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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 303 438
Rank change year-on-year -15 +135 +20
Permanent jobs citing OneDrive 84 96 118
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.49% 0.75% 0.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.28% 1.60% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 67 89 97
10th Percentile £28,900 £29,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £70,195 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £94,250 £83,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,139 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.01% -0.85% -

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 6,582 6,016 13,935
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.72% 46.74% 44.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,448 4,701 12,033
10th Percentile £33,175 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £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 5 April 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 79 (94.05%) SharePoint
2 39 (46.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (3.57%) IIS
4 3 (3.57%) Moodle
5 2 (2.38%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (13.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (5.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.95%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (98.81%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (66.67%) Azure
3 36 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 18 (21.43%) Power Platform
5 14 (16.67%) PowerApps
6 12 (14.29%) Power Automate
7 9 (10.71%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (9.52%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 8 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (5.95%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (4.76%) ChatGPT
10 4 (4.76%) Dropbox
10 4 (4.76%) Google Workspace
11 3 (3.57%) Google Drive
12 2 (2.38%) AWS
12 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (2.38%) ShareGate
12 2 (2.38%) Viva Engage
13 1 (1.19%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 34 (40.48%) DNS
2 33 (39.29%) DHCP
3 30 (35.71%) VPN
4 16 (19.05%) WAN
5 15 (17.86%) TCP/IP
6 13 (15.48%) SD-WAN
6 13 (15.48%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (9.52%) VLAN
8 7 (8.33%) Firewall
8 7 (8.33%) VoIP
9 5 (5.95%) Internet
10 4 (4.76%) Wireless
11 3 (3.57%) LAN
12 2 (2.38%) IPsec
13 1 (1.19%) Network Security
13 1 (1.19%) SAN
13 1 (1.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.29%) Power BI
2 9 (10.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (5.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.95%) JIRA
General
1 43 (51.19%) Social Skills
2 27 (32.14%) Finance
3 9 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
3 9 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.76%) German Language
5 4 (4.76%) Law
6 3 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 27 (32.14%) IT Support
2 26 (30.95%) Senior
3 14 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 14 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 12 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Analyst
6 10 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support
7 9 (10.71%) Developer
7 9 (10.71%) Product Manager
7 9 (10.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (9.52%) Senior Developer
9 7 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 7 (8.33%) Support Analyst
10 6 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 5 (5.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 5 (5.95%) IT Technician
11 5 (5.95%) Senior IT Support
11 5 (5.95%) Service Desk Support
11 5 (5.95%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.52%) .NET
1 8 (9.52%) .NET Core
1 8 (9.52%) CSS
1 8 (9.52%) HTML
1 8 (9.52%) HTML5 Canvas
1 8 (9.52%) JSON
1 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Graph
1 8 (9.52%) SPFx
2 5 (5.95%) EDI
3 4 (4.76%) OAuth
3 4 (4.76%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.71%) Onboarding
1 9 (10.71%) Video Conferencing
2 7 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.95%) CCTV
4 4 (4.76%) Client/Server
4 4 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.76%) iPad
4 4 (4.76%) iPhone
4 4 (4.76%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.19%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.19%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.19%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.19%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 51 (60.71%) Windows
2 32 (38.10%) Windows Server
3 23 (27.38%) Windows 10
4 20 (23.81%) Apple iOS
5 5 (5.95%) Mac OS
5 5 (5.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (4.76%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (3.57%) Android
8 2 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 19 (22.62%) ITIL
4 16 (19.05%) Root Cause Analysis
5 15 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (17.86%) Disaster Recovery
5 15 (17.86%) Service Management
6 14 (16.67%) Project Management
7 13 (15.48%) Customer Service
7 13 (15.48%) Roadmaps
7 13 (15.48%) User Experience
8 12 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (14.29%) Cloud Operations
8 12 (14.29%) Cost Management
8 12 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (14.29%) Problem Management
9 10 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (11.90%) Mentoring
10 9 (10.71%) Coaching
10 9 (10.71%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 13 (15.48%) SQL
3 8 (9.52%) C#
3 8 (9.52%) JavaScript
3 8 (9.52%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.19%) Bash
4 1 (1.19%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (4.76%) CISSP
2 4 (4.76%) Degree
2 4 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (2.38%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.19%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.19%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.19%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (4.76%) SLA
2 3 (3.57%) QA
3 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (52.38%) Active Directory
2 14 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (9.52%) Hyper-V
4 6 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.38%) BitLocker
7 1 (1.19%) Docker
7 1 (1.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (39.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.57%) SCCM
4 2 (2.38%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.19%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 82 (97.62%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.05%) VMware
3 10 (11.90%) Apple
4 8 (9.52%) Adobe
4 8 (9.52%) Google
5 5 (5.95%) Dell
5 5 (5.95%) JD Edwards
5 5 (5.95%) Salesforce
6 4 (4.76%) HP
7 2 (2.38%) Freshdesk
8 1 (1.19%) Blackboard
8 1 (1.19%) Cisco
8 1 (1.19%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.19%) iManage
8 1 (1.19%) Nexthink
8 1 (1.19%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.19%) Veeam
8 1 (1.19%) WatchGuard