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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 233 326
Rank change year-on-year -12 +93 -14
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 236 134 44
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.86% 0.87% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.82% 2.55% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 73 28
10th Percentile £401 £413 £460
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year - +2.68% +1.82%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £631
90th Percentile £725 £763 £747
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £48.00 - -
25th Percentile £63.06 - -
Median hourly rate £69.61 - -
75th Percentile £74.15 - -
90th Percentile £84.03 - -
UK median hourly rate £69.61 £81.86 -
% change year-on-year -14.97% - -

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 8,381 5,259 5,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.45% 34.13% 28.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,005 3,121 3,145
10th Percentile £297 £230 £213
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 £612
90th Percentile £688 £660 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 800 414 486
10th Percentile £14.24 £14.78 £12.15
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.22 £18.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.53% -33.33% +10.86%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £29.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +47.46% -34.44% +10.86%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -8 90 £615 +17.14% 39
North of England -52 72 £563 -6.17% 23
Yorkshire -8 37 £540 -13.60% 11
Midlands -30 35 £488 -30.36% 11
West Midlands -40 29 £488 -30.36% 6
North West -50 28 £575 -4.17% 10
South West -40 23 £640 -8.57% 16
North East -33 13 £650 +8.33% 2
Scotland -5 10 £595 +10.70% 4
East of England -21 7 £505 -8.18% 3
East Midlands -12 6 £478 +11.05% 5
Wales - 3 £670 - 1
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 (3.81%) 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%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.42%) Maximo
3 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 161 (68.22%) Azure
2 119 (50.42%) AWS
3 42 (17.80%) GCP
4 28 (11.86%) Entra ID
4 28 (11.86%) SaaS
5 25 (10.59%) OCI
6 23 (9.75%) OpenShift
7 21 (8.90%) GitHub
8 19 (8.05%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (7.20%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (5.51%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (5.08%) IaaS
13 9 (3.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 9 (3.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (3.39%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (3.39%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (3.39%) PaaS
14 8 (3.39%) Serverless
15 7 (2.97%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (25.00%) Firewall
2 45 (19.07%) DNS
2 45 (19.07%) WAN
3 41 (17.37%) BGP
4 27 (11.44%) SD-WAN
4 27 (11.44%) VPN
5 26 (11.02%) OSPF
6 25 (10.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 24 (10.17%) DHCP
7 24 (10.17%) LAN
8 23 (9.75%) BIG-IP
8 23 (9.75%) VXLAN
9 22 (9.32%) Ethernet VPN
9 22 (9.32%) TCP/IP
10 17 (7.20%) MPLS
10 17 (7.20%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (5.93%) Network Security
12 12 (5.08%) WLAN
13 10 (4.24%) VSAN
14 9 (3.81%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.54%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.27%) Power BI
2 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.85%) 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 26 (11.02%) GitLab
2 25 (10.59%) Jenkins
3 18 (7.63%) Git
4 6 (2.54%) JIRA
5 4 (1.69%) Jaeger
5 4 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 72 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.71%) Public Sector
3 22 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.78%) Finance
5 13 (5.51%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (5.08%) Aerospace
7 10 (4.24%) Banking
8 7 (2.97%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
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
12 1 (0.42%) Advertising
12 1 (0.42%) Billing
12 1 (0.42%) Marketing
12 1 (0.42%) Police
12 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (33.90%) Architect
2 61 (25.85%) Senior
3 41 (17.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (11.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (8.47%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (8.05%) Network Engineer
6 19 (8.05%) Solutions Architect
6 19 (8.05%) Technical Architect
7 17 (7.20%) Lead
7 17 (7.20%) Network Architect
7 17 (7.20%) Platform Engineer
8 11 (4.66%) Senior Architect
9 10 (4.24%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (4.24%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (4.24%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.81%) Technical Leader
11 8 (3.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.39%) Consultant
12 7 (2.97%) GCP DevOps Engineer
12 7 (2.97%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.93%) ARM Templates
2 11 (4.66%) NETCONF
2 11 (4.66%) OpenTelemetry
2 11 (4.66%) YANG
3 9 (3.81%) REST
4 6 (2.54%) .NET
4 6 (2.54%) JSON
4 6 (2.54%) OpenConfig
4 6 (2.54%) RESTCONF
4 6 (2.54%) SailPoint
5 5 (2.12%) LDAP
5 5 (2.12%) OAuth
6 4 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (1.69%) Kafka
6 4 (1.69%) Loki
6 4 (1.69%) OpenID
6 4 (1.69%) SAML
7 3 (1.27%) Middleware
8 2 (0.85%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 52 (22.03%) Cloud Native
2 49 (20.76%) Data Centre
3 22 (9.32%) Public Cloud
4 19 (8.05%) Onboarding
5 17 (7.20%) Private Cloud
6 15 (6.36%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.39%) PKI
9 7 (2.97%) ARM Cortex
9 7 (2.97%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.97%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.54%) Operational Technology
10 6 (2.54%) Replication
11 5 (2.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (2.12%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.69%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.69%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.27%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 55 (23.31%) Windows
2 48 (20.34%) Linux
3 46 (19.49%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.54%) 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 93 (39.41%) Infrastructure as Code
2 84 (35.59%) CI/CD
3 82 (34.75%) DevOps
4 66 (27.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 55 (23.31%) Migration
6 50 (21.19%) Zero Trust
7 43 (18.22%) Disaster Recovery
8 42 (17.80%) Roadmaps
9 35 (14.83%) High Availability
9 35 (14.83%) Load Balancing
10 34 (14.41%) Network Design
10 34 (14.41%) Technical Leadership
11 33 (13.98%) Agile
11 33 (13.98%) ITIL
11 33 (13.98%) Observability
11 33 (13.98%) Platform Engineering
11 33 (13.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (12.71%) Cloud Security
13 29 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 70 (29.66%) Python
2 52 (22.03%) PowerShell
3 39 (16.53%) Bash
4 21 (8.90%) Bicep
5 10 (4.24%) Java
6 7 (2.97%) Go
6 7 (2.97%) SQL
7 5 (2.12%) BeanShell
8 3 (1.27%) C#
9 1 (0.42%) Groovy
9 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (33.90%) Security Cleared
2 53 (22.46%) SC Cleared
3 33 (13.98%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (13.56%) DV Cleared
5 20 (8.47%) Azure Certification
5 20 (8.47%) Degree
6 16 (6.78%) AWS Certification
7 14 (5.93%) CCIE
8 13 (5.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 12 (5.08%) CCNP
10 11 (4.66%) JNCIE
11 10 (4.24%) CISSP
12 8 (3.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (3.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (2.54%) OCP
13 6 (2.54%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (1.69%) Master's Degree
15 3 (1.27%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.63%) NIST
2 13 (5.51%) NCSC
3 9 (3.81%) GDPR
3 9 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.81%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.69%) GRC
6 3 (1.27%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.42%) PSD2
8 1 (0.42%) SEPA
8 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (21.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (19.92%) Active Directory
3 29 (12.29%) vSphere
4 28 (11.86%) VMware NSX
5 16 (6.78%) Docker
6 15 (6.36%) Hyper-V
7 13 (5.51%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.27%) NFS
10 2 (0.85%) KVM
10 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 102 (43.22%) Terraform
2 70 (29.66%) Ansible
3 48 (20.34%) Kubernetes
4 23 (9.75%) Grafana
5 15 (6.36%) Prometheus
6 11 (4.66%) vCenter Server
7 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (3.81%) SCCM
8 8 (3.39%) Argo
8 8 (3.39%) Istio
9 5 (2.12%) SCOM
10 4 (1.69%) Rancher
11 3 (1.27%) CASB
11 3 (1.27%) SnapMirror
11 3 (1.27%) vMotion
12 2 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.85%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.85%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 103 (43.64%) Microsoft
2 64 (27.12%) VMware
3 36 (15.25%) Palo Alto
4 33 (13.98%) F5
5 30 (12.71%) Cisco
6 19 (8.05%) Arista
6 19 (8.05%) Aruba
7 18 (7.63%) Google
8 15 (6.36%) Red Hat
9 10 (4.24%) Fortinet
10 8 (3.39%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (3.39%) Splunk
11 7 (2.97%) CyberArk
11 7 (2.97%) IBM
11 7 (2.97%) Juniper
12 6 (2.54%) Pure Storage
12 6 (2.54%) SAP
12 6 (2.54%) ServiceNow
12 6 (2.54%) SolarWinds
13 4 (1.69%) NetApp