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 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 299 308
Rank change year-on-year +40 +9 +119
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 145 63 104
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.86% 0.38% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.50% 1.28% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 50 67
10th Percentile £413 £460 £342
25th Percentile £475 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £642 £684 £675
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27.00
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £78.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £63.72 - £76.50
% change year-on-year - - -8.93%

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 5,794 4,928 6,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.38% 29.46% 31.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,526 2,707 4,182
10th Percentile £208 £203 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 490 265 382
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.62 £16.54
25th Percentile £16.95 £22.22 £21.05
Median hourly rate £26.25 £42.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -38.24% -7.97% +100.78%
75th Percentile £52.50 £70.00 £66.14
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £78.32
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.50% -10.11% +64.94%

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 6 November 2025.

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
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 6 November 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
North of England +14 50 £600 -7.69% 20
South East +6 33 £513 -10.87% 117
South West +27 31 £700 +16.67% 25
Midlands -18 31 £638 -2.45% 20
North West +13 30 £600 +20.00% 11
West Midlands -7 28 £650 -7.14% 10
Yorkshire - 18 £538 - 6
Scotland +8 9 £450 -6.25% 7
East of England - 6 £503 - 23
East Midlands -21 3 £500 +11.11% 9
North East - 2 £600 - 3
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 13 (8.97%) OpenStack
2 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.38%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.69%) Apache
4 1 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.69%) IIS
4 1 (0.69%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.69%) Mule
4 1 (0.69%) Mule ESB
4 1 (0.69%) SAS
4 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.07%) Maximo
2 1 (0.69%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.69%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 82 (56.55%) Azure
2 60 (41.38%) AWS
3 25 (17.24%) GCP
3 25 (17.24%) SaaS
4 20 (13.79%) Entra ID
5 19 (13.10%) Google Workspace
6 15 (10.34%) OpenShift
7 12 (8.28%) GitHub
8 10 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (6.21%) Azure Stack
9 9 (6.21%) IaaS
9 9 (6.21%) PaaS
9 9 (6.21%) Serverless
10 8 (5.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (4.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 6 (4.14%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (4.14%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (4.14%) Snowflake
11 6 (4.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (3.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 37 (25.52%) Firewall
2 23 (15.86%) WAN
3 19 (13.10%) Network Security
4 16 (11.03%) BGP
4 16 (11.03%) VPN
5 14 (9.66%) MPLS
6 13 (8.97%) LAN
7 10 (6.90%) OSPF
8 9 (6.21%) SD-WAN
9 8 (5.52%) DNS
10 7 (4.83%) Wireless
11 6 (4.14%) NGFW
11 6 (4.14%) SNMP
11 6 (4.14%) TACACS
12 4 (2.76%) DHCP
12 4 (2.76%) SAN
12 4 (2.76%) TCP/IP
12 4 (2.76%) VLAN
12 4 (2.76%) VSAN
13 2 (1.38%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.76%) Big Data
5 2 (1.38%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.38%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.38%) Power BI
5 2 (1.38%) Tableau
6 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.69%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.69%) Impala
6 1 (0.69%) Metadata
6 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.69%) QlikView
6 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.69%) SQLite
6 1 (0.69%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 5 (3.45%) GitLab
1 5 (3.45%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.07%) Git
3 2 (1.38%) Jaeger
4 1 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 48 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.17%) Public Sector
3 16 (11.03%) Finance
4 9 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.76%) Military
7 3 (2.07%) Banking
7 3 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.38%) Retail
8 2 (1.38%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.69%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.69%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.69%) Legal
9 1 (0.69%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (31.03%) Architect
2 24 (16.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 24 (16.55%) Senior
3 14 (9.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (8.97%) Network Architect
5 12 (8.28%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (6.90%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (6.90%) Consultant
6 10 (6.90%) Data Engineer
7 8 (5.52%) Data Architect
7 8 (5.52%) Designer
7 8 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.83%) Security Architect
9 6 (4.14%) Developer
9 6 (4.14%) IP Architect
9 6 (4.14%) IP Designer
9 6 (4.14%) IP Specialist
9 6 (4.14%) IT Engineer
9 6 (4.14%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.14%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.90%) REST
2 7 (4.83%) Kafka
3 6 (4.14%) Keycloak
3 6 (4.14%) NETCONF
3 6 (4.14%) YANG
4 5 (3.45%) JSON
5 4 (2.76%) ARM Templates
6 3 (2.07%) CSS
6 3 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (2.07%) HTML
6 3 (2.07%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (2.07%) XML
7 1 (0.69%) .NET
7 1 (0.69%) J2EE
7 1 (0.69%) Node.js
7 1 (0.69%) ODBC
7 1 (0.69%) React
7 1 (0.69%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.69%) Spring
7 1 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.69%) Cloud Native
2 17 (11.72%) Data Centre
3 11 (7.59%) Public Cloud
4 8 (5.52%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.83%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (4.83%) Security Posture
6 6 (4.14%) Operational Technology
7 5 (3.45%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.45%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.07%) Digital Signage
8 3 (2.07%) Replication
9 2 (1.38%) CCTV
9 2 (1.38%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.38%) SCADA
10 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.69%) Life Science
10 1 (0.69%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.90%) Linux
1 10 (6.90%) Windows
2 5 (3.45%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.69%) CentOS
4 1 (0.69%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.69%) Unix
4 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (31.03%) DevOps
2 34 (23.45%) CI/CD
3 32 (22.07%) Infrastructure as Code
4 27 (18.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 24 (16.55%) Migration
5 24 (16.55%) Roadmaps
6 20 (13.79%) Agile
6 20 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (13.10%) Zero Trust
8 18 (12.41%) Containerisation
8 18 (12.41%) Mobile Device Management
8 18 (12.41%) Network Architecture
8 18 (12.41%) TOGAF
9 17 (11.72%) High Availability
10 16 (11.03%) Network Design
10 16 (11.03%) Network Virtualisation
10 16 (11.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (10.34%) Benchmarking
12 14 (9.66%) Microservices
12 14 (9.66%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 40 (27.59%) Python
2 9 (6.21%) PowerShell
3 8 (5.52%) Go
4 7 (4.83%) Bash
4 7 (4.83%) Bicep
5 5 (3.45%) Java
6 3 (2.07%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.07%) Kotlin
6 3 (2.07%) SQL
7 2 (1.38%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.69%) HiveQL
8 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.69%) R
8 1 (0.69%) Scala
8 1 (0.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 47 (32.41%) Security Cleared
2 38 (26.21%) SC Cleared
3 31 (21.38%) Azure Certification
4 28 (19.31%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (12.41%) AWS Certification
6 17 (11.72%) CCIE
7 14 (9.66%) JNCIE
8 10 (6.90%) CISSP
8 10 (6.90%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (6.21%) DV Cleared
9 9 (6.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (4.14%) CCNA
10 6 (4.14%) CCNP
10 6 (4.14%) Degree
11 5 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (3.45%) CCSP
12 4 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (2.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 3 (2.07%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (7.59%) NIST
3 7 (4.83%) GDPR
4 5 (3.45%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.45%) PSD2
5 3 (2.07%) NCSC
5 3 (2.07%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.38%) GRC
6 2 (1.38%) QA
6 2 (1.38%) SLA
7 1 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.69%) GMP
7 1 (0.69%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.69%) ITGC
7 1 (0.69%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.69%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (13.10%) Docker
3 11 (7.59%) VMware NSX
4 10 (6.90%) Active Directory
5 7 (4.83%) Hyper-V
6 6 (4.14%) vSphere
7 3 (2.07%) KVM
8 2 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.69%) Ceph
9 1 (0.69%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.69%) QEMU
9 1 (0.69%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (24.14%) Terraform
2 29 (20.00%) Ansible
3 27 (18.62%) Kubernetes
4 11 (7.59%) Grafana
5 6 (4.14%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (2.07%) Argo
7 3 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.07%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.38%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.38%) PowerCLI
8 2 (1.38%) Puppet
8 2 (1.38%) SCCM
9 1 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.69%) Kibana
9 1 (0.69%) Podman
Vendors
1 25 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 23 (15.86%) VMware
3 21 (14.48%) Google
4 17 (11.72%) Cisco
5 9 (6.21%) F5
6 8 (5.52%) Fortinet
7 6 (4.14%) Greenplum
7 6 (4.14%) Juniper
7 6 (4.14%) Oracle
7 6 (4.14%) Red Hat
8 5 (3.45%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.76%) Citrix
10 3 (2.07%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.07%) Dynatrace
10 3 (2.07%) IBM
10 3 (2.07%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.07%) Splunk
11 2 (1.38%) MuleSoft
11 2 (1.38%) Qualys
11 2 (1.38%) Veeam