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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 314 457
Rank change year-on-year -5 +143 -13
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 339 193 98
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.72% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.29% 2.06% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 111 69
10th Percentile £413 £406 £435
25th Percentile £477 £484 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% -14.00%
75th Percentile £643 £638 £600
90th Percentile £738 £751 £705
UK median daily rate £563 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -2.17% +6.98% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £31.56 £65.67 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £71.39 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £81.86 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.70% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £91.39 -
90th Percentile £82.50 £96.56 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £81.86 -
% change year-on-year -26.70% - -

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 14,813 9,351 11,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.13% 34.66% 30.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,201 5,957 7,394
10th Percentile £313 £305 £284
25th Percentile £415 £408 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
UK median daily rate £522 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.62% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 796 450 818
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.14 £18.88 £15.45
Median hourly rate £43.96 £32.95 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.43% -12.15% +19.05%
75th Percentile £71.13 £60.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.73 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £31.00 £36.02
% change year-on-year +41.81% -13.94% +30.99%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -14 133 £568 +3.18% 34
North of England -48 79 £517 -13.86% 29
South East -20 62 £600 +4.35% 26
Yorkshire -18 43 £500 -20.00% 6
Midlands -40 36 £500 -28.57% 2
West Midlands -46 31 £500 -28.57% 1
North West -45 29 £558 -3.04% 23
South West -27 20 £550 -11.29% 18
North East -23 13 £650 +8.33%
East of England -25 6 £518 -5.91% 2
East Midlands -11 5 £500 -13.04% 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 11 (3.24%) OpenStack
2 8 (2.36%) Confluence
3 7 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.06%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.18%) Apache
5 3 (0.88%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.59%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.29%) IIS
7 1 (0.29%) nginx
7 1 (0.29%) SAS
7 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.77%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (0.88%) Fidessa
1 3 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 209 (61.65%) Azure
2 172 (50.74%) AWS
3 50 (14.75%) GCP
4 36 (10.62%) OpenShift
5 34 (10.03%) GitHub
6 30 (8.85%) SaaS
7 27 (7.96%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (6.49%) Entra ID
9 21 (6.19%) OCI
10 20 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (5.01%) Serverless
12 16 (4.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 16 (4.72%) IaaS
13 15 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (3.24%) PaaS
15 10 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
15 10 (2.95%) Azure AKS
16 9 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (2.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 8 (2.36%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 73 (21.53%) Firewall
2 56 (16.52%) WAN
3 49 (14.45%) BGP
4 42 (12.39%) DNS
5 41 (12.09%) Network Security
5 41 (12.09%) VPN
6 35 (10.32%) OSPF
7 33 (9.73%) SD-WAN
8 31 (9.14%) LAN
9 30 (8.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 25 (7.37%) VXLAN
11 23 (6.78%) BIG-IP
12 21 (6.19%) Ethernet VPN
12 21 (6.19%) MPLS
13 19 (5.60%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (4.42%) SAN
15 14 (4.13%) DHCP
16 13 (3.83%) VLAN
17 12 (3.54%) TCP/IP
17 12 (3.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (1.47%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.59%) Metadata
2 2 (0.59%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.59%) Power BI
2 2 (0.59%) Redis
3 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.29%) Big Data
3 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.29%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.29%) Firebird
3 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (0.29%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (8.26%) Jenkins
2 25 (7.37%) GitLab
3 18 (5.31%) Git
4 8 (2.36%) JIRA
5 4 (1.18%) Jaeger
5 4 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
General
1 93 (27.43%) Social Skills
2 49 (14.45%) Public Sector
3 28 (8.26%) Finance
4 23 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
5 21 (6.19%) Banking
6 18 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (3.83%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.65%) Retail
9 6 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.18%) Local Government
11 3 (0.88%) Front Office
11 3 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.88%) Law
11 3 (0.88%) Legal
11 3 (0.88%) Military
11 3 (0.88%) Publishing
12 2 (0.59%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (34.22%) Architect
2 59 (17.40%) Senior
3 46 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (10.32%) Network Architect
5 34 (10.03%) Cloud Engineer
6 24 (7.08%) Network Engineer
6 24 (7.08%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (6.78%) Senior Architect
8 22 (6.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (6.19%) Lead
10 18 (5.31%) Cloud Architect
10 18 (5.31%) Technical Architect
11 15 (4.42%) Azure Engineer
12 14 (4.13%) DevOps Engineer
13 12 (3.54%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (3.24%) Security Engineer
14 11 (3.24%) Senior Network Architect
15 10 (2.95%) Security Architect
16 9 (2.65%) AWS Engineer
17 8 (2.36%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.37%) OpenTelemetry
2 20 (5.90%) REST
3 16 (4.72%) Kafka
4 12 (3.54%) JSON
4 12 (3.54%) NETCONF
4 12 (3.54%) YANG
5 8 (2.36%) Apache Avro
5 8 (2.36%) Protocol Buffers
6 7 (2.06%) Middleware
7 6 (1.77%) .NET
7 6 (1.77%) LDAP
7 6 (1.77%) SailPoint
8 5 (1.47%) ARM Templates
8 5 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (1.47%) OpenConfig
8 5 (1.47%) RESTCONF
9 4 (1.18%) Loki
10 3 (0.88%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.88%) JMS
10 3 (0.88%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 70 (20.65%) Data Centre
2 64 (18.88%) Cloud Native
3 19 (5.60%) Public Cloud
4 16 (4.72%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.72%) Private Cloud
5 14 (4.13%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.65%) Replication
7 7 (2.06%) AI Agents
7 7 (2.06%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.06%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.77%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.77%) PKI
9 5 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.47%) FlexPod
9 5 (1.47%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 47 (13.86%) Windows
2 46 (13.57%) Linux
3 33 (9.73%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.65%) VMS
6 7 (2.06%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.77%) Data ONTAP
8 5 (1.47%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.59%) CentOS
10 1 (0.29%) AIX
10 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.29%) Unix
10 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (31.56%) CI/CD
1 107 (31.56%) Infrastructure as Code
2 104 (30.68%) DevOps
3 88 (25.96%) Migration
4 70 (20.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 64 (18.88%) Zero Trust
6 53 (15.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 50 (14.75%) Cloud Security
7 50 (14.75%) Containerisation
7 50 (14.75%) Roadmaps
8 48 (14.16%) High Availability
9 46 (13.57%) Network Design
10 43 (12.68%) Load Balancing
11 42 (12.39%) Agile
11 42 (12.39%) Technical Leadership
12 41 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (11.50%) Observability
14 35 (10.32%) RBAC
15 33 (9.73%) Runbook
16 31 (9.14%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 105 (30.97%) Python
2 48 (14.16%) PowerShell
3 37 (10.91%) Bash
4 16 (4.72%) Bicep
5 15 (4.42%) SQL
6 11 (3.24%) Java
7 7 (2.06%) Go
8 5 (1.47%) BeanShell
9 3 (0.88%) C#
10 2 (0.59%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.29%) C
11 1 (0.29%) Groovy
11 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.29%) R
11 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 87 (25.66%) Security Cleared
2 58 (17.11%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.98%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (7.08%) DV Cleared
5 23 (6.78%) AWS Certification
6 22 (6.49%) Degree
7 21 (6.19%) CCNP
8 20 (5.90%) Azure Certification
9 16 (4.72%) CCIE
10 13 (3.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 12 (3.54%) JNCIE
12 10 (2.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.65%) OCP
13 9 (2.65%) Oracle Certification
14 8 (2.36%) CCNA
14 8 (2.36%) CISSP
14 8 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.03%) NIST
2 21 (6.19%) GDPR
3 19 (5.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.83%) NCSC
5 12 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (3.24%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.47%) GRC
8 4 (1.18%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.59%) SLA
9 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.29%) QA
System Software
1 58 (17.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 46 (13.57%) Active Directory
3 40 (11.80%) vSphere
4 34 (10.03%) VMware NSX
5 21 (6.19%) Docker
6 18 (5.31%) Hyper-V
7 17 (5.01%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (3.83%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.47%) NFS
10 4 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.88%) KVM
12 1 (0.29%) Firmware
12 1 (0.29%) OpenSSH
12 1 (0.29%) Squid
12 1 (0.29%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 118 (34.81%) Terraform
2 84 (24.78%) Ansible
3 75 (22.12%) Kubernetes
4 34 (10.03%) Grafana
5 22 (6.49%) Prometheus
6 17 (5.01%) vCenter Server
7 12 (3.54%) Argo
8 10 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (2.36%) Puppet
10 6 (1.77%) FortiGate
11 5 (1.47%) Istio
11 5 (1.47%) SnapMirror
12 4 (1.18%) CASB
12 4 (1.18%) Progress Chef
12 4 (1.18%) Rancher
12 4 (1.18%) SCCM
12 4 (1.18%) SCOM
13 3 (0.88%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.88%) systemd
13 3 (0.88%) yum
Vendors
1 97 (28.61%) Microsoft
2 71 (20.94%) VMware
3 45 (13.27%) Palo Alto
4 41 (12.09%) Cisco
5 36 (10.62%) F5
6 27 (7.96%) Red Hat
7 26 (7.67%) Splunk
8 23 (6.78%) Aruba
8 23 (6.78%) Google
9 22 (6.49%) Fortinet
10 19 (5.60%) Arista
11 16 (4.72%) Juniper
12 12 (3.54%) CheckPoint
12 12 (3.54%) Pure Storage
12 12 (3.54%) Zscaler
13 9 (2.65%) SolarWinds
14 8 (2.36%) NetApp
15 7 (2.06%) CyberArk
16 6 (1.77%) Commvault
17 5 (1.47%) ServiceNow