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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 419 379
Rank change year-on-year +74 -40 +263
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 80 76 135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.49% 0.33% 0.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.39% 0.80% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 70 49 117
10th Percentile £29,975 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% +2.94% +13.33%
75th Percentile £67,250 £71,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £91,750 £77,150 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% -11.11% -

All Cloud 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 5,744 9,469 12,058
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.47% 40.69% 48.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,139 6,543 10,429
10th Percentile £31,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £83,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -

OneDrive
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing OneDrive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OneDrive trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

OneDrive
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing OneDrive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing OneDrive

OneDrive
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing OneDrive over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

OneDrive salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

OneDrive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 68 (85.00%) SharePoint
2 46 (57.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.25%) CMS
3 1 (1.25%) Drupal
3 1 (1.25%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.50%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 66 (82.50%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (45.00%) Azure
3 27 (33.75%) Entra ID
4 17 (21.25%) Power Automate
4 17 (21.25%) Power Platform
5 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Copilot
6 11 (13.75%) PowerApps
7 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (5.00%) Azure AI
9 4 (5.00%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.50%) SaaS
10 2 (2.50%) Yammer
11 1 (1.25%) AWS
11 1 (1.25%) Figma
11 1 (1.25%) Google Ads
11 1 (1.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (18.75%) Firewall
3 11 (13.75%) DNS
4 8 (10.00%) DHCP
5 3 (3.75%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.75%) VoIP
6 2 (2.50%) VPN
7 1 (1.25%) ADSL
7 1 (1.25%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.25%) Fast Ethernet
7 1 (1.25%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (1.25%) iSCSI
7 1 (1.25%) LAN
7 1 (1.25%) Network Security
7 1 (1.25%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.25%) SAN
7 1 (1.25%) VLAN
7 1 (1.25%) WAN
7 1 (1.25%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) MSI
General
1 39 (48.75%) Social Skills
2 30 (37.50%) Finance
3 16 (20.00%) Legal
4 11 (13.75%) Retail
5 10 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (6.25%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.75%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.50%) Marketing
10 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.25%) Games
10 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (23.75%) Support Engineer
2 13 (16.25%) Technical Engineer
2 13 (16.25%) Technical Support
2 13 (16.25%) Technical Support Engineer
3 12 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 10 (12.50%) IT Support
5 8 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 8 (10.00%) Analyst
5 8 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
5 8 (10.00%) Support Technician
6 7 (8.75%) Operations Manager
6 7 (8.75%) Support Manager
7 6 (7.50%) IT Analyst
7 6 (7.50%) IT Engineer
7 6 (7.50%) Support Analyst
8 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (5.00%) Applications Engineer
9 4 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
10 3 (3.75%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (23.75%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (6.25%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.25%) CCTV
5 1 (1.25%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.25%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.25%) Social Media
5 1 (1.25%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (45.00%) Windows
2 20 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 11 (13.75%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.75%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.50%) Linux
6 1 (1.25%) Android
6 1 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.25%) CentOS
6 1 (1.25%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (33.75%) Customer Service
3 16 (20.00%) ITIL
4 14 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (17.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (13.75%) CRM
5 11 (13.75%) Roadmaps
6 10 (12.50%) Password Management
7 9 (11.25%) Data Protection
8 8 (10.00%) Configuration Management
8 8 (10.00%) E-Discovery
8 8 (10.00%) Project Delivery
9 7 (8.75%) Budget Management
9 7 (8.75%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (8.75%) Migration
9 7 (8.75%) Technology Roadmap
9 7 (8.75%) Time Management
9 7 (8.75%) User Experience
10 6 (7.50%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (7.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.50%) Python
3 1 (1.25%) Bash
3 1 (1.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (22.50%) Degree
2 12 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (11.25%) DBS Check
4 4 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.50%) MCSA
6 1 (1.25%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.25%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.25%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (1.25%) RHCE
6 1 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.75%) SLA
2 6 (7.50%) GDPR
3 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.50%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.25%) COBIT
4 1 (1.25%) HIPAA
System Software
1 38 (47.50%) Active Directory
2 15 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.75%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.25%) Docker
4 1 (1.25%) Dovecot
4 1 (1.25%) Postfix
4 1 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.25%) VMware Server
4 1 (1.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (41.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.25%) PaperCut
3 1 (1.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 64 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.75%) VMware
3 5 (6.25%) Progress
4 4 (5.00%) Citrix
5 3 (3.75%) Cisco
6 2 (2.50%) Apple
6 2 (2.50%) Concur
6 2 (2.50%) Datto
6 2 (2.50%) HP
6 2 (2.50%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.50%) Sage
7 1 (1.25%) Acronis
7 1 (1.25%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.25%) Forcepoint
7 1 (1.25%) Google
7 1 (1.25%) Hotjar
7 1 (1.25%) Okta
7 1 (1.25%) Ping Identity
7 1 (1.25%) Sophos
7 1 (1.25%) Yealink