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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 326 469
Rank change year-on-year +25 +143 -34
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 116 99 116
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 0.66% 0.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.58% 1.70% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 100 91 95
10th Percentile £34,775 £29,250 £32,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £41,768
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £34,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% -31.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £79,063 £60,625 £58,125
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,750 £71,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +10.39% -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 7,332 5,818 14,423
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.81% 38.75% 42.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,039 4,234 12,103
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,020
25th Percentile £46,104 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.73% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

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 8 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
1 114 (98.28%) SharePoint
2 50 (43.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (2.59%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (9.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.86%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 115 (99.14%) Microsoft 365
2 84 (72.41%) Azure
3 38 (32.76%) Entra ID
3 38 (32.76%) Power Platform
4 32 (27.59%) Power Automate
5 31 (26.72%) PowerApps
6 19 (16.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 19 (16.38%) Azure Data Factory
6 19 (16.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (8.62%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (6.03%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (4.31%) ChatGPT
9 5 (4.31%) SaaS
10 4 (3.45%) Dropbox
10 4 (3.45%) Google Workspace
11 3 (2.59%) AWS
12 2 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.72%) Viva Engage
13 1 (0.86%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 28 (24.14%) DNS
2 27 (23.28%) DHCP
3 21 (18.10%) VPN
4 15 (12.93%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (11.21%) TCP/IP
5 13 (11.21%) VoIP
6 11 (9.48%) WAN
7 9 (7.76%) Firewall
7 9 (7.76%) SD-WAN
8 6 (5.17%) VLAN
9 4 (3.45%) Internet
10 2 (1.72%) LAN
10 2 (1.72%) Network Security
11 1 (0.86%) Intranet
11 1 (0.86%) IPsec
11 1 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.86%) SAN
11 1 (0.86%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (23.28%) Power BI
2 20 (17.24%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (4.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (6.03%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 66 (56.90%) Social Skills
2 30 (25.86%) Finance
3 10 (8.62%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (7.76%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (7.76%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.31%) Law
6 2 (1.72%) Legal
7 1 (0.86%) Advertising
7 1 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (27.59%) Senior
2 27 (23.28%) IT Support
3 20 (17.24%) IT Engineer
4 18 (15.52%) Support Engineer
5 17 (14.66%) IT Support Engineer
6 16 (13.79%) Analyst
6 16 (13.79%) Developer
7 15 (12.93%) Senior Developer
8 12 (10.34%) Support Analyst
9 10 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) Product Manager
10 9 (7.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (6.90%) Consultant
11 8 (6.90%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Developer
12 7 (6.03%) Senior Microsoft Developer
13 6 (5.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 6 (5.17%) Applications Support
13 6 (5.17%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (18.97%) Microsoft Graph
2 20 (17.24%) HTML
2 20 (17.24%) SPFx
3 19 (16.38%) .NET
3 19 (16.38%) .NET Core
3 19 (16.38%) CSS
3 19 (16.38%) HTML5 Canvas
3 19 (16.38%) JSON
4 5 (4.31%) EDI
4 5 (4.31%) OAuth
4 5 (4.31%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.31%) CCTV
2 5 (4.31%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.86%) BYOD
5 1 (0.86%) CMDB
5 1 (0.86%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.86%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.86%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 63 (54.31%) Windows
2 33 (28.45%) Windows Server
3 22 (18.97%) Apple iOS
4 20 (17.24%) Windows 10
5 8 (6.90%) Android
5 8 (6.90%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (25.86%) ITIL
3 28 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (23.28%) Business Intelligence
4 27 (23.28%) Project Management
4 27 (23.28%) Service Management
4 27 (23.28%) User Experience
5 22 (18.97%) Document Management
6 20 (17.24%) Customer Service
7 19 (16.38%) Machine Learning
7 19 (16.38%) Technical Leadership
7 19 (16.38%) Web Design
8 18 (15.52%) Service Delivery
9 15 (12.93%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (12.07%) Roadmaps
10 14 (12.07%) Root Cause Analysis
11 11 (9.48%) Coaching
11 11 (9.48%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (9.48%) Mentoring
12 10 (8.62%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 40 (34.48%) PowerShell
2 29 (25.00%) SQL
3 20 (17.24%) JavaScript
4 19 (16.38%) C#
4 19 (16.38%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.59%) Python
6 2 (1.72%) Bash
7 1 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (8.62%) Degree
3 4 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (3.45%) A+ Certification
3 4 (3.45%) Azure Certification
3 4 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (3.45%) CISSP
3 4 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (2.59%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.86%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.86%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (2.59%) QA
2 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.86%) GDPR
2 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (38.79%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.48%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.17%) BitLocker
5 3 (2.59%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.86%) Docker
7 1 (0.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (36.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.90%) SCCM
3 6 (5.17%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.59%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.72%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.86%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 109 (93.97%) Microsoft
2 19 (16.38%) Adobe
3 12 (10.34%) Apple
4 11 (9.48%) VMware
5 6 (5.17%) Dell
6 5 (4.31%) JD Edwards
6 5 (4.31%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.45%) Google
7 4 (3.45%) HP
8 3 (2.59%) iManage
9 2 (1.72%) Cisco
9 2 (1.72%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.72%) Nexthink
9 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.72%) Veeam
10 1 (0.86%) HighQ
10 1 (0.86%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.86%) Samsung
10 1 (0.86%) SonicWALL
10 1 (0.86%) WatchGuard