (36.78%) Entra ID
4 19 (10.92%) Power Platform
5 16 (9.20%) PowerApps
6 15 (8.62%) Power Automate
7 14 (8.05%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (7.47%) ShareGate
9 10 (5.75%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (4.60%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (2.87%) SaaS
12 4 (2.30%) AWS
13 3 (1.72%) Azure AI
13 3 (1.72%) Azure AKS
13 3 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (1.72%) Copilot Studio
13 3 (1.72%) Google Drive
13 3 (1.72%) Google Workspace
13 3 (1.72%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.90%) DNS
1 12 (6.90%) VPN
2 11 (6.32%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (5.75%) DHCP
3 10 (5.75%) Skype
4 7 (4.02%) TCP/IP
5 6 (3.45%) 4G
5 6 (3.45%) Firewall
5 6 (3.45%) WAN
6 4 (2.30%) LAN
6 4 (2.30%) SMTP
6 4 (2.30%) VLAN
6 4 (2.30%) VoIP
6 4 (2.30%) WebEx
7 3 (1.72%) DMARC
7 3 (1.72%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.15%) Internet
8 2 (1.15%) Intranet
8 2 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.57%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.30%) Power BI
2 3 (1.72%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (2.87%) JIRA
2 2 (1.15%) MSI
3 1 (0.57%) Appium
3 1 (0.57%) Git
3 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 87 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 44 (25.29%) Finance
3 16 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.47%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.32%) Banking
6 9 (5.17%) Legal
7 7 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.30%) Law
11 2 (1.15%) Advertising
11 2 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.15%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.15%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.15%) Marketing
11 2 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.15%) Polish Language
11 2 (1.15%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.15%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (17.24%) Analyst
2 24 (13.79%) Support Analyst
3 20 (11.49%) Consultant
4 18 (10.34%) Desktop Support
5 17 (9.77%) Support Engineer
6 16 (9.20%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 16 (9.20%) Operational Support Analyst
6 16 (9.20%) Operations Analyst
6 16 (9.20%) Operations Support Analyst
7 15 (8.62%) IT Support
8 12 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (6.32%) Architect
10 10 (5.75%) Desktop Specialist
10 10 (5.75%) Desktop Support Specialist
10 10 (5.75%) Support Specialist
11 9 (5.17%) 1st Line Support
11 9 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (5.17%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
12 8 (4.60%) SharePoint Analyst
12 8 (4.60%) SharePoint Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.60%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (1.72%) LangChain
2 3 (1.72%) Semantic Kernel
3 2 (1.15%) JSON
3 2 (1.15%) REST
4 1 (0.57%) .NET
4 1 (0.57%) CSS
4 1 (0.57%) HTML
4 1 (0.57%) OAuth
4 1 (0.57%) OpenID
4 1 (0.57%) SAML
4 1 (0.57%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.57%) SPFx
4 1 (0.57%) Web Services
4 1 (0.57%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 5 (2.87%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.72%) AI Agents
4 3 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.72%) Low-Code
4 3 (1.72%) Smartphone
4 3 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.15%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.57%) BYOD
6 1 (0.57%) CMDB
6 1 (0.57%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.57%) iPhone
6 1 (0.57%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.57%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.57%) Replication
6 1 (0.57%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 81 (46.55%) Windows
2 35 (20.11%) Windows 10
3 9 (5.17%) Apple iOS
4 8 (4.60%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.30%) Android
6 2 (1.15%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.57%) VMS
7 1 (0.57%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.57%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (29.89%) Migration
2 48 (27.59%) ITIL
3 33 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (12.64%) Project Management
5 21 (12.07%) ITSM
5 21 (12.07%) Service Management
6 19 (10.92%) Problem Management
7 17 (9.77%) Customer Service
7 17 (9.77%) Mobile Device Management
7 17 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (9.20%) Agile
9 15 (8.62%) Data Loss Prevention
10 14 (8.05%) Identity Management
10 14 (8.05%) Validation
11 13 (7.47%) Inventory Management
12 12 (6.90%) Change Management
12 12 (6.90%) Identity Access Management
12 12 (6.90%) Patch Management
12 12 (6.90%) Service Delivery
13 11 (6.32%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 51 (29.31%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.60%) SQL
3 6 (3.45%) Python
4 4 (2.30%) C#
5 2 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.57%) Bicep
6 1 (0.57%) Java
6 1 (0.57%) Korn
Qualifications
1 36 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 29 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 27 (15.52%) Degree
4 13 (7.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.60%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (4.60%) PMI Certification
5 8 (4.60%) PMP
6 3 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.72%) MCSE
7 2 (1.15%) BC Cleared
7 2 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.57%) CISA
8 1 (0.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (8.05%) GDPR
3 7 (4.02%) NIST
4 6 (3.45%) HIPAA
5 4 (2.30%) PMO
6 3 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.72%) SLA
7 2 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.15%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.57%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.57%) QA
System Software
1 109 (62.64%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.15%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.15%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.57%) XenApp
5 1 (0.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (31.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (22.41%) SCCM
3 8 (4.60%) HP SiteScope
3 8 (4.60%) SCOM
4 4 (2.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.72%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (1.72%) Terraform
6 2 (1.15%) AppManager
7 1 (0.57%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.57%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 138 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.64%) ServiceNow
3 12 (6.90%) Remedy
4 8 (4.60%) Splunk
5 7 (4.02%) Apple
6 5 (2.87%) Cisco
6 5 (2.87%) Google
7 4 (2.30%) Adobe
7 4 (2.30%) VMware
8 3 (1.72%) Citrix
8 3 (1.72%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.15%) BMC
9 2 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.15%) Ivanti
9 2 (1.15%) Okta
9 2 (1.15%) Veeam
9 2 (1.15%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.57%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.57%) HP
10 1 (0.57%) Salesforce