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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 340 462
Rank change year-on-year +23 +122 +34
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 250 148 96
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.75% 0.57% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.17% 1.71% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 103 75
10th Percentile £411 £475 £425
25th Percentile £463 £506 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% -1.88%
75th Percentile £632 £684 £675
90th Percentile £713 £750 £723
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £75.30
25th Percentile £75.75 - £75.75
Median hourly rate £76.50 - £76.50
75th Percentile £77.25 - £77.25
90th Percentile - - £77.70
UK median hourly rate £76.50 - £76.50

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 11,511 8,665 11,938
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.48% 33.08% 31.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,365 5,236 7,905
10th Percentile £274 £268 £255
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £547 £548
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% -0.09% -4.78%
75th Percentile £626 £669 £662
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 245 750
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.51 £13.17
25th Percentile £18.82 £24.18 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.18 £39.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.05% +20.00% +44.54%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.50 £58.75
90th Percentile £74.30 £84.28 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £32.12
% change year-on-year -17.14% +8.98% +42.83%

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 8 February 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
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 8 February 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 +15 111 £550 -2.22% 41
South West +8 39 £550 -21.43% 9
North of England -47 36 £487 -28.35% 25
Yorkshire -25 32 £487 -31.85% 10
Midlands -33 31 £550 -9.39% 11
South East -34 29 £575 -1.29% 30
West Midlands -26 28 £550 -9.39% 9
North West -34 4 £438 -16.47% 15
East of England -17 3 £503 -33.09% 5
East Midlands -28 3 £500 -13.04% 2
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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 11 (4.40%) OpenStack
2 10 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.40%) Confluence
4 5 (2.00%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.20%) CMS
5 3 (1.20%) Ethereum
5 3 (1.20%) Hyperledger
5 3 (1.20%) SAS
6 1 (0.40%) Apache
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.80%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.20%) Maximo
2 3 (1.20%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.20%) Fidessa
2 3 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.40%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 152 (60.80%) Azure
2 96 (38.40%) AWS
3 43 (17.20%) OpenShift
4 38 (15.20%) GCP
5 31 (12.40%) GitHub
6 20 (8.00%) Entra ID
7 18 (7.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 17 (6.80%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (6.00%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (4.80%) Azure AKS
10 12 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (4.80%) Serverless
11 11 (4.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (3.20%) Azure Stack
13 8 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (3.20%) Power Platform
13 8 (3.20%) SaaS
14 7 (2.80%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (16.40%) Firewall
2 37 (14.80%) VPN
3 33 (13.20%) WAN
4 31 (12.40%) Network Security
5 20 (8.00%) LAN
6 15 (6.00%) BGP
6 15 (6.00%) DNS
7 13 (5.20%) SD-WAN
8 12 (4.80%) MPLS
9 7 (2.80%) SNMP
9 7 (2.80%) Wireless
10 6 (2.40%) OSPF
10 6 (2.40%) TACACS
10 6 (2.40%) VXLAN
11 5 (2.00%) SAN
12 4 (1.60%) DHCP
12 4 (1.60%) DKIM
12 4 (1.60%) DMZ
12 4 (1.60%) Internet
12 4 (1.60%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.40%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.00%) Oracle Database
3 5 (2.00%) Oracle Exadata
4 4 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.60%) Big Data
4 4 (1.60%) Metadata
4 4 (1.60%) Power BI
5 3 (1.20%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.80%) DataStage
6 2 (0.80%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.40%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.40%) Impala
7 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (9.60%) Jenkins
2 16 (6.40%) GitLab
3 9 (3.60%) Git
3 9 (3.60%) JIRA
4 2 (0.80%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.80%) Jaeger
General
1 104 (41.60%) Social Skills
2 34 (13.60%) Finance
3 25 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.20%) Documentation Skills
5 22 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.60%) Banking
6 9 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.00%) Legal
7 5 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.60%) Retail
9 3 (1.20%) Front Office
10 2 (0.80%) Billing
10 2 (0.80%) Law
10 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.40%) International Banking
11 1 (0.40%) Local Government
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing
11 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (27.60%) Architect
2 30 (12.00%) Senior
3 20 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 17 (6.80%) Azure Engineer
4 17 (6.80%) Lead
4 17 (6.80%) Network Architect
5 12 (4.80%) Data Engineer
6 11 (4.40%) Cloud Architect
6 11 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
6 11 (4.40%) Consultant
7 10 (4.00%) Network Engineer
7 10 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
7 10 (4.00%) Senior Data Engineer
8 9 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (3.20%) Desktop Engineer
9 8 (3.20%) Desktop Support
9 8 (3.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 8 (3.20%) Developer
9 8 (3.20%) Security Architect
9 8 (3.20%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.40%) Kafka
2 15 (6.00%) ARM Templates
2 15 (6.00%) REST
3 12 (4.80%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (4.00%) Keycloak
5 8 (3.20%) NETCONF
5 8 (3.20%) YANG
6 7 (2.80%) JSON
7 6 (2.40%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (2.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 4 (1.60%) Middleware
9 4 (1.60%) OAuth
9 4 (1.60%) SAML
10 3 (1.20%) Apache Avro
10 3 (1.20%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (1.20%) JMS
10 3 (1.20%) MACH
10 3 (1.20%) Protocol Buffers
11 2 (0.80%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.80%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.80%) Cloud Native
2 39 (15.60%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.80%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.80%) Replication
4 11 (4.40%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.20%) Operational Technology
6 7 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.80%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.40%) Enterprise Storage
8 5 (2.00%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.60%) IoT
9 4 (1.60%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.60%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.20%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.20%) Equities
10 3 (1.20%) Life Science
10 3 (1.20%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 39 (15.60%) Windows
2 32 (12.80%) Linux
3 20 (8.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.00%) VMS
5 4 (1.60%) Android
6 3 (1.20%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.80%) CentOS
7 2 (0.80%) CoreOS
7 2 (0.80%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.80%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (28.40%) DevOps
2 60 (24.00%) Migration
3 59 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (23.20%) CI/CD
5 53 (21.20%) Containerisation
6 48 (19.20%) Infrastructure as Code
7 38 (15.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 37 (14.80%) Roadmaps
9 34 (13.60%) RBAC
10 33 (13.20%) Cloud Security
10 33 (13.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 30 (12.00%) Analytics
12 29 (11.60%) High Availability
13 26 (10.40%) Microservices
14 25 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (10.00%) TOGAF
14 25 (10.00%) Zero Trust
15 24 (9.60%) Agile
15 24 (9.60%) AI
16 23 (9.20%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 73 (29.20%) Python
2 43 (17.20%) PowerShell
3 33 (13.20%) Bash
4 20 (8.00%) Bicep
5 12 (4.80%) Go
6 9 (3.60%) Java
6 9 (3.60%) SQL
7 4 (1.60%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.80%) R
8 2 (0.80%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.80%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 61 (24.40%) Security Cleared
2 42 (16.80%) SC Cleared
3 32 (12.80%) Azure Certification
4 31 (12.40%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (7.60%) AWS Certification
6 18 (7.20%) CCIE
7 16 (6.40%) CISSP
7 16 (6.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (6.00%) DV Cleared
9 14 (5.60%) Degree
10 12 (4.80%) JNCIE
11 11 (4.40%) CCNP
12 9 (3.60%) CISM
13 8 (3.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (2.00%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 5 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (2.00%) CCNA
14 5 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (1.60%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.80%) NIST
2 16 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.80%) GDPR
4 9 (3.60%) NIST 800
5 7 (2.80%) QA
6 4 (1.60%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (1.20%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.80%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.80%) GRC
8 2 (0.80%) GxP
8 2 (0.80%) NCSC
8 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.80%) PSD2
9 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.40%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.40%) ITGC
System Software
1 31 (12.40%) Docker
1 31 (12.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 19 (7.60%) VMware NSX
4 16 (6.40%) vSphere
5 11 (4.40%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (2.00%) KVM
7 5 (2.00%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.80%) NFS
10 1 (0.40%) Ceph
10 1 (0.40%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 75 (30.00%) Terraform
2 74 (29.60%) Kubernetes
3 54 (21.60%) Ansible
4 21 (8.40%) Grafana
5 16 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (5.60%) Prometheus
7 11 (4.40%) Argo
7 11 (4.40%) vCenter Server
8 7 (2.80%) Puppet
8 7 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (2.00%) Data Guard
9 5 (2.00%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (1.20%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (1.20%) NetBackup
10 3 (1.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (1.20%) SCCM
11 2 (0.80%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.80%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.80%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.80%) vMotion
Vendors
1 70 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 40 (16.00%) VMware
3 26 (10.40%) Cisco
4 25 (10.00%) Red Hat
5 16 (6.40%) Splunk
6 15 (6.00%) Palo Alto
7 13 (5.20%) Fortinet
8 11 (4.40%) CheckPoint
8 11 (4.40%) Google
8 11 (4.40%) Oracle
9 10 (4.00%) Databricks
9 10 (4.00%) IBM
9 10 (4.00%) Juniper
9 10 (4.00%) Zscaler
10 9 (3.60%) Pure Storage
11 7 (2.80%) F5
12 6 (2.40%) Aruba
12 6 (2.40%) SAP
13 5 (2.00%) Citrix
13 5 (2.00%) NetApp