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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 312 465
Rank change year-on-year +3 +153 -14
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 299 168 91
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 0.69% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.36% 2.02% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 107 70
10th Percentile £394 £450 £441
25th Percentile £460 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £583 £585
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% -0.43% -2.50%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £707
UK median daily rate £525 £583 £575
% change year-on-year -9.87% +1.30% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75.75 - -
Median hourly rate £76.50 - -
75th Percentile £77.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £76.50 - -

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 12,648 8,336 11,600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.35% 34.09% 30.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,026 5,465 7,578
10th Percentile £300 £300 £262
25th Percentile £412 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £670 £670
90th Percentile £749 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.71% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 637 315 802
10th Percentile £15.77 £16.70 £12.49
25th Percentile £19.75 £22.61 £15.17
Median hourly rate £44.50 £34.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.99% +25.45% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.70 £84.60 £67.38
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +30.77% +18.18% +22.30%

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 30 March 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 30 March 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 +12 129 £550 +2.33% 39
North of England -36 63 £500 -26.47% 26
Yorkshire -22 49 £494 -30.94% 9
South East -55 37 £613 +0.82% 26
South West -2 34 £550 -20.29% 11
Midlands -47 31 £550 -4.35% 2
West Midlands -34 29 £550 +4.76% 1
North West -40 13 £500 -4.53% 16
East of England -32 3 £515 -6.36% 2
East Midlands -37 2 £500 -18.37% 1
North East -18 1 £450 - 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 11 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.68%) Confluence
3 5 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.00%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.33%) Apache
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.33%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.33%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.33%) IIS
5 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.34%) Maximo
2 4 (1.34%) Bloomberg AIM
2 4 (1.34%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 177 (59.20%) Azure
2 121 (40.47%) AWS
3 53 (17.73%) OpenShift
4 49 (16.39%) GCP
5 41 (13.71%) GitHub
6 27 (9.03%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (7.02%) Entra ID
8 20 (6.69%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (5.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 14 (4.68%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (4.68%) Serverless
11 13 (4.35%) SaaS
12 12 (4.01%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (4.01%) IaaS
13 11 (3.68%) Azure AKS
13 11 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (3.34%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (3.34%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (3.34%) PaaS
14 10 (3.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (14.72%) Firewall
2 43 (14.38%) Network Security
3 35 (11.71%) VPN
4 29 (9.70%) WAN
5 25 (8.36%) DNS
6 16 (5.35%) LAN
7 15 (5.02%) BGP
8 14 (4.68%) SD-WAN
9 11 (3.68%) SAN
10 10 (3.34%) MPLS
10 10 (3.34%) VSAN
11 9 (3.01%) VXLAN
12 8 (2.68%) OSPF
13 7 (2.34%) VLAN
14 6 (2.01%) DHCP
14 6 (2.01%) Internet
14 6 (2.01%) SNMP
14 6 (2.01%) Software-Defined Networking
15 5 (1.67%) TCP/IP
15 5 (1.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.34%) Elasticsearch
1 10 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.67%) Metadata
3 3 (1.00%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.00%) Power BI
3 3 (1.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.67%) Big Data
4 2 (0.67%) DataStage
4 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.33%) Firebird
5 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 33 (11.04%) Jenkins
2 14 (4.68%) Git
3 12 (4.01%) GitLab
4 11 (3.68%) JIRA
5 3 (1.00%) Jaeger
6 2 (0.67%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 105 (35.12%) Social Skills
2 32 (10.70%) Public Sector
3 28 (9.36%) Finance
4 26 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (5.35%) Banking
7 9 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.01%) Legal
9 5 (1.67%) Retail
9 5 (1.67%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.34%) Front Office
11 3 (1.00%) Law
12 2 (0.67%) Billing
12 2 (0.67%) Marketing
12 2 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.33%) Electronics
13 1 (0.33%) International Banking
13 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.33%) Local Government
13 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 88 (29.43%) Architect
2 44 (14.72%) Senior
3 23 (7.69%) Lead
3 23 (7.69%) Network Architect
4 20 (6.69%) Azure Engineer
5 18 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (5.35%) Cloud Engineer
6 16 (5.35%) Data Engineer
6 16 (5.35%) Senior Architect
7 15 (5.02%) Network Engineer
8 14 (4.68%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (4.35%) Security Engineer
10 11 (3.68%) Platform Engineer
10 11 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.34%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (3.34%) Senior Data Engineer
11 10 (3.34%) Senior Network Architect
12 9 (3.01%) Enterprise Architect
12 9 (3.01%) Technical Architect
13 8 (2.68%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.03%) OpenTelemetry
2 23 (7.69%) Kafka
3 17 (5.69%) REST
4 15 (5.02%) ARM Templates
5 11 (3.68%) JSON
6 10 (3.34%) Keycloak
7 8 (2.68%) Apache Avro
7 8 (2.68%) Middleware
7 8 (2.68%) Protocol Buffers
8 6 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (2.01%) NETCONF
8 6 (2.01%) YANG
9 4 (1.34%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (1.34%) JMS
9 4 (1.34%) OAuth
9 4 (1.34%) OpenConfig
9 4 (1.34%) RESTCONF
9 4 (1.34%) SAML
10 3 (1.00%) .NET
10 3 (1.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 47 (15.72%) Cloud Native
2 41 (13.71%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.01%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.68%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.34%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.01%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.01%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.01%) Replication
6 9 (3.01%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.34%) PKI
8 6 (2.01%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.67%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (1.67%) FlexPod
9 5 (1.67%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.34%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.34%) BYOD
10 4 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.34%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (15.38%) Linux
2 44 (14.72%) Windows
3 21 (7.02%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.68%) VMS
5 10 (3.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.01%) Data ONTAP
7 5 (1.67%) CoreOS
8 4 (1.34%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.67%) CentOS
10 1 (0.33%) Android
10 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (30.10%) DevOps
2 84 (28.09%) CI/CD
3 76 (25.42%) Migration
4 69 (23.08%) Containerisation
5 67 (22.41%) Infrastructure as Code
6 63 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (15.72%) Cloud Security
8 44 (14.72%) Roadmaps
9 42 (14.05%) RBAC
10 41 (13.71%) Disaster Recovery
11 38 (12.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 34 (11.37%) Agile
12 34 (11.37%) High Availability
13 33 (11.04%) Analytics
14 32 (10.70%) Zero Trust
15 31 (10.37%) Runbook
15 31 (10.37%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (9.36%) AI
16 28 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
16 28 (9.36%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 93 (31.10%) Python
2 57 (19.06%) PowerShell
3 42 (14.05%) Bash
4 20 (6.69%) Bicep
5 15 (5.02%) Go
6 10 (3.34%) SQL
7 9 (3.01%) Java
8 3 (1.00%) R
8 3 (1.00%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.67%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.33%) C
10 1 (0.33%) C#
10 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 73 (24.41%) Security Cleared
2 48 (16.05%) SC Cleared
3 28 (9.36%) Azure Certification
4 27 (9.03%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (7.36%) DV Cleared
6 16 (5.35%) AWS Certification
6 16 (5.35%) Degree
6 16 (5.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.01%) CCNP
7 12 (4.01%) CISSP
8 11 (3.68%) CCIE
9 9 (3.01%) OCP
9 9 (3.01%) Oracle Certification
10 8 (2.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.68%) CCNA
11 7 (2.34%) CISM
11 7 (2.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.01%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.04%) NIST
2 26 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (8.36%) GDPR
4 9 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.68%) NIST 800
6 7 (2.34%) NCSC
6 7 (2.34%) PCI DSS
7 6 (2.01%) QA
8 4 (1.34%) GRC
8 4 (1.34%) ISO 22301
8 4 (1.34%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.00%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.00%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.67%) GxP
10 2 (0.67%) PSD2
11 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 42 (14.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (11.71%) Active Directory
3 31 (10.37%) Docker
3 31 (10.37%) VMware NSX
3 31 (10.37%) vSphere
4 14 (4.68%) Hyper-V
5 11 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.67%) KVM
7 5 (1.67%) NFS
8 3 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.33%) Ceph
9 1 (0.33%) Firmware
9 1 (0.33%) QEMU
9 1 (0.33%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 102 (34.11%) Terraform
2 94 (31.44%) Kubernetes
3 66 (22.07%) Ansible
4 32 (10.70%) Grafana
5 20 (6.69%) vCenter Server
6 19 (6.35%) Argo
7 18 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (5.69%) Prometheus
9 7 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.67%) SnapMirror
11 4 (1.34%) Istio
11 4 (1.34%) Puppet
12 3 (1.00%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (1.00%) Progress Chef
12 3 (1.00%) Rancher
12 3 (1.00%) SCCM
13 2 (0.67%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.67%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.67%) PowerCLI
13 2 (0.67%) vMotion
Vendors
1 85 (28.43%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.06%) VMware
3 37 (12.37%) Red Hat
4 31 (10.37%) Splunk
5 29 (9.70%) Cisco
6 19 (6.35%) Palo Alto
7 17 (5.69%) Google
7 17 (5.69%) Pure Storage
8 14 (4.68%) Fortinet
9 13 (4.35%) Zscaler
10 12 (4.01%) Juniper
11 11 (3.68%) CheckPoint
12 9 (3.01%) Aruba
12 9 (3.01%) Databricks
12 9 (3.01%) IBM
12 9 (3.01%) NetApp
13 7 (2.34%) F5
13 7 (2.34%) OpenAI
13 7 (2.34%) Oracle
14 6 (2.01%) SAP