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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 401 371 535
Rank change year-on-year -30 +164 -92
Contract jobs citing OneDrive 173 371 338
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.65% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.25% 1.77% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 276 258
10th Percentile £180 £184 £158
25th Percentile £215 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £444 £419
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +5.97% -1.47%
75th Percentile £539 £575 £529
90th Percentile £700 £737 £652
UK excluding London median daily rate £370 £425 £293
% change year-on-year -12.94% +45.30% -22.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £16.64 £14.02 £23.45
25th Percentile £16.79 £15.31 £24.13
Median hourly rate £17.72 £21.77 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.58% -17.87% +29.27%
75th Percentile - £26.48 £30.75
90th Percentile £17.75 - £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 13,823 20,974 33,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.48% 36.73% 38.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,820 15,173 24,585
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 £745 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 334 420
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.02 £18.31 £15.88
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%
75th Percentile £35.50 £66.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -29.12% +25.00% -

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -39 146 £400 -5.88% 113
UK excluding London -21 86 £370 -12.94% 85
London +7 73 £450 -0.22% 32
Work from Home +31 50 £425 -15.00% 35
Midlands +22 26 £350 -21.35% 13
West Midlands +29 24 £350 -22.22% 6
South East +10 15 £228 +5.81% 15
North of England -1 15 £200 -57.89% 18
Scotland +40 12 £420 +40.00% 2
North West +5 11 £210 -55.79% 8
South West +13 10 £425 +3.03% 18
Yorkshire +13 4 £165 -34.00% 10
East of England +9 4 £625 +25.00% 18
Wales +21 2 - - 3
East Midlands +1 2 £335 -24.72% 7
Northern Ireland -9 2 £525 +138.64% 2

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
1 137 (79.19%) SharePoint
2 100 (57.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (5.20%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.73%) IIS
4 3 (1.73%) WordPress
5 2 (1.16%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.58%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.58%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 39 (22.54%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.16%) Acrobat
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.58%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 162 (93.64%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (39.88%) Azure
3 43 (24.86%) Entra ID
4 34 (19.65%) Power Platform
5 28 (16.18%) PowerApps
6 24 (13.87%) Power Automate
7 12 (6.94%) ShareGate
8 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (3.47%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.89%) AWS
10 5 (2.89%) Azure Storage
11 3 (1.73%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.73%) SaaS
11 3 (1.73%) WhatsApp
12 2 (1.16%) Azure Stack
12 2 (1.16%) GCP
12 2 (1.16%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.16%) Yammer
13 1 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.98%) DNS
2 15 (8.67%) VPN
3 10 (5.78%) Skype
4 9 (5.20%) Firewall
5 8 (4.62%) DHCP
5 8 (4.62%) Unified Communications
6 7 (4.05%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (3.47%) LAN
7 6 (3.47%) WAN
8 5 (2.89%) Internet
8 5 (2.89%) NetScaler
8 5 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.31%) SAN
10 3 (1.73%) Fibre Channel
10 3 (1.73%) iSCSI
10 3 (1.73%) NAS
10 3 (1.73%) VLAN
10 3 (1.73%) WebEx
10 3 (1.73%) Wireless
11 1 (0.58%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.67%) Power BI
2 4 (2.31%) Metadata
3 3 (1.73%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (4.62%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Git
2 1 (0.58%) Selenium
General
1 67 (38.73%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.98%) Public Sector
3 17 (9.83%) Finance
4 15 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.94%) Legal
6 9 (5.20%) Banking
7 6 (3.47%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.31%) Automotive
9 4 (2.31%) Electronics
9 4 (2.31%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.31%) Marketing
10 3 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.73%) Law
10 3 (1.73%) Retail
11 2 (1.16%) Advertising
11 2 (1.16%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.16%) Games
11 2 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (13.29%) Analyst
2 20 (11.56%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 16 (9.25%) Desktop Engineer
4 15 (8.67%) Architect
4 15 (8.67%) IT Support
5 14 (8.09%) 2nd Line Support
6 12 (6.94%) Administrator
7 11 (6.36%) Senior
7 11 (6.36%) Support Analyst
7 11 (6.36%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (5.78%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 9 (5.20%) Microsoft Engineer
9 9 (5.20%) Project Manager
10 8 (4.62%) 1st Line Support
10 8 (4.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 7 (4.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 7 (4.05%) IT Analyst
11 7 (4.05%) IT Engineer
11 7 (4.05%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.89%) HTML
2 4 (2.31%) CSS
2 4 (2.31%) SPFx
3 3 (1.73%) jQuery
3 3 (1.73%) LAMP
3 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.73%) XMPP
4 2 (1.16%) HTML5
5 1 (0.58%) .NET
5 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.58%) CAML
5 1 (0.58%) COM
5 1 (0.58%) Jest
5 1 (0.58%) OAuth
5 1 (0.58%) React
5 1 (0.58%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.78%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.62%) PKI
3 7 (4.05%) iPhone
4 6 (3.47%) Digital Signage
4 6 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.89%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.31%) Replication
6 4 (2.31%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.73%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.73%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.16%) iPad
8 2 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.16%) NHS
8 2 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.58%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 90 (52.02%) Windows
2 47 (27.17%) Windows 10
3 26 (15.03%) Windows Server
4 17 (9.83%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (5.78%) Apple iOS
5 10 (5.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (5.20%) Mac OS
7 8 (4.62%) Android
8 7 (4.05%) Mac OS X
8 7 (4.05%) Windows 7
9 6 (3.47%) VMS
10 3 (1.73%) Linux
10 3 (1.73%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (22.54%) Migration
2 30 (17.34%) ITIL
3 26 (15.03%) Customer Service
3 26 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (9.83%) Agile
5 16 (9.25%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 16 (9.25%) Project Management
6 15 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (8.09%) Change Management
7 14 (8.09%) Service Management
8 13 (7.51%) Data Protection
9 12 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (6.94%) Service Delivery
10 11 (6.36%) Asset Management
10 11 (6.36%) Data Migration
11 10 (5.78%) Computer Science
11 10 (5.78%) Project Delivery
12 9 (5.20%) Data Loss Prevention
12 9 (5.20%) Mobile Device Management
13 8 (4.62%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 50 (28.90%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.73%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.73%) SQL
3 1 (0.58%) C#
3 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.58%) Python
3 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (13.29%) Degree
2 17 (9.83%) Security Cleared
3 16 (9.25%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (5.78%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (5.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.73%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.73%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.16%) CCNA
7 2 (1.16%) CCNP
7 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.16%) MCP
7 2 (1.16%) MCSA
7 2 (1.16%) MCSE
8 1 (0.58%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.58%) CISM
8 1 (0.58%) CISSP
8 1 (0.58%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.58%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.40%) SLA
2 3 (1.73%) GDPR
3 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.16%) QA
4 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.58%) GLBA
4 1 (0.58%) ISAE 3402
4 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.58%) NIST
4 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 92 (53.18%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (2.89%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 5 (2.89%) XenApp
4 5 (2.89%) XenDesktop
5 4 (2.31%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.73%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.73%) vSphere
7 2 (1.16%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.58%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 48 (27.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (24.28%) SCCM
3 10 (5.78%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (3.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (2.89%) PingFederate
6 3 (1.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.73%) AppManager
7 2 (1.16%) CASB
8 1 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.58%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 125 (72.25%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.56%) Apple
3 17 (9.83%) VMware
4 16 (9.25%) Cisco
4 16 (9.25%) Citrix
5 9 (5.20%) ServiceNow
6 7 (4.05%) Mitel
6 7 (4.05%) Progress
7 6 (3.47%) Oracle
8 5 (2.89%) Dell
8 5 (2.89%) Google
8 5 (2.89%) NetApp
9 4 (2.31%) Aruba
9 4 (2.31%) SAP
9 4 (2.31%) Veeam
10 3 (1.73%) Ivanti
10 3 (1.73%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.73%) ProCurve
10 3 (1.73%) Synology
10 3 (1.73%) Zerto