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 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 241 342
Rank change year-on-year -7 +101 -32
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 236 131 40
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.86% 0.86% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.82% 2.53% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 71 23
10th Percentile £401 £415 £460
25th Percentile £480 £501 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% -1.71% +6.36%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £694
90th Percentile £725 £700 £763
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £43.42 - -
25th Percentile £62.62 - -
Median hourly rate £68.22 - -
75th Percentile £77.31 - -
90th Percentile £84.17 - -
UK median hourly rate £68.22 £81.86 -
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -

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 8,358 5,182 5,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.49% 34.06% 28.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,017 3,076 3,173
10th Percentile £300 £230 £219
25th Percentile £406 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £608
90th Percentile £688 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 763 404 502
10th Percentile £14.68 £15.00 £12.15
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.44 £17.53
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.53% -33.33% +4.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.10 £29.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year +44.88% -33.89% +12.98%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -11 86 £600 +11.63% 63
North of England -56 78 £530 -11.75% 45
Yorkshire -11 40 £507 -18.88% 19
Midlands -35 34 £488 -30.36% 9
North West -53 31 £565 -5.83% 24
West Midlands -41 29 £488 -30.36% 5
South West -40 22 £640 -8.57% 18
North East -34 13 £650 +8.33% 2
Scotland -4 10 £595 +8.18% 9
East of England -17 7 £505 -8.18% 7
East Midlands -7 5 £478 +11.05% 4
Wales - 3 £670 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 - 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 9 (3.81%) OpenStack
2 7 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.54%) Apache
3 6 (2.54%) Confluence
4 3 (1.27%) IIS
4 3 (1.27%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.27%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.85%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 7 (2.97%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.42%) Maximo
3 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 159 (67.37%) Azure
2 117 (49.58%) AWS
3 39 (16.53%) GCP
4 30 (12.71%) OpenShift
5 28 (11.86%) Entra ID
6 27 (11.44%) SaaS
7 25 (10.59%) OCI
8 23 (9.75%) GitHub
9 18 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (6.78%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (5.93%) IaaS
13 12 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (4.24%) PaaS
15 8 (3.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 8 (3.39%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 7 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
16 7 (2.97%) Azure AKS
16 7 (2.97%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 62 (26.27%) Firewall
2 47 (19.92%) DNS
3 46 (19.49%) WAN
4 40 (16.95%) BGP
5 29 (12.29%) VPN
6 28 (11.86%) SD-WAN
7 27 (11.44%) OSPF
8 25 (10.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 24 (10.17%) LAN
9 24 (10.17%) VXLAN
10 23 (9.75%) BIG-IP
10 23 (9.75%) DHCP
11 22 (9.32%) Ethernet VPN
11 22 (9.32%) TCP/IP
12 18 (7.63%) MPLS
13 17 (7.20%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (6.78%) Network Security
15 12 (5.08%) WLAN
16 10 (4.24%) VSAN
17 9 (3.81%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.54%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.85%) Power BI
4 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
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%) InfluxDB
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 26 (11.02%) Jenkins
2 25 (10.59%) GitLab
3 16 (6.78%) Git
4 6 (2.54%) JIRA
5 5 (2.12%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.69%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 75 (31.78%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.71%) Public Sector
3 21 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.36%) Finance
5 13 (5.51%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.66%) Aerospace
7 10 (4.24%) Banking
8 7 (2.97%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Retail
10 3 (1.27%) Military
10 3 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Law
11 2 (0.85%) Legal
11 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.42%) Advertising
12 1 (0.42%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.42%) Marketing
12 1 (0.42%) Police
12 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (33.47%) Architect
2 57 (24.15%) Senior
3 41 (17.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (11.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (8.47%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (8.47%) Technical Architect
6 19 (8.05%) Lead
6 19 (8.05%) Network Architect
7 18 (7.63%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (7.63%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (6.36%) Network Engineer
9 11 (4.66%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (4.66%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (4.66%) Senior Architect
10 9 (3.81%) Cloud Architect
10 9 (3.81%) Technical Leader
11 8 (3.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.97%) Enterprise Architect
12 7 (2.97%) Lead Architect
12 7 (2.97%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.63%) OpenTelemetry
2 12 (5.08%) ARM Templates
3 11 (4.66%) NETCONF
3 11 (4.66%) YANG
4 10 (4.24%) JSON
5 8 (3.39%) Kafka
5 8 (3.39%) REST
6 6 (2.54%) .NET
6 6 (2.54%) OpenConfig
6 6 (2.54%) RESTCONF
7 5 (2.12%) Apache Avro
7 5 (2.12%) LDAP
7 5 (2.12%) OAuth
7 5 (2.12%) Protocol Buffers
7 5 (2.12%) SailPoint
8 4 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.69%) Loki
8 4 (1.69%) OpenID
8 4 (1.69%) SAML
9 3 (1.27%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 52 (22.03%) Cloud Native
2 50 (21.19%) Data Centre
3 18 (7.63%) Onboarding
3 18 (7.63%) Public Cloud
4 13 (5.51%) Private Cloud
5 12 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.39%) PKI
8 6 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.54%) ARM Cortex
8 6 (2.54%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (2.54%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.54%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.54%) Replication
8 6 (2.54%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.69%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.27%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 53 (22.46%) Windows
2 46 (19.49%) Linux
3 45 (19.07%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.97%) VMS
6 4 (1.69%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (1.69%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.27%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.85%) Unix
9 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (38.14%) Infrastructure as Code
2 86 (36.44%) CI/CD
3 83 (35.17%) DevOps
4 65 (27.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 58 (24.58%) Migration
6 49 (20.76%) Zero Trust
7 44 (18.64%) Disaster Recovery
8 41 (17.37%) Roadmaps
9 37 (15.68%) Load Balancing
10 36 (15.25%) High Availability
11 35 (14.83%) Network Design
11 35 (14.83%) Observability
12 33 (13.98%) Platform Engineering
12 33 (13.98%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (13.56%) ITIL
13 32 (13.56%) Technical Leadership
14 31 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
15 30 (12.71%) Agile
15 30 (12.71%) Cloud Security
16 27 (11.44%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 77 (32.63%) Python
2 51 (21.61%) PowerShell
3 39 (16.53%) Bash
4 20 (8.47%) Bicep
5 10 (4.24%) Java
6 7 (2.97%) SQL
7 6 (2.54%) Go
8 5 (2.12%) BeanShell
9 3 (1.27%) C#
10 1 (0.42%) Groovy
10 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (33.90%) Security Cleared
2 52 (22.03%) SC Cleared
3 34 (14.41%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (13.56%) DV Cleared
5 20 (8.47%) Azure Certification
6 19 (8.05%) Degree
7 18 (7.63%) AWS Certification
8 15 (6.36%) CCIE
9 14 (5.93%) CCNP
10 13 (5.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 11 (4.66%) JNCIE
12 10 (4.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.81%) CISSP
14 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (2.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (2.97%) OCP
15 7 (2.97%) Oracle Certification
16 4 (1.69%) CCNA
17 3 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.63%) NIST
2 13 (5.51%) NCSC
3 10 (4.24%) PCI DSS
4 9 (3.81%) GDPR
4 9 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.69%) GRC
7 3 (1.27%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.42%) PSD2
8 1 (0.42%) SEPA
8 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 53 (22.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 46 (19.49%) Active Directory
3 32 (13.56%) vSphere
4 31 (13.14%) VMware NSX
5 16 (6.78%) Docker
5 16 (6.78%) Hyper-V
6 13 (5.51%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.27%) NFS
9 2 (0.85%) KVM
9 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 103 (43.64%) Terraform
2 72 (30.51%) Ansible
3 52 (22.03%) Kubernetes
4 26 (11.02%) Grafana
5 18 (7.63%) Prometheus
6 14 (5.93%) vCenter Server
7 11 (4.66%) Argo
8 8 (3.39%) Istio
8 8 (3.39%) SCCM
9 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (2.12%) SCOM
11 4 (1.69%) CASB
11 4 (1.69%) Rancher
12 3 (1.27%) SnapMirror
12 3 (1.27%) vMotion
13 2 (0.85%) Check_MK
13 2 (0.85%) PowerCLI
13 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.85%) vRealize
13 2 (0.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 97 (41.10%) Microsoft
2 67 (28.39%) VMware
3 38 (16.10%) Palo Alto
4 33 (13.98%) F5
5 31 (13.14%) Cisco
6 20 (8.47%) Aruba
7 19 (8.05%) Arista
8 18 (7.63%) Red Hat
9 14 (5.93%) Google
9 14 (5.93%) Splunk
10 12 (5.08%) Fortinet
11 9 (3.81%) Pure Storage
12 8 (3.39%) Juniper
13 7 (2.97%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (2.97%) IBM
13 7 (2.97%) SolarWinds
14 6 (2.54%) CyberArk
14 6 (2.54%) SAP
15 5 (2.12%) CheckPoint
15 5 (2.12%) ServiceNow