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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 322 426
Rank change year-on-year +22 +104 -5
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 362 205 98
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 0.74% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.38% 2.11% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 120 68
10th Percentile £413 £406 £432
25th Percentile £483 £475 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £613
90th Percentile £762 £753 £747
UK median daily rate £575 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -2.13% +6.82% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 0
10th Percentile £55.00 £65.67 -
25th Percentile £58.37 £71.39 -
Median hourly rate £68.22 £81.86 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £91.39 -
90th Percentile £83.62 £96.56 -
UK median hourly rate £68.22 £81.86 -
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -

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 15,191 9,714 10,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.37% 35.16% 30.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,338 6,140 6,710
10th Percentile £324 £306 £302
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £680
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 882 484 555
10th Percentile £15.52 £15.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £20.05 £18.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £31.78 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.35% -33.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £29.50 £44.39
% change year-on-year +49.02% -33.54% +10.98%

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 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 6 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 6 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 +6 139 £575 +4.55% 141
South East -7 82 £615 +14.41% 60
North of England -45 78 £530 -11.75% 46
Yorkshire -18 40 £507 -18.88% 18
Midlands -37 35 £488 -30.36% 9
North West -59 31 £565 -5.83% 26
West Midlands -43 30 £488 -30.36% 5
South West -43 20 £575 -17.86% 19
North East -31 13 £650 +8.33% 2
East of England -20 7 £505 -8.18% 6
East Midlands -4 5 £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 (3.31%) OpenStack
2 7 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.66%) Apache
3 6 (1.66%) Confluence
4 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.83%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.55%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.55%) nginx
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.28%) IIS
7 1 (0.28%) SAS
7 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.93%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.28%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 237 (65.47%) Azure
2 176 (48.62%) AWS
3 52 (14.36%) GCP
4 38 (10.50%) Entra ID
4 38 (10.50%) GitHub
5 34 (9.39%) SaaS
6 33 (9.12%) OpenShift
7 29 (8.01%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (7.46%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (6.91%) OCI
10 22 (6.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 19 (5.25%) Azure Monitor
12 18 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (4.97%) IaaS
13 14 (3.87%) Serverless
14 13 (3.59%) PaaS
15 12 (3.31%) Azure AKS
15 12 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
16 10 (2.76%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (2.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 90 (24.86%) Firewall
2 61 (16.85%) DNS
3 58 (16.02%) VPN
4 57 (15.75%) WAN
5 50 (13.81%) BGP
6 44 (12.15%) Network Security
7 37 (10.22%) OSPF
8 34 (9.39%) DHCP
8 34 (9.39%) SD-WAN
9 31 (8.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 30 (8.29%) LAN
11 28 (7.73%) TCP/IP
12 26 (7.18%) VXLAN
13 23 (6.35%) BIG-IP
13 23 (6.35%) Ethernet VPN
13 23 (6.35%) MPLS
14 20 (5.52%) Wi-Fi
15 18 (4.97%) VLAN
16 14 (3.87%) SAN
17 13 (3.59%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (1.66%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.10%) Power BI
4 3 (0.83%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.55%) Big Data
5 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.55%) Metadata
5 2 (0.55%) Redis
6 1 (0.28%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.28%) Cloudera CDH
6 1 (0.28%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.28%) Flink
6 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.28%) Impala
6 1 (0.28%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 30 (8.29%) GitLab
2 29 (8.01%) Jenkins
3 27 (7.46%) Git
4 5 (1.38%) JIRA
4 5 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.10%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 98 (27.07%) Social Skills
2 43 (11.88%) Public Sector
3 31 (8.56%) Finance
4 30 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.80%) Banking
5 21 (5.80%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (4.42%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.04%) Aerospace
7 11 (3.04%) Retail
8 5 (1.38%) Local Government
9 4 (1.10%) Automotive
9 4 (1.10%) Law
9 4 (1.10%) Legal
9 4 (1.10%) Military
9 4 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.83%) Publishing
11 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.55%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (33.43%) Architect
2 76 (20.99%) Senior
3 52 (14.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (9.12%) Cloud Engineer
4 33 (9.12%) Network Engineer
5 32 (8.84%) Network Architect
6 30 (8.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 30 (8.29%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (6.35%) Lead
7 23 (6.35%) Senior Architect
8 19 (5.25%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (5.25%) Technical Architect
9 18 (4.97%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (4.70%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (3.87%) Cloud Architect
12 12 (3.31%) Security Engineer
13 11 (3.04%) Enterprise Architect
14 10 (2.76%) Consultant
14 10 (2.76%) Security Architect
15 9 (2.49%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.52%) REST
2 18 (4.97%) OpenTelemetry
3 16 (4.42%) ARM Templates
4 14 (3.87%) Kafka
5 11 (3.04%) NETCONF
5 11 (3.04%) YANG
6 9 (2.49%) JSON
7 7 (1.93%) 802.1X
8 6 (1.66%) .NET
8 6 (1.66%) LDAP
8 6 (1.66%) OpenConfig
8 6 (1.66%) RESTCONF
8 6 (1.66%) SailPoint
9 5 (1.38%) Apache Avro
9 5 (1.38%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (1.38%) Protocol Buffers
10 4 (1.10%) Loki
10 4 (1.10%) OAuth
10 4 (1.10%) RESTful
10 4 (1.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (18.78%) Data Centre
2 61 (16.85%) Cloud Native
3 25 (6.91%) Onboarding
3 25 (6.91%) Public Cloud
4 15 (4.14%) Private Cloud
5 14 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.04%) Enterprise Cloud
8 10 (2.76%) PKI
8 10 (2.76%) Replication
9 8 (2.21%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.21%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.93%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.66%) ARM Cortex
12 5 (1.38%) CMDB
12 5 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.38%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.38%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 67 (18.51%) Linux
1 67 (18.51%) Windows
2 52 (14.36%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (3.04%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.93%) VMS
6 5 (1.38%) Unix
7 4 (1.10%) Data ONTAP
8 3 (0.83%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.55%) CentOS
9 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.28%) AIX
10 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (35.91%) Infrastructure as Code
2 125 (34.53%) DevOps
3 121 (33.43%) CI/CD
4 95 (26.24%) Migration
5 84 (23.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 74 (20.44%) Zero Trust
7 59 (16.30%) Disaster Recovery
8 58 (16.02%) Cloud Security
9 56 (15.47%) Roadmaps
10 53 (14.64%) Technical Leadership
11 51 (14.09%) High Availability
12 48 (13.26%) Observability
13 47 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
14 46 (12.71%) Agile
15 45 (12.43%) Network Design
16 44 (12.15%) Analytics
16 44 (12.15%) Containerisation
16 44 (12.15%) Load Balancing
17 42 (11.60%) Platform Engineering
17 42 (11.60%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 115 (31.77%) Python
2 65 (17.96%) PowerShell
3 53 (14.64%) Bash
4 26 (7.18%) Bicep
5 17 (4.70%) SQL
6 9 (2.49%) Java
7 7 (1.93%) Go
8 5 (1.38%) BeanShell
9 3 (0.83%) C#
10 2 (0.55%) Perl
10 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.28%) C
11 1 (0.28%) Groovy
11 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.28%) R
11 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 102 (28.18%) Security Cleared
2 70 (19.34%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.98%) Cisco Certification
4 34 (9.39%) DV Cleared
5 32 (8.84%) Azure Certification
6 29 (8.01%) Degree
7 27 (7.46%) AWS Certification
8 26 (7.18%) CCNP
9 16 (4.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 15 (4.14%) CCIE
11 13 (3.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (3.04%) CISSP
13 11 (3.04%) JNCIE
14 7 (1.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (1.93%) OCP
14 7 (1.93%) Oracle Certification
15 6 (1.66%) CCNA
16 5 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.94%) NIST
2 24 (6.63%) GDPR
3 21 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (3.87%) NCSC
5 13 (3.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (3.04%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.38%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.10%) GRC
9 3 (0.83%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.55%) SLA
11 1 (0.28%) COBIT
11 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.28%) QA
11 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 63 (17.40%) Active Directory
2 62 (17.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (10.77%) vSphere
4 35 (9.67%) VMware NSX
5 26 (7.18%) Docker
6 22 (6.08%) Hyper-V
7 18 (4.97%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (4.42%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.83%) KVM
10 3 (0.83%) NFS
11 1 (0.28%) Ceph
11 1 (0.28%) Firmware
11 1 (0.28%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.28%) Squid
11 1 (0.28%) Varnish
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 144 (39.78%) Terraform
2 98 (27.07%) Ansible
3 78 (21.55%) Kubernetes
4 31 (8.56%) Grafana
5 21 (5.80%) Prometheus
6 16 (4.42%) vCenter Server
7 14 (3.87%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (3.31%) SCCM
9 10 (2.76%) Argo
10 8 (2.21%) FortiGate
10 8 (2.21%) Istio
11 7 (1.93%) Puppet
11 7 (1.93%) systemd
12 4 (1.10%) CASB
12 4 (1.10%) Rancher
12 4 (1.10%) SCOM
13 3 (0.83%) PowerCLI
13 3 (0.83%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.83%) yum
Vendors
1 123 (33.98%) Microsoft
2 79 (21.82%) VMware
3 51 (14.09%) Cisco
3 51 (14.09%) Palo Alto
4 40 (11.05%) F5
5 26 (7.18%) Fortinet
6 24 (6.63%) Aruba
7 23 (6.35%) Google
8 22 (6.08%) Juniper
8 22 (6.08%) Red Hat
9 19 (5.25%) Arista
9 19 (5.25%) Splunk
10 14 (3.87%) Zscaler
11 10 (2.76%) CheckPoint
12 9 (2.49%) Pure Storage
12 9 (2.49%) SolarWinds
13 8 (2.21%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (2.21%) CyberArk
14 7 (1.93%) SAP
14 7 (1.93%) ServiceNow