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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 309 419
Rank change year-on-year -14 +110 +20
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 364 211 103
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 0.76% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.28% 2.09% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 128 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 £750 £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 15,943 10,102 9,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.42% 36.39% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,577 6,329 5,986
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 £650 £645 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £526
% change year-on-year +1.38% -1.55% -4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,164 528 367
10th Percentile £13.94 £15.13 £15.84
25th Percentile £17.57 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £34.62 £30.00 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -46.90% +22.35%
75th Percentile £67.89 £56.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.81 £73.75 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -40.79% +5.56%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -38 138 £575 +1.10% 264
South East -4 87 £615 +17.14% 95
North of England -55 64 £575 -4.17% 83
Midlands -32 35 £500 -23.08% 50
Yorkshire -12 32 £568 +5.58% 23
South West -28 31 £675 -3.57% 59
West Midlands -39 29 £500 -28.57% 30
North West -59 25 £575 -4.17% 50
North East -26 13 £650 +8.33% 11
East of England -24 7 £563 +11.94% 26
East Midlands -6 6 £478 -4.50% 20
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 (3.85%) OpenStack
2 9 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.92%) Apache
4 4 (1.10%) Confluence
4 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.82%) CICS
5 3 (0.82%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.82%) IBM Transformation Extender
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.55%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.55%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (2.20%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.82%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.55%) 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
1 256 (70.33%) Azure
2 166 (45.60%) AWS
3 63 (17.31%) GCP
4 54 (14.84%) Entra ID
5 36 (9.89%) SaaS
6 34 (9.34%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (9.07%) GitHub
8 31 (8.52%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (7.97%) OpenShift
10 27 (7.42%) Azure Monitor
11 26 (7.14%) OCI
12 22 (6.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 19 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (4.40%) Serverless
15 15 (4.12%) Azure Sentinel
16 13 (3.57%) IaaS
17 12 (3.30%) Azure AKS
18 11 (3.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 10 (2.75%) Amazon EKS
19 10 (2.75%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 96 (26.37%) Firewall
2 70 (19.23%) DNS
3 64 (17.58%) VPN
4 54 (14.84%) WAN
5 49 (13.46%) BGP
6 44 (12.09%) DHCP
7 37 (10.16%) Network Security
8 35 (9.62%) SD-WAN
9 33 (9.07%) OSPF
10 32 (8.79%) TCP/IP
11 28 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 27 (7.42%) LAN
13 26 (7.14%) VXLAN
14 23 (6.32%) BIG-IP
14 23 (6.32%) Ethernet VPN
15 21 (5.77%) Wi-Fi
16 18 (4.95%) MPLS
17 17 (4.67%) VLAN
18 13 (3.57%) VSAN
19 12 (3.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.47%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.65%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.65%) Power BI
4 5 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.82%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.55%) Big Data
7 2 (0.55%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.55%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.55%) Redis
7 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.55%) Tableau
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (9.89%) GitLab
2 34 (9.34%) Git
3 28 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.65%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.10%) 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
1 107 (29.40%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.38%) Finance
3 37 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.89%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.87%) Banking
6 22 (6.04%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.40%) Aerospace
8 14 (3.85%) Retail
9 11 (3.02%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.20%) Legal
11 7 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.37%) Local Government
13 4 (1.10%) Automotive
13 4 (1.10%) Military
14 3 (0.82%) Billing
14 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 123 (33.79%) Architect
2 86 (23.63%) Senior
3 65 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 41 (11.26%) Solutions Architect
5 37 (10.16%) Cloud Engineer
6 36 (9.89%) Network Engineer
6 36 (9.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (6.32%) Network Architect
8 21 (5.77%) Cloud Architect
9 19 (5.22%) Lead
9 19 (5.22%) Platform Engineer
10 16 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (4.40%) Senior Architect
11 15 (4.12%) Azure Engineer
12 14 (3.85%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (3.85%) Consultant
12 14 (3.85%) Enterprise Architect
13 12 (3.30%) Azure Architect
13 12 (3.30%) Senior Network Engineer
13 12 (3.30%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (40.38%) Terraform
2 20 (5.49%) ARM Templates
3 16 (4.40%) REST
4 12 (3.30%) Kafka
5 9 (2.47%) NETCONF
5 9 (2.47%) YANG
6 8 (2.20%) JSON
7 7 (1.92%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.92%) SailPoint
8 6 (1.65%) LDAP
8 6 (1.65%) YAML
9 5 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.10%) .NET
10 4 (1.10%) Keycloak
10 4 (1.10%) Middleware
10 4 (1.10%) OAuth
10 4 (1.10%) OpenConfig
10 4 (1.10%) RESTCONF
10 4 (1.10%) RESTful
11 3 (0.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 55 (15.11%) Cloud Native
3 36 (9.89%) Public Cloud
4 27 (7.42%) Onboarding
5 24 (6.59%) Private Cloud
6 20 (5.49%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (4.12%) Enterprise Cloud
8 11 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (2.75%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.20%) PKI
11 7 (1.92%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.92%) ARM Cortex
11 7 (1.92%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.65%) CMDB
12 6 (1.65%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.65%) Mainframe
12 6 (1.65%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.65%) Replication
12 6 (1.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 82 (22.53%) Windows
2 66 (18.13%) Linux
3 62 (17.03%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.47%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.20%) Unix
7 4 (1.10%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.10%) VMS
7 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.82%) zOS
9 2 (0.55%) CentOS
9 2 (0.55%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.55%) 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
1 150 (41.21%) Infrastructure as Code
2 139 (38.19%) DevOps
3 122 (33.52%) CI/CD
4 101 (27.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 98 (26.92%) Migration
6 75 (20.60%) Zero Trust
7 74 (20.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 67 (18.41%) Roadmaps
9 66 (18.13%) Technical Leadership
10 61 (16.76%) Disaster Recovery
11 57 (15.66%) Agile
12 54 (14.84%) Cloud Security
13 53 (14.56%) ITIL
14 50 (13.74%) High Availability
15 48 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (13.19%) Cybersecurity
15 48 (13.19%) Platform Engineering
15 48 (13.19%) Project Delivery
16 45 (12.36%) Analytics
17 44 (12.09%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 106 (29.12%) Python
2 68 (18.68%) PowerShell
3 53 (14.56%) Bash
4 33 (9.07%) Bicep
5 13 (3.57%) Java
5 13 (3.57%) SQL
6 11 (3.02%) Go
7 5 (1.37%) BeanShell
7 5 (1.37%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.10%) Groovy
9 3 (0.82%) C#
9 3 (0.82%) COBOL
9 3 (0.82%) JCL
10 2 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 121 (33.24%) Security Cleared
2 89 (24.45%) SC Cleared
3 48 (13.19%) Azure Certification
4 47 (12.91%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (10.71%) DV Cleared
6 35 (9.62%) Degree
7 30 (8.24%) AWS Certification
8 28 (7.69%) CCNP
9 19 (5.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 17 (4.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 15 (4.12%) CISSP
11 15 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (3.30%) CCIE
12 12 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (2.47%) JNCIE
15 6 (1.65%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.65%) VCAP
16 5 (1.37%) CISM
16 5 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.49%) NIST
2 13 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.02%) GDPR
3 11 (3.02%) NCSC
4 7 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.92%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.65%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.55%) GRC
7 2 (0.55%) 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 71 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 67 (18.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (9.62%) vSphere
4 30 (8.24%) Docker
5 25 (6.87%) VMware NSX
6 24 (6.59%) Hyper-V
7 23 (6.32%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (4.67%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.82%) KVM
10 3 (0.82%) RACF
10 3 (0.82%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.55%) 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
1 102 (28.02%) Ansible
2 84 (23.08%) Kubernetes
3 24 (6.59%) Grafana
4 21 (5.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (5.22%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.57%) SCCM
7 12 (3.30%) vCenter Server
8 8 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.92%) FortiGate
9 7 (1.92%) SCOM
9 7 (1.92%) systemd
10 6 (1.65%) PowerCLI
10 6 (1.65%) Puppet
11 5 (1.37%) Istio
12 4 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.82%) CASB
13 3 (0.82%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.82%) Tivoli
13 3 (0.82%) Tivoli Monitoring
13 3 (0.82%) yum
Vendors
1 148 (40.66%) Microsoft
2 87 (23.90%) VMware
3 51 (14.01%) Cisco
4 48 (13.19%) Palo Alto
5 35 (9.62%) F5
6 32 (8.79%) Google
7 25 (6.87%) Aruba
8 24 (6.59%) Fortinet
9 19 (5.22%) Arista
9 19 (5.22%) Juniper
10 14 (3.85%) Zscaler
11 13 (3.57%) Red Hat
12 12 (3.30%) CyberArk
12 12 (3.30%) IBM
13 9 (2.47%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (2.47%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.92%) CheckPoint
14 7 (1.92%) Databricks
14 7 (1.92%) SAP
14 7 (1.92%) Splunk
594 Hybrid Cloud jobs in England