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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 301 422
Rank change year-on-year -12 +121 -10
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 371 217 105
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 0.79% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.38% 2.21% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 123 74
10th Percentile £413 £413 £424
25th Percentile £500 £494 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £618
90th Percentile £750 £775 £734
UK median daily rate £580 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -8.33%
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 15,603 9,822 10,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.75% 35.90% 30.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,452 6,161 6,215
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £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 £543
% change year-on-year +1.95% -5.07% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,026 493 422
10th Percentile £14.04 £15.48 £15.10
25th Percentile £17.98 £18.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.05 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +13.46% -42.37% +25.00%
75th Percentile £69.69 £58.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £75.00 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -40.00% +11.73%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -27 142 £575 -4.17% 260
South East -13 89 £615 +17.14% 84
North of England -52 69 £568 -5.42% 66
Midlands -34 35 £500 -28.57% 55
Yorkshire -9 34 £557 -5.28% 22
West Midlands -43 29 £500 -28.57% 33
North West -55 28 £575 -4.17% 39
South West -47 26 £663 -5.36% 42
North East -27 13 £650 +8.33% 6
East Midlands -9 6 £478 -4.50% 22
East of England -29 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 12 (3.23%) OpenStack
2 9 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.89%) Apache
4 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.08%) Confluence
6 3 (0.81%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.54%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.54%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.54%) nginx
8 1 (0.27%) CICS
8 1 (0.27%) IIS
8 1 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.35%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.81%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.54%) 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
1 262 (70.62%) Azure
2 177 (47.71%) AWS
3 56 (15.09%) GCP
4 49 (13.21%) Entra ID
5 37 (9.97%) GitHub
5 37 (9.97%) SaaS
6 36 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (8.09%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (7.82%) OpenShift
9 26 (7.01%) Azure Monitor
9 26 (7.01%) OCI
10 22 (5.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 19 (5.12%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (4.04%) Serverless
13 14 (3.77%) Azure Sentinel
13 14 (3.77%) IaaS
14 12 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 11 (2.96%) Azure AKS
16 10 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 100 (26.95%) Firewall
2 72 (19.41%) DNS
3 64 (17.25%) VPN
4 54 (14.56%) WAN
5 49 (13.21%) BGP
6 43 (11.59%) DHCP
7 40 (10.78%) Network Security
8 36 (9.70%) OSPF
9 32 (8.63%) SD-WAN
10 31 (8.36%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 30 (8.09%) LAN
11 30 (8.09%) TCP/IP
12 26 (7.01%) VXLAN
13 23 (6.20%) BIG-IP
13 23 (6.20%) Ethernet VPN
14 21 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
15 20 (5.39%) MPLS
16 19 (5.12%) VLAN
17 15 (4.04%) VSAN
18 12 (3.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.43%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.62%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.62%) Power BI
3 5 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.81%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.54%) Big Data
6 2 (0.54%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.54%) EDRMS
6 2 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.54%) Redis
6 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.54%) Tableau
7 1 (0.27%) GIS
7 1 (0.27%) OLAP
7 1 (0.27%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 36 (9.70%) GitLab
2 31 (8.36%) Git
3 29 (7.82%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.08%) JIRA
6 2 (0.54%) Maven
6 2 (0.54%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.27%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 112 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.40%) Finance
3 37 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.20%) Banking
5 23 (6.20%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (4.31%) Aerospace
7 15 (4.04%) Retail
8 14 (3.77%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.89%) Legal
10 6 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.35%) Local Government
12 4 (1.08%) Automotive
12 4 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.08%) Military
13 3 (0.81%) Billing
13 3 (0.81%) Law
13 3 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 120 (32.35%) Architect
2 88 (23.72%) Senior
3 66 (17.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 39 (10.51%) Network Engineer
5 36 (9.70%) Cloud Engineer
5 36 (9.70%) Solutions Architect
6 35 (9.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (7.28%) Network Architect
8 24 (6.47%) Lead
9 20 (5.39%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (5.39%) Cloud Architect
9 20 (5.39%) Senior Architect
10 18 (4.85%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (4.31%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (4.04%) Technical Architect
13 13 (3.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (3.50%) Consultant
13 13 (3.50%) Senior Network Engineer
14 11 (2.96%) Enterprise Architect
15 10 (2.70%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (39.89%) Terraform
2 20 (5.39%) ARM Templates
3 17 (4.58%) REST
4 9 (2.43%) Kafka
4 9 (2.43%) NETCONF
4 9 (2.43%) YANG
5 8 (2.16%) JSON
6 7 (1.89%) SailPoint
7 6 (1.62%) 802.1X
7 6 (1.62%) LDAP
7 6 (1.62%) YAML
8 5 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (1.35%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (1.08%) .NET
9 4 (1.08%) OAuth
9 4 (1.08%) OpenConfig
9 4 (1.08%) OpenID
9 4 (1.08%) RESTCONF
10 3 (0.81%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.81%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 74 (19.95%) Data Centre
2 61 (16.44%) Cloud Native
3 33 (8.89%) Public Cloud
4 24 (6.47%) Onboarding
5 23 (6.20%) Private Cloud
6 18 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (3.23%) Enterprise Cloud
8 11 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.96%) Replication
9 9 (2.43%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.43%) PKI
10 8 (2.16%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.16%) CMDB
10 8 (2.16%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.89%) ARM Cortex
12 6 (1.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.35%) Product Ownership
14 4 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 83 (22.37%) Windows
2 69 (18.60%) Linux
3 67 (18.06%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.96%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.89%) Unix
7 5 (1.35%) VMS
8 4 (1.08%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.54%) CentOS
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 10
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (38.01%) Infrastructure as Code
2 140 (37.74%) DevOps
3 122 (32.88%) CI/CD
4 102 (27.49%) Migration
5 99 (26.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 75 (20.22%) Zero Trust
7 71 (19.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 67 (18.06%) Disaster Recovery
9 63 (16.98%) Technical Leadership
10 61 (16.44%) Roadmaps
11 60 (16.17%) Cloud Security
12 53 (14.29%) Agile
13 52 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 52 (14.02%) ITIL
14 50 (13.48%) High Availability
15 47 (12.67%) Load Balancing
15 47 (12.67%) Project Delivery
16 46 (12.40%) Platform Engineering
16 46 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
17 44 (11.86%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 111 (29.92%) Python
2 73 (19.68%) PowerShell
3 59 (15.90%) Bash
4 30 (8.09%) Bicep
5 13 (3.50%) SQL
6 12 (3.23%) Java
7 7 (1.89%) Go
8 5 (1.35%) BeanShell
9 4 (1.08%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.81%) C#
10 3 (0.81%) Groovy
11 2 (0.54%) Perl
12 1 (0.27%) COBOL
12 1 (0.27%) JCL
Qualifications
1 117 (31.54%) Security Cleared
2 86 (23.18%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.67%) Cisco Certification
4 40 (10.78%) Azure Certification
5 37 (9.97%) Degree
5 37 (9.97%) DV Cleared
6 28 (7.55%) CCNP
7 27 (7.28%) AWS Certification
8 21 (5.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 16 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (4.04%) CISSP
11 14 (3.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 12 (3.23%) CCIE
12 12 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (2.43%) JNCIE
15 7 (1.89%) VCAP
16 6 (1.62%) Master's Degree
17 5 (1.35%) CISM
17 5 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.82%) NIST
2 17 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.77%) GDPR
4 13 (3.50%) NCSC
5 9 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.89%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.62%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.54%) GRC
9 2 (0.54%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.54%) SLA
10 1 (0.27%) COBIT
10 1 (0.27%) PMO
10 1 (0.27%) QA
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (19.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 70 (18.87%) Active Directory
3 38 (10.24%) vSphere
4 33 (8.89%) VMware NSX
5 30 (8.09%) Docker
6 26 (7.01%) Hyper-V
7 23 (6.20%) VMware ESXi
8 19 (5.12%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.81%) KVM
9 3 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.27%) Ceph
10 1 (0.27%) IAG
10 1 (0.27%) OpenSSH
10 1 (0.27%) oVirt
10 1 (0.27%) RACF
10 1 (0.27%) RHEV
10 1 (0.27%) Squid
10 1 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 106 (28.57%) Ansible
2 82 (22.10%) Kubernetes
3 27 (7.28%) Grafana
4 20 (5.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (5.12%) Prometheus
6 16 (4.31%) vCenter Server
7 13 (3.50%) SCCM
8 8 (2.16%) FortiGate
8 8 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.89%) PowerCLI
9 7 (1.89%) SCOM
9 7 (1.89%) systemd
10 6 (1.62%) Argo
10 6 (1.62%) Puppet
11 5 (1.35%) Istio
12 4 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.81%) CASB
13 3 (0.81%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.81%) vMotion
13 3 (0.81%) yum
Vendors
1 146 (39.35%) Microsoft
2 92 (24.80%) VMware
3 53 (14.29%) Cisco
4 52 (14.02%) Palo Alto
5 38 (10.24%) F5
6 26 (7.01%) Google
7 25 (6.74%) Aruba
7 25 (6.74%) Fortinet
8 20 (5.39%) Juniper
9 19 (5.12%) Arista
10 18 (4.85%) Red Hat
11 15 (4.04%) Zscaler
12 13 (3.50%) Splunk
13 10 (2.70%) CheckPoint
14 9 (2.43%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (2.43%) ServiceNow
15 8 (2.16%) CyberArk
15 8 (2.16%) IBM
16 7 (1.89%) Commvault
16 7 (1.89%) SAP
538 Hybrid Cloud jobs in England