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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 398 406
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 -53
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 303 152 157
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.46% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.60% 1.23% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 76 106
10th Percentile £180 £241 £167
25th Percentile £213 £334 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £515 £538 £538
90th Percentile £603 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £313 £370 £383
% change year-on-year -15.54% -3.27% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 10 4
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.72 £21.00
25th Percentile £17.36 £19.28 £23.05
Median hourly rate £28.94 £21.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +37.81% -13.15% +8.60%
75th Percentile £33.75 £21.50 £26.26
90th Percentile £62.02 £71.56 £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £21.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +20.86% -13.15% +8.60%

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 18,981 12,340 13,086
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.83% 37.41% 34.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,589 8,206 8,882
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 619 306 207
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.21
25th Percentile £17.86 £18.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.63 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% -1.25% -14.29%
75th Percentile £68.63 £54.69 £60.83
90th Percentile £81.45 £71.73 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -33.33% +11.11%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +7 272 £400 -5.88% 108
UK excluding London -39 144 £313 -15.54% 79
London -17 137 £415 -7.78% 38
Work from Home -27 96 £400 -3.03% 36
North of England -32 61 £425 -2.86% 20
North West -36 34 £490 +1.82% 10
Midlands -35 29 £225 -18.18% 19
West Midlands -24 28 £225 -18.18% 12
Yorkshire -21 26 £200 -50.00% 9
South East -46 24 £280 -46.67% 29
Scotland -27 17 £513 +13.89% 3
South West -35 14 £175 -18.60% 3
East of England -29 7 £205 -30.21% 6
East Midlands -17 1 £250 - 7
North East -49 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
1 264 (87.13%) SharePoint
2 142 (46.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (4.62%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (1.98%) Confluence
5 2 (0.66%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (0.66%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 31 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.66%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 290 (95.71%) Microsoft 365
2 165 (54.46%) Azure
3 150 (49.50%) Entra ID
4 71 (23.43%) Power Platform
5 62 (20.46%) Microsoft Copilot
6 47 (15.51%) Power Automate
7 44 (14.52%) PowerApps
8 42 (13.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 18 (5.94%) SaaS
10 17 (5.61%) Azure AI
11 15 (4.95%) AWS
12 10 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (2.97%) ShareGate
14 8 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (2.64%) Copilot Studio
14 8 (2.64%) Google Workspace
15 5 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (1.32%) Azure Functions
16 4 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
16 4 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (18.48%) DNS
2 47 (15.51%) VPN
3 41 (13.53%) DHCP
4 36 (11.88%) TCP/IP
5 30 (9.90%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (5.94%) Firewall
7 10 (3.30%) LAN
8 9 (2.97%) WAN
9 7 (2.31%) Network Security
9 7 (2.31%) VLAN
9 7 (2.31%) Wireless
10 6 (1.98%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (1.98%) Intranet
11 5 (1.65%) PSTN
11 5 (1.65%) Unified Communications
12 4 (1.32%) SMTP
13 3 (0.99%) Value-Added Service
14 2 (0.66%) DKIM
14 2 (0.66%) PCoIP
14 2 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.58%) Power BI
2 20 (6.60%) Metadata
3 10 (3.30%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.32%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.66%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.66%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.33%) MySQL
6 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (5.61%) JIRA
2 5 (1.65%) Fiddler
3 4 (1.32%) MSI
3 4 (1.32%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.99%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.66%) TestRail
5 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio
General
1 139 (45.87%) Social Skills
2 57 (18.81%) Finance
3 23 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.26%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.29%) Legal
6 9 (2.97%) Banking
7 7 (2.31%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.65%) German Language
9 5 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.65%) Law
9 5 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.32%) Italian Language
10 4 (1.32%) Marketing
11 3 (0.99%) Advertising
11 3 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.99%) Local Government
11 3 (0.99%) Military
11 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 54 (17.82%) IT Support
2 49 (16.17%) Support Engineer
3 38 (12.54%) Analyst
4 34 (11.22%) IT Engineer
4 34 (11.22%) IT Support Engineer
5 25 (8.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 20 (6.60%) 2nd Line Support
6 20 (6.60%) Project Manager
6 20 (6.60%) Senior
7 19 (6.27%) Support Analyst
8 15 (4.95%) 1st Line Support
8 15 (4.95%) Desktop Support
8 15 (4.95%) Microsoft 365 Manager
9 13 (4.29%) Help Desk Support
10 12 (3.96%) Lead
10 12 (3.96%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
11 11 (3.63%) Developer
11 11 (3.63%) Service Analyst
12 10 (3.30%) Support Technician
12 10 (3.30%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.60%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (2.64%) .NET
2 8 (2.64%) CSS
2 8 (2.64%) SPFx
3 7 (2.31%) JSON
3 7 (2.31%) React
4 4 (1.32%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.32%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.32%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (1.32%) HTML
4 4 (1.32%) jQuery
4 4 (1.32%) OAuth
4 4 (1.32%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.32%) OpenID
4 4 (1.32%) REST
4 4 (1.32%) SAML
5 3 (0.99%) FIDO
6 2 (0.66%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.66%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.66%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.85%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.95%) Data Centre
3 12 (3.96%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.63%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.31%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.98%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.98%) Smartphone
7 4 (1.32%) AS400
7 4 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.32%) iSeries
7 4 (1.32%) PMI
8 3 (0.99%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.99%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.99%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.99%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.66%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.66%) Freedom of Information
9 2 (0.66%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 147 (48.51%) Windows
2 33 (10.89%) Windows 10
3 30 (9.90%) Apple iOS
4 29 (9.57%) Mac OS
5 18 (5.94%) Android
6 14 (4.62%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.32%) Linux
8 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (29.70%) Customer Service
2 79 (26.07%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (24.75%) Migration
4 67 (22.11%) ITIL
5 65 (21.45%) ITSM
6 55 (18.15%) Service Management
7 45 (14.85%) AI
8 35 (11.55%) User Experience
9 31 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (9.24%) Data Protection
11 26 (8.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 25 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
13 24 (7.92%) Data Loss Prevention
14 23 (7.59%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (7.59%) Change Management
14 23 (7.59%) Roadmaps
15 21 (6.93%) Information Governance
16 20 (6.60%) Agile
16 20 (6.60%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (22.77%) PowerShell
2 9 (2.97%) JavaScript
3 8 (2.64%) C#
3 8 (2.64%) TypeScript
4 7 (2.31%) Python
4 7 (2.31%) SQL
5 2 (0.66%) Bash
5 2 (0.66%) C++
6 1 (0.33%) Bicep
6 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 45 (14.85%) Degree
2 29 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (8.25%) SC Cleared
5 14 (4.62%) A+ Certification
6 10 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (2.31%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (2.31%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.99%) PMP
9 3 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.66%) MCSE
11 1 (0.33%) ACSP
11 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.92%) SLA
2 13 (4.29%) GDPR
3 9 (2.97%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.31%) QA
5 5 (1.65%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.32%) PMO
7 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.33%) GRC
9 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.33%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 138 (45.54%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.99%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.66%) Docker
5 2 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.33%) Firmware
6 1 (0.33%) NFS
6 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 108 (35.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (9.57%) SCCM
3 16 (5.28%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.99%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.99%) WSUS
6 2 (0.66%) Ansible
6 2 (0.66%) Packer
7 1 (0.33%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 272 (89.77%) Microsoft
2 44 (14.52%) ServiceNow
3 29 (9.57%) Cisco
4 22 (7.26%) VMware
5 10 (3.30%) Apple
6 9 (2.97%) Google
7 8 (2.64%) Citrix
7 8 (2.64%) Meraki
8 7 (2.31%) Proofpoint
9 6 (1.98%) Canon
9 6 (1.98%) HP
9 6 (1.98%) Zscaler
10 5 (1.65%) Adobe
11 4 (1.32%) DocuSign
11 4 (1.32%) Freshdesk
11 4 (1.32%) IBM
12 3 (0.99%) Dell
12 3 (0.99%) Oracle
12 3 (0.99%) Symantec
12 3 (0.99%) Workday