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 17 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 269 | 241 | 308 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -28 | +67 | +16 |
| Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud | 233 | 138 | 57 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.82% | 0.86% | 0.33% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 2.54% | 2.47% | 1.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 147 | 80 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £460 |
| 25th Percentile | £518 | £475 | £490 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £550 | £568 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -3.08% | -1.30% |
| 75th Percentile | £669 | £639 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £700 | £734 |
| UK median daily rate | £589 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.05% | -4.35% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £61.74 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £63.06 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £69.61 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £74.15 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £84.86 | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £71.00 | £63.72 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +11.43% | - | - |
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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 9,174 | 5,576 | 5,055 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 32.23% | 34.82% | 29.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,129 | 3,353 | 2,782 |
| 10th Percentile | £265 | £223 | £210 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £363 | £360 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £495 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -4.04% | -1.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £694 | £664 | £688 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £515 | £531 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.94% | -2.92% | -3.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,116 | 471 | 312 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £13.46 | £15.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.00 | £17.30 | £23.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.99 | £25.15 | £53.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +35.15% | -52.77% | +6.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £55.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.13 | £73.00 | £75.14 |
| UK median hourly rate | £35.11 | £27.21 | £47.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.03% | -42.72% | +5.56% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
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 17 October 2026.
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.
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 17 October 2026.
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 17 October 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 | -8 | 88 | £607 | +18.53% | 64 |
| North of England | -59 | 64 | £575 | -4.17% | 79 |
| Midlands | -33 | 34 | £500 | -23.08% | 30 |
| Yorkshire | -12 | 33 | £568 | +3.18% | 20 |
| South West | -31 | 31 | £675 | -3.57% | 39 |
| West Midlands | -36 | 29 | £500 | -25.93% | 23 |
| North West | -54 | 24 | £575 | -4.17% | 46 |
| North East | -30 | 13 | £650 | +8.33% | 13 |
| Scotland | -21 | 11 | £648 | +43.89% | 23 |
| East of England | -24 | 6 | £620 | +23.38% | 17 |
| East Midlands | -9 | 5 | £450 | -10.00% | 7 |
| Wales | - | 4 | £670 | - | 4 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £550 | - | 3 |
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Hybrid Cloud Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloud Native | 20.6% | 48 |
| 2 | Data Centre | 19.7% | 46 |
| 3 | Public Cloud | 10.3% | 24 |
| 4 | Onboarding | 9.9% | 23 |
| 5 | Enterprise Software | 8.6% | 20 |
| 6 | Private Cloud | 8.2% | 19 |
| 7 | ARM Cortex | 4.3% | 10 |
| 8 | Management Information System | 3.9% | 9 |
| 9 | Operational Technology | 3.0% | 7 |
| 10 | AI Agents | 2.6% | 6 |
| 10 | Enterprise Cloud | 2.6% | 6 |
| 12 | Product Ownership | 2.1% | 5 |
| 13 | Analytical Mindset | 1.7% | 4 |
| 13 | Distributed Denial-of-Service | 1.7% | 4 |
| 13 | Mainframe | 1.7% | 4 |
| 16 | Blockchain | 1.3% | 3 |
| 16 | Cyber Threat | 1.3% | 3 |
| 16 | Distributed Systems | 1.3% | 3 |
| 16 | Legacy Systems | 1.3% | 3 |
| 16 | PKI | 1.3% | 3 |