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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 355 405
Rank change year-on-year +40 +50 +46
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 56 93 85
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.37% 0.57% 0.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.01% 1.22% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 39 68 73
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,614 £32,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £56,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.52% +13.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £54,500 £83,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 - £80,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £48,144 £42,500
% change year-on-year -27.30% +13.28% -5.56%

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 5,556 7,639 10,658
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.40% 46.64% 46.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,938 4,855 9,232
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,850 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 19 January 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 52 (92.86%) SharePoint
2 30 (53.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.36%) Moodle
4 2 (3.57%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.79%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 54 (96.43%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (62.50%) Azure
3 30 (53.57%) Entra ID
4 9 (16.07%) Power Platform
5 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (8.93%) Power Automate
6 4 (7.14%) Azure AI
6 4 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (7.14%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (5.36%) Google Drive
7 3 (5.36%) PowerApps
7 3 (5.36%) SaaS
8 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (3.57%) ShareGate
9 1 (1.79%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.79%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (39.29%) DNS
1 22 (39.29%) VPN
2 20 (35.71%) DHCP
3 13 (23.21%) WAN
4 11 (19.64%) SD-WAN
4 11 (19.64%) TCP/IP
5 8 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (12.50%) VLAN
7 4 (7.14%) Wireless
8 3 (5.36%) Firewall
9 2 (3.57%) IPsec
9 2 (3.57%) LAN
9 2 (3.57%) Unified Communications
9 2 (3.57%) VoIP
10 1 (1.79%) Internet
10 1 (1.79%) Intranet
10 1 (1.79%) Network Security
10 1 (1.79%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.57%) Power BI
3 1 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 32 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 18 (32.14%) Finance
3 4 (7.14%) German Language
3 4 (7.14%) Legal
4 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.79%) Advertising
5 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Games
5 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (37.50%) IT Support
2 13 (23.21%) Support Engineer
3 12 (21.43%) IT Engineer
3 12 (21.43%) Senior
4 11 (19.64%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (14.29%) Analyst
6 7 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
6 7 (12.50%) IT Technician
6 7 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Support Analyst
6 7 (12.50%) Support Technician
7 5 (8.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (8.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) Applications Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
8 4 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.79%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.86%) Onboarding
2 6 (10.71%) Driving Licence
3 5 (8.93%) Cyber Security Posture
3 5 (8.93%) iPhone
3 5 (8.93%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (7.14%) Client/Server
4 4 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (7.14%) iPad
4 4 (7.14%) Mobile App
5 3 (5.36%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (3.57%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.79%) Animation
7 1 (1.79%) CCTV
7 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (48.21%) Windows
2 20 (35.71%) Windows Server
3 14 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 11 (19.64%) Apple iOS
5 3 (5.36%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (26.79%) ITIL
2 15 (26.79%) Service Delivery
3 12 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
4 10 (17.86%) Cloud Operations
4 10 (17.86%) Cost Management
4 10 (17.86%) Customer Service
4 10 (17.86%) Identity Access Management
4 10 (17.86%) Problem Management
5 8 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 8 (14.29%) Service Management
6 7 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (12.50%) IT Strategy
7 6 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (10.71%) Performance Monitoring
7 6 (10.71%) Proactive Management
7 6 (10.71%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.93%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (17.86%) Degree
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (12.50%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.36%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.79%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.79%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.71%) GDPR
2 4 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.14%) SLA
3 2 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 34 (60.71%) Active Directory
2 10 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.71%) Hyper-V
4 5 (8.93%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.79%) Docker
6 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (46.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.79%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.79%) Forefront Identity Manager
2 1 (1.79%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 54 (96.43%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.43%) VMware
3 6 (10.71%) Apple
4 5 (8.93%) Progress
5 4 (7.14%) Google
6 2 (3.57%) Citrix
6 2 (3.57%) Freshdesk
7 1 (1.79%) Blackboard
7 1 (1.79%) Cisco
7 1 (1.79%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.79%) JD Edwards
7 1 (1.79%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow