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 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 365 433
Rank change year-on-year +53 +68 +84
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 246 133 123
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 0.48% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.20% 1.47% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 99 95
10th Percentile £413 £460 £468
25th Percentile £463 £500 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +3.00%
75th Percentile £669 £688 £681
90th Percentile £775 £750 £733
UK median daily rate £533 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -11.25% +4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £75.30
25th Percentile £75.75 - £75.75
Median hourly rate £76.50 - £76.50
75th Percentile £77.25 - £77.25
90th Percentile - - £77.70
UK median hourly rate £76.50 - £76.50
% change year-on-year - - -17.30%

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 11,166 9,029 11,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.24% 32.43% 31.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,085 5,430 7,806
10th Percentile £286 £275 £263
25th Percentile £409 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £780 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -4.85% -4.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 544 262 486
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.90 £20.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.25 £42.92
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -15.53% +29.07%
75th Percentile £63.43 £66.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.54 £42.19
% change year-on-year -18.87% -20.50% +31.84%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 +30 101 £569 -1.09% 29
South West +15 41 £600 -13.04% 5
North of England -12 39 £487 -28.35% 9
South East -17 35 £538 -7.73% 15
Midlands -23 32 £550 -15.38% 4
West Midlands -21 29 £550 -21.43% 1
Yorkshire -28 23 £476 -33.39% 5
North West -22 15 £550 -8.52% 3
East of England - 4 £503 - 3
East Midlands -22 3 £500 -9.09% 3
North East -10 1 £600 - 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 13 (5.28%) OpenStack
2 9 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.63%) Confluence
4 4 (1.63%) SAS
5 3 (1.22%) CMS
5 3 (1.22%) Ethereum
5 3 (1.22%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.81%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.41%) Apache
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.41%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.41%) IIS
7 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.41%) Mule
7 1 (0.41%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.25%) Maximo
2 4 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.41%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.41%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.41%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 150 (60.98%) Azure
2 96 (39.02%) AWS
3 39 (15.85%) GCP
4 37 (15.04%) OpenShift
5 27 (10.98%) Entra ID
5 27 (10.98%) GitHub
6 20 (8.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 17 (6.91%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (6.50%) SaaS
9 15 (6.10%) Azure Monitor
9 15 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (6.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 12 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (4.47%) Azure AKS
11 11 (4.47%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (4.07%) IaaS
13 9 (3.66%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (3.66%) PaaS
14 8 (3.25%) Azure Stack
14 8 (3.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 50 (20.33%) Firewall
2 38 (15.45%) WAN
3 36 (14.63%) VPN
4 33 (13.41%) Network Security
5 21 (8.54%) LAN
6 17 (6.91%) BGP
7 16 (6.50%) SD-WAN
8 15 (6.10%) DNS
9 14 (5.69%) MPLS
10 9 (3.66%) SNMP
10 9 (3.66%) Wireless
11 8 (3.25%) DHCP
11 8 (3.25%) OSPF
11 8 (3.25%) TACACS
12 6 (2.44%) NGFW
12 6 (2.44%) TCP/IP
13 5 (2.03%) VSAN
13 5 (2.03%) VXLAN
14 4 (1.63%) VLAN
15 3 (1.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.47%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.03%) Big Data
3 5 (2.03%) Oracle Database
3 5 (2.03%) Oracle Exadata
4 4 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.63%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.63%) Metadata
4 4 (1.63%) Power BI
5 3 (1.22%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.81%) DataStage
6 2 (0.81%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.81%) Tableau
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.41%) QlikView
7 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 18 (7.32%) Jenkins
2 15 (6.10%) GitLab
3 7 (2.85%) Git
4 6 (2.44%) JIRA
5 2 (0.81%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
General
1 94 (38.21%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.63%) Finance
3 26 (10.57%) Public Sector
4 21 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.13%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.25%) Banking
7 6 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.44%) Retail
8 5 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.63%) Legal
10 3 (1.22%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.81%) Billing
11 2 (0.81%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.81%) International Banking
11 2 (0.81%) Local Government
11 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.41%) French Language
12 1 (0.41%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 71 (28.86%) Architect
2 34 (13.82%) Senior
3 20 (8.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (7.72%) Azure Engineer
5 17 (6.91%) Network Architect
6 16 (6.50%) Lead
7 14 (5.69%) Consultant
8 11 (4.47%) Data Engineer
9 10 (4.07%) Azure Architect
9 10 (4.07%) Developer
9 10 (4.07%) Enterprise Architect
9 10 (4.07%) Network Engineer
9 10 (4.07%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.07%) Security Architect
9 10 (4.07%) Senior Data Engineer
10 9 (3.66%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.25%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (3.25%) IP Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.69%) ARM Templates
2 13 (5.28%) REST
3 12 (4.88%) Kafka
4 10 (4.07%) Keycloak
5 8 (3.25%) NETCONF
5 8 (3.25%) YANG
6 6 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (2.44%) JSON
7 5 (2.03%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (2.03%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 3 (1.22%) MACH
8 3 (1.22%) OAuth
8 3 (1.22%) SAML
8 3 (1.22%) XML
9 2 (0.81%) LDAP
9 2 (0.81%) OpenID
9 2 (0.81%) RESTful
9 2 (0.81%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.81%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.81%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 43 (17.48%) Cloud Native
2 40 (16.26%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.10%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (5.69%) Public Cloud
5 13 (5.28%) Replication
6 11 (4.47%) Operational Technology
7 8 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.85%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.85%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.85%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.03%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (2.03%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.63%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.22%) IoT
12 3 (1.22%) Life Science
12 3 (1.22%) Mainframe
12 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.82%) Windows
2 25 (10.16%) Linux
3 21 (8.54%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.63%) Android
5 3 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.22%) VMS
6 2 (0.81%) CentOS
6 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (28.46%) DevOps
2 55 (22.36%) CI/CD
3 52 (21.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 51 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (19.92%) Containerisation
6 48 (19.51%) Migration
7 39 (15.85%) Roadmaps
7 39 (15.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 35 (14.23%) Cloud Security
9 32 (13.01%) Zero Trust
10 30 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 28 (11.38%) Analytics
11 28 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 28 (11.38%) TOGAF
12 27 (10.98%) RBAC
13 26 (10.57%) High Availability
14 24 (9.76%) AI
14 24 (9.76%) Incident Response
15 23 (9.35%) Agile
15 23 (9.35%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 65 (26.42%) Python
2 39 (15.85%) PowerShell
3 27 (10.98%) Bash
4 20 (8.13%) Bicep
5 12 (4.88%) Go
6 11 (4.47%) SQL
7 9 (3.66%) Java
8 5 (2.03%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.81%) R
9 2 (0.81%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.81%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.41%) Scala
10 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 57 (23.17%) Security Cleared
2 42 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 41 (16.67%) Azure Certification
4 33 (13.41%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (8.54%) AWS Certification
6 19 (7.72%) CCIE
6 19 (7.72%) CISSP
7 16 (6.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (5.69%) JNCIE
9 13 (5.28%) Degree
10 11 (4.47%) CCNP
10 11 (4.47%) DV Cleared
11 9 (3.66%) CISM
12 8 (3.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 6 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (2.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (2.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (2.03%) CCSP
14 5 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.35%) NIST
2 22 (8.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.13%) GDPR
4 8 (3.25%) NIST 800
5 7 (2.85%) QA
6 5 (2.03%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.03%) PSD2
7 4 (1.63%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.22%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (1.22%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.81%) GxP
9 2 (0.81%) NCSC
10 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.41%) GMP
10 1 (0.41%) GRC
10 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.41%) ITGC
System Software
1 33 (13.41%) Docker
2 28 (11.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (9.35%) Active Directory
4 19 (7.72%) VMware NSX
5 12 (4.88%) vSphere
6 8 (3.25%) Hyper-V
7 5 (2.03%) Oracle RAC
7 5 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.63%) KVM
9 3 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.41%) Ceph
11 1 (0.41%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 74 (30.08%) Terraform
2 64 (26.02%) Kubernetes
3 47 (19.11%) Ansible
4 17 (6.91%) Grafana
5 14 (5.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (4.88%) Prometheus
7 8 (3.25%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (3.25%) vCenter Server
8 7 (2.85%) Argo
9 6 (2.44%) Puppet
10 5 (2.03%) Data Guard
10 5 (2.03%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (1.63%) NetBackup
11 4 (1.63%) SCCM
12 3 (1.22%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (1.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.81%) CASB
13 2 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.81%) PowerCLI
13 2 (0.81%) vMotion
Vendors
1 58 (23.58%) Microsoft
2 37 (15.04%) VMware
3 25 (10.16%) Cisco
4 17 (6.91%) Red Hat
5 14 (5.69%) Fortinet
5 14 (5.69%) Palo Alto
6 12 (4.88%) Databricks
6 12 (4.88%) Google
6 12 (4.88%) Oracle
7 11 (4.47%) Juniper
8 10 (4.07%) IBM
8 10 (4.07%) Zscaler
9 9 (3.66%) F5
10 8 (3.25%) CheckPoint
10 8 (3.25%) Dynatrace
10 8 (3.25%) Splunk
11 6 (2.44%) Citrix
11 6 (2.44%) SAP
12 5 (2.03%) Commvault
12 5 (2.03%) Salesforce