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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 315 475
Rank change year-on-year +6 +160 -46
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 315 165 76
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.69% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.34% 2.00% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 94 53
10th Percentile £400 £427 £441
25th Percentile £463 £480 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £616
90th Percentile £700 £739 £678
UK median daily rate £550 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -1.35% +1.36% -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 13,457 8,260 11,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.29% 34.30% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,463 5,364 7,333
10th Percentile £313 £300 £270
25th Percentile £413 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% -3.18% -3.51%
75th Percentile £634 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 702 345 837
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £20.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £43.60 £34.34 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year +26.97% -3.67% +58.55%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £62.00
90th Percentile £87.35 £83.05 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +24.24% -5.71% +57.30%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -10 130 £575 +9.52% 60
North of England -33 80 £500 +0.25% 27
Yorkshire -24 47 £500 -20.00% 8
South East -42 40 £600 +3.67% 17
Midlands -40 28 £503 -22.69% 10
South West -12 27 £244 -60.69% 18
North West -33 26 £550 +15.79% 17
West Midlands -43 25 £513 -24.07% 9
North East -22 11 £650 - 2
East of England -37 4 £530 -3.64% 1
East Midlands -28 3 £503 -12.61% 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 10 (3.17%) Confluence
2 8 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.90%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.95%) Apache
6 2 (0.63%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.63%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.32%) nginx
7 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 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 200 (63.49%) Azure
2 154 (48.89%) AWS
3 50 (15.87%) GCP
4 44 (13.97%) OpenShift
5 26 (8.25%) GitHub
5 26 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (6.67%) SaaS
7 20 (6.35%) Entra ID
8 19 (6.03%) OCI
9 18 (5.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 14 (4.44%) IaaS
11 13 (4.13%) Azure AKS
11 13 (4.13%) Serverless
12 12 (3.81%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (2.86%) PaaS
15 8 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (2.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 62 (19.68%) Firewall
2 49 (15.56%) WAN
3 40 (12.70%) Network Security
4 33 (10.48%) BGP
4 33 (10.48%) VPN
5 29 (9.21%) DNS
6 28 (8.89%) SD-WAN
7 26 (8.25%) OSPF
7 26 (8.25%) VXLAN
8 23 (7.30%) LAN
9 21 (6.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 19 (6.03%) Ethernet VPN
11 17 (5.40%) BIG-IP
12 15 (4.76%) SAN
12 15 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (3.49%) DHCP
13 11 (3.49%) MPLS
13 11 (3.49%) VSAN
14 9 (2.86%) Software-Defined Networking
14 9 (2.86%) WLAN
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 29 (9.21%) Jenkins
2 23 (7.30%) GitLab
3 15 (4.76%) Git
4 10 (3.17%) JIRA
5 4 (1.27%) Jaeger
6 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
General
1 98 (31.11%) Social Skills
2 40 (12.70%) Public Sector
3 25 (7.94%) Finance
4 23 (7.30%) Documentation Skills
5 20 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.03%) Banking
7 8 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.27%) Law
9 4 (1.27%) Retail
10 3 (0.95%) Front Office
10 3 (0.95%) Legal
10 3 (0.95%) Military
11 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.32%) Advertising
12 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.32%) Local Government
12 1 (0.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 96 (30.48%) Architect
2 58 (18.41%) Senior
3 40 (12.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (9.52%) Network Architect
5 26 (8.25%) Cloud Engineer
6 22 (6.98%) Network Engineer
7 21 (6.67%) Senior Architect
8 20 (6.35%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (6.35%) Lead
8 20 (6.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (5.40%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (5.08%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (4.44%) Cloud Architect
12 13 (4.13%) Technical Architect
13 11 (3.49%) Security Engineer
13 11 (3.49%) Senior Network Architect
14 9 (2.86%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 8 (2.54%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 8 (2.54%) Desktop Engineer
15 8 (2.54%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.94%) OpenTelemetry
2 18 (5.71%) REST
3 15 (4.76%) Kafka
4 12 (3.81%) JSON
5 9 (2.86%) ARM Templates
6 8 (2.54%) Apache Avro
6 8 (2.54%) Protocol Buffers
7 7 (2.22%) Middleware
7 7 (2.22%) NETCONF
7 7 (2.22%) YANG
8 6 (1.90%) .NET
9 5 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
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%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (0.95%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 60 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 56 (17.78%) Cloud Native
3 17 (5.40%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.44%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.17%) Product Ownership
7 10 (3.17%) Replication
8 7 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.22%) PKI
8 7 (2.22%) Private Cloud
8 7 (2.22%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.90%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.90%) Operational Technology
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
Operating Systems
1 49 (15.56%) Windows
2 45 (14.29%) Linux
3 29 (9.21%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.86%) 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
1 102 (32.38%) CI/CD
2 92 (29.21%) DevOps
3 89 (28.25%) Infrastructure as Code
4 75 (23.81%) Migration
5 65 (20.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 49 (15.56%) Containerisation
6 49 (15.56%) Disaster Recovery
7 48 (15.24%) Zero Trust
8 46 (14.60%) Roadmaps
9 42 (13.33%) Cloud Security
9 42 (13.33%) High Availability
10 41 (13.02%) Agile
10 41 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
11 39 (12.38%) Load Balancing
12 37 (11.75%) RBAC
13 34 (10.79%) Technical Leadership
14 33 (10.48%) Network Design
15 32 (10.16%) Observability
16 30 (9.52%) Runbook
17 29 (9.21%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 85 (26.98%) Python
2 54 (17.14%) PowerShell
3 32 (10.16%) 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 1 (0.32%) C
9 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 80 (25.40%) Security Cleared
2 56 (17.78%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.48%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (7.30%) DV Cleared
5 19 (6.03%) Degree
6 17 (5.40%) Azure Certification
6 17 (5.40%) CCNP
7 15 (4.76%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.17%) CCIE
8 10 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.86%) CISSP
9 9 (2.86%) OCP
9 9 (2.86%) Oracle Certification
10 8 (2.54%) CCNA
10 8 (2.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (2.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.22%) JNCIE
12 6 (1.90%) CCSE
12 6 (1.90%) CISM
13 5 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.79%) NIST
2 21 (6.67%) GDPR
2 21 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.86%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.22%) NCSC
6 6 (1.90%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.59%) GRC
8 4 (1.27%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.63%) SLA
10 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.32%) QA
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 58 (18.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (14.92%) Active Directory
3 39 (12.38%) vSphere
4 30 (9.52%) VMware NSX
5 20 (6.35%) Hyper-V
6 15 (4.76%) Docker
7 14 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (4.44%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.59%) NFS
10 3 (0.95%) KVM
11 1 (0.32%) Firmware
11 1 (0.32%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.32%) Squid
11 1 (0.32%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 111 (35.24%) Terraform
2 78 (24.76%) Kubernetes
3 73 (23.17%) Ansible
4 28 (8.89%) Grafana
5 18 (5.71%) vCenter Server
6 16 (5.08%) Prometheus
7 13 (4.13%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (3.81%) Argo
9 5 (1.59%) Istio
9 5 (1.59%) Puppet
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
12 2 (0.63%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.63%) vMotion
Vendors
1 92 (29.21%) Microsoft
2 66 (20.95%) VMware
3 37 (11.75%) Palo Alto
4 34 (10.79%) Red Hat
5 33 (10.48%) Cisco
6 26 (8.25%) Aruba
6 26 (8.25%) Splunk
7 24 (7.62%) F5
8 18 (5.71%) Arista
8 18 (5.71%) Fortinet
8 18 (5.71%) Google
9 16 (5.08%) CheckPoint
10 14 (4.44%) Pure Storage
11 13 (4.13%) Juniper
12 9 (2.86%) NetApp
12 9 (2.86%) Zscaler
13 7 (2.22%) IBM
14 6 (1.90%) CyberArk
15 5 (1.59%) Citrix
15 5 (1.59%) SAP
137 Hybrid Cloud jobs in England