Hybrid Cloud Contract Job Trends in England

Hybrid Cloud
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hybrid Cloud in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hybrid Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 308 462
Rank change year-on-year +1 +154 -7
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 296 169 88
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 0.70% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.33% 2.05% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 106 67
10th Percentile £387 £431 £441
25th Percentile £463 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £579 £585
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% -1.07% -2.50%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £727
UK median daily rate £527 £579 £563
% change year-on-year -8.94% +2.89% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75.75 - -
Median hourly rate £76.50 - -
75th Percentile £77.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £76.50 - -

All Generic Skills
England

Hybrid Cloud falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,705 8,258 11,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.13% 34.06% 30.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,078 5,419 7,560
10th Percentile £300 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £672
90th Percentile £748 £776 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 632 310 799
10th Percentile £15.79 £16.67 £12.36
25th Percentile £19.96 £22.33 £15.16
Median hourly rate £45.23 £34.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.06% +24.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.49 £85.00 £66.35
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.46% +18.18% +22.30%

Hybrid Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Hybrid Cloud relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Hybrid Cloud job vacancy trend in England

Hybrid Cloud
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Hybrid Cloud.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hybrid Cloud in England over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Hybrid Cloud in England

Hybrid Cloud
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Hybrid Cloud.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid Cloud
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hybrid Cloud within the England region over the 6 months to 3 April 2026. 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
London -6 126 £550 - 39
North of England -33 62 £500 -26.47% 26
Yorkshire -22 48 £500 -30.07% 9
South East -52 39 £625 +4.17% 26
South West -5 33 £550 -19.12% 11
Midlands -46 30 £550 -4.35% 2
West Midlands -45 28 £550 +4.76% 1
North West -44 13 £500 -4.53% 16
East of England -39 3 £530 -3.64% 2
East Midlands -31 2 £500 -18.37% 1
North East -19 1 £450 - 1
South Coast - 1 £625 -
Hybrid Cloud
UK

Hybrid Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 9 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.70%) Confluence
3 5 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.01%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.34%) IIS
5 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.36%) Maximo
2 4 (1.35%) Bloomberg AIM
2 4 (1.35%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 177 (59.80%) Azure
2 122 (41.22%) AWS
3 52 (17.57%) OpenShift
4 47 (15.88%) GCP
5 40 (13.51%) GitHub
6 25 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (6.76%) Entra ID
9 18 (6.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 14 (4.73%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (4.73%) SaaS
11 13 (4.39%) Serverless
12 12 (4.05%) IaaS
13 11 (3.72%) Azure AKS
13 11 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (3.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 10 (3.38%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (3.38%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (3.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (15.20%) Firewall
2 43 (14.53%) Network Security
3 35 (11.82%) VPN
4 30 (10.14%) WAN
5 25 (8.45%) DNS
6 17 (5.74%) LAN
7 14 (4.73%) BGP
8 13 (4.39%) SD-WAN
9 11 (3.72%) SAN
10 10 (3.38%) MPLS
10 10 (3.38%) VSAN
11 9 (3.04%) VXLAN
12 7 (2.36%) OSPF
13 6 (2.03%) DHCP
13 6 (2.03%) Internet
13 6 (2.03%) SNMP
13 6 (2.03%) Software-Defined Networking
13 6 (2.03%) VLAN
14 5 (1.69%) DKIM
14 5 (1.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.04%) Elasticsearch
1 9 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.69%) Metadata
3 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.01%) Power BI
3 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.68%) Big Data
4 2 (0.68%) DataStage
4 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.34%) Firebird
5 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 33 (11.15%) Jenkins
2 14 (4.73%) Git
3 11 (3.72%) GitLab
3 11 (3.72%) JIRA
4 3 (1.01%) Jaeger
5 2 (0.68%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 106 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 32 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 28 (9.46%) Finance
4 26 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.77%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (5.41%) Banking
7 9 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.69%) Legal
8 5 (1.69%) Retail
8 5 (1.69%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.35%) Front Office
9 4 (1.35%) Law
10 2 (0.68%) Billing
10 2 (0.68%) Marketing
11 1 (0.34%) Aviation
11 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.34%) International Banking
11 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.34%) Police
Job Titles
1 89 (30.07%) Architect
2 44 (14.86%) Senior
3 24 (8.11%) Lead
3 24 (8.11%) Network Architect
4 21 (7.09%) Azure Engineer
5 19 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (5.74%) Network Engineer
7 16 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (5.41%) Senior Architect
8 15 (5.07%) Data Engineer
9 13 (4.39%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (3.72%) Security Engineer
10 11 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.38%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (3.38%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (3.38%) Senior Network Architect
11 10 (3.38%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.04%) Enterprise Architect
12 9 (3.04%) Senior Data Engineer
13 8 (2.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.12%) OpenTelemetry
2 22 (7.43%) Kafka
3 17 (5.74%) REST
4 16 (5.41%) ARM Templates
5 11 (3.72%) JSON
6 9 (3.04%) Keycloak
7 8 (2.70%) Apache Avro
7 8 (2.70%) Middleware
7 8 (2.70%) Protocol Buffers
8 6 (2.03%) NETCONF
8 6 (2.03%) YANG
9 5 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (1.69%) SAML
10 4 (1.35%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (1.35%) JMS
10 4 (1.35%) OAuth
10 4 (1.35%) OpenConfig
10 4 (1.35%) RESTCONF
11 3 (1.01%) OpenID
11 3 (1.01%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.22%) Cloud Native
2 42 (14.19%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.05%) Public Cloud
4 10 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (3.38%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.04%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.04%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.04%) Replication
6 7 (2.36%) PKI
7 6 (2.03%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.69%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
8 5 (1.69%) FlexPod
8 5 (1.69%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.35%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.35%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 46 (15.54%) Linux
2 44 (14.86%) Windows
3 22 (7.43%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.72%) VMS
5 9 (3.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.03%) Data ONTAP
7 5 (1.69%) CoreOS
8 4 (1.35%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.68%) CentOS
10 1 (0.34%) Android
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (29.73%) DevOps
2 81 (27.36%) CI/CD
3 78 (26.35%) Migration
4 67 (22.64%) Containerisation
4 67 (22.64%) Infrastructure as Code
5 62 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (16.22%) Cloud Security
7 45 (15.20%) Roadmaps
8 43 (14.53%) Disaster Recovery
9 42 (14.19%) RBAC
10 40 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 35 (11.82%) Agile
12 33 (11.15%) Analytics
12 33 (11.15%) Runbook
13 32 (10.81%) High Availability
14 31 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
14 31 (10.47%) Zero Trust
15 29 (9.80%) Observability
16 28 (9.46%) AI
17 27 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 89 (30.07%) Python
2 55 (18.58%) PowerShell
3 41 (13.85%) Bash
4 20 (6.76%) Bicep
5 14 (4.73%) Go
6 10 (3.38%) SQL
7 9 (3.04%) Java
8 3 (1.01%) R
8 3 (1.01%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.34%) C
9 1 (0.34%) C#
9 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 73 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 47 (15.88%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.12%) Azure Certification
3 27 (9.12%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (7.77%) DV Cleared
5 17 (5.74%) Degree
6 16 (5.41%) AWS Certification
6 16 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.05%) CCNP
8 11 (3.72%) CCIE
9 10 (3.38%) CISSP
10 9 (3.04%) OCP
10 9 (3.04%) Oracle Certification
11 8 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.36%) CCNA
12 7 (2.36%) CISM
12 7 (2.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 6 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (2.03%) JNCIE
13 6 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.16%) NIST
2 25 (8.45%) GDPR
2 25 (8.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (2.70%) NIST 800
5 7 (2.36%) NCSC
5 7 (2.36%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.03%) QA
7 4 (1.35%) GRC
7 4 (1.35%) ISO 22301
7 4 (1.35%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.01%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.01%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.68%) PSD2
10 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 42 (14.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (11.82%) Active Directory
3 32 (10.81%) VMware NSX
4 31 (10.47%) vSphere
5 29 (9.80%) Docker
6 13 (4.39%) Hyper-V
7 11 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.69%) NFS
10 4 (1.35%) KVM
10 4 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.34%) Ceph
11 1 (0.34%) Firmware
11 1 (0.34%) QEMU
11 1 (0.34%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 101 (34.12%) Terraform
2 91 (30.74%) Kubernetes
3 62 (20.95%) Ansible
4 30 (10.14%) Grafana
5 20 (6.76%) vCenter Server
6 19 (6.42%) Argo
7 16 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (5.07%) Prometheus
9 7 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.69%) SnapMirror
11 4 (1.35%) Istio
11 4 (1.35%) Puppet
12 3 (1.01%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (1.01%) Progress Chef
12 3 (1.01%) Rancher
13 2 (0.68%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.68%) SCCM
13 2 (0.68%) vMotion
13 2 (0.68%) vRealize
Vendors
1 86 (29.05%) Microsoft
2 52 (17.57%) VMware
3 36 (12.16%) Red Hat
4 32 (10.81%) Splunk
5 30 (10.14%) Cisco
6 20 (6.76%) Palo Alto
7 17 (5.74%) Pure Storage
8 16 (5.41%) Google
9 15 (5.07%) Fortinet
10 13 (4.39%) CheckPoint
10 13 (4.39%) Juniper
11 10 (3.38%) Aruba
11 10 (3.38%) IBM
11 10 (3.38%) Zscaler
12 9 (3.04%) Databricks
12 9 (3.04%) NetApp
13 8 (2.70%) F5
14 7 (2.36%) OpenAI
14 7 (2.36%) Oracle
15 6 (2.03%) SAP