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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 313 419
Rank change year-on-year -6 +106 +24
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 368 214 103
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 0.77% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.30% 2.10% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 128 72
10th Percentile £413 £413 £450
25th Percentile £500 £472 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £691
90th Percentile £749 £775 £774
UK median daily rate £588 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +6.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 0
10th Percentile £55.00 - -
25th Percentile £62.18 £61.86 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £63.72 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £65.57 -
90th Percentile £84.03 - -
UK median hourly rate £71.00 £63.72 -
% change year-on-year +11.43% - -

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 16,028 10,176 9,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.43% 36.41% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,641 6,374 5,981
10th Percentile £325 £300 £294
25th Percentile £425 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% -1.36%
75th Percentile £648 £645 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £526
% change year-on-year +1.32% -1.49% -4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,170 529 364
10th Percentile £13.89 £15.13 £15.92
25th Percentile £17.52 £18.87 £24.42
Median hourly rate £33.99 £30.00 £56.93
Median % change year-on-year +13.30% -47.30% +23.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £56.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £73.75 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £28.06 £48.50
% change year-on-year +28.29% -42.14% +8.38%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -23 140 £575 +1.10% 255
South East -8 89 £615 +17.14% 85
North of England -54 64 £575 -4.17% 79
Midlands -36 35 £500 -23.08% 45
Yorkshire -13 32 £568 +5.58% 20
South West -35 31 £675 -3.57% 50
West Midlands -41 29 £500 -28.57% 28
North West -51 25 £575 -4.17% 48
North East -28 13 £650 +8.33% 11
East of England -23 7 £563 +11.94% 17
East Midlands -15 6 £478 -4.50% 17
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 14 (3.80%) OpenStack
2 9 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.90%) Apache
4 4 (1.09%) Confluence
4 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.82%) CICS
5 3 (0.82%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.82%) IBM Transformation Extender
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.54%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.54%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (2.17%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.82%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Maximo
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 260 (70.65%) Azure
2 168 (45.65%) AWS
3 65 (17.66%) GCP
4 56 (15.22%) Entra ID
5 36 (9.78%) SaaS
6 35 (9.51%) GitHub
7 34 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (7.88%) Azure Monitor
9 29 (7.88%) OpenShift
10 26 (7.07%) OCI
11 24 (6.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 21 (5.71%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (4.62%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (4.62%) Serverless
14 13 (3.53%) IaaS
15 12 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (3.26%) Azure AKS
15 12 (3.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 10 (2.72%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 98 (26.63%) Firewall
2 72 (19.57%) DNS
3 66 (17.93%) VPN
4 54 (14.67%) WAN
5 49 (13.32%) BGP
6 46 (12.50%) DHCP
7 39 (10.60%) Network Security
8 35 (9.51%) SD-WAN
9 34 (9.24%) TCP/IP
10 33 (8.97%) OSPF
11 28 (7.61%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 27 (7.34%) LAN
13 26 (7.07%) VXLAN
14 23 (6.25%) BIG-IP
14 23 (6.25%) Ethernet VPN
15 21 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
16 18 (4.89%) MPLS
17 17 (4.62%) VLAN
18 13 (3.53%) VSAN
19 12 (3.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.45%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.63%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.63%) Power BI
4 5 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.82%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.54%) Big Data
7 2 (0.54%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.54%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.54%) Redis
7 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.54%) Tableau
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (10.33%) GitLab
2 35 (9.51%) Git
3 30 (8.15%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.09%) JIRA
6 3 (0.82%) IBM UrbanCode
6 3 (0.82%) Maven
6 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.27%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 108 (29.35%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.22%) Finance
3 39 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.78%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.79%) Banking
6 22 (5.98%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.35%) Aerospace
8 14 (3.80%) Retail
9 11 (2.99%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.17%) Legal
11 7 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.36%) Local Government
12 5 (1.36%) Military
13 4 (1.09%) Automotive
14 3 (0.82%) Billing
14 3 (0.82%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.82%) Publishing
14 3 (0.82%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 123 (33.42%) Architect
2 90 (24.46%) Senior
3 67 (18.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 41 (11.14%) Solutions Architect
5 38 (10.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 37 (10.05%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (9.78%) Network Engineer
8 23 (6.25%) Network Architect
9 21 (5.71%) Cloud Architect
10 19 (5.16%) Lead
10 19 (5.16%) Platform Engineer
11 18 (4.89%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (4.35%) Senior Architect
13 15 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
14 14 (3.80%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (3.80%) Consultant
14 14 (3.80%) Enterprise Architect
15 12 (3.26%) Azure Architect
15 12 (3.26%) Senior Network Engineer
15 12 (3.26%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (41.03%) Terraform
2 22 (5.98%) ARM Templates
3 16 (4.35%) REST
4 12 (3.26%) Kafka
5 9 (2.45%) NETCONF
5 9 (2.45%) YANG
6 8 (2.17%) JSON
7 7 (1.90%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.90%) SailPoint
8 6 (1.63%) LDAP
8 6 (1.63%) YAML
9 5 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.09%) .NET
10 4 (1.09%) Keycloak
10 4 (1.09%) Middleware
10 4 (1.09%) OAuth
10 4 (1.09%) OpenConfig
10 4 (1.09%) RESTCONF
10 4 (1.09%) RESTful
11 3 (0.82%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 79 (21.47%) Data Centre
2 55 (14.95%) Cloud Native
3 36 (9.78%) Public Cloud
4 29 (7.88%) Onboarding
5 24 (6.52%) Private Cloud
6 20 (5.43%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (4.08%) Enterprise Cloud
8 11 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.99%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.45%) ARM Cortex
10 8 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.17%) PKI
11 7 (1.90%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.90%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.63%) CMDB
12 6 (1.63%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.63%) Mainframe
12 6 (1.63%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.63%) Replication
12 6 (1.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 85 (23.10%) Windows
2 70 (19.02%) Linux
3 64 (17.39%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.45%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.17%) Unix
7 4 (1.09%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.09%) VMS
7 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.82%) zOS
9 2 (0.54%) CentOS
9 2 (0.54%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.27%) AIX
10 1 (0.27%) Android
10 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (41.58%) Infrastructure as Code
2 143 (38.86%) DevOps
3 126 (34.24%) CI/CD
4 103 (27.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 100 (27.17%) Migration
6 76 (20.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 75 (20.38%) Zero Trust
8 67 (18.21%) Roadmaps
9 66 (17.93%) Technical Leadership
10 62 (16.85%) Disaster Recovery
11 57 (15.49%) Agile
12 55 (14.95%) Cloud Security
12 55 (14.95%) ITIL
13 51 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
13 51 (13.86%) Platform Engineering
14 50 (13.59%) Cybersecurity
14 50 (13.59%) High Availability
15 48 (13.04%) Project Delivery
16 47 (12.77%) Analytics
16 47 (12.77%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 108 (29.35%) Python
2 72 (19.57%) PowerShell
3 57 (15.49%) Bash
4 35 (9.51%) Bicep
5 13 (3.53%) Java
5 13 (3.53%) SQL
6 11 (2.99%) Go
7 5 (1.36%) BeanShell
7 5 (1.36%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.09%) Groovy
9 3 (0.82%) C#
9 3 (0.82%) COBOL
9 3 (0.82%) JCL
10 2 (0.54%) Perl
Qualifications
1 123 (33.42%) Security Cleared
2 89 (24.18%) SC Cleared
3 48 (13.04%) Azure Certification
4 47 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
5 41 (11.14%) DV Cleared
6 36 (9.78%) Degree
7 32 (8.70%) AWS Certification
8 28 (7.61%) CCNP
9 19 (5.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (4.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 15 (4.08%) CISSP
11 15 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (3.26%) CCIE
12 12 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (2.45%) JNCIE
15 6 (1.63%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.63%) VCAP
16 5 (1.36%) CISM
16 5 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.43%) NIST
2 13 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.99%) GDPR
3 11 (2.99%) NCSC
4 7 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.90%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.63%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.54%) GRC
7 2 (0.54%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) COBIT
8 1 (0.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.27%) QA
8 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 73 (19.84%) Active Directory
2 67 (18.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (9.51%) vSphere
4 32 (8.70%) Docker
5 25 (6.79%) VMware NSX
6 24 (6.52%) Hyper-V
7 23 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.82%) KVM
10 3 (0.82%) RACF
10 3 (0.82%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.54%) IAG
12 1 (0.27%) Ceph
12 1 (0.27%) OpenSSH
12 1 (0.27%) oVirt
12 1 (0.27%) RHEV
12 1 (0.27%) Squid
12 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 105 (28.53%) Ansible
2 86 (23.37%) Kubernetes
3 24 (6.52%) Grafana
4 23 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (5.16%) Prometheus
6 15 (4.08%) SCCM
7 12 (3.26%) vCenter Server
8 8 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.90%) FortiGate
9 7 (1.90%) Puppet
9 7 (1.90%) SCOM
9 7 (1.90%) systemd
10 6 (1.63%) PowerCLI
11 5 (1.36%) Istio
12 4 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.82%) CASB
13 3 (0.82%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.82%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.82%) Tivoli
13 3 (0.82%) yum
Vendors
1 151 (41.03%) Microsoft
2 87 (23.64%) VMware
3 51 (13.86%) Cisco
4 48 (13.04%) Palo Alto
5 35 (9.51%) F5
6 33 (8.97%) Google
7 25 (6.79%) Aruba
8 24 (6.52%) Fortinet
9 19 (5.16%) Arista
9 19 (5.16%) Juniper
10 14 (3.80%) Zscaler
11 13 (3.53%) Red Hat
12 12 (3.26%) CyberArk
12 12 (3.26%) IBM
13 11 (2.99%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (2.45%) ServiceNow
15 7 (1.90%) CheckPoint
15 7 (1.90%) Databricks
15 7 (1.90%) SAP
15 7 (1.90%) Splunk