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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 330 422
Rank change year-on-year +16 +92 +29
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 73 96 116
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.44% 0.64% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.18% 1.37% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 55 75 101
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,375 £39,747
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,640 £81,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,650 £83,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% +18.75% -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 6,177 6,998 12,797
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.54% 46.77% 45.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,220 4,684 11,200
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,253
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%

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 28 February 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 69 (94.52%) SharePoint
2 34 (46.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (4.11%) Moodle
4 2 (2.74%) IIS
4 2 (2.74%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 71 (97.26%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (52.05%) Azure
3 30 (41.10%) Entra ID
4 9 (12.33%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.85%) Power Automate
5 5 (6.85%) PowerApps
6 4 (5.48%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (5.48%) Dropbox
6 4 (5.48%) Google Workspace
7 3 (4.11%) Google Drive
7 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.74%) AWS
8 2 (2.74%) ChatGPT
8 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.74%) ShareGate
8 2 (2.74%) Viva Engage
9 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.37%) SaaS
9 1 (1.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (39.73%) DNS
2 27 (36.99%) DHCP
2 27 (36.99%) VPN
3 16 (21.92%) WAN
4 14 (19.18%) TCP/IP
5 13 (17.81%) SD-WAN
6 10 (13.70%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (10.96%) VLAN
8 7 (9.59%) VoIP
9 6 (8.22%) Firewall
10 5 (6.85%) Internet
11 4 (5.48%) Wireless
12 3 (4.11%) LAN
13 2 (2.74%) IPsec
13 2 (2.74%) Unified Communications
14 1 (1.37%) Intranet
14 1 (1.37%) Network Security
14 1 (1.37%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) Power BI
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (6.85%) JIRA
General
1 35 (47.95%) Social Skills
2 29 (39.73%) Finance
3 9 (12.33%) Influencing Skills
3 9 (12.33%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.48%) German Language
5 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Law
5 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.37%) Advertising
6 1 (1.37%) Games
6 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (34.25%) IT Support
2 18 (24.66%) Senior
3 11 (15.07%) Analyst
4 10 (13.70%) IT Engineer
4 10 (13.70%) Support Engineer
5 9 (12.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (12.33%) Product Manager
5 9 (12.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (12.33%) Support Analyst
6 8 (10.96%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (9.59%) IT Support Technician
7 7 (9.59%) IT Technician
7 7 (9.59%) Support Technician
8 6 (8.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 6 (8.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (6.85%) Senior IT Support
9 5 (6.85%) Service Desk Support
10 4 (5.48%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 4 (5.48%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.85%) EDI
2 2 (2.74%) OAuth
2 2 (2.74%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.70%) Onboarding
2 9 (12.33%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (8.22%) Driving Licence
4 5 (6.85%) CCTV
4 5 (6.85%) iPhone
5 4 (5.48%) Client/Server
5 4 (5.48%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (5.48%) iPad
5 4 (5.48%) Mobile App
6 3 (4.11%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.74%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.37%) Animation
8 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 44 (60.27%) Windows
2 27 (36.99%) Windows Server
3 21 (28.77%) Windows 10
4 17 (23.29%) Apple iOS
5 7 (9.59%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.74%) Android
6 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
1 19 (26.03%) Service Delivery
2 18 (24.66%) ITIL
3 17 (23.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (21.92%) Root Cause Analysis
5 15 (20.55%) Service Management
6 14 (19.18%) Customer Service
6 14 (19.18%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (16.44%) Cloud Operations
7 12 (16.44%) Cost Management
7 12 (16.44%) Identity Access Management
7 12 (16.44%) Problem Management
8 11 (15.07%) Mentoring
8 11 (15.07%) Roadmaps
9 9 (12.33%) Coaching
9 9 (12.33%) CRM
9 9 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (12.33%) Product Management
9 9 (12.33%) Product Strategy
9 9 (12.33%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.22%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.22%) Degree
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (5.48%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (2.74%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.74%) CISSP
4 2 (2.74%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.74%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.74%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.48%) SLA
3 3 (4.11%) QA
4 1 (1.37%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.37%) GDPR
System Software
1 38 (52.05%) Active Directory
2 13 (17.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.59%) Hyper-V
4 5 (6.85%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (4.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.37%) Docker
6 1 (1.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (35.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.37%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.37%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 71 (97.26%) Microsoft
2 15 (20.55%) VMware
3 11 (15.07%) Apple
4 8 (10.96%) Google
5 5 (6.85%) JD Edwards
5 5 (6.85%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.74%) Citrix
6 2 (2.74%) Freshdesk
7 1 (1.37%) Blackboard
7 1 (1.37%) Cisco
7 1 (1.37%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.37%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow