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 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 319 457
Rank change year-on-year +12 +138 -24
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 315 165 82
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.67% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.28% 1.96% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 91 58
10th Percentile £401 £419 £441
25th Percentile £466 £481 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £639 £638 £616
90th Percentile £700 £751 £699
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £23.75 - -
25th Percentile £35.47 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% - -
75th Percentile £71.88 - -
90th Percentile £76.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £100.00 -
% change year-on-year -40.00% - -

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 13,837 8,429 11,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.49% 34.45% 30.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,661 5,444 7,379
10th Percentile £315 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -4.38% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 741 369 848
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.14 £20.64 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.91 £36.27
Median % change year-on-year +29.64% -6.51% +61.32%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £62.81
90th Percentile £85.50 £82.68 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.97 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +27.18% -5.71% +56.70%

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 11 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hybrid Cloud in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Hybrid Cloud in England

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 11 June 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 -14 131 £563 +7.14% 27
North of England -39 75 £507 -2.97% 16
South East -37 42 £625 +8.70% 25
Yorkshire -21 41 £500 -20.00% 9
Midlands -44 33 £500 -25.93% 9
West Midlands -38 30 £500 -28.57% 8
North West -36 27 £550 +15.79% 6
South West -8 26 £400 -35.48% 11
North East -22 13 £650 - 1
East of England -27 4 £530 -3.64% 7
East Midlands -27 3 £503 -12.61% 1
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 8 (2.54%) Confluence
1 8 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.22%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.95%) Apache
4 2 (0.63%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.63%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) nginx
5 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.59%) Maximo
2 3 (0.95%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (0.95%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 195 (61.90%) Azure
2 153 (48.57%) AWS
3 43 (13.65%) GCP
4 39 (12.38%) OpenShift
5 26 (8.25%) GitHub
5 26 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (7.30%) SaaS
7 21 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (6.67%) OCI
8 19 (6.03%) Entra ID
9 17 (5.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 14 (4.44%) IaaS
11 13 (4.13%) Azure AKS
11 13 (4.13%) Serverless
12 11 (3.49%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (2.86%) PaaS
15 8 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (2.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 64 (20.32%) Firewall
2 50 (15.87%) WAN
3 39 (12.38%) Network Security
4 36 (11.43%) BGP
5 35 (11.11%) VPN
6 33 (10.48%) DNS
7 30 (9.52%) SD-WAN
8 28 (8.89%) OSPF
9 27 (8.57%) VXLAN
10 23 (7.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 23 (7.30%) LAN
11 21 (6.67%) Ethernet VPN
12 19 (6.03%) BIG-IP
13 17 (5.40%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (4.76%) SAN
15 12 (3.81%) DHCP
15 12 (3.81%) MPLS
16 11 (3.49%) WLAN
17 10 (3.17%) VSAN
18 9 (2.86%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.22%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.95%) Metadata
4 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.63%) Redis
4 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.32%) Big Data
5 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.32%) Firebird
5 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.32%) Power BI
5 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (8.89%) Jenkins
2 25 (7.94%) GitLab
3 16 (5.08%) Git
4 8 (2.54%) JIRA
5 4 (1.27%) Jaeger
6 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
General
1 89 (28.25%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.02%) Public Sector
3 25 (7.94%) Finance
4 23 (7.30%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.03%) Banking
6 8 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.22%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.27%) Law
8 4 (1.27%) Retail
9 3 (0.95%) Front Office
9 3 (0.95%) Legal
9 3 (0.95%) Military
9 3 (0.95%) Publishing
10 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.32%) Advertising
11 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.32%) Local Government
11 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 99 (31.43%) Architect
2 57 (18.10%) Senior
3 42 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (9.52%) Network Architect
5 28 (8.89%) Cloud Engineer
6 22 (6.98%) Network Engineer
7 21 (6.67%) Senior Architect
7 21 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (6.35%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (6.03%) DevOps Engineer
9 19 (6.03%) Lead
9 19 (6.03%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (4.44%) Technical Architect
12 11 (3.49%) Security Engineer
12 11 (3.49%) Senior Network Architect
13 9 (2.86%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 9 (2.86%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (2.86%) Security Architect
14 8 (2.54%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.94%) OpenTelemetry
2 18 (5.71%) REST
3 15 (4.76%) Kafka
4 11 (3.49%) JSON
5 9 (2.86%) ARM Templates
6 8 (2.54%) Apache Avro
6 8 (2.54%) NETCONF
6 8 (2.54%) Protocol Buffers
6 8 (2.54%) YANG
7 7 (2.22%) Middleware
8 6 (1.90%) .NET
9 5 (1.59%) LDAP
9 5 (1.59%) SailPoint
9 5 (1.59%) SAML
10 4 (1.27%) Loki
10 4 (1.27%) OAuth
10 4 (1.27%) Spring
11 3 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (0.95%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (0.95%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 60 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 58 (18.41%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.08%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.08%) Public Cloud
4 12 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.86%) Replication
7 8 (2.54%) Private Cloud
8 7 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.22%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.90%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.90%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.90%) PKI
10 5 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.59%) FlexPod
11 4 (1.27%) BYOD
11 4 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 48 (15.24%) Windows
2 46 (14.60%) Linux
3 30 (9.52%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.54%) VMS
6 6 (1.90%) Data ONTAP
6 6 (1.90%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.59%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.63%) CentOS
9 1 (0.32%) AIX
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (31.75%) CI/CD
1 100 (31.75%) Infrastructure as Code
2 96 (30.48%) DevOps
3 79 (25.08%) Migration
4 71 (22.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 51 (16.19%) Zero Trust
6 49 (15.56%) Containerisation
6 49 (15.56%) Disaster Recovery
7 44 (13.97%) High Availability
8 43 (13.65%) Load Balancing
9 42 (13.33%) Cloud Security
10 40 (12.70%) Roadmaps
11 38 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (11.75%) Network Design
13 36 (11.43%) Agile
13 36 (11.43%) RBAC
14 35 (11.11%) Observability
15 34 (10.79%) Technical Leadership
16 30 (9.52%) Runbook
17 29 (9.21%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 90 (28.57%) Python
2 51 (16.19%) PowerShell
3 34 (10.79%) Bash
4 18 (5.71%) Bicep
5 11 (3.49%) SQL
6 10 (3.17%) Java
7 7 (2.22%) Go
8 3 (0.95%) BeanShell
8 3 (0.95%) C#
8 3 (0.95%) R
8 3 (0.95%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.63%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.32%) C
10 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 79 (25.08%) Security Cleared
2 55 (17.46%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.48%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (7.30%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.71%) Degree
6 17 (5.40%) Azure Certification
7 16 (5.08%) CCNP
8 15 (4.76%) AWS Certification
9 11 (3.49%) CCIE
10 10 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.86%) CISSP
11 9 (2.86%) OCP
11 9 (2.86%) Oracle Certification
12 8 (2.54%) CCNA
12 8 (2.54%) JNCIE
12 8 (2.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (2.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (1.90%) CISM
15 5 (1.59%) CCSE
15 5 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.11%) NIST
2 22 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.67%) GDPR
4 11 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.86%) PCI DSS
6 8 (2.54%) NCSC
7 6 (1.90%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.59%) GRC
9 4 (1.27%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.63%) SLA
11 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.32%) QA
11 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (18.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 45 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 39 (12.38%) vSphere
4 29 (9.21%) VMware NSX
5 20 (6.35%) Hyper-V
6 18 (5.71%) Docker
7 16 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.59%) NFS
11 4 (1.27%) KVM
12 1 (0.32%) Firmware
12 1 (0.32%) OpenSSH
12 1 (0.32%) Squid
12 1 (0.32%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 117 (37.14%) Terraform
2 77 (24.44%) Ansible
3 75 (23.81%) Kubernetes
4 30 (9.52%) Grafana
5 18 (5.71%) Prometheus
5 18 (5.71%) vCenter Server
6 12 (3.81%) Argo
7 11 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (2.54%) Puppet
9 5 (1.59%) Istio
9 5 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.59%) SnapMirror
10 4 (1.27%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.27%) Rancher
10 4 (1.27%) SCOM
11 3 (0.95%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.95%) PowerCLI
11 3 (0.95%) SCCM
11 3 (0.95%) systemd
11 3 (0.95%) yum
Vendors
1 92 (29.21%) Microsoft
2 66 (20.95%) VMware
3 38 (12.06%) Palo Alto
4 35 (11.11%) Red Hat
5 32 (10.16%) Cisco
6 27 (8.57%) Aruba
7 26 (8.25%) F5
8 25 (7.94%) Splunk
9 20 (6.35%) Arista
10 18 (5.71%) Google
11 17 (5.40%) Fortinet
12 15 (4.76%) CheckPoint
13 14 (4.44%) Pure Storage
14 12 (3.81%) Juniper
15 9 (2.86%) Zscaler
16 8 (2.54%) NetApp
17 7 (2.22%) IBM
18 6 (1.90%) CyberArk
19 5 (1.59%) Commvault
19 5 (1.59%) SAP
91 Hybrid Cloud jobs in England