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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 300 427
Rank change year-on-year -9 +127 +33
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 85 94 122
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.50% 0.73% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.32% 1.55% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 67 87 101
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,450 £32,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,850 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,144 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.72% -8.30% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,640 £71,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £83,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £36,500 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.12% +1.18% -

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 6,462 6,080 13,809
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.29% 47.27% 44.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,374 4,699 11,972
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 March 2026.

OneDrive salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 80 (94.12%) SharePoint
2 39 (45.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.53%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (3.53%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (3.53%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (3.53%) IIS
3 3 (3.53%) Moodle
4 2 (2.35%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (12.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (12.94%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 84 (98.82%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (63.53%) Azure
3 35 (41.18%) Entra ID
4 18 (21.18%) Power Platform
5 14 (16.47%) PowerApps
6 12 (14.12%) Power Automate
7 8 (9.41%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (8.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 7 (8.24%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (4.71%) ChatGPT
10 4 (4.71%) Dropbox
10 4 (4.71%) Google Workspace
11 3 (3.53%) Google Drive
12 2 (2.35%) AWS
12 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (2.35%) ShareGate
12 2 (2.35%) Viva Engage
13 1 (1.18%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 34 (40.00%) DNS
2 32 (37.65%) DHCP
3 31 (36.47%) VPN
4 16 (18.82%) WAN
5 15 (17.65%) TCP/IP
6 14 (16.47%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (15.29%) SD-WAN
8 9 (10.59%) VLAN
9 7 (8.24%) Firewall
9 7 (8.24%) VoIP
10 5 (5.88%) Internet
11 4 (4.71%) Wireless
12 3 (3.53%) LAN
13 2 (2.35%) IPsec
14 1 (1.18%) Intranet
14 1 (1.18%) Network Security
14 1 (1.18%) SAN
14 1 (1.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.94%) Power BI
2 8 (9.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 44 (51.76%) Social Skills
2 27 (31.76%) Finance
3 9 (10.59%) Influencing Skills
3 9 (10.59%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.71%) German Language
4 4 (4.71%) Law
4 4 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 28 (32.94%) IT Support
2 25 (29.41%) Senior
3 13 (15.29%) IT Engineer
3 13 (15.29%) Support Engineer
4 11 (12.94%) Analyst
4 11 (12.94%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (10.59%) 2nd Line Support
6 9 (10.59%) Product Manager
6 9 (10.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (9.41%) Developer
8 7 (8.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 7 (8.24%) IT Support Technician
8 7 (8.24%) IT Technician
8 7 (8.24%) Senior Developer
8 7 (8.24%) Support Analyst
8 7 (8.24%) Support Technician
9 6 (7.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (5.88%) Senior IT Support
10 5 (5.88%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.24%) .NET
1 7 (8.24%) .NET Core
1 7 (8.24%) CSS
1 7 (8.24%) HTML
1 7 (8.24%) HTML5 Canvas
1 7 (8.24%) JSON
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Graph
1 7 (8.24%) SPFx
2 5 (5.88%) EDI
3 4 (4.71%) OAuth
3 4 (4.71%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 9 (10.59%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (8.24%) Driving Licence
4 6 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (5.88%) CCTV
5 5 (5.88%) iPhone
6 4 (4.71%) Client/Server
6 4 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (4.71%) iPad
6 4 (4.71%) Mobile App
7 3 (3.53%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.18%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.18%) e-Learning
9 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.18%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 52 (61.18%) Windows
2 31 (36.47%) Windows Server
3 23 (27.06%) Windows 10
4 20 (23.53%) Apple iOS
5 6 (7.06%) Mac OS
6 4 (4.71%) Android
6 4 (4.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (24.71%) ITIL
2 21 (24.71%) Service Delivery
3 16 (18.82%) Root Cause Analysis
4 15 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (17.65%) Customer Service
4 15 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (17.65%) Service Management
5 13 (15.29%) Project Management
5 13 (15.29%) Roadmaps
6 12 (14.12%) Cloud Operations
6 12 (14.12%) Cost Management
6 12 (14.12%) Identity Access Management
6 12 (14.12%) Problem Management
6 12 (14.12%) User Experience
7 11 (12.94%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (11.76%) Mentoring
9 9 (10.59%) Coaching
9 9 (10.59%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 12 (14.12%) SQL
3 7 (8.24%) C#
3 7 (8.24%) JavaScript
3 7 (8.24%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.18%) Bash
4 1 (1.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (4.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (4.71%) CISSP
2 4 (4.71%) Degree
2 4 (4.71%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (4.71%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (2.35%) A+ Certification
3 2 (2.35%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.18%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.71%) SLA
3 3 (3.53%) QA
4 1 (1.18%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 43 (50.59%) Active Directory
2 14 (16.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (9.41%) Hyper-V
4 6 (7.06%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (4.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.35%) BitLocker
7 1 (1.18%) Docker
7 1 (1.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (37.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.71%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.53%) SCCM
4 2 (2.35%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.18%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 83 (97.65%) Microsoft
2 16 (18.82%) VMware
3 12 (14.12%) Apple
4 8 (9.41%) Google
5 7 (8.24%) Adobe
6 5 (5.88%) JD Edwards
6 5 (5.88%) Salesforce
7 4 (4.71%) Dell
8 3 (3.53%) HP
9 2 (2.35%) Freshdesk
10 1 (1.18%) Blackboard
10 1 (1.18%) Cisco
10 1 (1.18%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.18%) iManage
10 1 (1.18%) Nexthink
10 1 (1.18%) Proofpoint
10 1 (1.18%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.18%) Veeam
10 1 (1.18%) WatchGuard