OneDrive Contracts

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for OneDrive skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OneDrive over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 415 394 537
Rank change year-on-year -21 +143 -96
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 185 358 336
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.60% 0.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.32% 1.62% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 272 247
10th Percentile £182 £185 £158
25th Percentile £212 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £434 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +2.06% +4.29%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £698 £713 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £425 £293
% change year-on-year -5.88% +45.30% -22.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £16.69 £18.12 £23.45
25th Percentile £17.26 £21.25 £24.13
Median hourly rate £17.72 £26.48 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.08% -0.08% +35.90%
75th Percentile - - £30.75
90th Percentile £17.74 - £32.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £26.48 -
% change year-on-year -33.08% - -

All Cloud Skills
UK

OneDrive is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,989 22,053 34,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.31% 36.87% 38.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,925 15,944 24,923
10th Percentile £300 £325 £353
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 355 426
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.39
25th Percentile £16.02 £18.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.99 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.04% +62.79% -5.54%
75th Percentile £34.69 £66.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.71 £24.62 £18.75
% change year-on-year -28.09% +31.31% -6.25%

OneDrive
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OneDrive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OneDrive.

Daily rate trend for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OneDrive over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OneDrive.

Hourly rate trend for OneDrive in the UK

OneDrive
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OneDrive within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +13 155 £400 -5.88% 109
UK excluding London +2 91 £400 -5.88% 85
London +19 78 £450 - 32
Work from Home +46 58 £425 -15.00% 32
Midlands +13 25 £350 -21.35% 14
West Midlands +41 23 £350 -26.32% 8
North of England +21 16 £183 -61.58% 24
South East +16 16 £330 +50.00% 14
South West +18 13 £425 +4.62% 12
Scotland +27 12 £420 +40.00% 4
North West +6 12 £200 -58.97% 8
Yorkshire +19 4 £165 -34.00% 15
East of England +10 4 £625 +25.00% 15
Wales +15 3 £475 -13.64% 3
East Midlands +3 2 £335 -24.72% 6
Northern Ireland -7 2 £525 +138.64% 3

OneDrive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 145 (78.38%) SharePoint
2 107 (57.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (5.95%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.62%) IIS
4 3 (1.62%) WordPress
5 2 (1.08%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.54%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.54%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 41 (22.16%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.08%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.54%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 174 (94.05%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (40.00%) Azure
3 47 (25.41%) Entra ID
4 33 (17.84%) Power Platform
5 27 (14.59%) PowerApps
6 24 (12.97%) Power Automate
7 11 (5.95%) ShareGate
8 9 (4.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (3.78%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.70%) AWS
10 5 (2.70%) Azure Storage
11 4 (2.16%) WhatsApp
12 3 (1.62%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.62%) SaaS
13 2 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (1.08%) Azure Stack
13 2 (1.08%) GCP
13 2 (1.08%) Yammer
14 1 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
14 1 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.27%) DNS
2 16 (8.65%) VPN
3 12 (6.49%) Skype
4 11 (5.95%) Firewall
5 8 (4.32%) Cisco IOS
5 8 (4.32%) DHCP
5 8 (4.32%) Unified Communications
6 7 (3.78%) LAN
6 7 (3.78%) WAN
7 6 (3.24%) NetScaler
8 5 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.16%) Internet
9 4 (2.16%) SAN
9 4 (2.16%) Wireless
10 3 (1.62%) Fibre Channel
10 3 (1.62%) iSCSI
10 3 (1.62%) NAS
10 3 (1.62%) VLAN
10 3 (1.62%) WebEx
11 1 (0.54%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.11%) Power BI
2 4 (2.16%) Metadata
3 3 (1.62%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.24%) JIRA
General
1 67 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.27%) Finance
2 19 (10.27%) Public Sector
3 16 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.57%) Legal
5 9 (4.86%) Banking
6 6 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.24%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.16%) Automotive
7 4 (2.16%) Electronics
7 4 (2.16%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.16%) Marketing
8 3 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.62%) Law
8 3 (1.62%) Retail
9 2 (1.08%) Advertising
9 2 (1.08%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.08%) Games
9 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (11.35%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 20 (10.81%) Analyst
3 19 (10.27%) IT Support
4 17 (9.19%) 2nd Line Support
4 17 (9.19%) Architect
5 16 (8.65%) Support Engineer
6 15 (8.11%) Desktop Engineer
7 12 (6.49%) Administrator
7 12 (6.49%) Senior
8 11 (5.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 11 (5.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 10 (5.41%) Microsoft Engineer
10 9 (4.86%) IT Engineer
10 9 (4.86%) Project Manager
10 9 (4.86%) Support Analyst
11 8 (4.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 7 (3.78%) IT Analyst
12 7 (3.78%) Lead
12 7 (3.78%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.70%) HTML
2 4 (2.16%) CSS
2 4 (2.16%) SPFx
3 3 (1.62%) jQuery
3 3 (1.62%) LAMP
3 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.62%) XMPP
4 2 (1.08%) HTML5
5 1 (0.54%) CAML
5 1 (0.54%) COM
5 1 (0.54%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.49%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.32%) iPhone
2 8 (4.32%) PKI
3 7 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.24%) Digital Signage
5 5 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.16%) Replication
6 4 (2.16%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.62%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.08%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.08%) NHS
8 2 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.54%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.54%) BYOD
9 1 (0.54%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 101 (54.59%) Windows
2 51 (27.57%) Windows 10
3 27 (14.59%) Windows Server
4 19 (10.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (5.95%) Apple iOS
5 11 (5.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (5.41%) Android
7 9 (4.86%) Mac OS
7 9 (4.86%) Windows 7
8 8 (4.32%) Mac OS X
9 6 (3.24%) VMS
10 4 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.62%) Linux
11 3 (1.62%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (20.00%) Migration
2 32 (17.30%) ITIL
3 31 (16.76%) Customer Service
4 27 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (10.81%) Agile
6 18 (9.73%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 17 (9.19%) Project Management
8 15 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (8.11%) Service Management
9 13 (7.03%) Change Management
9 13 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 12 (6.49%) Data Protection
10 12 (6.49%) Mobile Device Management
10 12 (6.49%) Project Delivery
10 12 (6.49%) Service Delivery
11 11 (5.95%) Asset Management
12 10 (5.41%) Computer Science
12 10 (5.41%) Data Migration
13 9 (4.86%) Roadmaps
13 9 (4.86%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (28.11%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.08%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.08%) SQL
3 1 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (12.43%) Degree
2 21 (11.35%) Security Cleared
3 19 (10.27%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.95%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.62%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.62%) CISM
7 3 (1.62%) CISSP
7 3 (1.62%) CTC Cleared
7 3 (1.62%) MCP
8 2 (1.08%) CCNA
8 2 (1.08%) CCNP
8 2 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.08%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.08%) MCSA
8 2 (1.08%) MCSE
9 1 (0.54%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.54%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.27%) SLA
2 3 (1.62%) GDPR
3 2 (1.08%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.08%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.08%) NCSC
3 2 (1.08%) QA
4 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.54%) GLBA
4 1 (0.54%) ISAE 3402
4 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.54%) NIST
4 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 100 (54.05%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (3.24%) XenApp
4 6 (3.24%) XenDesktop
5 5 (2.70%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 4 (2.16%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.62%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (1.62%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.62%) vSphere
8 2 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.54%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.54%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 54 (29.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (24.86%) SCCM
3 10 (5.41%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (3.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (2.70%) PingFederate
6 4 (2.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.62%) AppManager
8 2 (1.08%) CASB
8 2 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.08%) WSUS
9 1 (0.54%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.54%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 138 (74.59%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.81%) VMware
3 19 (10.27%) Apple
3 19 (10.27%) Cisco
3 19 (10.27%) Citrix
4 9 (4.86%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.32%) Mitel
5 8 (4.32%) Progress
6 7 (3.78%) Oracle
7 5 (2.70%) Google
7 5 (2.70%) NetApp
7 5 (2.70%) Veeam
8 4 (2.16%) Aruba
8 4 (2.16%) Dell
8 4 (2.16%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.16%) SAP
9 3 (1.62%) Ivanti
9 3 (1.62%) ProCurve
9 3 (1.62%) Synology
9 3 (1.62%) Zerto