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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 312 464
Rank change year-on-year -1 +152 -32
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 312 166 79
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.68% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.27% 1.99% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 92 55
10th Percentile £403 £422 £441
25th Percentile £475 £480 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.78% +2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £616
90th Percentile £700 £751 £710
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £23.75 - -
25th Percentile £35.47 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% - -
75th Percentile £71.88 - -
90th Percentile £76.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £100.00 -
% change year-on-year -40.00% - -

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 13,746 8,349 11,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.41% 34.26% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,618 5,376 7,328
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -4.38% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 736 362 842
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.01 £20.73 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.91 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.64% -7.10% +62.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.45 £83.32 £72.44
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £33.03 £35.50
% change year-on-year +28.08% -6.97% +59.51%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -15 132 £575 +9.52% 31
North of England -35 74 £507 -2.97% 17
Yorkshire -29 40 £500 -20.00% 8
South East -37 40 £600 +4.35% 27
Midlands -40 32 £500 -25.93% 8
West Midlands -38 29 £500 -28.57% 8
North West -28 27 £550 +15.79% 8
South West -12 26 £400 -35.48% 11
North East -19 13 £650 - 1
East of England -34 4 £530 -3.64% 4
East Midlands -28 3 £503 -12.61%
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 8 (2.56%) Confluence
1 8 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.92%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.96%) Apache
5 2 (0.64%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.64%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.32%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.60%) Maximo
2 3 (0.96%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (0.96%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 195 (62.50%) Azure
2 152 (48.72%) AWS
3 43 (13.78%) GCP
4 37 (11.86%) OpenShift
5 26 (8.33%) GitHub
5 26 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (7.37%) SaaS
7 21 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (6.73%) OCI
8 20 (6.41%) Entra ID
9 18 (5.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 14 (4.49%) IaaS
11 13 (4.17%) Azure AKS
11 13 (4.17%) Serverless
12 12 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (3.21%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (2.88%) PaaS
15 8 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (2.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 63 (20.19%) Firewall
2 51 (16.35%) WAN
3 40 (12.82%) Network Security
4 35 (11.22%) BGP
5 34 (10.90%) VPN
6 31 (9.94%) DNS
7 30 (9.62%) SD-WAN
8 28 (8.97%) OSPF
8 28 (8.97%) VXLAN
9 23 (7.37%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 23 (7.37%) LAN
10 21 (6.73%) Ethernet VPN
11 19 (6.09%) BIG-IP
12 17 (5.45%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (4.81%) SAN
14 12 (3.85%) DHCP
15 11 (3.53%) MPLS
15 11 (3.53%) VSAN
15 11 (3.53%) WLAN
16 9 (2.88%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.24%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.96%) Metadata
4 2 (0.64%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.64%) Redis
4 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.32%) Big Data
5 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.32%) Firebird
5 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.32%) Power BI
5 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (8.97%) Jenkins
2 25 (8.01%) GitLab
3 16 (5.13%) Git
4 8 (2.56%) JIRA
5 4 (1.28%) Jaeger
6 2 (0.64%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
General
1 89 (28.53%) Social Skills
2 40 (12.82%) Public Sector
3 25 (8.01%) Finance
4 23 (7.37%) Documentation Skills
5 20 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.09%) Banking
7 8 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.24%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.28%) Law
9 4 (1.28%) Retail
10 3 (0.96%) Front Office
10 3 (0.96%) Legal
10 3 (0.96%) Military
11 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.32%) Advertising
12 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.32%) Local Government
12 1 (0.32%) Marketing
12 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 98 (31.41%) Architect
2 57 (18.27%) Senior
3 41 (13.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (9.62%) Network Architect
5 28 (8.97%) Cloud Engineer
6 22 (7.05%) Network Engineer
7 21 (6.73%) Senior Architect
7 21 (6.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (6.41%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (6.09%) Lead
9 19 (6.09%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (4.49%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (4.49%) Technical Architect
12 11 (3.53%) Security Engineer
12 11 (3.53%) Senior Network Architect
13 9 (2.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 9 (2.88%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (2.88%) Security Architect
14 8 (2.56%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.01%) OpenTelemetry
2 17 (5.45%) REST
3 15 (4.81%) Kafka
4 11 (3.53%) JSON
5 9 (2.88%) ARM Templates
6 8 (2.56%) Apache Avro
6 8 (2.56%) Protocol Buffers
7 7 (2.24%) Middleware
7 7 (2.24%) NETCONF
7 7 (2.24%) YANG
8 6 (1.92%) .NET
9 5 (1.60%) LDAP
9 5 (1.60%) SailPoint
9 5 (1.60%) SAML
10 4 (1.28%) Loki
10 4 (1.28%) OAuth
10 4 (1.28%) Spring
11 3 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (0.96%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (0.96%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 62 (19.87%) Data Centre
2 57 (18.27%) Cloud Native
3 17 (5.45%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.81%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.21%) Replication
8 8 (2.56%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.24%) PKI
9 7 (2.24%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.92%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.92%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.60%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (1.60%) FlexPod
12 4 (1.28%) BYOD
12 4 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 48 (15.38%) Windows
2 43 (13.78%) Linux
3 30 (9.62%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.56%) VMS
6 6 (1.92%) Data ONTAP
6 6 (1.92%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.60%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.64%) CentOS
9 1 (0.32%) AIX
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (31.73%) CI/CD
2 96 (30.77%) Infrastructure as Code
3 92 (29.49%) DevOps
4 79 (25.32%) Migration
5 69 (22.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 51 (16.35%) Zero Trust
7 49 (15.71%) Disaster Recovery
8 46 (14.74%) Containerisation
9 43 (13.78%) Cloud Security
9 43 (13.78%) High Availability
10 41 (13.14%) Load Balancing
11 39 (12.50%) Roadmaps
12 38 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
13 37 (11.86%) RBAC
14 36 (11.54%) Agile
15 35 (11.22%) Network Design
15 35 (11.22%) Technical Leadership
16 33 (10.58%) Observability
17 30 (9.62%) Runbook
18 29 (9.29%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 87 (27.88%) Python
2 51 (16.35%) PowerShell
3 32 (10.26%) Bash
4 18 (5.77%) Bicep
5 11 (3.53%) SQL
6 10 (3.21%) Java
7 7 (2.24%) Go
8 3 (0.96%) BeanShell
8 3 (0.96%) C#
8 3 (0.96%) R
8 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.32%) C
9 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 81 (25.96%) Security Cleared
2 57 (18.27%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.58%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (7.37%) DV Cleared
5 19 (6.09%) Degree
6 17 (5.45%) Azure Certification
6 17 (5.45%) CCNP
7 15 (4.81%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.21%) CCIE
8 10 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.88%) CISSP
9 9 (2.88%) OCP
9 9 (2.88%) Oracle Certification
10 8 (2.56%) CCNA
10 8 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (2.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.24%) JNCIE
12 6 (1.92%) CCSE
12 6 (1.92%) CISM
13 5 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.22%) NIST
2 22 (7.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.73%) GDPR
4 11 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.88%) PCI DSS
6 8 (2.56%) NCSC
7 6 (1.92%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.60%) GRC
9 4 (1.28%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.64%) SLA
11 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.32%) QA
11 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 58 (18.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 46 (14.74%) Active Directory
3 40 (12.82%) vSphere
4 30 (9.62%) VMware NSX
5 20 (6.41%) Hyper-V
6 16 (5.13%) Docker
7 15 (4.81%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (4.81%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.60%) NFS
10 3 (0.96%) KVM
11 1 (0.32%) Firmware
11 1 (0.32%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.32%) Squid
11 1 (0.32%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 113 (36.22%) Terraform
2 74 (23.72%) Ansible
3 72 (23.08%) Kubernetes
4 27 (8.65%) Grafana
5 18 (5.77%) vCenter Server
6 15 (4.81%) Prometheus
7 12 (3.85%) Argo
8 11 (3.53%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.92%) Puppet
10 5 (1.60%) Istio
10 5 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.60%) SnapMirror
11 4 (1.28%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.28%) Rancher
11 4 (1.28%) SCOM
12 3 (0.96%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.96%) PowerCLI
12 3 (0.96%) SCCM
13 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.64%) vMotion
Vendors
1 91 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 67 (21.47%) VMware
3 39 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 34 (10.90%) Red Hat
5 33 (10.58%) Cisco
6 28 (8.97%) Aruba
7 26 (8.33%) F5
7 26 (8.33%) Splunk
8 20 (6.41%) Arista
9 18 (5.77%) Fortinet
9 18 (5.77%) Google
10 16 (5.13%) CheckPoint
11 14 (4.49%) Pure Storage
12 13 (4.17%) Juniper
13 9 (2.88%) NetApp
13 9 (2.88%) Zscaler
14 7 (2.24%) IBM
15 6 (1.92%) CyberArk
16 5 (1.60%) Commvault
16 5 (1.60%) SAP
94 Hybrid Cloud jobs in England