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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 311 414
Rank change year-on-year +9 +103 +18
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 373 214 104
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 0.78% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.43% 2.18% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 124 76
10th Percentile £413 £408 £450
25th Percentile £500 £475 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.93%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £616
90th Percentile £756 £775 £731
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 0
10th Percentile £55.00 £65.67 -
25th Percentile £62.62 £71.39 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £81.86 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.26% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £91.39 -
90th Percentile £84.45 £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 15,328 9,824 10,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.56% 35.66% 30.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,362 6,202 6,529
10th Percentile £325 £303 £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 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 954 497 506
10th Percentile £14.72 £15.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £19.53
Median hourly rate £40.48 £32.77 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -34.46% +9.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.72 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £30.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +36.67% -33.33% +2.86%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -9 143 £575 +4.55% 32
South East -19 87 £615 +14.41% 19
North of England -55 72 £566 -5.63% 16
Midlands -38 37 £488 -30.36% 6
Yorkshire -14 36 £557 -5.28% 7
West Midlands -49 30 £488 -30.36% 4
North West -59 29 £575 -4.17% 6
South West -41 26 £640 -8.57% 11
North East -32 13 £650 +8.33% 3
East Midlands -10 7 £478 +11.05% 2
East of England -26 6 £505 -8.18% 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 12 (3.22%) OpenStack
2 8 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.88%) Apache
4 5 (1.34%) Confluence
4 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.80%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.54%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.54%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.61%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.80%) 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
1 251 (67.29%) Azure
2 179 (47.99%) AWS
3 55 (14.75%) GCP
4 46 (12.33%) Entra ID
5 38 (10.19%) SaaS
6 37 (9.92%) GitHub
7 34 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (7.77%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (6.97%) Azure Monitor
9 26 (6.97%) OCI
9 26 (6.97%) OpenShift
10 23 (6.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 21 (5.63%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (4.29%) Serverless
13 14 (3.75%) IaaS
14 13 (3.49%) Azure Sentinel
14 13 (3.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 12 (3.22%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (3.22%) Azure AKS
16 10 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 93 (24.93%) Firewall
2 68 (18.23%) DNS
3 59 (15.82%) VPN
4 56 (15.01%) WAN
5 50 (13.40%) BGP
6 42 (11.26%) Network Security
7 39 (10.46%) DHCP
8 36 (9.65%) OSPF
9 34 (9.12%) SD-WAN
10 31 (8.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 29 (7.77%) LAN
11 29 (7.77%) TCP/IP
12 26 (6.97%) VXLAN
13 23 (6.17%) BIG-IP
13 23 (6.17%) Ethernet VPN
14 21 (5.63%) MPLS
14 21 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
15 18 (4.83%) VLAN
16 14 (3.75%) VSAN
17 13 (3.49%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (1.61%) Power BI
3 5 (1.34%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.80%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.80%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.54%) Big Data
6 2 (0.54%) EDRMS
6 2 (0.54%) Metadata
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%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.27%) HBase
7 1 (0.27%) Impala
Development Applications
1 35 (9.38%) GitLab
2 29 (7.77%) Jenkins
3 26 (6.97%) Git
4 4 (1.07%) JIRA
4 4 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.54%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 111 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 40 (10.72%) Finance
3 37 (9.92%) Public Sector
4 36 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.43%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (6.17%) Banking
7 15 (4.02%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.75%) Aerospace
8 14 (3.75%) Retail
9 5 (1.34%) Legal
9 5 (1.34%) Local Government
10 4 (1.07%) Automotive
10 4 (1.07%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.07%) Military
10 4 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.80%) Billing
11 3 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.80%) Law
11 3 (0.80%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 127 (34.05%) Architect
2 86 (23.06%) Senior
3 57 (15.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 38 (10.19%) Network Engineer
5 34 (9.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 34 (9.12%) Solutions Architect
6 33 (8.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 29 (7.77%) Network Architect
8 22 (5.90%) Senior Architect
9 21 (5.63%) Lead
10 20 (5.36%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (5.36%) Cloud Architect
11 18 (4.83%) Platform Engineer
12 16 (4.29%) Technical Architect
13 15 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
14 14 (3.75%) Consultant
15 13 (3.49%) Enterprise Architect
15 13 (3.49%) Senior Network Engineer
16 11 (2.95%) Security Engineer
17 10 (2.68%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (39.41%) Terraform
2 20 (5.36%) ARM Templates
3 19 (5.09%) REST
4 10 (2.68%) NETCONF
4 10 (2.68%) YANG
5 9 (2.41%) Kafka
6 8 (2.14%) OpenTelemetry
7 7 (1.88%) SailPoint
8 6 (1.61%) 802.1X
8 6 (1.61%) JSON
8 6 (1.61%) LDAP
9 5 (1.34%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (1.34%) OpenConfig
9 5 (1.34%) RESTCONF
10 4 (1.07%) .NET
10 4 (1.07%) OAuth
10 4 (1.07%) OpenID
10 4 (1.07%) RESTful
10 4 (1.07%) YAML
11 3 (0.80%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 71 (19.03%) Data Centre
2 60 (16.09%) Cloud Native
3 31 (8.31%) Public Cloud
4 26 (6.97%) Onboarding
5 23 (6.17%) Private Cloud
6 17 (4.56%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (3.75%) Enterprise Cloud
8 13 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (2.68%) AI Agents
9 10 (2.68%) Replication
10 9 (2.41%) CMDB
10 9 (2.41%) PKI
11 8 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (2.14%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.88%) ARM Cortex
12 7 (1.88%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.88%) Product Ownership
13 6 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 78 (20.91%) Windows
2 66 (17.69%) Linux
3 61 (16.35%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.95%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.34%) Unix
7 4 (1.07%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.07%) VMS
8 3 (0.80%) 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%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (37.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 135 (36.19%) DevOps
3 122 (32.71%) CI/CD
4 97 (26.01%) Migration
5 91 (24.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 75 (20.11%) Zero Trust
7 64 (17.16%) Disaster Recovery
7 64 (17.16%) Roadmaps
7 64 (17.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 62 (16.62%) Technical Leadership
9 61 (16.35%) Cloud Security
10 53 (14.21%) High Availability
11 51 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (13.14%) Agile
12 49 (13.14%) Load Balancing
13 48 (12.87%) Observability
14 47 (12.60%) Platform Engineering
15 46 (12.33%) Cybersecurity
15 46 (12.33%) ITIL
16 45 (12.06%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 111 (29.76%) Python
2 73 (19.57%) PowerShell
3 57 (15.28%) Bash
4 29 (7.77%) Bicep
5 16 (4.29%) SQL
6 10 (2.68%) Java
7 7 (1.88%) Go
8 5 (1.34%) BeanShell
9 2 (0.54%) C#
9 2 (0.54%) Perl
9 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.27%) C
10 1 (0.27%) Groovy
10 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 113 (30.29%) Security Cleared
2 80 (21.45%) SC Cleared
3 46 (12.33%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (9.65%) DV Cleared
5 34 (9.12%) Azure Certification
6 31 (8.31%) Degree
7 27 (7.24%) AWS Certification
8 26 (6.97%) CCNP
9 19 (5.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 14 (3.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (3.75%) CISSP
11 13 (3.49%) CCIE
11 13 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.68%) JNCIE
14 9 (2.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (1.61%) VCAP
16 5 (1.34%) Master's Degree
17 4 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
17 4 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.85%) NIST
2 20 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.83%) GDPR
4 13 (3.49%) NCSC
5 10 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.88%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.88%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.80%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.80%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.54%) GRC
8 2 (0.54%) SLA
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) QA
9 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 65 (17.43%) Active Directory
1 65 (17.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (10.19%) vSphere
3 33 (8.85%) VMware NSX
4 27 (7.24%) Docker
5 22 (5.90%) Hyper-V
6 21 (5.63%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (4.56%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.80%) KVM
8 3 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.27%) Ceph
9 1 (0.27%) Firmware
9 1 (0.27%) NFS
9 1 (0.27%) OpenSSH
9 1 (0.27%) oVirt
9 1 (0.27%) RHEV
9 1 (0.27%) Squid
9 1 (0.27%) Varnish
9 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 100 (26.81%) Ansible
2 79 (21.18%) Kubernetes
3 28 (7.51%) Grafana
4 19 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (4.83%) Prometheus
6 16 (4.29%) vCenter Server
7 13 (3.49%) SCCM
8 8 (2.14%) FortiGate
9 7 (1.88%) Argo
9 7 (1.88%) PowerCLI
9 7 (1.88%) SCOM
9 7 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.88%) systemd
10 6 (1.61%) Istio
10 6 (1.61%) Puppet
11 3 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.80%) CASB
11 3 (0.80%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.80%) vMotion
11 3 (0.80%) yum
Vendors
1 138 (37.00%) Microsoft
2 82 (21.98%) VMware
3 48 (12.87%) Cisco
3 48 (12.87%) Palo Alto
4 39 (10.46%) F5
5 28 (7.51%) Google
6 24 (6.43%) Aruba
6 24 (6.43%) Fortinet
7 20 (5.36%) Juniper
8 19 (5.09%) Arista
9 17 (4.56%) Red Hat
10 14 (3.75%) Splunk
11 13 (3.49%) Zscaler
12 9 (2.41%) CheckPoint
12 9 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (2.41%) CyberArk
12 9 (2.41%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.14%) SolarWinds
14 7 (1.88%) Commvault
14 7 (1.88%) IBM
86 Hybrid Cloud jobs in England