Hybrid Cloud Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Hybrid Cloud
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hybrid Cloud in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hybrid Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 230 324
Rank change year-on-year -24 +94 -8
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 238 140 46
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.86% 0.91% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.81% 2.66% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 77 29
10th Percentile £406 £414 £460
25th Percentile £500 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +1.82%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £688
90th Percentile £725 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £52.58 - -
25th Percentile £63.50 - -
Median hourly rate £71.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £83.89 - -
UK median hourly rate £71.00 £81.86 -
% change year-on-year -13.26% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,468 5,271 5,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.53% 34.18% 28.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,050 3,137 3,102
10th Percentile £287 £225 £213
25th Percentile £405 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £610
90th Percentile £688 £656 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 418 468
10th Percentile £14.23 £14.78 £12.15
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.05 £17.91
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year +46.53% -37.17% +6.11%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.68 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.20 £77.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £30.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +45.00% -33.33% +6.27%

Hybrid Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Hybrid Cloud relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Hybrid Cloud job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Hybrid Cloud
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Hybrid Cloud.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hybrid Cloud in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the UK excluding London

Hybrid Cloud
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Hybrid Cloud.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid Cloud
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hybrid Cloud in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the UK excluding London

Hybrid Cloud
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
South East -13 90 £615 +14.41% 30
North of England -43 71 £563 -6.17% 18
Yorkshire -15 36 £550 -6.38% 7
Midlands -32 36 £488 -30.36% 9
West Midlands -42 29 £488 -30.36% 7
North West -53 28 £575 -4.17% 8
South West -37 26 £639 -8.75% 11
North East -34 13 £650 +8.33% 3
Scotland -8 10 £595 +10.70% 1
East Midlands -10 7 £478 +11.05% 2
East of England -20 6 £505 -8.18% 2
Wales - 3 £670 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 -
Hybrid Cloud
UK

Hybrid Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (3.78%) OpenStack
2 7 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.52%) Apache
3 6 (2.52%) Confluence
4 3 (1.26%) IIS
4 3 (1.26%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.26%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.84%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 7 (2.94%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.42%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.42%) Maximo
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 160 (67.23%) Azure
2 116 (48.74%) AWS
3 41 (17.23%) GCP
4 29 (12.18%) SaaS
5 28 (11.76%) Entra ID
6 26 (10.92%) OCI
7 23 (9.66%) OpenShift
8 21 (8.82%) GitHub
9 18 (7.56%) Azure Monitor
9 18 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (5.46%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (4.62%) IaaS
13 10 (4.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 9 (3.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (3.36%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (3.36%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (3.36%) PaaS
15 8 (3.36%) Serverless
16 7 (2.94%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (25.21%) Firewall
2 52 (21.85%) DNS
3 44 (18.49%) WAN
4 41 (17.23%) BGP
5 28 (11.76%) VPN
6 27 (11.34%) SD-WAN
7 26 (10.92%) DHCP
7 26 (10.92%) OSPF
8 25 (10.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 23 (9.66%) BIG-IP
9 23 (9.66%) LAN
9 23 (9.66%) TCP/IP
9 23 (9.66%) VXLAN
10 22 (9.24%) Ethernet VPN
11 17 (7.14%) MPLS
11 17 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (6.30%) Network Security
13 12 (5.04%) VSAN
13 12 (5.04%) WLAN
14 9 (3.78%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.52%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.26%) Power BI
2 3 (1.26%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.84%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.84%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.42%) Big Data
4 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.42%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.42%) Firebird
4 1 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.42%) GIS
4 1 (0.42%) Metadata
4 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (11.34%) GitLab
2 25 (10.50%) Jenkins
3 17 (7.14%) Git
4 6 (2.52%) JIRA
5 4 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.26%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 72 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.18%) Public Sector
3 22 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.72%) Finance
5 14 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (5.46%) Aerospace
7 10 (4.20%) Banking
8 7 (2.94%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.10%) Retail
10 4 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.68%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.26%) Military
11 3 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Law
12 2 (0.84%) Legal
13 1 (0.42%) Advertising
13 1 (0.42%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.42%) Billing
13 1 (0.42%) Marketing
13 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (32.77%) Architect
2 63 (26.47%) Senior
3 42 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (8.40%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (8.40%) Network Engineer
6 19 (7.98%) Solutions Architect
7 18 (7.56%) Network Architect
8 17 (7.14%) Lead
8 17 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
9 16 (6.72%) Technical Architect
10 11 (4.62%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (4.20%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (4.20%) Senior Architect
12 9 (3.78%) Consultant
12 9 (3.78%) DevOps Engineer
12 9 (3.78%) Technical Leader
13 8 (3.36%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (3.36%) Senior Network Engineer
14 7 (2.94%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (44.12%) Terraform
2 16 (6.72%) ARM Templates
3 11 (4.62%) NETCONF
3 11 (4.62%) YANG
4 10 (4.20%) OpenTelemetry
5 9 (3.78%) REST
6 6 (2.52%) JSON
6 6 (2.52%) OpenConfig
6 6 (2.52%) RESTCONF
6 6 (2.52%) SailPoint
7 5 (2.10%) .NET
7 5 (2.10%) LDAP
7 5 (2.10%) OAuth
8 4 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.68%) Kafka
8 4 (1.68%) OpenID
8 4 (1.68%) SAML
9 3 (1.26%) Loki
10 2 (0.84%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 51 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 50 (21.01%) Data Centre
3 22 (9.24%) Public Cloud
4 19 (7.98%) Onboarding
5 18 (7.56%) Private Cloud
6 15 (6.30%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.94%) ARM Cortex
8 7 (2.94%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.94%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.94%) PKI
9 6 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.52%) Operational Technology
9 6 (2.52%) Replication
10 5 (2.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.10%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.68%) AI Agents
12 3 (1.26%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 56 (23.53%) Windows
2 48 (20.17%) Windows Server
3 46 (19.33%) Linux
4 9 (3.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.52%) VMS
6 4 (1.68%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.26%) CoreOS
7 3 (1.26%) Data ONTAP
8 2 (0.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (39.92%) Infrastructure as Code
2 85 (35.71%) DevOps
3 83 (34.87%) CI/CD
4 68 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 56 (23.53%) Migration
6 51 (21.43%) Zero Trust
7 45 (18.91%) Disaster Recovery
8 42 (17.65%) Roadmaps
9 39 (16.39%) Load Balancing
10 36 (15.13%) Agile
11 35 (14.71%) Platform Engineering
11 35 (14.71%) Technical Leadership
12 34 (14.29%) High Availability
12 34 (14.29%) Network Design
12 34 (14.29%) Observability
13 33 (13.87%) ITIL
13 33 (13.87%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (13.03%) Cloud Security
16 30 (12.61%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 69 (28.99%) Python
2 51 (21.43%) PowerShell
3 40 (16.81%) Bash
4 23 (9.66%) Bicep
5 10 (4.20%) Java
6 6 (2.52%) Go
6 6 (2.52%) SQL
7 5 (2.10%) BeanShell
8 3 (1.26%) C#
9 1 (0.42%) Groovy
9 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (34.87%) Security Cleared
2 53 (22.27%) SC Cleared
3 34 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 20 (8.40%) Azure Certification
4 20 (8.40%) Degree
5 16 (6.72%) AWS Certification
5 16 (6.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 14 (5.88%) CCIE
7 12 (5.04%) CCNP
8 11 (4.62%) CISSP
8 11 (4.62%) JNCIE
9 9 (3.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (3.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.52%) OCP
11 6 (2.52%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (2.52%) VCAP
12 4 (1.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.14%) NIST
2 12 (5.04%) NCSC
3 10 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.36%) GDPR
4 8 (3.36%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.26%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (1.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.42%) PSD2
7 1 (0.42%) SEPA
7 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (21.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (19.75%) Active Directory
3 31 (13.03%) vSphere
4 30 (12.61%) VMware NSX
5 17 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.72%) Docker
7 14 (5.88%) Hyper-V
8 12 (5.04%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.26%) NFS
10 2 (0.84%) KVM
11 1 (0.42%) Firmware
11 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 74 (31.09%) Ansible
2 52 (21.85%) Kubernetes
3 22 (9.24%) Grafana
4 14 (5.88%) Prometheus
4 14 (5.88%) vCenter Server
5 9 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (3.78%) SCCM
6 8 (3.36%) Argo
7 7 (2.94%) Istio
8 6 (2.52%) PowerCLI
9 5 (2.10%) SCOM
10 3 (1.26%) CASB
10 3 (1.26%) Rancher
10 3 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.26%) SnapMirror
10 3 (1.26%) vMotion
11 2 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.84%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.84%) vRealize
11 2 (0.84%) VxRail
Vendors
1 101 (42.44%) Microsoft
2 65 (27.31%) VMware
3 34 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 33 (13.87%) F5
5 28 (11.76%) Cisco
6 20 (8.40%) Aruba
7 19 (7.98%) Arista
8 18 (7.56%) Google
9 15 (6.30%) Red Hat
10 10 (4.20%) Fortinet
11 8 (3.36%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (3.36%) Splunk
12 7 (2.94%) CyberArk
12 7 (2.94%) IBM
12 7 (2.94%) Juniper
13 6 (2.52%) Pure Storage
13 6 (2.52%) SAP
13 6 (2.52%) ServiceNow
13 6 (2.52%) SolarWinds
14 4 (1.68%) SaltStack