OneDrive Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring OneDrive skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OneDrive over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 286 334
Rank change year-on-year +34 +48 +130
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 52 59 144
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 0.38% 0.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.32% 1.06% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 45 117
10th Percentile £224 £184 £184
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £492 £575 £625
90th Percentile £545 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £414 £400 £445
% change year-on-year +3.44% -10.11% +4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.03
Median hourly rate - - £17.05
75th Percentile - - £18.08
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.26 £17.72 £26.48
% change year-on-year -8.24% -33.08% -0.08%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

OneDrive falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,940 5,557 10,236
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 39.78% 36.21% 39.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,887 3,982 7,514
10th Percentile £351 £350 £373
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 89 125
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £16.43
25th Percentile £25.25 £17.00 £21.31
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -52.73% +83.33%
75th Percentile £70.63 £50.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £64.37 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

OneDrive
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing OneDrive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OneDrive trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

OneDrive
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing OneDrive over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 42 (80.77%) SharePoint
2 24 (46.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.92%) CMS
3 1 (1.92%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Acrobat
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 51 (98.08%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (61.54%) Azure
3 28 (53.85%) Entra ID
4 7 (13.46%) SaaS
5 5 (9.62%) Google Workspace
6 4 (7.69%) Asana
6 4 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 4 (7.69%) PowerApps
6 4 (7.69%) Slack
7 3 (5.77%) AWS
7 3 (5.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (5.77%) Mimecast
7 3 (5.77%) Power Automate
8 2 (3.85%) Yammer
9 1 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.92%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.62%) Firewall
2 4 (7.69%) Skype
3 3 (5.77%) DNS
4 2 (3.85%) DHCP
4 2 (3.85%) VPN
4 2 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.92%) HTTP
5 1 (1.92%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.92%) Softphone
5 1 (1.92%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.92%) VLAN
5 1 (1.92%) VoIP
5 1 (1.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) Power BI
2 1 (1.92%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (15.38%) MSI
General
1 21 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.00%) Finance
3 6 (11.54%) Legal
4 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Banking
4 2 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Support Engineer
3 6 (11.54%) Analyst
3 6 (11.54%) Wintel Engineer
4 5 (9.62%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (9.62%) IT Support
4 5 (9.62%) Support Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Applications Support
5 4 (7.69%) IT Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Migration Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Senior
5 4 (7.69%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Senior Applications Support
5 4 (7.69%) Senior IT Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Senior IT Support
5 4 (7.69%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.77%) .NET
2 1 (1.92%) JSON
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.92%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 5 (9.62%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.85%) Blackberry
5 2 (3.85%) BYOD
6 1 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.92%) iPhone
6 1 (1.92%) PKI
6 1 (1.92%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 23 (44.23%) Windows
2 8 (15.38%) Android
3 7 (13.46%) Apple iOS
4 3 (5.77%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.85%) Linux
6 1 (1.92%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (42.31%) Migration
2 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (19.23%) Project Management
3 8 (15.38%) Application Packaging
3 8 (15.38%) Compatibility Testing
3 8 (15.38%) Identity Management
3 8 (15.38%) Microservices
3 8 (15.38%) Programme Management
4 7 (13.46%) ITIL
4 7 (13.46%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (11.54%) Agile
5 6 (11.54%) Customer Service
6 5 (9.62%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (9.62%) Data Loss Prevention
7 4 (7.69%) Asset Management
7 4 (7.69%) Data Protection
7 4 (7.69%) Information Security
7 4 (7.69%) IT Asset Management
8 3 (5.77%) Patch Management
8 3 (5.77%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.31%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) Security Cleared
2 10 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.62%) Degree
3 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.85%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.85%) PMP
5 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.92%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) PMO
1 2 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (36.54%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.85%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.92%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (42.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (11.54%) SCCM
3 2 (3.85%) WSUS
4 1 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.92%) Forefront Identity Manager
4 1 (1.92%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.92%) OfficeScan
4 1 (1.92%) PaperCut
4 1 (1.92%) SCOrch
4 1 (1.92%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 38 (73.08%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.69%) Google
3 3 (5.77%) Adobe
4 2 (3.85%) Citrix
4 2 (3.85%) Mitel
4 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.85%) VMware
5 1 (1.92%) Altiris
5 1 (1.92%) Apple
5 1 (1.92%) Aruba
5 1 (1.92%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (1.92%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.92%) Equitrac
5 1 (1.92%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.92%) NetApp
5 1 (1.92%) Nexthink
5 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.92%) Remedy
5 1 (1.92%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.92%) Symantec