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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 424 376 528
Rank change year-on-year -48 +152 -61
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 179 349 354
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.63% 0.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.28% 1.72% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 249 274
10th Percentile £190 £181 £150
25th Percentile £260 £270 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £445 £405
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% +9.88% -1.82%
75th Percentile £556 £623 £525
90th Percentile £675 £746 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £413 £255
% change year-on-year -3.03% +61.76% -32.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 4
10th Percentile £16.98 £15.17 £23.68
25th Percentile £17.26 £20.51 £24.69
Median hourly rate £17.72 £22.53 £26.45
Median % change year-on-year -21.35% -14.81% +29.01%
75th Percentile £20.98 £26.48 £29.25
90th Percentile £22.90 £26.64 £31.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £22.53 £26.40
% change year-on-year -21.35% -14.64% +21.36%

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 14,030 20,255 33,639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.39% 36.45% 38.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,915 14,661 24,591
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 350 326 382
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.89
25th Percentile £16.06 £20.00 £15.33
Median hourly rate £21.50 £37.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.28% +69.32% +0.64%
75th Percentile £43.75 £68.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £69.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £27.50 £19.09
% change year-on-year -30.91% +44.05% -4.55%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -25 150 £400 -5.88% 101
UK excluding London -7 87 £400 -3.03% 71
London -12 77 £450 -10.00% 34
Work from Home +26 56 £425 -15.00% 36
Midlands +21 29 £400 -10.11% 7
West Midlands +27 27 £400 -10.36% 5
South West +14 16 £425 +3.03% 16
Scotland +36 13 £420 +40.00% 7
South East +5 13 £205 +3.80% 12
North of England -4 8 £235 -34.27% 20
North West -2 6 £235 -36.49% 10
East of England +3 4 £625 +25.00% 10
Wales +18 2 - -
East Midlands +3 2 £335 +50.22% 2
Yorkshire -1 2 £320 +28.00% 9
Northern Ireland -6 2 £525 - 1

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
1 148 (82.68%) SharePoint
2 103 (57.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.91%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.12%) IIS
4 2 (1.12%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (1.12%) WordPress
5 1 (0.56%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.56%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 36 (20.11%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (7.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.68%) Acrobat
4 3 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.56%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) assyst
1 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 163 (91.06%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (41.34%) Azure
3 48 (26.82%) Entra ID
4 44 (24.58%) Power Platform
5 30 (16.76%) Power Automate
5 30 (16.76%) PowerApps
6 12 (6.70%) Microsoft Purview
7 9 (5.03%) ShareGate
8 6 (3.35%) AWS
8 6 (3.35%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (2.79%) Azure Storage
9 5 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.68%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.68%) SaaS
10 3 (1.68%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.68%) Yammer
11 2 (1.12%) Azure Stack
11 2 (1.12%) GCP
11 2 (1.12%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.50%) DNS
2 13 (7.26%) VPN
3 8 (4.47%) Skype
3 8 (4.47%) Unified Communications
4 7 (3.91%) DHCP
4 7 (3.91%) Firewall
5 6 (3.35%) Cisco IOS
5 6 (3.35%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.79%) Internet
6 5 (2.79%) LAN
6 5 (2.79%) NetScaler
6 5 (2.79%) WAN
7 3 (1.68%) SAN
7 3 (1.68%) VLAN
7 3 (1.68%) WebEx
8 2 (1.12%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (1.12%) iSCSI
8 2 (1.12%) NAS
8 2 (1.12%) Wireless
9 1 (0.56%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (13.41%) Power BI
2 2 (1.12%) Metadata
2 2 (1.12%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (4.47%) JIRA
2 1 (0.56%) Git
2 1 (0.56%) Selenium
General
1 72 (40.22%) Social Skills
2 22 (12.29%) Public Sector
3 19 (10.61%) Finance
4 12 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.70%) Legal
5 9 (5.03%) Banking
6 7 (3.91%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.23%) Automotive
7 4 (2.23%) Electronics
7 4 (2.23%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.23%) Marketing
8 3 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.68%) Law
8 3 (1.68%) Retail
9 2 (1.12%) Advertising
9 2 (1.12%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.12%) Games
9 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 30 (16.76%) Analyst
2 23 (12.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 16 (8.94%) Architect
4 15 (8.38%) Desktop Engineer
5 13 (7.26%) IT Support
6 12 (6.70%) 2nd Line Support
6 12 (6.70%) Support Analyst
7 11 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (6.15%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 10 (5.59%) Microsoft Engineer
8 10 (5.59%) Senior
9 9 (5.03%) Administrator
9 9 (5.03%) Project Manager
10 8 (4.47%) Consultant
10 8 (4.47%) IT Analyst
11 7 (3.91%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
11 7 (3.91%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.35%) Developer
12 6 (3.35%) Service Analyst
12 6 (3.35%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Graph
1 3 (1.68%) XMPP
2 2 (1.12%) HTML
2 2 (1.12%) HTML5
2 2 (1.12%) LAMP
3 1 (0.56%) .NET
3 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.56%) CAML
3 1 (0.56%) COM
3 1 (0.56%) CSS
3 1 (0.56%) Jest
3 1 (0.56%) OAuth
3 1 (0.56%) React
3 1 (0.56%) REST
3 1 (0.56%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.47%) Management Information System
1 8 (4.47%) PKI
2 6 (3.35%) Digital Signage
2 6 (3.35%) iPhone
2 6 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (2.79%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.68%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.68%) iPad
4 3 (1.68%) Replication
5 2 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.12%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.12%) Taxonomies
5 2 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.56%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 90 (50.28%) Windows
2 44 (24.58%) Windows 10
3 25 (13.97%) Windows Server
4 16 (8.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (5.03%) Android
5 9 (5.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (4.47%) Apple iOS
7 6 (3.35%) Mac OS
7 6 (3.35%) Mac OS X
7 6 (3.35%) Windows 7
8 5 (2.79%) VMS
9 2 (1.12%) Linux
9 2 (1.12%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (23.46%) Migration
2 31 (17.32%) ITIL
3 24 (13.41%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (11.17%) Customer Service
5 17 (9.50%) Agile
5 17 (9.50%) Project Management
6 16 (8.94%) Change Management
7 15 (8.38%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 14 (7.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 13 (7.26%) Data Migration
10 12 (6.70%) Data Protection
10 12 (6.70%) Service Delivery
11 10 (5.59%) Computer Science
12 9 (5.03%) Data Loss Prevention
12 9 (5.03%) Project Delivery
13 8 (4.47%) Analytics
13 8 (4.47%) Mobile Device Management
13 8 (4.47%) Roadmaps
13 8 (4.47%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (26.82%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.68%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.68%) SQL
3 1 (0.56%) C#
3 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.56%) Python
3 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (14.53%) Degree
2 22 (12.29%) Security Cleared
3 20 (11.17%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (5.03%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (5.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.23%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.68%) APMG
7 3 (1.68%) CTC Cleared
7 3 (1.68%) MCSA
7 3 (1.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 2 (1.12%) CCNA
8 2 (1.12%) CCNP
8 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.12%) CISM
8 2 (1.12%) MCSE
9 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.56%) CISSP
9 1 (0.56%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.56%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.15%) SLA
2 2 (1.12%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.12%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.12%) QA
3 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.56%) GLBA
3 1 (0.56%) ISAE 3402
3 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.56%) NIST
3 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 88 (49.16%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.59%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (5.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.35%) XenApp
3 6 (3.35%) XenDesktop
4 5 (2.79%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 4 (2.23%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (1.12%) vSphere
8 1 (0.56%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 45 (25.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (20.11%) SCCM
3 10 (5.59%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.79%) PingFederate
5 3 (1.68%) AppManager
5 3 (1.68%) CASB
6 2 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.56%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 136 (75.98%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.94%) Apple
3 15 (8.38%) Citrix
3 15 (8.38%) VMware
4 14 (7.82%) Cisco
5 6 (3.35%) Google
5 6 (3.35%) Mitel
5 6 (3.35%) Oracle
5 6 (3.35%) Progress
6 5 (2.79%) Dell
6 5 (2.79%) NetApp
6 5 (2.79%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.23%) Adobe
7 4 (2.23%) SAP
8 3 (1.68%) Aruba
8 3 (1.68%) Ivanti
8 3 (1.68%) Veeam
9 2 (1.12%) Autodesk
9 2 (1.12%) Meraki
9 2 (1.12%) ProCurve