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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 322 431
Rank change year-on-year +17 +109 0
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 356 198 102
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 0.72% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.37% 2.07% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 118 69
10th Percentile £413 £406 £435
25th Percentile £481 £476 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% +6.98% -14.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £611
90th Percentile £743 £751 £738
UK median daily rate £568 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -1.30% +4.55% -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 15,052 9,548 10,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.34% 34.85% 31.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,337 6,029 7,015
10th Percentile £316 £306 £300
25th Percentile £420 £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 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 813 479 649
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.36
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.87 £16.63
Median hourly rate £43.96 £32.77 £44.74
Median % change year-on-year +34.15% -26.75% +6.52%
75th Percentile £71.50 £60.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £87.43 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.53% -25.00% +6.67%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -1 140 £570 +3.64% 65
North of England -44 83 £515 -14.25% 31
South East -28 70 £615 +14.41% 37
Yorkshire -16 45 £500 -20.00% 10
Midlands -38 37 £500 -28.57% 6
West Midlands -40 32 £500 -28.57% 4
North West -54 31 £565 -5.83% 18
South West -31 18 £575 -17.86% 13
North East -32 13 £650 +8.33% 3
East of England -21 6 £518 -5.91% 3
East Midlands -13 5 £500 -0.50% 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 (3.37%) OpenStack
2 7 (1.97%) Confluence
2 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.40%) Apache
4 3 (0.84%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.56%) MQSeries
5 2 (0.56%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) SAS
6 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.97%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.56%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (0.56%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 222 (62.36%) Azure
2 175 (49.16%) AWS
3 53 (14.89%) GCP
4 39 (10.96%) GitHub
5 37 (10.39%) OpenShift
6 32 (8.99%) Entra ID
6 32 (8.99%) SaaS
7 27 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (6.74%) OCI
9 22 (6.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 17 (4.78%) Azure Monitor
10 17 (4.78%) IaaS
11 16 (4.49%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (3.93%) Serverless
13 12 (3.37%) Azure AKS
13 12 (3.37%) PaaS
14 10 (2.81%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (2.81%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 82 (23.03%) Firewall
2 56 (15.73%) DNS
3 55 (15.45%) WAN
4 53 (14.89%) VPN
5 50 (14.04%) BGP
6 43 (12.08%) Network Security
7 37 (10.39%) OSPF
8 33 (9.27%) SD-WAN
9 31 (8.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 29 (8.15%) LAN
11 26 (7.30%) DHCP
12 25 (7.02%) VXLAN
13 24 (6.74%) TCP/IP
14 23 (6.46%) BIG-IP
15 22 (6.18%) Ethernet VPN
15 22 (6.18%) MPLS
16 20 (5.62%) Wi-Fi
17 17 (4.78%) VLAN
18 16 (4.49%) SAN
19 12 (3.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (1.69%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.84%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.84%) Metadata
3 3 (0.84%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.84%) Power BI
4 2 (0.56%) Big Data
4 2 (0.56%) Redis
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.28%) HBase
5 1 (0.28%) Impala
5 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (8.99%) Jenkins
2 27 (7.58%) GitLab
3 26 (7.30%) Git
4 7 (1.97%) JIRA
5 5 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.12%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
General
1 90 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.76%) Public Sector
3 35 (9.83%) Finance
4 26 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.30%) Banking
5 23 (6.46%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (4.49%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.81%) Retail
8 5 (1.40%) Local Government
8 5 (1.40%) Military
9 4 (1.12%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.84%) Automotive
10 3 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.84%) Legal
10 3 (0.84%) Publishing
11 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.56%) Front Office
11 2 (0.56%) Law
11 2 (0.56%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (33.99%) Architect
2 69 (19.38%) Senior
3 52 (14.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (9.55%) Network Engineer
5 33 (9.27%) Cloud Engineer
6 32 (8.99%) Network Architect
7 28 (7.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 28 (7.87%) Solutions Architect
8 25 (7.02%) Senior Architect
9 21 (5.90%) Lead
10 19 (5.34%) Technical Architect
11 18 (5.06%) Azure Engineer
12 17 (4.78%) DevOps Engineer
13 14 (3.93%) Cloud Architect
14 13 (3.65%) Platform Engineer
15 11 (3.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.09%) Enterprise Architect
15 11 (3.09%) Security Engineer
16 10 (2.81%) Senior Network Architect
17 9 (2.53%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.02%) OpenTelemetry
2 20 (5.62%) REST
3 17 (4.78%) Kafka
4 12 (3.37%) ARM Templates
4 12 (3.37%) JSON
5 11 (3.09%) NETCONF
5 11 (3.09%) YANG
6 8 (2.25%) Apache Avro
6 8 (2.25%) Protocol Buffers
7 6 (1.69%) .NET
7 6 (1.69%) 802.1X
7 6 (1.69%) LDAP
7 6 (1.69%) Middleware
7 6 (1.69%) OpenConfig
7 6 (1.69%) RESTCONF
7 6 (1.69%) SailPoint
8 5 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (1.12%) Loki
9 4 (1.12%) YAML
10 3 (0.84%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 69 (19.38%) Data Centre
2 64 (17.98%) Cloud Native
3 23 (6.46%) Onboarding
4 22 (6.18%) Public Cloud
5 16 (4.49%) Private Cloud
6 15 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (3.09%) Enterprise Cloud
9 10 (2.81%) Replication
10 9 (2.53%) AI Agents
10 9 (2.53%) PKI
11 7 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.97%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.97%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.40%) ARM Cortex
12 5 (1.40%) CMDB
12 5 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.40%) FlexPod
12 5 (1.40%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 61 (17.13%) Linux
2 55 (15.45%) Windows
3 42 (11.80%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.81%) Ubuntu
6 9 (2.53%) VMS
7 6 (1.69%) Data ONTAP
8 5 (1.40%) CoreOS
9 4 (1.12%) Unix
10 2 (0.56%) CentOS
11 1 (0.28%) AIX
11 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (33.71%) Infrastructure as Code
2 119 (33.43%) CI/CD
3 116 (32.58%) DevOps
4 93 (26.12%) Migration
5 81 (22.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 68 (19.10%) Zero Trust
7 59 (16.57%) Disaster Recovery
8 56 (15.73%) Cloud Security
9 54 (15.17%) High Availability
9 54 (15.17%) Roadmaps
10 47 (13.20%) Containerisation
10 47 (13.20%) Observability
11 46 (12.92%) Load Balancing
12 45 (12.64%) Network Design
12 45 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
13 44 (12.36%) Technical Leadership
14 43 (12.08%) Agile
14 43 (12.08%) Analytics
15 37 (10.39%) RBAC
16 36 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 113 (31.74%) Python
2 56 (15.73%) PowerShell
3 50 (14.04%) Bash
4 24 (6.74%) Bicep
5 17 (4.78%) SQL
6 10 (2.81%) Java
7 7 (1.97%) Go
8 5 (1.40%) BeanShell
9 3 (0.84%) C#
10 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.28%) C
11 1 (0.28%) Groovy
11 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.28%) Perl
11 1 (0.28%) R
11 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 98 (27.53%) Security Cleared
2 63 (17.70%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.36%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (8.99%) DV Cleared
5 26 (7.30%) Azure Certification
6 25 (7.02%) AWS Certification
6 25 (7.02%) Degree
7 24 (6.74%) CCNP
8 15 (4.21%) CCIE
9 13 (3.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 12 (3.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.09%) JNCIE
11 11 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.53%) OCP
12 9 (2.53%) Oracle Certification
13 8 (2.25%) CISSP
14 7 (1.97%) CCNA
15 5 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.83%) NIST
2 23 (6.46%) GDPR
3 19 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.65%) NCSC
5 12 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (3.09%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.40%) GRC
8 4 (1.12%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.12%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.56%) SLA
10 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.28%) QA
10 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (16.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 56 (15.73%) Active Directory
3 41 (11.52%) vSphere
4 35 (9.83%) VMware NSX
5 23 (6.46%) Docker
6 18 (5.06%) Hyper-V
6 18 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (4.21%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.40%) NFS
9 4 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.84%) KVM
11 1 (0.28%) Ceph
11 1 (0.28%) Firmware
11 1 (0.28%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.28%) Squid
11 1 (0.28%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 137 (38.48%) Terraform
2 94 (26.40%) Ansible
3 81 (22.75%) Kubernetes
4 34 (9.55%) Grafana
5 23 (6.46%) Prometheus
6 18 (5.06%) vCenter Server
7 14 (3.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (3.65%) Argo
9 10 (2.81%) SCCM
10 7 (1.97%) FortiGate
10 7 (1.97%) Puppet
11 6 (1.69%) systemd
12 5 (1.40%) Istio
12 5 (1.40%) SnapMirror
13 4 (1.12%) CASB
13 4 (1.12%) Rancher
13 4 (1.12%) SCOM
14 3 (0.84%) Check_MK
14 3 (0.84%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.84%) yum
Vendors
1 111 (31.18%) Microsoft
2 74 (20.79%) VMware
3 48 (13.48%) Cisco
4 47 (13.20%) Palo Alto
5 40 (11.24%) F5
6 27 (7.58%) Red Hat
7 26 (7.30%) Splunk
8 25 (7.02%) Google
9 24 (6.74%) Fortinet
10 22 (6.18%) Aruba
11 20 (5.62%) Juniper
12 19 (5.34%) Arista
13 13 (3.65%) Zscaler
14 12 (3.37%) Pure Storage
15 11 (3.09%) CheckPoint
16 9 (2.53%) SolarWinds
17 8 (2.25%) NetApp
18 7 (1.97%) CyberArk
18 7 (1.97%) SAP
18 7 (1.97%) ServiceNow