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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 326 433
Rank change year-on-year +20 +107 +32
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 77 97 117
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.66% 0.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.23% 1.39% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 59 81 100
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,750 £34,138
25th Percentile £30,250 £33,250 £39,747
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £53,750 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.26% +4.88% +13.89%
75th Percentile £65,640 £80,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,300 £83,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,822 £41,750
% change year-on-year -26.81% +14.54% -1.76%

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 6,266 6,978 13,329
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.39% 47.30% 45.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,284 4,822 11,615
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.54% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £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 7 March 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 73 (94.81%) SharePoint
2 36 (46.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.90%) Moodle
4 2 (2.60%) IIS
4 2 (2.60%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 11 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (12.99%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (6.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 75 (97.40%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (54.55%) Azure
3 32 (41.56%) Entra ID
4 11 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 7 (9.09%) PowerApps
6 6 (7.79%) Power Automate
7 4 (5.19%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (5.19%) Dropbox
7 4 (5.19%) Google Workspace
7 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.90%) ChatGPT
8 3 (3.90%) Google Drive
9 2 (2.60%) AWS
9 2 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.60%) ShareGate
9 2 (2.60%) Viva Engage
10 1 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (40.26%) DNS
2 29 (37.66%) DHCP
2 29 (37.66%) VPN
3 16 (20.78%) WAN
4 14 (18.18%) TCP/IP
5 13 (16.88%) SD-WAN
6 12 (15.58%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (10.39%) VLAN
8 7 (9.09%) VoIP
9 6 (7.79%) Firewall
10 5 (6.49%) Internet
11 4 (5.19%) Wireless
12 3 (3.90%) LAN
13 2 (2.60%) IPsec
13 2 (2.60%) Unified Communications
14 1 (1.30%) Intranet
14 1 (1.30%) Network Security
14 1 (1.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.49%) Power BI
2 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
General
1 36 (46.75%) Social Skills
2 30 (38.96%) Finance
3 9 (11.69%) Influencing Skills
3 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.19%) German Language
5 3 (3.90%) Law
6 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.30%) Advertising
7 1 (1.30%) Games
7 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (33.77%) IT Support
2 19 (24.68%) Senior
3 11 (14.29%) Analyst
3 11 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 11 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (11.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) Product Manager
4 9 (11.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) Support Analyst
5 7 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
5 7 (9.09%) IT Technician
5 7 (9.09%) Support Technician
6 6 (7.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) Senior IT Support
7 5 (6.49%) Service Desk Support
8 4 (5.19%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 4 (5.19%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) EDI
2 3 (3.90%) OAuth
2 3 (3.90%) OpenID
3 1 (1.30%) .NET
3 1 (1.30%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.30%) CSS
3 1 (1.30%) HTML
3 1 (1.30%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (1.30%) JSON
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.30%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) Onboarding
2 9 (11.69%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (7.79%) Driving Licence
4 5 (6.49%) CCTV
4 5 (6.49%) iPhone
5 4 (5.19%) Client/Server
5 4 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (5.19%) iPad
5 4 (5.19%) Mobile App
5 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.90%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.60%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.30%) Animation
8 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 47 (61.04%) Windows
2 28 (36.36%) Windows Server
3 21 (27.27%) Windows 10
4 17 (22.08%) Apple iOS
5 8 (10.39%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.60%) Android
6 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (25.97%) Service Delivery
3 19 (24.68%) ITIL
4 17 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (20.78%) Root Cause Analysis
6 15 (19.48%) Service Management
7 14 (18.18%) Customer Service
7 14 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (15.58%) Cloud Operations
8 12 (15.58%) Cost Management
8 12 (15.58%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (15.58%) Problem Management
8 12 (15.58%) Roadmaps
9 11 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 9 (11.69%) Coaching
10 9 (11.69%) CRM
10 9 (11.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 9 (11.69%) Product Management
10 9 (11.69%) Product Strategy
10 9 (11.69%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.39%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.79%) SQL
3 1 (1.30%) Bash
3 1 (1.30%) C#
3 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.30%) Python
3 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (7.79%) Degree
2 4 (5.19%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (5.19%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (3.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (3.90%) CISSP
3 3 (3.90%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (2.60%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.60%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.19%) SLA
3 3 (3.90%) QA
4 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.30%) GDPR
System Software
1 40 (51.95%) Active Directory
2 13 (16.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.09%) Hyper-V
4 5 (6.49%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (3.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.30%) Docker
6 1 (1.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.90%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.30%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (1.30%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 75 (97.40%) Microsoft
2 15 (19.48%) VMware
3 12 (15.58%) Apple
4 8 (10.39%) Google
5 5 (6.49%) JD Edwards
5 5 (6.49%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.60%) Citrix
6 2 (2.60%) Freshdesk
7 1 (1.30%) Adobe
7 1 (1.30%) Blackboard
7 1 (1.30%) Cisco
7 1 (1.30%) Dell
7 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.30%) HP
7 1 (1.30%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow