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 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 333 463
Rank change year-on-year +34 +130 -30
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 109 98 116
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 0.66% 0.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.49% 1.68% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 94 91 96
10th Percentile £33,425 £29,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £42,027
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £34,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +63.04% -32.35% +7.37%
75th Percentile £82,188 £60,625 £59,063
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,000 £72,250
UK median annual salary £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.75% -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 7,302 5,824 14,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.18% 39.11% 42.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,019 4,211 12,044
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,801
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% +2.08% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.85%

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 2 June 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
1 107 (98.17%) SharePoint
2 46 (42.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (3.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (3.67%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (2.75%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (10.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.26%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.59%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 108 (99.08%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (73.39%) Azure
3 37 (33.94%) Entra ID
4 34 (31.19%) Power Platform
5 30 (27.52%) Power Automate
6 29 (26.61%) PowerApps
7 20 (18.35%) Azure Logic Apps
8 19 (17.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 19 (17.43%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (3.67%) ChatGPT
11 4 (3.67%) Dropbox
11 4 (3.67%) Google Workspace
11 4 (3.67%) SaaS
12 3 (2.75%) AWS
13 2 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (1.83%) Viva Engage
14 1 (0.92%) Azure Stack
14 1 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (23.85%) DNS
2 25 (22.94%) DHCP
3 20 (18.35%) VPN
4 13 (11.93%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (11.01%) TCP/IP
5 12 (11.01%) VoIP
6 11 (10.09%) WAN
7 9 (8.26%) Firewall
7 9 (8.26%) SD-WAN
8 6 (5.50%) VLAN
9 4 (3.67%) Internet
10 2 (1.83%) LAN
10 2 (1.83%) Network Security
11 1 (0.92%) Intranet
11 1 (0.92%) IPsec
11 1 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.92%) SAN
11 1 (0.92%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (23.85%) Power BI
2 20 (18.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.50%) JIRA
General
1 63 (57.80%) Social Skills
2 27 (24.77%) Finance
3 9 (8.26%) Influencing Skills
3 9 (8.26%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (8.26%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.67%) Law
6 1 (0.92%) Advertising
6 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (29.36%) Senior
2 25 (22.94%) IT Support
3 17 (15.60%) IT Engineer
4 16 (14.68%) Support Engineer
5 15 (13.76%) Analyst
5 15 (13.76%) Developer
5 15 (13.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 15 (13.76%) Senior Developer
6 11 (10.09%) Support Analyst
7 10 (9.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (8.26%) Product Manager
8 9 (8.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (7.34%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (7.34%) Consultant
10 7 (6.42%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Developer
10 7 (6.42%) Senior Microsoft Developer
11 6 (5.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 6 (5.50%) Service Desk Support
12 5 (4.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (20.18%) Microsoft Graph
2 20 (18.35%) SPFx
3 19 (17.43%) .NET
3 19 (17.43%) .NET Core
3 19 (17.43%) CSS
3 19 (17.43%) HTML
3 19 (17.43%) HTML5 Canvas
3 19 (17.43%) JSON
4 5 (4.59%) EDI
5 4 (3.67%) OAuth
5 4 (3.67%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.59%) CCTV
2 5 (4.59%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.83%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.83%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.92%) CMDB
4 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 58 (53.21%) Windows
2 31 (28.44%) Windows Server
3 21 (19.27%) Apple iOS
4 20 (18.35%) Windows 10
5 7 (6.42%) Android
6 6 (5.50%) Mac OS
7 5 (4.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (3.67%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (3.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (31.19%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (26.61%) ITIL
3 27 (24.77%) Project Management
4 26 (23.85%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (23.85%) User Experience
5 24 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (22.02%) Service Management
6 22 (20.18%) Document Management
7 19 (17.43%) Machine Learning
7 19 (17.43%) Service Delivery
7 19 (17.43%) Technical Leadership
7 19 (17.43%) Web Design
8 18 (16.51%) Customer Service
9 14 (12.84%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (12.84%) Roadmaps
10 12 (11.01%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (11.01%) Root Cause Analysis
11 11 (10.09%) Coaching
11 11 (10.09%) Mentoring
12 10 (9.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (33.03%) PowerShell
2 27 (24.77%) SQL
3 19 (17.43%) C#
3 19 (17.43%) JavaScript
3 19 (17.43%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.92%) Bash
4 1 (0.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (9.17%) Degree
1 10 (9.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (3.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (3.67%) Azure Certification
2 4 (3.67%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (3.67%) CISSP
2 4 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (3.67%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (2.75%) A+ Certification
3 3 (2.75%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.92%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.92%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (2.75%) QA
2 1 (0.92%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.92%) GDPR
2 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (40.37%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.17%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (9.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.50%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.75%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.92%) Docker
6 1 (0.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (35.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (7.34%) SCCM
3 4 (3.67%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.83%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.92%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.92%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 102 (93.58%) Microsoft
2 19 (17.43%) Adobe
3 11 (10.09%) VMware
4 9 (8.26%) Apple
5 6 (5.50%) Dell
6 5 (4.59%) JD Edwards
6 5 (4.59%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.67%) Google
7 4 (3.67%) HP
8 2 (1.83%) Cisco
8 2 (1.83%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.83%) iManage
8 2 (1.83%) Nexthink
8 2 (1.83%) Veeam
9 1 (0.92%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.92%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.92%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.92%) WatchGuard