OneDrive Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring OneDrive skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 233 249
Rank change year-on-year +6 +16 +117
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 35 50 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.33% 0.53% 0.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.84% 1.65% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 22 27 19
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,650 £24,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £26,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £47,500 £64,114 £53,750
90th Percentile £90,175 £76,250 -
England median annual salary £35,000 £48,144 £42,500
% change year-on-year -27.30% +13.28% -5.56%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of England

OneDrive falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,143 3,022 3,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 39.25% 32.14% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,872 1,682 2,633
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,933 £29,750
25th Percentile £34,375 £42,238 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

OneDrive
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OneDrive relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

OneDrive job vacancy trend in the North of England

OneDrive
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing OneDrive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing OneDrive

OneDrive
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OneDrive in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for OneDrive in the North of England

OneDrive
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OneDrive within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +42 27 £40,000 -13.51% 10
Yorkshire -18 7 £32,500 -41.44% 5
North East -2 1 - - 2
OneDrive
England

OneDrive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 31 (88.57%) SharePoint
2 17 (48.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (14.29%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 33 (94.29%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (65.71%) Entra ID
3 17 (48.57%) Azure
4 16 (45.71%) Power Platform
5 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Purview
6 10 (28.57%) SaaS
7 8 (22.86%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (17.14%) Power Automate
9 5 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (8.57%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (5.71%) iPaaS
11 2 (5.71%) Viva Engage
12 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) Firewall
2 5 (14.29%) DHCP
2 5 (14.29%) DNS
3 3 (8.57%) TCP/IP
3 3 (8.57%) VPN
4 2 (5.71%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.86%) Network Security
5 1 (2.86%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.86%) VLAN
5 1 (2.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) Power BI
2 3 (8.57%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (22.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.71%) Finance
6 1 (2.86%) Law
6 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) IT Support
2 8 (22.86%) Platform Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Support Officer
4 4 (11.43%) IT Support Technician
4 4 (11.43%) IT Technician
4 4 (11.43%) Senior
4 4 (11.43%) Support Technician
5 3 (8.57%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Technical Support
7 1 (2.86%) Desktop Support
7 1 (2.86%) Migration Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) HTML
2 2 (5.71%) Middleware
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (2.86%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (31.43%) Onboarding
2 8 (22.86%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (8.57%) iPhone
5 2 (5.71%) iPad
6 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (45.71%) Windows
2 10 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 6 (17.14%) Windows Server
4 4 (11.43%) Mac OS
5 3 (8.57%) Apple iOS
6 2 (5.71%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (25.71%) Agile
2 9 (25.71%) AI
2 9 (25.71%) Data Loss Prevention
2 9 (25.71%) DevOps
2 9 (25.71%) User Experience
3 8 (22.86%) BPR
3 8 (22.86%) Change Management
3 8 (22.86%) Cost Optimisation
3 8 (22.86%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (22.86%) E-Discovery
3 8 (22.86%) Identity Access Management
3 8 (22.86%) Incident Response
3 8 (22.86%) Observability
3 8 (22.86%) Platform Engineering
3 8 (22.86%) Proactive Monitoring
3 8 (22.86%) RBAC
3 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (17.14%) Customer Service
4 6 (17.14%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.71%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.57%) SQL
3 2 (5.71%) T-SQL
3 2 (5.71%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) A+ Certification
2 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.86%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (51.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.57%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (5.71%) Terminal Services
3 2 (5.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.86%) Docker
4 1 (2.86%) Firmware
4 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (25.71%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (22.86%) Terraform
4 2 (5.71%) SCCM
5 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (94.29%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.86%) New Relic
2 8 (22.86%) Splunk
3 3 (8.57%) Citrix
4 2 (5.71%) Apple
4 2 (5.71%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.86%) VMware