OneDrive Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring OneDrive skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 185 195
Rank change year-on-year +26 +10 +77
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 27 20 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.42% 0.40% 0.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.98% 1.28% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 17 10 8
10th Percentile - £32,750 -
25th Percentile £26,250 £33,625 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,250 £25,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +79.61% -39.41%
75th Percentile £47,500 £70,625 £35,000
90th Percentile £72,300 £76,375 £53,750
England median annual salary £34,500 £48,322 £42,500
% change year-on-year -28.60% +13.70% -5.56%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,759 1,563 1,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 43.31% 30.93% 37.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,019 894 1,433
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £86,292 £83,200 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

OneDrive
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

OneDrive job vacancy trend in the North West

OneDrive
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing OneDrive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing OneDrive

OneDrive
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing OneDrive in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for OneDrive in the North West

OneDrive
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OneDrive within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Manchester +31 19 £27,500 -55.10% 4
Cheshire -16 6 £43,500 +29.85% 1
Merseyside - 1 £43,500 - 1
OneDrive
England

OneDrive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 24 (88.89%) SharePoint
2 11 (40.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (18.52%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 25 (92.59%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (85.19%) Entra ID
3 17 (62.96%) Azure
4 15 (55.56%) Power Platform
5 11 (40.74%) Microsoft Purview
6 10 (37.04%) SaaS
7 8 (29.63%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (22.22%) Power Automate
9 5 (18.52%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (18.52%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (7.41%) iPaaS
11 2 (7.41%) Viva Engage
12 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) DHCP
1 3 (11.11%) DNS
1 3 (11.11%) Firewall
1 3 (11.11%) VPN
2 2 (7.41%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.70%) Network Security
3 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.70%) VLAN
3 1 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (29.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) IT Support
1 8 (29.63%) Platform Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Support Officer
3 3 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
3 3 (11.11%) IT Technician
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Senior
3 3 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Support Technician
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Desktop Support
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) HTML
2 2 (7.41%) Middleware
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (29.63%) Onboarding
2 5 (18.52%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (11.11%) iPhone
4 2 (7.41%) iPad
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 10 (37.04%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Windows 10
3 4 (14.81%) Mac OS
4 3 (11.11%) Apple iOS
5 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
6 1 (3.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 9 (33.33%) DevOps
3 8 (29.63%) Agile
3 8 (29.63%) AI
3 8 (29.63%) BPR
3 8 (29.63%) Change Management
3 8 (29.63%) Cost Optimisation
3 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (29.63%) E-Discovery
3 8 (29.63%) Identity Access Management
3 8 (29.63%) Incident Response
3 8 (29.63%) Observability
3 8 (29.63%) Platform Engineering
3 8 (29.63%) Proactive Monitoring
3 8 (29.63%) RBAC
3 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (29.63%) User Experience
4 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) A+ Certification
2 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (18.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.70%) Docker
3 1 (3.70%) Firmware
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (77.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (29.63%) Terraform
4 1 (3.70%) FortiGate
4 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (92.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (29.63%) New Relic
2 8 (29.63%) Splunk
3 2 (7.41%) Apple
3 2 (7.41%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow