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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 362 406
Rank change year-on-year -36 +44 -28
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 241 159 181
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.55% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.39% 1.47% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 95 134
10th Percentile £190 £209 £187
25th Percentile £272 £278 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -10.11%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £559
90th Percentile £625 £626 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £315 £350 £400
% change year-on-year -10.00% -12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 5
10th Percentile £17.48 - £16.64
25th Percentile £25.38 - £16.79
Median hourly rate £28.94 - £17.72
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile £36.55 - £17.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 - £17.72
% change year-on-year - - -27.69%

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 17,393 10,826 13,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.61% 37.79% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,681 7,404 9,904
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -2.63% -4.55%
75th Percentile £608 £619 £634
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.16% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 551 243 346
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.10 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.63 £18.32 £16.06
Median hourly rate £36.71 £28.00 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +31.11% +31.02% -39.80%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.25 £66.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £20.89 £17.72
% change year-on-year +79.51% +17.89% -33.08%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -50 215 £447 +5.18% 77
UK excluding London -20 140 £315 -10.00% 66
London -57 85 £450 -5.26% 22
North of England -18 72 £500 +13.06% 19
Work from Home -43 56 £450 +10.77% 36
Yorkshire -6 55 £550 +37.50% 7
South East -36 29 £238 -52.50% 22
North West -37 15 £450 +0.67% 11
West Midlands -58 14 £225 -18.18% 7
Midlands -61 14 £225 -17.05% 9
Scotland +2 12 £178 -45.38% 2
East of England -29 7 £205 -8.89% 9
South West -29 4 £425 +7.94% 9
Wales -14 3 £300 -
North East - 2 £375 - 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
1 209 (86.72%) SharePoint
2 118 (48.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (4.15%) Confluence
4 1 (0.41%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (7.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.83%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.41%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.41%) InDesign
6 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 228 (94.61%) Microsoft 365
2 120 (49.79%) Entra ID
3 114 (47.30%) Azure
4 54 (22.41%) Microsoft Copilot
5 47 (19.50%) Power Platform
6 46 (19.09%) Microsoft Purview
7 31 (12.86%) PowerApps
8 28 (11.62%) Power Automate
9 17 (7.05%) SaaS
10 11 (4.56%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (4.15%) AWS
11 10 (4.15%) Rubrik
12 9 (3.73%) ShareGate
13 8 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (2.90%) PaaS
15 6 (2.49%) Google Workspace
16 4 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (1.66%) Copilot Studio
16 4 (1.66%) GitHub
17 2 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (13.28%) VPN
2 31 (12.86%) Wi-Fi
3 29 (12.03%) DNS
4 21 (8.71%) DHCP
5 15 (6.22%) LAN
6 14 (5.81%) TCP/IP
7 12 (4.98%) WAN
8 10 (4.15%) Unified Communications
9 8 (3.32%) PSTN
10 7 (2.90%) Intranet
11 6 (2.49%) Firewall
11 6 (2.49%) VoIP
12 3 (1.24%) SMTP
12 3 (1.24%) VLAN
13 2 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
13 2 (0.83%) PCoIP
13 2 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.83%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.83%) Wireless
14 1 (0.41%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.81%) Power BI
2 8 (3.32%) Metadata
3 3 (1.24%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.41%) MySQL
4 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (7.05%) JIRA
2 4 (1.66%) Fiddler
3 3 (1.24%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.24%) MSI
4 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (40.66%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.18%) Finance
3 28 (11.62%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.13%) Legal
5 16 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.07%) German Language
8 4 (1.66%) Italian Language
8 4 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.24%) Banking
9 3 (1.24%) Games
9 3 (1.24%) Law
9 3 (1.24%) Local Government
9 3 (1.24%) Military
10 2 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.83%) Police
10 2 (0.83%) Retail
11 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (13.28%) Architect
2 28 (11.62%) IT Support
3 27 (11.20%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 24 (9.96%) Analyst
5 21 (8.71%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 21 (8.71%) Support Engineer
6 17 (7.05%) IT Engineer
6 17 (7.05%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (6.22%) Consultant
7 15 (6.22%) Senior
8 12 (4.98%) Developer
9 11 (4.56%) Project Manager
10 10 (4.15%) 2nd Line Support
11 9 (3.73%) Microsoft Engineer
11 9 (3.73%) Service Analyst
12 8 (3.32%) IT Analyst
12 8 (3.32%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
12 8 (3.32%) Service Desk Analyst
13 7 (2.90%) Subject Matter Expert
14 6 (2.49%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (20.75%) Microsoft Graph
2 7 (2.90%) CSS
3 6 (2.49%) .NET
3 6 (2.49%) JSON
3 6 (2.49%) OpenID
3 6 (2.49%) SAML
4 5 (2.07%) React
4 5 (2.07%) SPFx
5 4 (1.66%) HTML
5 4 (1.66%) OAuth
5 4 (1.66%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.66%) REST
6 3 (1.24%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
6 3 (1.24%) FIDO
6 3 (1.24%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.83%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.83%) HTML5
7 2 (0.83%) jQuery
7 2 (0.83%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.96%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.15%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.90%) IoT
5 5 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.66%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.66%) PMI
6 4 (1.66%) Smartphone
6 4 (1.66%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.24%) Housing Association
7 3 (1.24%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.83%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.83%) CMDB
8 2 (0.83%) iPhone
8 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Licensing
8 2 (0.83%) PKI
8 2 (0.83%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.83%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 96 (39.83%) Windows
2 28 (11.62%) Mac OS
3 17 (7.05%) Windows 10
4 14 (5.81%) Apple iOS
5 9 (3.73%) Android
6 3 (1.24%) Linux
6 3 (1.24%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (19.50%) Migration
2 41 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (15.77%) Customer Service
3 38 (15.77%) ITSM
4 31 (12.86%) Data Loss Prevention
4 31 (12.86%) ITIL
5 28 (11.62%) Records Management
6 27 (11.20%) Information Governance
6 27 (11.20%) User Experience
7 25 (10.37%) AI
7 25 (10.37%) Root Cause Analysis
8 24 (9.96%) Service Management
9 23 (9.54%) E-Discovery
10 21 (8.71%) Agile
10 21 (8.71%) Data Protection
11 19 (7.88%) Runbook
12 18 (7.47%) Incident Response
13 15 (6.22%) CI/CD
13 15 (6.22%) Identity Management
13 15 (6.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (36.51%) PowerShell
2 15 (6.22%) Python
3 11 (4.56%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (2.90%) C#
4 7 (2.90%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.49%) SQL
6 5 (2.07%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.83%) Bash
8 1 (0.41%) C++
8 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (10.79%) Degree
2 25 (10.37%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (6.22%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.07%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.66%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.83%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.83%) MCSE
7 2 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.41%) ACSP
8 1 (0.41%) ACTC
8 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.20%) GDPR
2 13 (5.39%) FINRA
2 13 (5.39%) MiFID
3 10 (4.15%) SLA
4 7 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.24%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.83%) GRC
7 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.41%) QA
7 1 (0.41%) SOC 1
System Software
1 99 (41.08%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.24%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.83%) Docker
5 2 (0.83%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.41%) Firmware
6 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.41%) NFS
6 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 71 (29.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (8.71%) SCCM
3 19 (7.88%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (4.56%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (2.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.24%) Terraform
7 2 (0.83%) Ansible
7 2 (0.83%) Packer
8 1 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 216 (89.63%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.28%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.15%) Apple
3 10 (4.15%) Cisco
4 8 (3.32%) Citrix
5 6 (2.49%) Google
5 6 (2.49%) VMware
6 4 (1.66%) Freshdesk
6 4 (1.66%) Proofpoint
7 3 (1.24%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.24%) Dell
7 3 (1.24%) Forcepoint
7 3 (1.24%) HP
8 2 (0.83%) Canon
8 2 (0.83%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.83%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.83%) Leostream
8 2 (0.83%) NVIDIA
8 2 (0.83%) Ping Identity
8 2 (0.83%) Zscaler