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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 348 431
Rank change year-on-year +39 +83 -51
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 153 82 76
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.63% 0.50% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.75% 1.42% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 129 72 49
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.61% -17.62% +2.94%
75th Percentile £75,437 £67,313 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £77,150
UK median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -11.11%

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 8,755 5,782 9,505
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.03% 35.59% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,424 4,175 6,576
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,659 £37,500
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 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 17 September 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
1 149 (97.39%) SharePoint
2 73 (47.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (8.50%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 152 (99.35%) Microsoft 365
2 104 (67.97%) Azure
3 54 (35.29%) Power Platform
4 49 (32.03%) Entra ID
5 42 (27.45%) Power Automate
6 40 (26.14%) PowerApps
7 36 (23.53%) Microsoft Copilot
8 16 (10.46%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 16 (10.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 16 (10.46%) Azure Logic Apps
9 15 (9.80%) Microsoft Purview
10 14 (9.15%) SaaS
11 11 (7.19%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (6.54%) AWS
13 9 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (5.23%) Copilot Studio
14 8 (5.23%) GCP
14 8 (5.23%) IaaS
15 4 (2.61%) ShareGate
16 2 (1.31%) n8n
Communications & Networking
1 31 (20.26%) DNS
2 28 (18.30%) DHCP
3 21 (13.73%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (11.76%) Firewall
4 18 (11.76%) VPN
5 12 (7.84%) LAN
6 11 (7.19%) VoIP
7 10 (6.54%) VLAN
7 10 (6.54%) WAN
8 9 (5.88%) Network Security
9 8 (5.23%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.65%) Intranet
10 1 (0.65%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (16.99%) Power BI
2 16 (10.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (4.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.31%) JIRA
1 2 (1.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 80 (52.29%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
3 16 (10.46%) Finance
4 9 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.23%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.92%) Games
7 5 (3.27%) Legal
8 4 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.61%) Aviation
8 4 (2.61%) Law
9 2 (1.31%) Legal Technology
9 2 (1.31%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.31%) Marketing
10 1 (0.65%) Advertising
10 1 (0.65%) Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.65%) Publishing
10 1 (0.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (20.92%) IT Support
2 30 (19.61%) Senior
3 28 (18.30%) IT Engineer
3 28 (18.30%) Support Engineer
4 27 (17.65%) IT Support Engineer
5 20 (13.07%) Consultant
5 20 (13.07%) Developer
6 18 (11.76%) Analyst
7 16 (10.46%) Support Analyst
8 14 (9.15%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 13 (8.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 12 (7.84%) Senior Developer
11 11 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (6.54%) Microsoft Developer
12 10 (6.54%) Microsoft Engineer
12 10 (6.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (5.88%) Architect
14 8 (5.23%) 1st Line Support
14 8 (5.23%) Applications Support
14 8 (5.23%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (17.65%) Microsoft Graph
2 24 (15.69%) HTML
3 21 (13.73%) SPFx
4 16 (10.46%) .NET
4 16 (10.46%) .NET Core
4 16 (10.46%) CSS
4 16 (10.46%) HTML5 Canvas
4 16 (10.46%) JSON
5 8 (5.23%) Middleware
6 4 (2.61%) REST
7 3 (1.96%) OAuth
8 2 (1.31%) OpenID
9 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.80%) Onboarding
2 8 (5.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (3.92%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.92%) Fat Client
3 6 (3.92%) Thin Client
4 5 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (2.61%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.31%) BYOD
8 1 (0.65%) CMDB
8 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.65%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.65%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.65%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 74 (48.37%) Windows
2 45 (29.41%) Windows Server
3 15 (9.80%) Windows 10
4 9 (5.88%) Apple iOS
5 8 (5.23%) Mac OS
6 6 (3.92%) Android
7 3 (1.96%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.31%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (40.52%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (32.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (26.80%) ITIL
4 35 (22.88%) Customer Service
5 28 (18.30%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (18.30%) Document Management
6 26 (16.99%) Business Intelligence
7 25 (16.34%) Data Protection
7 25 (16.34%) Project Delivery
7 25 (16.34%) Technical Leadership
8 24 (15.69%) Service Management
8 24 (15.69%) User Experience
9 21 (13.73%) Agile
9 21 (13.73%) Translating Business Requirements
10 18 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (11.76%) Project Management
11 17 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
11 17 (11.11%) Information Security
11 17 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 17 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (30.72%) PowerShell
2 29 (18.95%) SQL
3 24 (15.69%) JavaScript
4 16 (10.46%) C#
4 16 (10.46%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.31%) Python
5 2 (1.31%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.65%) Bash
6 1 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 22 (14.38%) Degree
2 17 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.27%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.31%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.65%) CEH
6 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.65%) CISSP
6 1 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.65%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.65%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.76%) SLA
2 8 (5.23%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.65%) GDPR
3 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 60 (39.22%) Active Directory
2 20 (13.07%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (7.19%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.61%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 54 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.15%) SCCM
3 3 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.65%) WMI
Vendors
1 145 (94.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.69%) Adobe
3 16 (10.46%) Apple
4 13 (8.50%) VMware
5 10 (6.54%) Veeam
6 8 (5.23%) Acronis
6 8 (5.23%) Fortinet
6 8 (5.23%) Google
6 8 (5.23%) SonicWALL
6 8 (5.23%) Zscaler
7 7 (4.58%) N-able
7 7 (4.58%) Palo Alto
7 7 (4.58%) WatchGuard
8 6 (3.92%) Datto
8 6 (3.92%) Dell
8 6 (3.92%) HP
9 5 (3.27%) iManage
10 4 (2.61%) Cisco
11 3 (1.96%) Nexthink
11 3 (1.96%) ServiceNow