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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 325 465
Rank change year-on-year +19 +140 -29
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 330 171 86
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.68% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.32% 1.97% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 92 60
10th Percentile £413 £407 £438
25th Percentile £475 £472 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £612
90th Percentile £725 £751 £729
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -8.33%
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 14,223 8,696 11,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.74% 34.72% 30.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,890 5,588 7,289
10th Percentile £313 £303 £280
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 £539
% change year-on-year -1.04% -2.51% -2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 780 399 846
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.15
25th Percentile £21.14 £20.45 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.89 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -8.42% +64.54%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.03 £81.35 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £32.41 £36.00
% change year-on-year +31.13% -9.97% +60.11%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -10 130 £575 +9.52% 36
North of England -40 77 £514 -2.05% 16
South East -29 54 £625 +8.70% 27
Yorkshire -21 42 £500 -20.00% 8
Midlands -33 34 £500 -35.48% 6
West Midlands -37 30 £500 -44.44% 4
North West -41 28 £565 +18.95% 8
South West -15 26 £498 -19.76% 9
North East -28 13 £650 +8.33%
East of England -30 5 £530 -3.64% 6
East Midlands -16 4 £500 -13.04% 2
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 (2.73%) OpenStack
2 8 (2.42%) Confluence
2 8 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.91%) Apache
5 2 (0.61%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.61%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.30%) IIS
6 1 (0.30%) nginx
6 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.91%) 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
1 204 (61.82%) Azure
2 165 (50.00%) AWS
3 47 (14.24%) GCP
4 41 (12.42%) OpenShift
5 30 (9.09%) GitHub
6 28 (8.48%) SaaS
7 26 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (6.97%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (6.67%) Entra ID
10 21 (6.36%) OCI
11 20 (6.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 15 (4.55%) Serverless
13 14 (4.24%) IaaS
14 13 (3.94%) Azure AKS
14 13 (3.94%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (3.03%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (2.73%) PaaS
17 9 (2.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 8 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 71 (21.52%) Firewall
2 53 (16.06%) WAN
3 45 (13.64%) BGP
4 44 (13.33%) VPN
5 41 (12.42%) Network Security
6 40 (12.12%) DNS
7 33 (10.00%) OSPF
7 33 (10.00%) SD-WAN
8 28 (8.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 28 (8.48%) LAN
9 25 (7.58%) VXLAN
10 22 (6.67%) BIG-IP
11 21 (6.36%) Ethernet VPN
12 18 (5.45%) MPLS
12 18 (5.45%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (4.85%) SAN
14 14 (4.24%) DHCP
15 12 (3.64%) WLAN
16 11 (3.33%) VLAN
17 10 (3.03%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.82%) 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
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%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.30%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (8.18%) Jenkins
2 24 (7.27%) GitLab
3 18 (5.45%) Git
4 8 (2.42%) JIRA
5 4 (1.21%) Jaeger
6 3 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
General
1 90 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.24%) Public Sector
3 26 (7.88%) Finance
4 25 (7.58%) Documentation Skills
5 20 (6.06%) Banking
6 17 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.03%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.12%) Retail
10 4 (1.21%) Law
10 4 (1.21%) Local Government
11 3 (0.91%) Front Office
11 3 (0.91%) Legal
11 3 (0.91%) Military
11 3 (0.91%) Publishing
12 2 (0.61%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 108 (32.73%) Architect
2 60 (18.18%) Senior
3 45 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (10.30%) Network Architect
5 31 (9.39%) Cloud Engineer
6 24 (7.27%) Network Engineer
7 23 (6.97%) Senior Architect
8 22 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
9 21 (6.36%) Lead
9 21 (6.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (6.06%) Azure Engineer
11 19 (5.76%) DevOps Engineer
12 17 (5.15%) Cloud Architect
13 16 (4.85%) Technical Architect
14 12 (3.64%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.33%) Security Engineer
15 11 (3.33%) Senior Network Architect
16 9 (2.73%) AWS Engineer
16 9 (2.73%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 9 (2.73%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.58%) OpenTelemetry
2 20 (6.06%) REST
3 15 (4.55%) Kafka
4 12 (3.64%) JSON
5 10 (3.03%) ARM Templates
5 10 (3.03%) NETCONF
5 10 (3.03%) YANG
6 8 (2.42%) Apache Avro
6 8 (2.42%) Protocol Buffers
7 7 (2.12%) Middleware
8 6 (1.82%) .NET
8 6 (1.82%) LDAP
8 6 (1.82%) SailPoint
9 4 (1.21%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (1.21%) Loki
10 3 (0.91%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.91%) JMS
10 3 (0.91%) OpenConfig
10 3 (0.91%) RESTCONF
10 3 (0.91%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (19.70%) Data Centre
2 64 (19.39%) Cloud Native
3 17 (5.15%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.85%) Public Cloud
5 14 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.94%) Private Cloud
7 9 (2.73%) Replication
8 7 (2.12%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.12%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.82%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.82%) PKI
10 5 (1.52%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.52%) FlexPod
10 5 (1.52%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.21%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 48 (14.55%) Windows
2 46 (13.94%) Linux
3 32 (9.70%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.42%) 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
1 104 (31.52%) CI/CD
2 103 (31.21%) Infrastructure as Code
3 101 (30.61%) DevOps
4 84 (25.45%) Migration
5 73 (22.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 59 (17.88%) Zero Trust
7 52 (15.76%) Disaster Recovery
8 50 (15.15%) Containerisation
9 49 (14.85%) Cloud Security
10 47 (14.24%) High Availability
11 46 (13.94%) Roadmaps
12 43 (13.03%) Load Balancing
12 43 (13.03%) Network Design
13 42 (12.73%) Agile
14 41 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
15 39 (11.82%) RBAC
16 38 (11.52%) Technical Leadership
17 35 (10.61%) Observability
18 34 (10.30%) Runbook
19 33 (10.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 98 (29.70%) Python
2 49 (14.85%) PowerShell
3 34 (10.30%) Bash
4 19 (5.76%) Bicep
5 14 (4.24%) SQL
6 11 (3.33%) Java
7 7 (2.12%) 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 86 (26.06%) Security Cleared
2 58 (17.58%) SC Cleared
3 38 (11.52%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (8.48%) DV Cleared
5 22 (6.67%) Azure Certification
6 21 (6.36%) Degree
7 19 (5.76%) AWS Certification
7 19 (5.76%) CCNP
8 13 (3.94%) CCIE
9 12 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (3.33%) CISSP
10 11 (3.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 10 (3.03%) JNCIE
12 9 (2.73%) OCP
12 9 (2.73%) Oracle Certification
13 8 (2.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.42%) CCNA
14 7 (2.12%) CISM
15 6 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.21%) NIST
2 24 (7.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.36%) GDPR
4 12 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (3.64%) NCSC
5 10 (3.03%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.82%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.52%) GRC
8 4 (1.21%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.61%) SLA
9 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 58 (17.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (14.24%) Active Directory
3 39 (11.82%) vSphere
4 33 (10.00%) VMware NSX
5 20 (6.06%) Hyper-V
6 19 (5.76%) Docker
7 17 (5.15%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.52%) KVM
9 5 (1.52%) NFS
9 5 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.30%) Firmware
10 1 (0.30%) OpenSSH
10 1 (0.30%) Squid
10 1 (0.30%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 121 (36.67%) Terraform
2 82 (24.85%) Ansible
3 76 (23.03%) Kubernetes
4 32 (9.70%) Grafana
5 20 (6.06%) Prometheus
6 17 (5.15%) vCenter Server
7 12 (3.64%) Argo
8 9 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (2.42%) Puppet
10 6 (1.82%) FortiGate
11 5 (1.52%) Istio
11 5 (1.52%) SnapMirror
12 4 (1.21%) Progress Chef
12 4 (1.21%) Rancher
12 4 (1.21%) SCOM
13 3 (0.91%) PowerCLI
13 3 (0.91%) SCCM
13 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.91%) systemd
13 3 (0.91%) yum
Vendors
1 97 (29.39%) Microsoft
2 70 (21.21%) VMware
3 44 (13.33%) Palo Alto
4 37 (11.21%) Cisco
5 34 (10.30%) Red Hat
6 32 (9.70%) F5
7 26 (7.88%) Splunk
8 24 (7.27%) Aruba
9 20 (6.06%) Arista
10 19 (5.76%) Fortinet
10 19 (5.76%) Google
11 14 (4.24%) Pure Storage
12 13 (3.94%) CheckPoint
12 13 (3.94%) Juniper
13 11 (3.33%) Zscaler
14 8 (2.42%) NetApp
14 8 (2.42%) SolarWinds
15 7 (2.12%) CyberArk
15 7 (2.12%) IBM
16 5 (1.52%) Commvault