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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 350 393
Rank change year-on-year +49 +43 -12
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 167 71 86
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 0.43% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.92% 1.24% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 136 59 57
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,100 £33,800
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,625 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,250 £71,875 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £107,500 £78,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £37,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +14.86% -7.50% -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 8,696 5,724 9,018
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.69% 34.63% 42.96%
Number of salaries quoted 6,359 4,055 5,895
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,350
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 £87,348
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.84% -10.00% +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 14 October 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
1 165 (98.80%) SharePoint
2 88 (52.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.60%) Confluence
3 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 166 (99.40%) Microsoft 365
2 102 (61.08%) Azure
3 57 (34.13%) Power Platform
4 53 (31.74%) Entra ID
5 45 (26.95%) Microsoft Copilot
6 43 (25.75%) Power Automate
7 40 (23.95%) PowerApps
8 18 (10.78%) Microsoft Purview
9 17 (10.18%) Copilot Studio
10 14 (8.38%) SaaS
11 12 (7.19%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (5.39%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 9 (5.39%) AWS
12 9 (5.39%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (5.39%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (4.79%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (4.79%) GCP
13 8 (4.79%) IaaS
14 5 (2.99%) ShareGate
15 4 (2.40%) n8n
Communications & Networking
1 33 (19.76%) DNS
2 30 (17.96%) DHCP
3 24 (14.37%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (13.17%) Firewall
5 19 (11.38%) VPN
6 15 (8.98%) LAN
6 15 (8.98%) VLAN
7 14 (8.38%) VoIP
8 13 (7.78%) WAN
9 9 (5.39%) Network Security
9 9 (5.39%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.80%) Wireless
11 2 (1.20%) Kerberos
11 2 (1.20%) WLAN
12 1 (0.60%) Broadband
12 1 (0.60%) Intranet
12 1 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.98%) Power BI
2 9 (5.39%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (3.59%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.60%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.80%) JIRA
2 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 87 (52.10%) Social Skills
2 20 (11.98%) Finance
3 17 (10.18%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (5.99%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.79%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.59%) Games
6 6 (3.59%) Legal
7 5 (2.99%) Marketing
8 4 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.40%) Aviation
8 4 (2.40%) Law
9 2 (1.20%) Advertising
9 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.20%) Legal Technology
9 2 (1.20%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.20%) Retail
10 1 (0.60%) Banking
10 1 (0.60%) Electronics
10 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (20.96%) IT Support
2 29 (17.37%) Support Engineer
3 26 (15.57%) IT Engineer
4 25 (14.97%) Consultant
4 25 (14.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 24 (14.37%) Senior
6 21 (12.57%) Analyst
7 19 (11.38%) Developer
7 19 (11.38%) Support Analyst
8 16 (9.58%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 14 (8.38%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 12 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (6.59%) Microsoft Engineer
11 11 (6.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.39%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
12 9 (5.39%) Microsoft Consultant
12 9 (5.39%) Service Analyst
13 8 (4.79%) 1st Line Support
13 8 (4.79%) Applications Support
13 8 (4.79%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (13.77%) HTML
2 22 (13.17%) Microsoft Graph
3 14 (8.38%) SPFx
4 10 (5.99%) HTML5 Canvas
5 9 (5.39%) .NET
5 9 (5.39%) .NET Core
5 9 (5.39%) CSS
5 9 (5.39%) JSON
5 9 (5.39%) Middleware
6 5 (2.99%) REST
7 3 (1.80%) OAuth
8 1 (0.60%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.97%) Onboarding
2 14 (8.38%) Driving Licence
2 14 (8.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (3.59%) Fat Client
3 6 (3.59%) Thin Client
4 5 (2.99%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.99%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.40%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (1.80%) CCTV
6 3 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.20%) BYOD
7 2 (1.20%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.20%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.60%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.60%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 84 (50.30%) Windows
2 45 (26.95%) Windows Server
3 16 (9.58%) Windows 10
4 11 (6.59%) Apple iOS
5 9 (5.39%) macOS
6 7 (4.19%) Android
7 3 (1.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (48.50%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (35.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (27.54%) Customer Service
4 40 (23.95%) ITIL
5 36 (21.56%) Data Protection
6 35 (20.96%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (16.77%) Agile
7 28 (16.77%) Project Delivery
8 27 (16.17%) Translating Business Requirements
9 25 (14.97%) Collaborative Working
9 25 (14.97%) Service Management
10 21 (12.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 20 (11.98%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (11.98%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (11.38%) Document Management
12 19 (11.38%) Information Security
13 18 (10.78%) Technical Leadership
14 17 (10.18%) Mentoring
14 17 (10.18%) Root Cause Analysis
14 17 (10.18%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 44 (26.35%) PowerShell
2 23 (13.77%) JavaScript
2 23 (13.77%) SQL
3 9 (5.39%) C#
3 9 (5.39%) TypeScript
4 2 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.20%) Python
4 2 (1.20%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.60%) Bash
Qualifications
1 26 (15.57%) Degree
2 20 (11.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.99%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.80%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.80%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.20%) CEH
7 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.98%) SLA
2 14 (8.38%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.40%) GDPR
4 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 67 (40.12%) Active Directory
2 19 (11.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (8.38%) Hyper-V
4 12 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.40%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 56 (33.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (8.98%) SCCM
3 4 (2.40%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.20%) Autotask
4 2 (1.20%) N-central
4 2 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.20%) WMI
Vendors
1 159 (95.21%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.38%) Apple
3 17 (10.18%) Adobe
4 16 (9.58%) VMware
5 11 (6.59%) Fortinet
5 11 (6.59%) SonicWALL
5 11 (6.59%) Veeam
6 10 (5.99%) Palo Alto
6 10 (5.99%) WatchGuard
7 9 (5.39%) N-able
8 8 (4.79%) Acronis
8 8 (4.79%) Datto
8 8 (4.79%) Google
8 8 (4.79%) Zscaler
9 4 (2.40%) Cisco
10 3 (1.80%) HP
10 3 (1.80%) iManage
10 3 (1.80%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.20%) Intapp
11 2 (1.20%) Salesforce