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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 314 432
Rank change year-on-year +2 +118 +7
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 365 212 103
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 0.77% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.34% 2.13% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 122 72
10th Percentile £413 £413 £416
25th Percentile £500 £491 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £555
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +8.11% -7.50%
75th Percentile £670 £659 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £736
UK median daily rate £588 £575 £560
% change year-on-year +2.17% +2.68% -2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 0
10th Percentile £55.00 £65.67 -
25th Percentile £62.18 £71.39 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £81.86 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.26% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £91.39 -
90th Percentile £84.03 £96.56 -
UK median hourly rate £71.00 £81.86 -
% change year-on-year -13.26% - -

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 15,584 9,946 10,135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.80% 36.06% 30.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,426 6,248 6,234
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £540
% change year-on-year +1.94% -4.63% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,064 500 408
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.24 £15.12
25th Percentile £17.99 £18.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.72 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +14.60% -42.94% +25.08%
75th Percentile £69.87 £58.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £75.00 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £29.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +29.66% -41.00% +12.36%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 21 September 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 -25 139 £575 -4.17% 276
South East -11 87 £615 +17.14% 93
North of England -50 66 £575 -4.17% 62
Midlands -36 35 £500 -28.57% 52
Yorkshire -16 33 £568 -3.40% 20
West Midlands -38 29 £500 -28.57% 30
South West -34 28 £663 -5.36% 54
North West -60 26 £575 -4.17% 36
North East -29 13 £650 +8.33% 6
East Midlands -12 6 £478 -4.50% 22
East of England -27 6 £505 - 14
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 13 (3.56%) 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
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.55%) IBM Transformation Extender
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 (2.19%) 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 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.82%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
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%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 261 (71.51%) Azure
2 173 (47.40%) AWS
3 60 (16.44%) GCP
4 53 (14.52%) Entra ID
5 37 (10.14%) SaaS
6 33 (9.04%) GitHub
6 33 (9.04%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (7.67%) OpenShift
9 26 (7.12%) Azure Monitor
9 26 (7.12%) OCI
10 22 (6.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 19 (5.21%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (4.38%) Serverless
13 15 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
14 14 (3.84%) IaaS
15 12 (3.29%) Azure AKS
16 11 (3.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 10 (2.74%) Amazon EKS
18 9 (2.47%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 99 (27.12%) Firewall
2 66 (18.08%) DNS
3 63 (17.26%) VPN
4 54 (14.79%) WAN
5 49 (13.42%) BGP
6 42 (11.51%) DHCP
7 38 (10.41%) Network Security
8 35 (9.59%) OSPF
9 33 (9.04%) SD-WAN
10 30 (8.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 30 (8.22%) TCP/IP
11 29 (7.95%) LAN
12 26 (7.12%) VXLAN
13 23 (6.30%) BIG-IP
13 23 (6.30%) Ethernet VPN
14 21 (5.75%) Wi-Fi
15 19 (5.21%) MPLS
15 19 (5.21%) VLAN
16 13 (3.56%) VSAN
17 12 (3.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.47%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.64%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.64%) Power BI
3 5 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.55%) Big Data
6 2 (0.55%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.55%) EDRMS
6 2 (0.55%) Redis
6 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.55%) Tableau
7 1 (0.27%) GIS
7 1 (0.27%) OLAP
7 1 (0.27%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 36 (9.86%) GitLab
2 33 (9.04%) Git
3 27 (7.40%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.10%) JIRA
6 3 (0.82%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.55%) Maven
7 2 (0.55%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.27%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 108 (29.59%) Social Skills
2 53 (14.52%) Finance
3 38 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.32%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.58%) Banking
6 23 (6.30%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.38%) Aerospace
8 15 (4.11%) Retail
9 13 (3.56%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.19%) Legal
11 6 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.37%) Local Government
13 4 (1.10%) Automotive
13 4 (1.10%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.10%) Military
14 3 (0.82%) Billing
14 3 (0.82%) Law
14 3 (0.82%) Publishing
14 3 (0.82%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 119 (32.60%) Architect
2 85 (23.29%) Senior
3 65 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 39 (10.68%) Network Engineer
5 37 (10.14%) Solutions Architect
6 36 (9.86%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (9.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (6.85%) Network Architect
9 23 (6.30%) Lead
10 21 (5.75%) Cloud Architect
11 19 (5.21%) Azure Engineer
12 18 (4.93%) Platform Engineer
13 16 (4.38%) DevOps Engineer
13 16 (4.38%) Senior Architect
14 14 (3.84%) Enterprise Architect
15 13 (3.56%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (3.56%) Consultant
15 13 (3.56%) Senior Network Engineer
15 13 (3.56%) Technical Architect
16 11 (3.01%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (39.18%) Terraform
2 20 (5.48%) ARM Templates
3 16 (4.38%) REST
4 10 (2.74%) Kafka
5 9 (2.47%) NETCONF
5 9 (2.47%) YANG
6 8 (2.19%) JSON
7 7 (1.92%) SailPoint
8 6 (1.64%) 802.1X
8 6 (1.64%) LDAP
8 6 (1.64%) YAML
9 5 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.10%) .NET
10 4 (1.10%) OAuth
10 4 (1.10%) OpenConfig
10 4 (1.10%) OpenID
10 4 (1.10%) RESTCONF
10 4 (1.10%) RESTful
11 3 (0.82%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (21.10%) Data Centre
2 55 (15.07%) Cloud Native
3 33 (9.04%) Public Cloud
4 26 (7.12%) Onboarding
5 23 (6.30%) Private Cloud
6 18 (4.93%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (4.11%) Enterprise Cloud
8 11 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (3.01%) Replication
9 9 (2.47%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.19%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.92%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.92%) ARM Cortex
11 7 (1.92%) PKI
11 7 (1.92%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.64%) CMDB
12 6 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.37%) Mainframe
13 5 (1.37%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 85 (23.29%) Windows
2 68 (18.63%) Linux
3 66 (18.08%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.01%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.92%) Unix
7 5 (1.37%) VMS
8 4 (1.10%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.82%) zOS
10 2 (0.55%) CentOS
10 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.27%) AIX
11 1 (0.27%) Android
11 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (38.63%) Infrastructure as Code
2 136 (37.26%) DevOps
3 118 (32.33%) CI/CD
4 102 (27.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 95 (26.03%) Migration
6 74 (20.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 73 (20.00%) Zero Trust
8 66 (18.08%) Roadmaps
9 63 (17.26%) Disaster Recovery
9 63 (17.26%) Technical Leadership
10 56 (15.34%) Cloud Security
11 55 (15.07%) Agile
12 53 (14.52%) ITIL
13 50 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
14 48 (13.15%) High Availability
15 47 (12.88%) Project Delivery
16 45 (12.33%) Cybersecurity
16 45 (12.33%) Platform Engineering
16 45 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
17 43 (11.78%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 104 (28.49%) Python
2 70 (19.18%) PowerShell
3 53 (14.52%) Bash
4 30 (8.22%) Bicep
5 13 (3.56%) SQL
6 12 (3.29%) Java
7 8 (2.19%) Go
8 5 (1.37%) BeanShell
9 4 (1.10%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.82%) C#
10 3 (0.82%) COBOL
10 3 (0.82%) Groovy
10 3 (0.82%) JCL
11 2 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 116 (31.78%) Security Cleared
2 84 (23.01%) SC Cleared
3 48 (13.15%) Cisco Certification
4 44 (12.05%) Azure Certification
5 38 (10.41%) DV Cleared
6 37 (10.14%) Degree
7 30 (8.22%) AWS Certification
8 29 (7.95%) CCNP
9 21 (5.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 17 (4.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (4.11%) CISSP
13 12 (3.29%) CCIE
13 12 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (2.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (2.47%) JNCIE
16 7 (1.92%) VCAP
17 6 (1.64%) Master's Degree
18 5 (1.37%) CISM
18 5 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.03%) NIST
2 16 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (3.56%) GDPR
4 11 (3.01%) NCSC
5 7 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.92%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.64%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.55%) GRC
8 2 (0.55%) SLA
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) PMO
9 1 (0.27%) QA
9 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 74 (20.27%) Active Directory
2 66 (18.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (9.59%) vSphere
4 30 (8.22%) Docker
5 26 (7.12%) VMware NSX
6 25 (6.85%) Hyper-V
7 23 (6.30%) VMware ESXi
8 19 (5.21%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.82%) KVM
10 3 (0.82%) RACF
10 3 (0.82%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.27%) Ceph
11 1 (0.27%) IAG
11 1 (0.27%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.27%) oVirt
11 1 (0.27%) RHEV
11 1 (0.27%) Squid
11 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 104 (28.49%) Ansible
2 81 (22.19%) Kubernetes
3 22 (6.03%) Grafana
4 20 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (5.21%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.56%) SCCM
7 12 (3.29%) vCenter Server
8 8 (2.19%) FortiGate
8 8 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.92%) PowerCLI
9 7 (1.92%) SCOM
9 7 (1.92%) systemd
10 6 (1.64%) 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%) Nagios
13 3 (0.82%) vMotion
13 3 (0.82%) yum
Vendors
1 144 (39.45%) Microsoft
2 87 (23.84%) VMware
3 52 (14.25%) Cisco
4 50 (13.70%) Palo Alto
5 37 (10.14%) F5
6 29 (7.95%) Google
7 25 (6.85%) Aruba
7 25 (6.85%) Fortinet
8 20 (5.48%) Juniper
9 19 (5.21%) Arista
10 16 (4.38%) Zscaler
11 13 (3.56%) Red Hat
12 12 (3.29%) IBM
13 11 (3.01%) CyberArk
14 9 (2.47%) CheckPoint
14 9 (2.47%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (2.47%) ServiceNow
15 8 (2.19%) Splunk
16 7 (1.92%) Databricks
16 7 (1.92%) SAP
574 Hybrid Cloud jobs in England