Hybrid Cloud Contracts in the South East

Hybrid Cloud
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hybrid Cloud in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hybrid Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 195 195
Rank change year-on-year +72 0 +35
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 36 10 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.20% 0.18% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.57% 0.63% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 3 20
10th Percentile £538 £601 £515
25th Percentile £559 £602 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £608 £613
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -0.82% +2.08%
75th Percentile £630 £690 £641
90th Percentile £675 £737 £739
England median daily rate £591 £585 £600
% change year-on-year +1.07% -2.50% -

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,009 1,583 1,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.52% 28.48% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 936 1,323
10th Percentile £211 £205 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £20.48
Median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Hybrid Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Hybrid Cloud as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Hybrid Cloud in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hybrid Cloud in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Hybrid Cloud in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hybrid Cloud in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the South East

Hybrid Cloud
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hybrid Cloud in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Hybrid Cloud in the South East

Hybrid Cloud
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley +58 24 £599 -12.59% 14
Berkshire +34 12 £575 -16.06% 9
Buckinghamshire - 12 £620 - 3
Hampshire - 12 £600 - 17
Hybrid Cloud
England

Hybrid Cloud
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.56%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (63.89%) Azure
2 19 (52.78%) SaaS
3 12 (33.33%) AWS
3 12 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (33.33%) PaaS
4 11 (30.56%) IaaS
5 7 (19.44%) OpenShift
6 5 (13.89%) Entra ID
7 4 (11.11%) Cloudflare
8 2 (5.56%) Azure AKS
8 2 (5.56%) Azure API Management
8 2 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (5.56%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (5.56%) GCP
8 2 (5.56%) Serverless
9 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (2.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (30.56%) VSAN
2 9 (25.00%) VPN
3 8 (22.22%) MPLS
3 8 (22.22%) WAN
4 5 (13.89%) BGP
4 5 (13.89%) TCP/IP
5 4 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (11.11%) NGFW
5 4 (11.11%) OSPF
5 4 (11.11%) SD-WAN
6 3 (8.33%) DNS
6 3 (8.33%) Firewall
6 3 (8.33%) VLAN
7 2 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (5.56%) Network Security
8 1 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Law
4 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (58.33%) Architect
2 18 (50.00%) Senior
3 12 (33.33%) Technical Architect
4 11 (30.56%) Senior Architect
4 11 (30.56%) Senior Technical Architect
5 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (13.89%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 5 (13.89%) Network Engineer
8 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 4 (11.11%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
9 3 (8.33%) IT Engineer
9 3 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
10 2 (5.56%) Azure Architect
10 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
10 2 (5.56%) Lead
10 2 (5.56%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 2 (5.56%) Senior VMware Architect
10 2 (5.56%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) SAML
2 2 (5.56%) Middleware
2 2 (5.56%) OAuth
2 2 (5.56%) OpenID
3 1 (2.78%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (44.44%) Public Cloud
2 13 (36.11%) PKI
3 3 (8.33%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.78%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.00%) Windows
2 8 (22.22%) Linux
3 7 (19.44%) CentOS
3 7 (19.44%) Ubuntu
3 7 (19.44%) Windows Server
3 7 (19.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (58.33%) DevSecOps
2 15 (41.67%) TOGAF
3 11 (30.56%) Agile
3 11 (30.56%) CI/CD
3 11 (30.56%) Containerisation
3 11 (30.56%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (30.56%) Microservices
3 11 (30.56%) Roadmaps
4 10 (27.78%) Continuous Delivery
4 10 (27.78%) Continuous Integration
4 10 (27.78%) ITIL
4 10 (27.78%) Zachman Framework
5 9 (25.00%) IT Strategy
6 8 (22.22%) Use Case
7 7 (19.44%) Application Packaging
7 7 (19.44%) Change Control
7 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (19.44%) Requirements Management
7 7 (19.44%) Technology Strategy
8 6 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (5.56%) Bash
3 2 (5.56%) C#
3 2 (5.56%) Java
3 2 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (52.78%) Security Cleared
2 13 (36.11%) SC Cleared
3 11 (30.56%) MCSE
3 11 (30.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (30.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 8 (22.22%) DV Cleared
5 7 (19.44%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (13.89%) CCIE
7 2 (5.56%) CCNP
7 2 (5.56%) CISSP
7 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (5.56%) Degree
7 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
7 2 (5.56%) SANS
8 1 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.78%) CCSK
8 1 (2.78%) CCSP
8 1 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.78%) OSCP
8 1 (2.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (33.33%) NIST
2 11 (30.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (30.56%) NCSC
3 1 (2.78%) GDPR
3 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (58.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (33.33%) VMware NSX
3 7 (19.44%) vSphere
4 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
5 2 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (30.56%) Ansible
2 8 (22.22%) Kubernetes
3 7 (19.44%) Nessus
3 7 (19.44%) Terraform
3 7 (19.44%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.78%) CASB
Vendors
1 21 (58.33%) VMware
2 17 (47.22%) Cisco
3 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 12 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 7 (19.44%) Red Hat
5 4 (11.11%) CheckPoint
5 4 (11.11%) Citrix
5 4 (11.11%) F5
5 4 (11.11%) Fortinet
5 4 (11.11%) Zscaler
6 3 (8.33%) SAP
7 1 (2.78%) CyberArk
7 1 (2.78%) Dynatrace
7 1 (2.78%) Forcepoint
7 1 (2.78%) Google
7 1 (2.78%) IBM
7 1 (2.78%) Okta
7 1 (2.78%) Oracle
7 1 (2.78%) Rapid7