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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 331 465
Rank change year-on-year +17 +134 +17
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 255 149 94
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.58% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.18% 1.74% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 102 71
10th Percentile £409 £475 £425
25th Percentile £463 £513 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £607 £595
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +2.06% +1.54%
75th Percentile £603 £688 £675
90th Percentile £700 £751 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £607 £575
% change year-on-year -13.51% +5.57% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £75.30
25th Percentile £75.75 - £75.75
Median hourly rate £76.50 - £76.50
75th Percentile £77.25 - £77.25
90th Percentile - - £77.70
UK median hourly rate £76.50 - £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 11,721 8,549 11,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.18% 33.35% 31.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,469 5,219 7,722
10th Percentile £275 £275 £256
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £628 £664 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 586 248 754
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.19 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £17.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £37.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +13.85% +44.44%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.13 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.50 £83.20 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.11 £34.50 £32.31
% change year-on-year -12.74% +6.79% +43.68%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 +12 107 £538 -6.52% 37
North of England -32 47 £488 -28.31% 21
Yorkshire -14 39 £487 -31.85% 11
South West +3 37 £550 -21.43% 9
Midlands -42 31 £550 -12.49% 9
South East -31 29 £563 -8.91% 31
West Midlands -31 28 £550 -15.38% 7
North West -31 8 £500 -4.53% 10
East of England -21 3 £503 -33.09% 5
East Midlands -27 3 £500 -13.04% 2
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 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.53%) OpenStack
3 6 (2.35%) Confluence
4 5 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.18%) Ethereum
5 3 (1.18%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.78%) SAS
7 1 (0.39%) Apache
7 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.39%) IIS
7 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.14%) Maximo
2 3 (1.18%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (1.18%) Fidessa
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.39%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 149 (58.43%) Azure
2 90 (35.29%) AWS
3 48 (18.82%) OpenShift
4 40 (15.69%) GCP
5 33 (12.94%) GitHub
6 21 (8.24%) Entra ID
7 19 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (6.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 14 (5.49%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (4.71%) Azure AKS
10 12 (4.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (4.71%) Serverless
11 11 (4.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (3.92%) SaaS
13 8 (3.14%) Azure Stack
13 8 (3.14%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (3.14%) IaaS
13 8 (3.14%) PaaS
13 8 (3.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (16.86%) Firewall
2 35 (13.73%) VPN
3 34 (13.33%) Network Security
4 31 (12.16%) WAN
5 19 (7.45%) DNS
5 19 (7.45%) LAN
6 14 (5.49%) BGP
7 12 (4.71%) SD-WAN
8 11 (4.31%) MPLS
9 8 (3.14%) VXLAN
10 7 (2.75%) SNMP
10 7 (2.75%) Wireless
11 6 (2.35%) OSPF
12 5 (1.96%) SAN
12 5 (1.96%) TACACS
13 4 (1.57%) DHCP
13 4 (1.57%) DKIM
13 4 (1.57%) DMZ
13 4 (1.57%) Internet
13 4 (1.57%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.31%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.96%) Oracle Database
3 5 (1.96%) Oracle Exadata
4 4 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.57%) Big Data
4 4 (1.57%) Metadata
4 4 (1.57%) Power BI
5 3 (1.18%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.78%) DataStage
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.39%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.39%) Impala
7 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.39%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (10.59%) Jenkins
2 16 (6.27%) GitLab
3 9 (3.53%) JIRA
4 8 (3.14%) Git
5 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.78%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 107 (41.96%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.37%) Finance
3 27 (10.59%) Public Sector
4 25 (9.80%) Documentation Skills
5 23 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.53%) Banking
6 9 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.96%) Legal
8 4 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.57%) Retail
9 3 (1.18%) Front Office
10 2 (0.78%) Billing
10 2 (0.78%) Law
10 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.39%) Electronics
11 1 (0.39%) International Banking
11 1 (0.39%) Local Government
11 1 (0.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (27.06%) Architect
2 32 (12.55%) Senior
3 20 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (7.45%) Azure Engineer
4 19 (7.45%) Network Architect
5 18 (7.06%) Lead
6 16 (6.27%) Data Engineer
7 13 (5.10%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (4.31%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.31%) Network Engineer
8 11 (4.31%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (3.92%) Consultant
9 10 (3.92%) Senior Data Engineer
10 9 (3.53%) Cloud Architect
10 9 (3.53%) Security Architect
10 9 (3.53%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.14%) Desktop Engineer
11 8 (3.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 8 (3.14%) Developer
11 8 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.84%) Kafka
2 19 (7.45%) OpenTelemetry
3 15 (5.88%) ARM Templates
4 14 (5.49%) REST
5 11 (4.31%) JSON
6 10 (3.92%) Keycloak
7 7 (2.75%) Apache Avro
7 7 (2.75%) NETCONF
7 7 (2.75%) Protocol Buffers
7 7 (2.75%) YANG
8 6 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (1.96%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 4 (1.57%) Middleware
10 4 (1.57%) OAuth
10 4 (1.57%) SAML
11 3 (1.18%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (1.18%) JMS
12 2 (0.78%) Flash
12 2 (0.78%) LDAP
12 2 (0.78%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.08%) Data Centre
2 39 (15.29%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.71%) Replication
4 9 (3.53%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.14%) Operational Technology
6 7 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.75%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
8 5 (1.96%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.96%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.57%) IoT
10 3 (1.18%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.18%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.18%) Equities
10 3 (1.18%) Life Science
10 3 (1.18%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.90%) Windows
2 33 (12.94%) Linux
3 18 (7.06%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.35%) VMS
5 5 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.78%) CentOS
6 2 (0.78%) CoreOS
6 2 (0.78%) Data ONTAP
6 2 (0.78%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.39%) Android
7 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (28.24%) DevOps
2 64 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (23.92%) Migration
4 60 (23.53%) CI/CD
5 55 (21.57%) Containerisation
6 46 (18.04%) Infrastructure as Code
7 38 (14.90%) RBAC
8 37 (14.51%) Roadmaps
9 36 (14.12%) Cloud Security
10 35 (13.73%) Analytics
10 35 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
11 33 (12.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 30 (11.76%) High Availability
13 26 (10.20%) AI
13 26 (10.20%) Zero Trust
14 25 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
14 25 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 24 (9.41%) Agile
15 24 (9.41%) TOGAF
16 23 (9.02%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 78 (30.59%) Python
2 43 (16.86%) PowerShell
3 35 (13.73%) Bash
4 21 (8.24%) Bicep
5 12 (4.71%) Go
6 9 (3.53%) SQL
7 8 (3.14%) Java
8 4 (1.57%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.78%) R
9 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 65 (25.49%) Security Cleared
2 43 (16.86%) SC Cleared
3 31 (12.16%) Azure Certification
3 31 (12.16%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (7.06%) AWS Certification
5 17 (6.67%) CCIE
5 17 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 17 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (6.27%) CISSP
7 15 (5.88%) Degree
8 13 (5.10%) CCNP
9 10 (3.92%) JNCIE
10 9 (3.53%) CISM
11 8 (3.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 7 (2.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (2.35%) CCNA
14 5 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.96%) CCSE
14 5 (1.96%) OCP
14 5 (1.96%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.06%) NIST
2 17 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.71%) GDPR
4 9 (3.53%) NIST 800
5 7 (2.75%) QA
6 4 (1.57%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (1.18%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.18%) NCSC
7 3 (1.18%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.78%) GRC
8 2 (0.78%) GxP
8 2 (0.78%) PSD2
9 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.39%) ITGC
System Software
1 32 (12.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (12.16%) Docker
3 27 (10.59%) Active Directory
4 22 (8.63%) VMware NSX
5 19 (7.45%) vSphere
6 12 (4.71%) Hyper-V
7 8 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.96%) KVM
8 5 (1.96%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.78%) NFS
10 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.39%) Ceph
11 1 (0.39%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 80 (31.37%) Kubernetes
2 76 (29.80%) Terraform
3 53 (20.78%) Ansible
4 24 (9.41%) Grafana
5 18 (7.06%) Prometheus
6 16 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (5.49%) Argo
7 14 (5.49%) vCenter Server
8 7 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.96%) Data Guard
9 5 (1.96%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (1.57%) Puppet
11 3 (1.18%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (1.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (1.18%) SCCM
12 2 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
12 2 (0.78%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.78%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.78%) SnapMirror
12 2 (0.78%) vMotion
Vendors
1 70 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 42 (16.47%) VMware
3 28 (10.98%) Red Hat
4 25 (9.80%) Cisco
5 23 (9.02%) Splunk
6 17 (6.67%) Palo Alto
7 14 (5.49%) Fortinet
8 13 (5.10%) CheckPoint
9 12 (4.71%) Pure Storage
10 11 (4.31%) Google
10 11 (4.31%) Juniper
10 11 (4.31%) Oracle
10 11 (4.31%) Zscaler
11 10 (3.92%) Databricks
11 10 (3.92%) IBM
12 8 (3.14%) Aruba
13 6 (2.35%) F5
13 6 (2.35%) Meraki
13 6 (2.35%) SAP
14 5 (1.96%) Citrix