Hybrid/Remote OneDrive Job Trends

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring OneDrive skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 349 415
Rank change year-on-year +36 +66 -20
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 159 78 83
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.64% 0.47% 0.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.82% 1.37% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 131 67 55
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £34,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,875 £68,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,000 £78,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -5.88%

All Cloud Computing 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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,723 5,708 9,368
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.12% 34.47% 41.69%
Number of salaries quoted 6,394 4,052 6,208
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

OneDrive
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OneDrive and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

OneDrive job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

OneDrive
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OneDrive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OneDrive

OneDrive
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OneDrive over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

OneDrive salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

OneDrive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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
1 156 (98.11%) SharePoint
2 81 (50.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 158 (99.37%) Microsoft 365
2 103 (64.78%) Azure
3 53 (33.33%) Power Platform
4 50 (31.45%) Entra ID
5 40 (25.16%) Power Automate
6 38 (23.90%) Microsoft Copilot
7 37 (23.27%) PowerApps
8 16 (10.06%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (8.81%) SaaS
10 12 (7.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 12 (7.55%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (7.55%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (6.92%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (6.29%) AWS
12 10 (6.29%) Copilot Studio
13 8 (5.03%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (5.03%) GCP
13 8 (5.03%) IaaS
14 5 (3.14%) ShareGate
15 4 (2.52%) n8n
Communications & Networking
1 31 (19.50%) DNS
2 28 (17.61%) DHCP
3 21 (13.21%) Wi-Fi
4 20 (12.58%) Firewall
5 18 (11.32%) VPN
6 13 (8.18%) LAN
6 13 (8.18%) VoIP
7 12 (7.55%) VLAN
8 11 (6.92%) WAN
9 9 (5.66%) Network Security
10 8 (5.03%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.26%) Kerberos
11 2 (1.26%) Wireless
12 1 (0.63%) Intranet
12 1 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (13.84%) Power BI
2 12 (7.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (4.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.26%) JIRA
1 2 (1.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 83 (52.20%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.32%) Finance
3 17 (10.69%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.03%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.77%) Games
6 6 (3.77%) Legal
7 4 (2.52%) Aviation
7 4 (2.52%) Law
7 4 (2.52%) Marketing
8 3 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.26%) Legal Technology
9 2 (1.26%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.26%) Retail
10 1 (0.63%) Advertising
10 1 (0.63%) Banking
10 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (20.75%) IT Support
2 28 (17.61%) Support Engineer
3 26 (16.35%) IT Engineer
3 26 (16.35%) Senior
4 25 (15.72%) IT Support Engineer
5 23 (14.47%) Consultant
6 21 (13.21%) Analyst
7 19 (11.95%) Support Analyst
8 18 (11.32%) Developer
9 14 (8.81%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 14 (8.81%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 11 (6.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (6.92%) Microsoft Engineer
11 10 (6.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (6.29%) Service Analyst
12 8 (5.03%) 1st Line Support
12 8 (5.03%) Applications Support
12 8 (5.03%) Architect
12 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Consultant
12 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (15.09%) Microsoft Graph
2 22 (13.84%) HTML
3 17 (10.69%) SPFx
4 13 (8.18%) HTML5 Canvas
5 12 (7.55%) .NET
5 12 (7.55%) .NET Core
5 12 (7.55%) CSS
5 12 (7.55%) JSON
6 8 (5.03%) Middleware
7 4 (2.52%) REST
8 3 (1.89%) OAuth
9 1 (0.63%) OpenID
9 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.47%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.29%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (3.77%) Fat Client
3 6 (3.77%) Thin Client
4 5 (3.14%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.14%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.52%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.26%) BYOD
7 2 (1.26%) CCTV
7 2 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.26%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.63%) CMDB
8 1 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.63%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 81 (50.94%) Windows
2 45 (28.30%) Windows Server
3 16 (10.06%) Windows 10
4 10 (6.29%) Apple iOS
5 8 (5.03%) Mac OS
6 6 (3.77%) Android
7 2 (1.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (44.03%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (33.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 42 (26.42%) Customer Service
4 41 (25.79%) ITIL
5 34 (21.38%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (18.87%) Data Protection
7 27 (16.98%) Project Delivery
8 25 (15.72%) Service Management
9 23 (14.47%) Agile
9 23 (14.47%) Document Management
9 23 (14.47%) Translating Business Requirements
10 22 (13.84%) Business Intelligence
11 21 (13.21%) Technical Leadership
12 20 (12.58%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (11.95%) Collaborative Working
13 19 (11.95%) Information Security
13 19 (11.95%) User Experience
14 18 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 17 (10.69%) Mobile Device Management
15 17 (10.69%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 45 (28.30%) PowerShell
2 25 (15.72%) SQL
3 22 (13.84%) JavaScript
4 12 (7.55%) C#
4 12 (7.55%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.26%) Python
5 2 (1.26%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.63%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (15.72%) Degree
2 17 (10.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (6.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.14%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.26%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.26%) CEH
6 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.58%) SLA
2 10 (6.29%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 63 (39.62%) Active Directory
2 22 (13.84%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (8.18%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.52%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 53 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (10.06%) SCCM
3 2 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.26%) WMI
Vendors
1 151 (94.97%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.58%) Adobe
3 18 (11.32%) Apple
4 15 (9.43%) VMware
5 12 (7.55%) Veeam
6 10 (6.29%) Fortinet
6 10 (6.29%) SonicWALL
7 9 (5.66%) N-able
7 9 (5.66%) Palo Alto
7 9 (5.66%) WatchGuard
8 8 (5.03%) Acronis
8 8 (5.03%) Google
8 8 (5.03%) Zscaler
9 6 (3.77%) Datto
10 4 (2.52%) Cisco
10 4 (2.52%) iManage
11 3 (1.89%) HP
11 3 (1.89%) ServiceNow
12 2 (1.26%) Intapp
12 2 (1.26%) Samsung