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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 303 424
Rank change year-on-year +5 +121 +13
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 376 215 103
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 0.78% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.44% 2.18% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 126 76
10th Percentile £413 £413 £450
25th Percentile £500 £488 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £593 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +7.73% -10.57%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £616
90th Percentile £750 £775 £731
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £560
% change year-on-year - +2.68% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 0
10th Percentile £55.00 £65.67 -
25th Percentile £61.74 £71.39 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £81.86 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.26% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £91.39 -
90th Percentile £84.17 £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 15,379 9,878 10,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.60% 35.85% 30.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,379 6,246 6,504
10th Percentile £325 £301 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £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 960 493 502
10th Percentile £14.68 £15.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £19.49
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.74 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% -34.20% +8.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.00 £77.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.96 £30.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +36.53% -29.41% -2.95%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -21 146 £575 +3.37% 187
South East -6 90 £615 +14.41% 59
North of England -48 70 £568 -5.42% 38
Midlands -34 37 £488 -30.36% 29
Yorkshire -20 35 £557 -5.28% 15
West Midlands -44 30 £488 -30.36% 17
North West -54 29 £575 -4.17% 20
South West -28 25 £651 -6.96% 22
North East -31 12 £650 +8.33% 3
East Midlands -13 7 £478 +2.14% 12
East of England -23 6 £505 -6.48% 8
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 (3.19%) OpenStack
2 8 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.86%) Apache
4 5 (1.33%) Confluence
4 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.80%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.53%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.53%) 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 (1.60%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.80%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.53%) 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
1 256 (68.09%) Azure
2 181 (48.14%) AWS
3 53 (14.10%) GCP
4 46 (12.23%) Entra ID
5 39 (10.37%) SaaS
6 38 (10.11%) GitHub
7 36 (9.57%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (7.71%) OpenShift
10 27 (7.18%) Azure Monitor
11 26 (6.91%) OCI
12 23 (6.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 21 (5.59%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (4.26%) Serverless
15 14 (3.72%) IaaS
16 13 (3.46%) Azure Sentinel
16 13 (3.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 12 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
17 12 (3.19%) Azure AKS
18 10 (2.66%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 95 (25.27%) Firewall
2 70 (18.62%) DNS
3 61 (16.22%) VPN
4 56 (14.89%) WAN
5 50 (13.30%) BGP
6 43 (11.44%) Network Security
7 41 (10.90%) DHCP
8 36 (9.57%) OSPF
9 34 (9.04%) SD-WAN
10 31 (8.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 31 (8.24%) TCP/IP
11 29 (7.71%) LAN
12 26 (6.91%) VXLAN
13 23 (6.12%) BIG-IP
13 23 (6.12%) Ethernet VPN
14 21 (5.59%) MPLS
14 21 (5.59%) Wi-Fi
15 18 (4.79%) VLAN
16 15 (3.99%) VSAN
17 13 (3.46%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.13%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (1.60%) Power BI
3 5 (1.33%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.80%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.80%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.53%) Big Data
6 2 (0.53%) EDRMS
6 2 (0.53%) Metadata
6 2 (0.53%) Redis
6 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.53%) Tableau
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.27%) HBase
7 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (9.84%) GitLab
2 29 (7.71%) Jenkins
3 26 (6.91%) Git
4 4 (1.06%) JIRA
4 4 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.53%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 115 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 42 (11.17%) Finance
3 38 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.38%) Banking
5 24 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (4.26%) Aerospace
7 15 (3.99%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.72%) Retail
9 5 (1.33%) Legal
9 5 (1.33%) Local Government
10 4 (1.06%) Automotive
10 4 (1.06%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.06%) Military
10 4 (1.06%) 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 (33.78%) Architect
2 88 (23.40%) Senior
3 61 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 38 (10.11%) Network Engineer
5 36 (9.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 35 (9.31%) Cloud Engineer
6 35 (9.31%) Solutions Architect
7 29 (7.71%) Network Architect
8 22 (5.85%) Lead
8 22 (5.85%) Senior Architect
9 20 (5.32%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (5.32%) Cloud Architect
10 18 (4.79%) Platform Engineer
11 15 (3.99%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.99%) Technical Architect
12 14 (3.72%) Consultant
13 13 (3.46%) Enterprise Architect
13 13 (3.46%) Senior Network Engineer
14 11 (2.93%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (2.93%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (39.63%) Terraform
2 21 (5.59%) ARM Templates
3 18 (4.79%) REST
4 10 (2.66%) NETCONF
4 10 (2.66%) YANG
5 9 (2.39%) Kafka
6 7 (1.86%) OpenTelemetry
6 7 (1.86%) SailPoint
7 6 (1.60%) 802.1X
7 6 (1.60%) JSON
7 6 (1.60%) LDAP
8 5 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (1.33%) OpenConfig
8 5 (1.33%) RESTCONF
9 4 (1.06%) .NET
9 4 (1.06%) OAuth
9 4 (1.06%) OpenID
9 4 (1.06%) YAML
10 3 (0.80%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 72 (19.15%) Data Centre
2 60 (15.96%) Cloud Native
3 31 (8.24%) Public Cloud
4 26 (6.91%) Onboarding
5 23 (6.12%) Private Cloud
6 18 (4.79%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (3.72%) Enterprise Cloud
8 11 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (2.66%) AI Agents
9 10 (2.66%) Replication
10 9 (2.39%) CMDB
10 9 (2.39%) Management Information System
10 9 (2.39%) PKI
11 7 (1.86%) ARM Cortex
11 7 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.86%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.60%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 81 (21.54%) Windows
2 69 (18.35%) Linux
3 65 (17.29%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.93%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.33%) Unix
7 4 (1.06%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.06%) VMS
7 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.53%) CentOS
8 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.27%) AIX
9 1 (0.27%) Android
9 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.27%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (37.23%) Infrastructure as Code
2 137 (36.44%) DevOps
3 122 (32.45%) CI/CD
4 99 (26.33%) Migration
5 95 (25.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 77 (20.48%) Zero Trust
7 67 (17.82%) Disaster Recovery
7 67 (17.82%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (17.02%) Roadmaps
9 63 (16.76%) Cloud Security
10 62 (16.49%) Technical Leadership
11 54 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 53 (14.10%) High Availability
13 51 (13.56%) Agile
14 50 (13.30%) Load Balancing
15 49 (13.03%) ITIL
15 49 (13.03%) Observability
15 49 (13.03%) Platform Engineering
16 46 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
17 45 (11.97%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 114 (30.32%) Python
2 76 (20.21%) PowerShell
3 60 (15.96%) Bash
4 30 (7.98%) Bicep
5 15 (3.99%) SQL
6 10 (2.66%) Java
7 7 (1.86%) Go
8 5 (1.33%) BeanShell
9 2 (0.53%) C#
9 2 (0.53%) Perl
9 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.27%) C
10 1 (0.27%) Groovy
10 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 116 (30.85%) Security Cleared
2 83 (22.07%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 37 (9.84%) DV Cleared
5 36 (9.57%) Azure Certification
6 33 (8.78%) Degree
7 28 (7.45%) AWS Certification
8 26 (6.91%) CCNP
9 20 (5.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 15 (3.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (3.99%) CISSP
10 15 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (3.46%) CCIE
12 12 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (2.66%) JNCIE
14 6 (1.60%) VCAP
15 5 (1.33%) CISM
15 5 (1.33%) Master's Degree
16 4 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.51%) NIST
2 19 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.79%) GDPR
4 13 (3.46%) NCSC
5 9 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (2.13%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.86%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.80%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.53%) GRC
9 2 (0.53%) SLA
10 1 (0.27%) COBIT
10 1 (0.27%) QA
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 69 (18.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 66 (17.55%) Active Directory
3 39 (10.37%) vSphere
4 34 (9.04%) VMware NSX
5 30 (7.98%) Docker
6 24 (6.38%) Hyper-V
7 22 (5.85%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.80%) KVM
9 3 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.27%) Ceph
10 1 (0.27%) Firmware
10 1 (0.27%) NFS
10 1 (0.27%) OpenSSH
10 1 (0.27%) oVirt
10 1 (0.27%) RHEV
10 1 (0.27%) Squid
10 1 (0.27%) Varnish
10 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 103 (27.39%) Ansible
2 82 (21.81%) Kubernetes
3 28 (7.45%) Grafana
4 20 (5.32%) Prometheus
5 19 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (4.52%) vCenter Server
7 13 (3.46%) SCCM
8 8 (2.13%) FortiGate
9 7 (1.86%) Argo
9 7 (1.86%) PowerCLI
9 7 (1.86%) SCOM
9 7 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.86%) systemd
10 6 (1.60%) Istio
10 6 (1.60%) Puppet
11 4 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.80%) CASB
12 3 (0.80%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.80%) vMotion
12 3 (0.80%) yum
Vendors
1 144 (38.30%) Microsoft
2 88 (23.40%) VMware
3 48 (12.77%) Cisco
3 48 (12.77%) Palo Alto
4 39 (10.37%) F5
5 27 (7.18%) Google
6 24 (6.38%) Aruba
6 24 (6.38%) Fortinet
7 20 (5.32%) Juniper
8 19 (5.05%) Arista
8 19 (5.05%) Red Hat
9 15 (3.99%) Splunk
10 13 (3.46%) Zscaler
11 9 (2.39%) CheckPoint
11 9 (2.39%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (2.39%) CyberArk
11 9 (2.39%) ServiceNow
12 8 (2.13%) Commvault
12 8 (2.13%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.86%) IBM
337 Hybrid Cloud jobs in England