OneDrive Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring OneDrive skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 90 106
Rank change year-on-year -20 +16 +59
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 8 18 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.46% 0.95% 0.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.47% 3.46% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 17
10th Percentile £256 £146 £287
25th Percentile £263 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +6.67% +20.97%
75th Percentile £288 - £464
90th Percentile £381 - £493
England median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 545 520 773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.07% 27.46% 36.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 360 562
10th Percentile £301 £224 £210
25th Percentile £413 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% - -4.81%
75th Percentile £600 £612 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £503 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 6
10th Percentile £31.94 £15.48 £17.63
25th Percentile £34.16 £19.94 £17.75
Median hourly rate £35.49 £32.21 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% +69.51% +15.15%
75th Percentile £52.69 £34.20 £22.94
90th Percentile £59.44 £41.00 £24.94
England median hourly rate £26.30 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -12.33% -9.09% +53.49%

OneDrive
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing OneDrive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for OneDrive in the West Midlands

OneDrive
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing OneDrive.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing OneDrive

OneDrive
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OneDrive in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OneDrive in the West Midlands

OneDrive
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing OneDrive.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing OneDrive

OneDrive
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OneDrive within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
Birmingham -1 5 £275 -21.43% 2
Coventry - 3 £268 -
OneDrive
England

OneDrive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (25.00%) Power Automate
3 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Storage
4 1 (12.50%) SaaS
4 1 (12.50%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Migration Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (25.00%) RBAC
3 2 (25.00%) Security Patching
3 2 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Application Packaging
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) MCSE
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft