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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 359 393
Rank change year-on-year +47 +34 +112
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 58 95 79
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.38% 0.55% 0.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.04% 1.20% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 41 70 70
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,475 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,250 £79,375 £70,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £32,750 £48,322 £42,500
% change year-on-year -32.23% +13.70% -5.56%

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 5,598 7,897 9,624
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.44% 45.90% 46.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,027 5,126 8,246
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £81,688
90th Percentile £101,250 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year -4.00% +3.74% -7.31%

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 27 December 2025.

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 54 (93.10%) SharePoint
2 33 (56.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.17%) Moodle
4 2 (3.45%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (96.55%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (56.90%) Azure
3 31 (53.45%) Entra ID
4 11 (18.97%) Power Platform
5 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Copilot
5 7 (12.07%) Power Automate
6 5 (8.62%) PowerApps
7 4 (6.90%) Azure AI
7 4 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (6.90%) Copilot Studio
7 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (5.17%) Google Drive
8 3 (5.17%) SaaS
9 2 (3.45%) ShareGate
10 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (36.21%) DNS
2 19 (32.76%) DHCP
3 18 (31.03%) VPN
4 10 (17.24%) WAN
5 8 (13.79%) SD-WAN
5 8 (13.79%) TCP/IP
6 7 (12.07%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (10.34%) VLAN
8 4 (6.90%) Wireless
9 3 (5.17%) Firewall
10 2 (3.45%) IPsec
10 2 (3.45%) LAN
10 2 (3.45%) Unified Communications
11 1 (1.72%) Internet
11 1 (1.72%) Intranet
11 1 (1.72%) Network Security
11 1 (1.72%) VoIP
11 1 (1.72%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) Power BI
2 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 30 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 19 (32.76%) Finance
3 5 (8.62%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.90%) German Language
4 4 (6.90%) Legal
5 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Advertising
6 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Games
6 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (32.76%) IT Support
2 12 (20.69%) Support Engineer
3 11 (18.97%) IT Engineer
4 10 (17.24%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (13.79%) Analyst
5 8 (13.79%) Senior
6 7 (12.07%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (12.07%) IT Support Technician
6 7 (12.07%) IT Technician
6 7 (12.07%) Support Analyst
6 7 (12.07%) Support Technician
7 4 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) Onboarding
2 6 (10.34%) Driving Licence
3 5 (8.62%) Cyber Security Posture
3 5 (8.62%) iPhone
4 4 (6.90%) Client/Server
4 4 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (6.90%) iPad
4 4 (6.90%) Mobile App
4 4 (6.90%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (5.17%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.45%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.72%) Animation
7 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (46.55%) Windows
2 19 (32.76%) Windows Server
3 11 (18.97%) Windows 10
4 7 (12.07%) Apple iOS
5 3 (5.17%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.45%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (31.03%) ITIL
3 14 (24.14%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (22.41%) Customer Service
5 12 (20.69%) Service Delivery
6 10 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
8 8 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (12.07%) Cloud Operations
9 7 (12.07%) Cost Management
9 7 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (12.07%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 7 (12.07%) Identity Access Management
9 7 (12.07%) IT Strategy
9 7 (12.07%) Problem Management
10 6 (10.34%) CRM
11 5 (8.62%) AI
11 5 (8.62%) Change Management
11 5 (8.62%) Network Management
11 5 (8.62%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) Degree
2 10 (17.24%) DBS Check
3 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (5.17%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.72%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) GDPR
1 6 (10.34%) SLA
2 3 (5.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 32 (55.17%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.34%) Hyper-V
4 5 (8.62%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.72%) Docker
6 1 (1.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (44.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.72%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.72%) Forefront Identity Manager
2 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 56 (96.55%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.52%) VMware
3 5 (8.62%) Progress
4 4 (6.90%) Apple
4 4 (6.90%) Citrix
4 4 (6.90%) Google
5 2 (3.45%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.72%) Blackboard
6 1 (1.72%) Cisco
6 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.72%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow