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 19 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 346 459
Rank change year-on-year +26 +113 +31
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 257 151 94
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.58% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.17% 1.74% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 103 71
10th Percentile £409 £475 £425
25th Percentile £461 £513 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £607 £595
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +2.02% +1.54%
75th Percentile £603 £688 £675
90th Percentile £700 £751 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £607 £575
% change year-on-year -13.51% +5.57% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £75.30
25th Percentile £75.75 - £75.75
Median hourly rate £76.50 - £76.50
75th Percentile £77.25 - £77.25
90th Percentile - - £77.70
UK median hourly rate £76.50 - £76.50

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 11,852 8,666 11,604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.14% 33.45% 30.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,534 5,329 7,598
10th Percentile £275 £275 £256
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.69% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £661
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 592 250 755
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.21 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £17.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £37.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +13.85% +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.38 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.25 £83.20 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £31.00 £34.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.82% +4.62% +44.54%

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 19 February 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
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 19 February 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 -6 110 £545 -5.22% 32
North of England -45 46 £487 -28.35% 20
Yorkshire -20 38 £487 -31.89% 11
South West +6 37 £550 -21.43% 11
South East -32 30 £569 -7.89% 34
Midlands -54 29 £550 -12.49% 8
West Midlands -43 26 £550 -15.38% 7
North West -30 8 £500 -4.53% 9
East of England -22 3 £503 -33.09% 3
East Midlands -29 3 £500 -13.04% 1
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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 10 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.50%) OpenStack
3 6 (2.33%) Confluence
4 5 (1.95%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.17%) Ethereum
5 3 (1.17%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.78%) SAS
7 1 (0.39%) Apache
7 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.39%) IIS
7 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.11%) Maximo
2 4 (1.56%) Bloomberg AIM
2 4 (1.56%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.39%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 152 (59.14%) Azure
2 93 (36.19%) AWS
3 48 (18.68%) OpenShift
4 40 (15.56%) GCP
5 31 (12.06%) GitHub
6 20 (7.78%) Entra ID
6 20 (7.78%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (6.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 16 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (5.45%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (4.67%) Azure AKS
10 12 (4.67%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (4.67%) Serverless
11 11 (4.28%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (3.89%) SaaS
13 9 (3.50%) IaaS
13 9 (3.50%) PaaS
14 8 (3.11%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (3.11%) Power Platform
14 8 (3.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (17.12%) Firewall
2 36 (14.01%) VPN
3 35 (13.62%) Network Security
4 32 (12.45%) WAN
5 20 (7.78%) LAN
6 19 (7.39%) DNS
7 14 (5.45%) BGP
8 13 (5.06%) SD-WAN
9 11 (4.28%) MPLS
10 8 (3.11%) VXLAN
11 7 (2.72%) SNMP
11 7 (2.72%) Wireless
12 6 (2.33%) OSPF
13 5 (1.95%) Internet
13 5 (1.95%) SAN
13 5 (1.95%) TACACS
14 4 (1.56%) DHCP
14 4 (1.56%) DKIM
14 4 (1.56%) DMZ
14 4 (1.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.28%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.95%) Oracle Database
3 5 (1.95%) Oracle Exadata
4 4 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.56%) Big Data
4 4 (1.56%) Metadata
4 4 (1.56%) Power BI
5 3 (1.17%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.78%) DataStage
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.39%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.39%) Impala
7 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.39%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (9.73%) Jenkins
2 14 (5.45%) GitLab
3 9 (3.50%) JIRA
4 8 (3.11%) Git
5 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 107 (41.63%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.28%) Finance
3 28 (10.89%) Public Sector
4 26 (10.12%) Documentation Skills
5 24 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.50%) Banking
6 9 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.95%) Legal
8 4 (1.56%) Front Office
8 4 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.56%) Retail
9 3 (1.17%) Law
10 2 (0.78%) Billing
10 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.39%) Electronics
11 1 (0.39%) International Banking
11 1 (0.39%) Marketing
11 1 (0.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 71 (27.63%) Architect
2 31 (12.06%) Senior
3 19 (7.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (7.39%) Network Architect
4 18 (7.00%) Azure Engineer
4 18 (7.00%) Lead
5 16 (6.23%) Data Engineer
6 13 (5.06%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (4.67%) Network Engineer
8 11 (4.28%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.28%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (3.89%) Consultant
9 10 (3.89%) Senior Data Engineer
10 9 (3.50%) Cloud Architect
10 9 (3.50%) Security Architect
10 9 (3.50%) Security Engineer
10 9 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.11%) Desktop Engineer
11 8 (3.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 8 (3.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.17%) Kafka
2 17 (6.61%) OpenTelemetry
3 15 (5.84%) ARM Templates
3 15 (5.84%) REST
4 11 (4.28%) JSON
5 10 (3.89%) Keycloak
6 7 (2.72%) Apache Avro
6 7 (2.72%) NETCONF
6 7 (2.72%) Protocol Buffers
6 7 (2.72%) YANG
7 6 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (1.95%) Middleware
8 5 (1.95%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 4 (1.56%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (1.56%) JMS
9 4 (1.56%) OAuth
9 4 (1.56%) SAML
10 2 (0.78%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.78%) OpenID
10 2 (0.78%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 41 (15.95%) Data Centre
2 39 (15.18%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.67%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.67%) Replication
4 10 (3.89%) Public Cloud
5 9 (3.50%) Operational Technology
6 7 (2.72%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.72%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.33%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Storage
8 5 (1.95%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.56%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.56%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.56%) Equities
9 4 (1.56%) IoT
10 3 (1.17%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.17%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 39 (15.18%) Windows
2 32 (12.45%) Linux
3 18 (7.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.33%) VMS
5 5 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.78%) CentOS
6 2 (0.78%) CoreOS
6 2 (0.78%) Data ONTAP
6 2 (0.78%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.39%) Android
7 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (27.63%) DevOps
2 64 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (24.12%) Migration
4 60 (23.35%) CI/CD
5 55 (21.40%) Containerisation
6 47 (18.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 38 (14.79%) RBAC
7 38 (14.79%) Roadmaps
8 37 (14.40%) Cloud Security
9 35 (13.62%) Analytics
9 35 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 32 (12.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 30 (11.67%) High Availability
12 27 (10.51%) Zero Trust
13 26 (10.12%) AI
14 25 (9.73%) Disaster Recovery
14 25 (9.73%) Microservices
14 25 (9.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (9.73%) TOGAF
15 24 (9.34%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 78 (30.35%) Python
2 44 (17.12%) PowerShell
3 33 (12.84%) Bash
4 21 (8.17%) Bicep
5 10 (3.89%) Go
5 10 (3.89%) SQL
6 9 (3.50%) Java
7 4 (1.56%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.78%) R
8 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 68 (26.46%) Security Cleared
2 46 (17.90%) SC Cleared
3 31 (12.06%) Azure Certification
3 31 (12.06%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (7.00%) AWS Certification
4 18 (7.00%) DV Cleared
5 17 (6.61%) CCIE
5 17 (6.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (6.23%) CISSP
7 15 (5.84%) Degree
8 13 (5.06%) CCNP
9 10 (3.89%) JNCIE
10 9 (3.50%) CISM
11 8 (3.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 7 (2.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (2.33%) CCNA
13 6 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (1.95%) CCSE
14 5 (1.95%) OCP
14 5 (1.95%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.39%) NIST
2 17 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.67%) GDPR
4 9 (3.50%) NIST 800
5 7 (2.72%) QA
6 4 (1.56%) NCSC
6 4 (1.56%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.17%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (1.17%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.17%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.78%) GRC
8 2 (0.78%) GxP
8 2 (0.78%) PSD2
9 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.39%) ITGC
System Software
1 34 (13.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (11.28%) Docker
3 28 (10.89%) Active Directory
4 23 (8.95%) VMware NSX
5 20 (7.78%) vSphere
6 13 (5.06%) Hyper-V
7 8 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.95%) KVM
8 5 (1.95%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.78%) NFS
11 1 (0.39%) Ceph
11 1 (0.39%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 80 (31.13%) Kubernetes
2 76 (29.57%) Terraform
3 53 (20.62%) Ansible
4 23 (8.95%) Grafana
5 16 (6.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (6.23%) Prometheus
6 14 (5.45%) Argo
6 14 (5.45%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.95%) Data Guard
8 5 (1.95%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (1.56%) Puppet
10 3 (1.17%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (1.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (1.17%) SCCM
11 2 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.78%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.78%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.78%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.78%) vMotion
Vendors
1 73 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 42 (16.34%) VMware
3 28 (10.89%) Red Hat
4 27 (10.51%) Cisco
5 24 (9.34%) Splunk
6 18 (7.00%) Palo Alto
7 14 (5.45%) Fortinet
8 13 (5.06%) CheckPoint
9 12 (4.67%) Juniper
9 12 (4.67%) Pure Storage
9 12 (4.67%) Zscaler
10 11 (4.28%) Google
10 11 (4.28%) Oracle
11 10 (3.89%) Databricks
11 10 (3.89%) IBM
12 9 (3.50%) Aruba
13 6 (2.33%) Citrix
13 6 (2.33%) F5
13 6 (2.33%) Meraki
13 6 (2.33%) SAP