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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 330 476
Rank change year-on-year +23 +146 -44
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 329 168 80
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.67% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.33% 1.94% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 90 56
10th Percentile £413 £413 £427
25th Percentile £475 £480 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £603
90th Percentile £725 £753 £681
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £31.56 £65.67 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £71.39 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £81.86 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.70% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £91.39 -
90th Percentile £82.50 £96.56 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £81.86 -
% change year-on-year -26.70% - -

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 14,118 8,638 11,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.68% 34.69% 30.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,812 5,547 7,340
10th Percentile £313 £304 £275
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 775 391 860
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.23
25th Percentile £21.15 £20.45 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.89 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -7.16% +62.31%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.15 £82.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.71 £32.81 £35.50
% change year-on-year +30.16% -7.58% +57.88%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -13 132 £575 +9.52% 28
North of England -37 76 £514 -1.86% 16
South East -30 52 £625 +8.70% 27
Yorkshire -27 42 £500 -20.00% 7
Midlands -38 34 £500 -35.48% 6
West Midlands -40 30 £500 -44.44% 5
South West -12 27 £445 -28.23% 8
North West -38 27 £558 +17.37% 9
North East -28 13 £650 +8.33%
East Midlands -16 4 £500 -13.04% 1
East of England -37 4 £530 -3.64% 5
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 9 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.43%) Confluence
2 8 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.43%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.91%) Apache
4 2 (0.61%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.61%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) nginx
5 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Maximo
2 3 (0.91%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (0.91%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 202 (61.40%) Azure
2 162 (49.24%) AWS
3 46 (13.98%) GCP
4 40 (12.16%) OpenShift
5 30 (9.12%) GitHub
6 28 (8.51%) SaaS
7 27 (8.21%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (6.69%) Entra ID
10 21 (6.38%) OCI
11 20 (6.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 15 (4.56%) Serverless
13 14 (4.26%) IaaS
14 13 (3.95%) Azure AKS
14 13 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (3.04%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (2.74%) PaaS
18 8 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
18 8 (2.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 69 (20.97%) Firewall
2 50 (15.20%) WAN
3 42 (12.77%) BGP
3 42 (12.77%) Network Security
4 41 (12.46%) VPN
5 39 (11.85%) DNS
6 32 (9.73%) OSPF
7 31 (9.42%) SD-WAN
8 27 (8.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 25 (7.60%) LAN
9 25 (7.60%) VXLAN
10 21 (6.38%) BIG-IP
10 21 (6.38%) Ethernet VPN
11 17 (5.17%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (4.86%) MPLS
12 16 (4.86%) SAN
13 14 (4.26%) DHCP
14 12 (3.65%) WLAN
15 10 (3.04%) Software-Defined Networking
15 10 (3.04%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.13%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.61%) Metadata
3 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.61%) Power BI
3 2 (0.61%) Redis
3 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.30%) Big Data
4 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.30%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.30%) Firebird
4 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.30%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.30%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (8.21%) Jenkins
2 24 (7.29%) GitLab
3 18 (5.47%) Git
4 8 (2.43%) JIRA
5 4 (1.22%) Jaeger
6 2 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
General
1 90 (27.36%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.98%) Public Sector
3 26 (7.90%) Finance
4 25 (7.60%) Documentation Skills
5 20 (6.08%) Banking
6 16 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.43%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.13%) Retail
9 4 (1.22%) Law
10 3 (0.91%) Front Office
10 3 (0.91%) Legal
10 3 (0.91%) Local Government
10 3 (0.91%) Military
10 3 (0.91%) Publishing
11 2 (0.61%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.30%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 107 (32.52%) Architect
2 60 (18.24%) Senior
3 45 (13.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (10.03%) Network Architect
5 31 (9.42%) Cloud Engineer
6 24 (7.29%) Network Engineer
7 23 (6.99%) Senior Architect
8 22 (6.69%) Solutions Architect
9 21 (6.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (6.08%) Azure Engineer
11 19 (5.78%) DevOps Engineer
11 19 (5.78%) Lead
12 17 (5.17%) Cloud Architect
13 15 (4.56%) Technical Architect
14 12 (3.65%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.34%) Security Engineer
15 11 (3.34%) Senior Network Architect
16 9 (2.74%) AWS Engineer
16 9 (2.74%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 9 (2.74%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.60%) OpenTelemetry
2 20 (6.08%) REST
3 15 (4.56%) Kafka
4 12 (3.65%) JSON
5 10 (3.04%) ARM Templates
6 9 (2.74%) NETCONF
6 9 (2.74%) YANG
7 8 (2.43%) Apache Avro
7 8 (2.43%) Protocol Buffers
8 7 (2.13%) Middleware
9 6 (1.82%) .NET
9 6 (1.82%) LDAP
9 6 (1.82%) SailPoint
10 4 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.22%) Loki
11 3 (0.91%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.91%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (0.91%) JMS
11 3 (0.91%) SAML
11 3 (0.91%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (19.15%) Cloud Native
1 63 (19.15%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.47%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.56%) Public Cloud
4 14 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (3.34%) Private Cloud
6 9 (2.74%) Replication
7 7 (2.13%) AI Agents
7 7 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.13%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.82%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.82%) PKI
9 5 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.52%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (1.52%) FlexPod
9 5 (1.52%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 49 (14.89%) Windows
2 46 (13.98%) Linux
3 32 (9.73%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.43%) VMS
6 6 (1.82%) Data ONTAP
6 6 (1.82%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.52%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.61%) CentOS
9 1 (0.30%) AIX
9 1 (0.30%) Unix
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (31.31%) CI/CD
1 103 (31.31%) Infrastructure as Code
2 101 (30.70%) DevOps
3 83 (25.23%) Migration
4 74 (22.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 58 (17.63%) Zero Trust
6 51 (15.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 50 (15.20%) Containerisation
8 49 (14.89%) Cloud Security
9 46 (13.98%) High Availability
10 45 (13.68%) Roadmaps
11 43 (13.07%) Load Balancing
12 42 (12.77%) Network Design
12 42 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
13 41 (12.46%) Agile
14 39 (11.85%) RBAC
15 38 (11.55%) Technical Leadership
16 35 (10.64%) Observability
17 34 (10.33%) Runbook
18 33 (10.03%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 96 (29.18%) Python
2 51 (15.50%) PowerShell
3 34 (10.33%) Bash
4 19 (5.78%) Bicep
5 14 (4.26%) SQL
6 11 (3.34%) Java
7 7 (2.13%) Go
8 5 (1.52%) BeanShell
9 3 (0.91%) C#
9 3 (0.91%) R
9 3 (0.91%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.61%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.30%) C
11 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 85 (25.84%) Security Cleared
2 58 (17.63%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.94%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (8.21%) DV Cleared
5 22 (6.69%) Azure Certification
6 20 (6.08%) Degree
7 19 (5.78%) AWS Certification
8 18 (5.47%) CCNP
9 12 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (3.34%) CCIE
10 11 (3.34%) CISSP
11 10 (3.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (2.74%) JNCIE
12 9 (2.74%) OCP
12 9 (2.74%) Oracle Certification
13 8 (2.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.43%) CCNA
14 7 (2.13%) CISM
15 6 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.25%) NIST
2 24 (7.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.38%) GDPR
4 12 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (3.34%) NCSC
6 10 (3.04%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.82%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.52%) GRC
9 4 (1.22%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.61%) SLA
10 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 58 (17.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 49 (14.89%) Active Directory
3 39 (11.85%) vSphere
4 32 (9.73%) VMware NSX
5 20 (6.08%) Hyper-V
6 19 (5.78%) Docker
7 17 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (4.56%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.52%) KVM
10 5 (1.52%) NFS
11 1 (0.30%) Firmware
11 1 (0.30%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.30%) Squid
11 1 (0.30%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 120 (36.47%) Terraform
2 80 (24.32%) Ansible
3 76 (23.10%) Kubernetes
4 32 (9.73%) Grafana
5 20 (6.08%) Prometheus
6 17 (5.17%) vCenter Server
7 12 (3.65%) Argo
8 10 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (2.43%) Puppet
10 5 (1.52%) FortiGate
10 5 (1.52%) Istio
10 5 (1.52%) SnapMirror
11 4 (1.22%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.22%) Rancher
11 4 (1.22%) SCOM
12 3 (0.91%) PowerCLI
12 3 (0.91%) SCCM
12 3 (0.91%) systemd
12 3 (0.91%) yum
13 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 97 (29.48%) Microsoft
2 69 (20.97%) VMware
3 43 (13.07%) Palo Alto
4 34 (10.33%) Cisco
4 34 (10.33%) Red Hat
5 30 (9.12%) F5
6 26 (7.90%) Splunk
7 24 (7.29%) Aruba
8 20 (6.08%) Arista
9 18 (5.47%) Google
10 17 (5.17%) Fortinet
11 14 (4.26%) Pure Storage
12 13 (3.95%) CheckPoint
13 12 (3.65%) Juniper
14 10 (3.04%) Zscaler
15 8 (2.43%) NetApp
16 7 (2.13%) CyberArk
16 7 (2.13%) IBM
16 7 (2.13%) SolarWinds
17 5 (1.52%) ServiceNow