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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 299 430
Rank change year-on-year -3 +131 -14
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 379 207 98
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 0.75% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.47% 2.11% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 120 71
10th Percentile £413 £406 £450
25th Percentile £500 £475 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +11.63% -14.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £606
90th Percentile £768 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 0
10th Percentile £55.00 £65.67 -
25th Percentile £61.74 £71.39 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £81.86 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.26% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £91.39 -
90th Percentile £82.64 £96.56 -
UK median hourly rate £71.00 £81.86 -
% change year-on-year -13.26% - -

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 15,334 9,790 10,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.52% 35.46% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,401 6,159 6,625
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £684
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 498 525
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.48 £12.60
25th Percentile £19.34 £18.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £42.40 £31.18 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.98% -34.36% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £29.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +44.07% -34.44% +11.23%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +3 149 £575 +2.22% 22
South East -17 91 £615 +17.14% 35
North of England -61 72 £563 -6.17% 23
Yorkshire -18 37 £540 -13.60% 11
Midlands -36 35 £488 -30.36% 9
West Midlands -34 29 £488 -30.36% 5
North West -58 28 £575 -4.17% 9
South West -40 22 £651 -6.96% 14
North East -30 13 £650 +8.33% 3
East of England -24 7 £505 -8.18% 3
East Midlands -14 6 £478 +11.05% 4
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 12 (3.17%) OpenStack
2 8 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.58%) Apache
4 5 (1.32%) Confluence
4 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.79%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.53%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.53%) nginx
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
7 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.85%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.53%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Maximo
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 253 (66.75%) Azure
2 182 (48.02%) AWS
3 58 (15.30%) GCP
4 44 (11.61%) Entra ID
5 39 (10.29%) GitHub
6 36 (9.50%) SaaS
7 34 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (7.65%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (7.39%) OpenShift
10 25 (6.60%) Azure Monitor
10 25 (6.60%) OCI
11 23 (6.07%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (5.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 17 (4.49%) IaaS
13 17 (4.49%) Serverless
14 13 (3.43%) Azure Sentinel
14 13 (3.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 12 (3.17%) Azure AKS
15 12 (3.17%) PaaS
16 11 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (23.75%) Firewall
2 61 (16.09%) DNS
3 59 (15.57%) VPN
4 57 (15.04%) WAN
5 51 (13.46%) BGP
6 41 (10.82%) Network Security
7 37 (9.76%) DHCP
8 36 (9.50%) OSPF
9 34 (8.97%) SD-WAN
10 31 (8.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 29 (7.65%) LAN
11 29 (7.65%) TCP/IP
12 25 (6.60%) VXLAN
13 23 (6.07%) BIG-IP
13 23 (6.07%) Ethernet VPN
14 22 (5.80%) MPLS
15 21 (5.54%) Wi-Fi
16 18 (4.75%) VLAN
17 15 (3.96%) SAN
18 13 (3.43%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (1.58%) Power BI
3 5 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.06%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.79%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.53%) Big Data
6 2 (0.53%) Metadata
6 2 (0.53%) Redis
6 2 (0.53%) Tableau
7 1 (0.26%) Cloud Spanner
7 1 (0.26%) Cloudera CDH
7 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.26%) Flink
7 1 (0.26%) Impala
7 1 (0.26%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 34 (8.97%) GitLab
2 31 (8.18%) Jenkins
3 29 (7.65%) Git
4 4 (1.06%) Jaeger
4 4 (1.06%) JIRA
4 4 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 105 (27.70%) Social Skills
2 40 (10.55%) Public Sector
3 38 (10.03%) Finance
4 36 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.33%) Banking
6 23 (6.07%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.96%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.43%) Aerospace
8 13 (3.43%) Retail
9 5 (1.32%) Legal
9 5 (1.32%) Local Government
10 4 (1.06%) Automotive
10 4 (1.06%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.06%) Military
10 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.79%) Law
11 3 (0.79%) Publishing
12 2 (0.53%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 127 (33.51%) Architect
2 87 (22.96%) Senior
3 56 (14.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 37 (9.76%) Network Engineer
5 33 (8.71%) Cloud Engineer
5 33 (8.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 33 (8.71%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (7.39%) Network Architect
7 23 (6.07%) Senior Architect
8 21 (5.54%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (5.54%) Lead
9 18 (4.75%) Technical Architect
10 17 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (4.49%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (4.22%) Cloud Architect
12 13 (3.43%) Consultant
13 12 (3.17%) Enterprise Architect
13 12 (3.17%) Senior Network Engineer
14 11 (2.90%) Security Engineer
15 10 (2.64%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.28%) REST
2 19 (5.01%) ARM Templates
3 11 (2.90%) NETCONF
3 11 (2.90%) OpenTelemetry
3 11 (2.90%) YANG
4 9 (2.37%) Kafka
5 7 (1.85%) SailPoint
6 6 (1.58%) .NET
6 6 (1.58%) 802.1X
6 6 (1.58%) LDAP
6 6 (1.58%) OpenConfig
6 6 (1.58%) RESTCONF
7 5 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (1.32%) JSON
8 4 (1.06%) Loki
8 4 (1.06%) OAuth
8 4 (1.06%) OpenID
8 4 (1.06%) RESTful
8 4 (1.06%) YAML
9 3 (0.79%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 70 (18.47%) Data Centre
2 61 (16.09%) Cloud Native
3 29 (7.65%) Public Cloud
4 27 (7.12%) Onboarding
5 22 (5.80%) Private Cloud
6 15 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (3.43%) Enterprise Cloud
8 11 (2.90%) PKI
9 10 (2.64%) Replication
10 8 (2.11%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.11%) CMDB
10 8 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.11%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.11%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.85%) ARM Cortex
11 7 (1.85%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.85%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 77 (20.32%) Windows
2 72 (19.00%) Linux
3 59 (15.57%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.90%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.58%) VMS
7 5 (1.32%) Unix
8 4 (1.06%) Data ONTAP
8 4 (1.06%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.79%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.53%) CentOS
10 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.26%) AIX
11 1 (0.26%) Android
11 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (37.20%) Infrastructure as Code
2 135 (35.62%) DevOps
3 128 (33.77%) CI/CD
4 100 (26.39%) Migration
5 90 (23.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 76 (20.05%) Zero Trust
7 64 (16.89%) Disaster Recovery
8 62 (16.36%) Roadmaps
9 61 (16.09%) Cloud Security
10 59 (15.57%) Technical Leadership
11 56 (14.78%) Stakeholder Management
12 54 (14.25%) High Availability
13 49 (12.93%) Agile
13 49 (12.93%) Observability
14 48 (12.66%) ITIL
15 46 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
16 45 (11.87%) Platform Engineering
17 44 (11.61%) Load Balancing
17 44 (11.61%) Network Design
18 43 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 114 (30.08%) Python
2 75 (19.79%) PowerShell
3 58 (15.30%) Bash
4 28 (7.39%) Bicep
5 18 (4.75%) SQL
6 9 (2.37%) Go
6 9 (2.37%) Java
7 5 (1.32%) BeanShell
8 3 (0.79%) C#
9 2 (0.53%) Perl
9 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.26%) C
10 1 (0.26%) Groovy
10 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.26%) R
10 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 108 (28.50%) Security Cleared
2 77 (20.32%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.40%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (9.50%) DV Cleared
5 34 (8.97%) Azure Certification
6 30 (7.92%) Degree
7 27 (7.12%) AWS Certification
8 25 (6.60%) CCNP
9 16 (4.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 14 (3.69%) CCIE
10 14 (3.69%) CISSP
11 13 (3.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (2.90%) JNCIE
14 9 (2.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (1.58%) OCP
15 6 (1.58%) Oracle Certification
16 5 (1.32%) Master's Degree
16 5 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.76%) NIST
2 24 (6.33%) GDPR
3 22 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (3.96%) NCSC
5 10 (2.64%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.85%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.06%) GRC
8 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.79%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.53%) SLA
10 1 (0.26%) COBIT
10 1 (0.26%) QA
10 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 65 (17.15%) Active Directory
2 64 (16.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (9.76%) vSphere
4 32 (8.44%) VMware NSX
5 27 (7.12%) Docker
6 22 (5.80%) Hyper-V
7 19 (5.01%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (4.22%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.79%) KVM
9 3 (0.79%) NFS
9 3 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.26%) Ceph
10 1 (0.26%) Firmware
10 1 (0.26%) OpenSSH
10 1 (0.26%) oVirt
10 1 (0.26%) RHEV
10 1 (0.26%) Squid
10 1 (0.26%) Varnish
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 152 (40.11%) Terraform
2 100 (26.39%) Ansible
3 80 (21.11%) Kubernetes
4 30 (7.92%) Grafana
5 20 (5.28%) Prometheus
6 19 (5.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (3.43%) SCCM
7 13 (3.43%) vCenter Server
8 8 (2.11%) FortiGate
8 8 (2.11%) Istio
8 8 (2.11%) SCOM
9 7 (1.85%) Argo
9 7 (1.85%) Puppet
9 7 (1.85%) systemd
10 6 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.06%) Rancher
12 3 (0.79%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.79%) PowerCLI
12 3 (0.79%) SnapMirror
12 3 (0.79%) vMotion
Vendors
1 139 (36.68%) Microsoft
2 82 (21.64%) VMware
3 50 (13.19%) Cisco
4 49 (12.93%) Palo Alto
5 40 (10.55%) F5
6 31 (8.18%) Google
7 24 (6.33%) Fortinet
8 22 (5.80%) Aruba
9 20 (5.28%) Juniper
9 20 (5.28%) Red Hat
10 19 (5.01%) Arista
11 13 (3.43%) Splunk
11 13 (3.43%) Zscaler
12 10 (2.64%) ServiceNow
13 9 (2.37%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (2.37%) CyberArk
14 8 (2.11%) CheckPoint
14 8 (2.11%) SolarWinds
15 7 (1.85%) NetApp
15 7 (1.85%) SAP