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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 305 417
Rank change year-on-year -9 +112 +25
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 367 217 105
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 0.77% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.31% 2.12% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 127 74
10th Percentile £413 £413 £450
25th Percentile £500 £475 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £656 £688
90th Percentile £740 £775 £773
UK median daily rate £588 £563 £580
% change year-on-year +4.44% -3.02% +0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 0
10th Percentile £55.00 - -
25th Percentile £62.18 £61.86 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £63.72 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £65.57 -
90th Percentile £84.03 - -
UK median hourly rate £71.00 £63.72 -
% change year-on-year +11.43% - -

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 15,907 10,228 10,055
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.42% 36.40% 31.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,560 6,400 6,068
10th Percentile £325 £300 £294
25th Percentile £425 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £541
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% -1.59%
75th Percentile £645 £644 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,168 533 364
10th Percentile £13.81 £15.13 £15.94
25th Percentile £17.45 £18.82 £24.18
Median hourly rate £33.99 £30.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.30% -44.44% +17.31%
75th Percentile £67.84 £55.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.62 £73.75 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +30.91% -42.11% +6.15%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 -36 139 £575 +1.10% 272
South East -6 88 £607 +15.71% 73
North of England -48 65 £575 -4.17% 76
Midlands -34 35 £500 -23.08% 43
Yorkshire -14 33 £568 +5.58% 16
South West -25 31 £675 -3.57% 48
West Midlands -38 29 £500 -28.57% 29
North West -59 25 £575 -4.17% 50
North East -29 13 £650 +8.33% 10
East of England -27 7 £563 +11.94% 16
East Midlands -16 6 £478 -4.50% 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 14 (3.81%) OpenStack
2 8 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.91%) Apache
4 4 (1.09%) Confluence
4 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.82%) CICS
5 3 (0.82%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.82%) IBM Transformation Extender
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.54%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.54%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (2.18%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.82%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
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%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 262 (71.39%) Azure
2 163 (44.41%) AWS
3 66 (17.98%) GCP
4 57 (15.53%) Entra ID
5 36 (9.81%) SaaS
6 35 (9.54%) GitHub
7 34 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (8.45%) Azure Monitor
9 30 (8.17%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (8.17%) OpenShift
10 26 (7.08%) OCI
11 24 (6.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 21 (5.72%) GitHub Actions
13 18 (4.90%) Serverless
14 17 (4.63%) Azure Sentinel
15 13 (3.54%) IaaS
16 12 (3.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 11 (3.00%) Amazon EKS
17 11 (3.00%) Azure AKS
18 10 (2.72%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 98 (26.70%) Firewall
2 73 (19.89%) DNS
3 67 (18.26%) VPN
4 52 (14.17%) WAN
5 48 (13.08%) BGP
6 47 (12.81%) DHCP
7 39 (10.63%) Network Security
8 35 (9.54%) SD-WAN
9 34 (9.26%) TCP/IP
10 32 (8.72%) OSPF
11 28 (7.63%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 25 (6.81%) LAN
12 25 (6.81%) VXLAN
13 23 (6.27%) BIG-IP
14 22 (5.99%) Ethernet VPN
15 19 (5.18%) Wi-Fi
16 18 (4.90%) MPLS
17 17 (4.63%) VLAN
18 13 (3.54%) VSAN
19 12 (3.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.45%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.63%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.63%) Power BI
4 5 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.82%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.54%) Big Data
7 2 (0.54%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.54%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.54%) Redis
7 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.54%) Tableau
8 1 (0.27%) GIS
8 1 (0.27%) OLAP
8 1 (0.27%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 39 (10.63%) GitLab
2 36 (9.81%) Git
3 31 (8.45%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.09%) JIRA
6 3 (0.82%) IBM UrbanCode
6 3 (0.82%) Maven
6 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.27%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 107 (29.16%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.53%) Finance
3 38 (10.35%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.81%) Public Sector
5 26 (7.08%) Banking
6 21 (5.72%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.36%) Aerospace
8 13 (3.54%) Retail
9 9 (2.45%) Legal
9 9 (2.45%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.91%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.36%) Local Government
11 5 (1.36%) Military
11 5 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.09%) Automotive
13 3 (0.82%) Billing
13 3 (0.82%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.82%) Publishing
13 3 (0.82%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 121 (32.97%) Architect
2 91 (24.80%) Senior
3 68 (18.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 39 (10.63%) Solutions Architect
5 38 (10.35%) Cloud Engineer
5 38 (10.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 35 (9.54%) Network Engineer
7 22 (5.99%) Network Architect
8 20 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
9 19 (5.18%) Cloud Architect
10 18 (4.90%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (4.63%) Lead
12 16 (4.36%) Azure Engineer
12 16 (4.36%) Senior Architect
13 15 (4.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (4.09%) Consultant
14 14 (3.81%) Enterprise Architect
15 12 (3.27%) Azure Architect
15 12 (3.27%) Senior Network Engineer
16 11 (3.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (41.96%) Terraform
2 24 (6.54%) ARM Templates
3 17 (4.63%) REST
4 12 (3.27%) Kafka
5 9 (2.45%) NETCONF
5 9 (2.45%) YANG
6 7 (1.91%) JSON
6 7 (1.91%) SailPoint
7 6 (1.63%) 802.1X
7 6 (1.63%) LDAP
7 6 (1.63%) YAML
8 5 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (1.09%) Keycloak
9 4 (1.09%) Middleware
9 4 (1.09%) OAuth
9 4 (1.09%) OpenConfig
9 4 (1.09%) RESTCONF
9 4 (1.09%) RESTful
10 3 (0.82%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.82%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 77 (20.98%) Data Centre
2 54 (14.71%) Cloud Native
3 35 (9.54%) Public Cloud
4 30 (8.17%) Onboarding
5 23 (6.27%) Private Cloud
6 20 (5.45%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (4.09%) Enterprise Cloud
8 11 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (3.00%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.72%) ARM Cortex
10 7 (1.91%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.91%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.91%) PKI
10 7 (1.91%) Replication
11 6 (1.63%) CMDB
11 6 (1.63%) Mainframe
11 6 (1.63%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.63%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 86 (23.43%) Windows
2 71 (19.35%) Linux
3 65 (17.71%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.45%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.18%) Unix
7 4 (1.09%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.09%) VMS
7 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.82%) zOS
9 2 (0.54%) CentOS
9 2 (0.54%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.27%) AIX
10 1 (0.27%) Android
10 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (42.23%) Infrastructure as Code
2 145 (39.51%) DevOps
3 127 (34.60%) CI/CD
4 104 (28.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 100 (27.25%) Migration
6 79 (21.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 74 (20.16%) Zero Trust
8 64 (17.44%) Technical Leadership
9 63 (17.17%) Disaster Recovery
9 63 (17.17%) Roadmaps
10 58 (15.80%) Agile
11 56 (15.26%) Cloud Security
11 56 (15.26%) ITIL
12 54 (14.71%) Platform Engineering
13 52 (14.17%) Cybersecurity
14 51 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
15 49 (13.35%) Analytics
16 48 (13.08%) High Availability
17 47 (12.81%) Observability
17 47 (12.81%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 108 (29.43%) Python
2 75 (20.44%) PowerShell
3 59 (16.08%) Bash
4 37 (10.08%) Bicep
5 13 (3.54%) Java
5 13 (3.54%) SQL
6 10 (2.72%) Go
7 5 (1.36%) BeanShell
7 5 (1.36%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.09%) Groovy
9 3 (0.82%) C#
9 3 (0.82%) COBOL
9 3 (0.82%) JCL
10 2 (0.54%) Perl
11 1 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 126 (34.33%) Security Cleared
2 91 (24.80%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.81%) Azure Certification
4 45 (12.26%) Cisco Certification
5 42 (11.44%) DV Cleared
6 34 (9.26%) Degree
7 32 (8.72%) AWS Certification
8 26 (7.08%) CCNP
9 18 (4.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (4.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 15 (4.09%) CISSP
11 14 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (3.27%) CCIE
12 12 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (2.45%) JNCIE
15 6 (1.63%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.63%) VCAP
16 5 (1.36%) CISM
16 5 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.45%) NIST
2 15 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.27%) GDPR
4 11 (3.00%) NCSC
5 7 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.91%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.63%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.54%) GRC
8 2 (0.54%) SLA
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
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 (20.16%) Active Directory
2 66 (17.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (9.81%) vSphere
4 31 (8.45%) Docker
5 23 (6.27%) Hyper-V
5 23 (6.27%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (6.27%) VMware NSX
6 17 (4.63%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.82%) KVM
8 3 (0.82%) RACF
8 3 (0.82%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.54%) IAG
10 1 (0.27%) Ceph
10 1 (0.27%) oVirt
10 1 (0.27%) RHEV
10 1 (0.27%) Squid
10 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 106 (28.88%) Ansible
2 86 (23.43%) Kubernetes
3 24 (6.54%) Grafana
4 23 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (5.18%) Prometheus
6 16 (4.36%) SCCM
7 12 (3.27%) vCenter Server
8 7 (1.91%) FortiGate
8 7 (1.91%) Puppet
8 7 (1.91%) SCOM
8 7 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.91%) systemd
9 6 (1.63%) PowerCLI
10 5 (1.36%) Istio
11 4 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.82%) Argo
12 3 (0.82%) CASB
12 3 (0.82%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.82%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.82%) yum
Vendors
1 154 (41.96%) Microsoft
2 84 (22.89%) VMware
3 51 (13.90%) Cisco
4 46 (12.53%) Palo Alto
5 34 (9.26%) F5
6 33 (8.99%) Google
7 25 (6.81%) Aruba
8 24 (6.54%) Fortinet
9 19 (5.18%) Arista
9 19 (5.18%) Juniper
10 13 (3.54%) Red Hat
10 13 (3.54%) Zscaler
11 12 (3.27%) CrowdStrike
11 12 (3.27%) CyberArk
11 12 (3.27%) IBM
12 9 (2.45%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.91%) CheckPoint
13 7 (1.91%) Databricks
13 7 (1.91%) SAP
13 7 (1.91%) Splunk