OneDrive Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for OneDrive skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OneDrive over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 325 447
Rank change year-on-year +38 +122 -74
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 57 150 173
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.59% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.04% 1.49% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 121 126
10th Percentile £181 £185 £233
25th Percentile £334 £400 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £538
90th Percentile £700 £750 £658
UK median daily rate £400 £445 £425
% change year-on-year -10.11% +4.71% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £17.05 -
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £26.48 £26.50
% change year-on-year -33.08% -0.08% +35.90%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

OneDrive is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,503 10,093 18,458
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.14% 39.53% 41.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,963 7,414 13,803
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 129 172
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £14.33
25th Percentile £16.60 £21.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +87.83% -28.13%
75th Percentile £45.31 £70.00 £62.24
90th Percentile £65.31 £75.20 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +62.79% -4.44%

OneDrive
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing OneDrive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OneDrive trend for jobs with a WFH option

OneDrive
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing OneDrive.

OneDrive daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

OneDrive
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing OneDrive over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

OneDrive daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

OneDrive
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing OneDrive.

OneDrive hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

OneDrive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 46 (80.70%) SharePoint
2 30 (52.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.75%) IBM Notes
3 1 (1.75%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (1.75%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.75%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.51%) Acrobat
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 52 (91.23%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (38.60%) Azure
3 15 (26.32%) Entra ID
4 14 (24.56%) Power Platform
5 13 (22.81%) PowerApps
6 8 (14.04%) Power Automate
7 3 (5.26%) ShareGate
8 2 (3.51%) Azure Storage
8 2 (3.51%) SaaS
9 1 (1.75%) AWS
9 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.75%) GCP
9 1 (1.75%) WhatsApp
9 1 (1.75%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) VPN
2 2 (3.51%) Firewall
3 1 (1.75%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (1.75%) DNS
3 1 (1.75%) Intranet
3 1 (1.75%) NetScaler
3 1 (1.75%) SAN
3 1 (1.75%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) Power BI
2 1 (1.75%) Metadata
2 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 10 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.04%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.28%) Finance
3 7 (12.28%) Legal
4 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.26%) Banking
5 3 (5.26%) Law
6 2 (3.51%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (22.81%) Analyst
2 7 (12.28%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 6 (10.53%) Support Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) Administrator
4 5 (8.77%) Architect
4 5 (8.77%) IT Support
4 5 (8.77%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
4 5 (8.77%) Project Manager
5 4 (7.02%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (7.02%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Developer
5 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) IT Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) SharePoint Project Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (5.26%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Consultant
6 3 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 3 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) CAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.51%) Data Centre
1 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
1 2 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (3.51%) Taxonomies
2 1 (1.75%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.75%) BYOD
2 1 (1.75%) Cyberattack
2 1 (1.75%) iPhone
2 1 (1.75%) NHS
2 1 (1.75%) Replication
2 1 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 24 (42.11%) Windows
2 14 (24.56%) Windows 10
3 6 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (8.77%) Windows Server
5 4 (7.02%) Apple iOS
6 3 (5.26%) Android
6 3 (5.26%) VMS
7 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.75%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.75%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.05%) Migration
2 9 (15.79%) Agile
3 7 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (12.28%) Project Delivery
4 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (8.77%) ITIL
5 5 (8.77%) Problem Management
5 5 (8.77%) Project Management
5 5 (8.77%) Waterfall
6 4 (7.02%) DevOps
6 4 (7.02%) Fintech
6 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (7.02%) Roadmaps
7 3 (5.26%) Analytics
7 3 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (5.26%) Data Protection
7 3 (5.26%) ITSM
7 3 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (3.51%) Data Migration
8 2 (3.51%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.81%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.51%) SQL
3 1 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (19.30%) SC Cleared
1 11 (19.30%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (8.77%) Degree
4 2 (3.51%) CCNA
4 2 (3.51%) CCNP
4 2 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.51%) CISM
4 2 (3.51%) CISSP
4 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.51%) MCSA
5 1 (1.75%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) SLA
2 2 (3.51%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (3.51%) QA
3 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.75%) GLBA
3 1 (1.75%) ISAE 3402
3 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.75%) NCSC
3 1 (1.75%) NIST
3 1 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (47.37%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.26%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.75%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.75%) XenApp
3 1 (1.75%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (17.54%) SCCM
3 2 (3.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (3.51%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.75%) CASB
4 1 (1.75%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.75%) SysTrack
4 1 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 44 (77.19%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.02%) VMware
3 3 (5.26%) Apple
4 2 (3.51%) Adobe
4 2 (3.51%) Cisco
4 2 (3.51%) Citrix
4 2 (3.51%) McAfee
5 1 (1.75%) Altiris
5 1 (1.75%) Axway
5 1 (1.75%) Dell
5 1 (1.75%) Equitrac
5 1 (1.75%) Google
5 1 (1.75%) Lotus
5 1 (1.75%) Mitel
5 1 (1.75%) OpenText
5 1 (1.75%) Progress
5 1 (1.75%) Symantec
5 1 (1.75%) Trend Micro
5 1 (1.75%) Veeam
5 1 (1.75%) Wyse