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 29 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 243 321
Rank change year-on-year -11 +78 +2
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 236 131 54
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.84% 0.85% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.67% 2.45% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 76 37
10th Percentile £413 £420 £460
25th Percentile £515 £497 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +3.60%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £700
90th Percentile £728 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £590 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +2.61% - -
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 £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 8,848 5,342 5,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.37% 34.65% 29.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,045 3,188 2,834
10th Percentile £280 £221 £210
25th Percentile £404 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £577 £600
90th Percentile £688 £666 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £519 £538
% change year-on-year +1.20% -3.49% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 977 433 346
10th Percentile £13.66 £13.91 £14.45
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.79 £22.10
Median hourly rate £38.25 £29.27 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +30.68% -48.96% +14.70%
75th Percentile £67.70 £56.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.60 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £29.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +29.31% -42.00% +11.73%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 29 September 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 89 £615 +17.14% 61
North of England -52 66 £575 -4.17% 62
Yorkshire -11 34 £568 -3.40% 14
Midlands -34 34 £500 -24.53% 45
South West -34 29 £669 -4.46% 42
West Midlands -38 28 £500 -28.57% 27
North West -62 25 £575 -4.17% 42
North East -29 13 £650 +8.33% 7
Scotland -24 11 £645 +29.00% 19
East of England -24 8 £530 +4.95% 13
East Midlands -15 6 £478 -4.50% 18
Wales - 4 £670 - 7
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 - 3
Channel Islands - 1 - -
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 11 (4.66%) OpenStack
2 6 (2.54%) Apache
2 6 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.69%) Confluence
4 3 (1.27%) IBM Transformation Extender
5 2 (0.85%) Apache Superset
5 2 (0.85%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.85%) IIS
5 2 (0.85%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.85%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.42%) CICS
Applications
1 5 (2.12%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.42%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.42%) Maximo
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 164 (69.49%) Azure
2 108 (45.76%) AWS
3 40 (16.95%) GCP
4 32 (13.56%) SaaS
5 30 (12.71%) Entra ID
6 26 (11.02%) OCI
7 19 (8.05%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (7.63%) OpenShift
9 17 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (5.51%) GitHub
11 12 (5.08%) IaaS
12 10 (4.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 10 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (3.81%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (3.81%) PaaS
14 8 (3.39%) Serverless
14 8 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 7 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (2.97%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 63 (26.69%) Firewall
2 51 (21.61%) DNS
3 41 (17.37%) WAN
4 40 (16.95%) BGP
5 32 (13.56%) VPN
6 31 (13.14%) DHCP
7 27 (11.44%) SD-WAN
8 25 (10.59%) OSPF
9 24 (10.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 24 (10.17%) TCP/IP
10 23 (9.75%) BIG-IP
11 22 (9.32%) LAN
11 22 (9.32%) VXLAN
12 21 (8.90%) Ethernet VPN
13 17 (7.20%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (6.36%) MPLS
14 15 (6.36%) Network Security
15 12 (5.08%) WLAN
16 9 (3.81%) VSAN
17 7 (2.97%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.54%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.27%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.27%) Power BI
4 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.85%) EDRMS
4 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.42%) Big Data
5 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.42%) GIS
5 1 (0.42%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 27 (11.44%) GitLab
2 20 (8.47%) Jenkins
3 16 (6.78%) Git
4 5 (2.12%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.69%) JIRA
6 2 (0.85%) Maven
6 2 (0.85%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.42%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.42%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 68 (28.81%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.71%) Public Sector
3 21 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.05%) Finance
5 17 (7.20%) Aerospace
6 14 (5.93%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.39%) Banking
7 8 (3.39%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.97%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.54%) Retail
10 5 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.27%) Law
11 3 (1.27%) Military
11 3 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Advertising
13 1 (0.42%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.42%) Aviation
13 1 (0.42%) Billing
13 1 (0.42%) Legal
Job Titles
1 82 (34.75%) Architect
2 67 (28.39%) Senior
3 45 (19.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 31 (13.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 27 (11.44%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (9.75%) Cloud Engineer
7 20 (8.47%) Network Engineer
7 20 (8.47%) Platform Engineer
8 17 (7.20%) Cloud Architect
8 17 (7.20%) Network Architect
9 14 (5.93%) Lead
9 14 (5.93%) Technical Architect
10 10 (4.24%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.24%) Technical Leader
11 9 (3.81%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (3.81%) Senior Architect
12 8 (3.39%) Enterprise Architect
12 8 (3.39%) Security Architect
12 8 (3.39%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 8 (3.39%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (39.83%) Terraform
2 17 (7.20%) ARM Templates
3 9 (3.81%) NETCONF
3 9 (3.81%) YANG
4 8 (3.39%) REST
5 6 (2.54%) Kafka
5 6 (2.54%) Middleware
5 6 (2.54%) SailPoint
6 5 (2.12%) JSON
6 5 (2.12%) LDAP
7 4 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.69%) OAuth
7 4 (1.69%) OpenConfig
7 4 (1.69%) RESTCONF
8 3 (1.27%) .NET
8 3 (1.27%) Keycloak
8 3 (1.27%) OpenID
8 3 (1.27%) SAML
9 2 (0.85%) Web Services
9 2 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (21.61%) Cloud Native
2 50 (21.19%) Data Centre
3 26 (11.02%) Public Cloud
4 20 (8.47%) Onboarding
4 20 (8.47%) Private Cloud
5 19 (8.05%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.39%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.97%) ARM Cortex
7 7 (2.97%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (2.97%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.54%) AI Agents
8 6 (2.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.12%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.69%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.69%) PKI
11 3 (1.27%) Blockchain
11 3 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 56 (23.73%) Windows
2 46 (19.49%) Windows Server
3 41 (17.37%) Linux
4 4 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.69%) Unix
5 3 (1.27%) VMS
6 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.42%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (41.53%) Infrastructure as Code
2 85 (36.02%) DevOps
3 78 (33.05%) CI/CD
4 66 (27.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 54 (22.88%) Zero Trust
6 52 (22.03%) Migration
6 52 (22.03%) Roadmaps
7 45 (19.07%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (17.37%) Agile
8 41 (17.37%) Disaster Recovery
9 40 (16.95%) Technical Leadership
10 37 (15.68%) Cybersecurity
10 37 (15.68%) Platform Engineering
11 34 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (13.98%) Cloud Security
12 33 (13.98%) ITIL
13 32 (13.56%) High Availability
13 32 (13.56%) Load Balancing
13 32 (13.56%) Network Design
13 32 (13.56%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 63 (26.69%) Python
2 46 (19.49%) PowerShell
3 31 (13.14%) Bash
4 25 (10.59%) Bicep
5 11 (4.66%) Java
6 5 (2.12%) BeanShell
6 5 (2.12%) Go
7 4 (1.69%) SQL
8 3 (1.27%) Groovy
8 3 (1.27%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.85%) C#
10 1 (0.42%) COBOL
10 1 (0.42%) JCL
Qualifications
1 88 (37.29%) Security Cleared
2 60 (25.42%) SC Cleared
3 34 (14.41%) DV Cleared
4 31 (13.14%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (10.59%) Azure Certification
6 21 (8.90%) Degree
7 16 (6.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 14 (5.93%) AWS Certification
9 13 (5.51%) CCNP
10 12 (5.08%) CCIE
11 11 (4.66%) CISSP
12 9 (3.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (3.81%) JNCIE
12 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (3.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (2.12%) VCAP
15 4 (1.69%) Master's Degree
16 3 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
16 3 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.51%) NIST
2 10 (4.24%) NCSC
3 6 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.12%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (2.12%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.85%) GDPR
8 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.42%) GRC
8 1 (0.42%) PSD2
8 1 (0.42%) SEPA
8 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (19.07%) Active Directory
2 44 (18.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (9.75%) vSphere
4 21 (8.90%) VMware NSX
5 18 (7.63%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (7.20%) Docker
7 16 (6.78%) Hyper-V
8 10 (4.24%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.85%) KVM
9 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.42%) RACF
10 1 (0.42%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 65 (27.54%) Ansible
2 44 (18.64%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.36%) Grafana
4 12 (5.08%) Prometheus
5 9 (3.81%) SCCM
5 9 (3.81%) vCenter Server
6 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.12%) Istio
7 5 (2.12%) SCOM
8 4 (1.69%) PowerCLI
8 4 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.27%) Argo
9 3 (1.27%) CASB
9 3 (1.27%) Tivoli
9 3 (1.27%) Tivoli Monitoring
10 2 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.85%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.85%) VxRail
11 1 (0.42%) FreeIPA
11 1 (0.42%) vMotion
Vendors
1 107 (45.34%) Microsoft
2 57 (24.15%) VMware
3 32 (13.56%) Palo Alto
4 30 (12.71%) F5
5 25 (10.59%) Cisco
6 20 (8.47%) Aruba
7 19 (8.05%) Arista
8 16 (6.78%) Google
9 10 (4.24%) IBM
10 8 (3.39%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (3.39%) Fortinet
11 7 (2.97%) CyberArk
11 7 (2.97%) Red Hat
11 7 (2.97%) SAP
12 5 (2.12%) Juniper
12 5 (2.12%) ServiceNow
12 5 (2.12%) SolarWinds
13 4 (1.69%) Databricks
13 4 (1.69%) Oracle
13 4 (1.69%) SaltStack