Hybrid Cloud Contracts 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 368 322
Rank change year-on-year +131 -46 +92
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 102 31 125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.80% 0.15% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.40% 0.51% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 14 86
10th Percentile £461 £404 £438
25th Percentile £535 £540 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £598 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +3.91% -2.54%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £625
90th Percentile £750 £665 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £32.60
25th Percentile - - £49.63
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £100.00 - £78.00

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 4,246 6,122 7,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.19% 29.50% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,666 5,259
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £376 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 724 436
10th Percentile £16.81 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.28 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.42 £28.13 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.72% +27.84% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.64 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%

Hybrid Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Hybrid Cloud as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Hybrid Cloud in the UK excluding London

Hybrid Cloud
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hybrid Cloud in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Hybrid Cloud in the UK excluding London

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 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the UK excluding London

Hybrid Cloud
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hybrid Cloud in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend 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 2 May 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 +50 34 £531 -10.00% 41
South East +69 33 £591 -2.67% 71
North West +26 17 £524 -11.60% 21
South West +51 14 £620 +37.78% 33
Midlands +27 11 £650 +30.00% 44
Yorkshire +15 10 £715 +47.42% 19
West Midlands +19 7 £650 +30.00% 15
North East - 7 - - 1
Scotland +15 6 £588 +2.17% 11
East of England - 6 £550 - 22
East Midlands - 4 £613 - 26
Wales +4 1 £700 - 4
Hybrid Cloud
UK

Hybrid Cloud
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.90%) Apache
2 5 (4.90%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (3.92%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.96%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.96%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.98%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 55 (53.92%) Azure
2 25 (24.51%) AWS
3 21 (20.59%) SaaS
4 20 (19.61%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (16.67%) Entra ID
6 12 (11.76%) PaaS
7 11 (10.78%) IaaS
8 8 (7.84%) OpenShift
9 6 (5.88%) GCP
9 6 (5.88%) Google Workspace
10 4 (3.92%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (3.92%) Cloudflare
10 4 (3.92%) GitHub
10 4 (3.92%) Serverless
11 3 (2.94%) Azure AKS
11 3 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.94%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.96%) Azure API Management
12 2 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 16 (15.69%) VPN
2 14 (13.73%) Firewall
3 11 (10.78%) DNS
3 11 (10.78%) VSAN
4 10 (9.80%) MPLS
4 10 (9.80%) Network Security
5 9 (8.82%) WAN
6 7 (6.86%) BGP
7 6 (5.88%) OSPF
7 6 (5.88%) TCP/IP
8 5 (4.90%) VLAN
9 4 (3.92%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (3.92%) NAS
9 4 (3.92%) NGFW
9 4 (3.92%) SAN
9 4 (3.92%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (1.96%) DHCP
10 2 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.92%) Metadata
2 3 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.96%) Flink
3 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) Git
1 5 (4.90%) GitLab
2 4 (3.92%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.96%) JIRA
4 1 (0.98%) TeamCity
General
1 35 (34.31%) Social Skills
2 24 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 11 (10.78%) Banking
4 10 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (6.86%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (5.88%) Finance
7 6 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.92%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.94%) Aviation
9 3 (2.94%) Legal
10 2 (1.96%) Electronics
10 2 (1.96%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.96%) Marketing
10 2 (1.96%) Military
10 2 (1.96%) Police
10 2 (1.96%) Publishing
10 2 (1.96%) Swedish Language
11 1 (0.98%) Law
Job Titles
1 35 (34.31%) Architect
2 25 (24.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (18.63%) Senior
4 10 (9.80%) Consultant
4 10 (9.80%) Lead
4 10 (9.80%) Technical Architect
5 9 (8.82%) Security Architect
5 9 (8.82%) Security Engineer
5 9 (8.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (8.82%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (7.84%) DevSecOps Architect
6 8 (7.84%) DevSecOps Consultant
6 8 (7.84%) Security Consultant
6 8 (7.84%) Senior Architect
7 7 (6.86%) IT Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Senior Technical Architect
8 6 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Network Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Azure Architect
9 5 (4.90%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.88%) Middleware
2 5 (4.90%) Apache NiFi
3 4 (3.92%) Kafka
3 4 (3.92%) PySpark
4 3 (2.94%) SAML
5 2 (1.96%) Keycloak
5 2 (1.96%) OAuth
5 2 (1.96%) OpenID
6 1 (0.98%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.98%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.98%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.98%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.63%) Public Cloud
2 9 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 9 (8.82%) PKI
2 9 (8.82%) Private Cloud
3 8 (7.84%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (5.88%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.90%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.90%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.96%) Replication
6 2 (1.96%) Robotics
7 1 (0.98%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.98%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.98%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.98%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (31.37%) Windows
2 27 (26.47%) Windows Server
3 23 (22.55%) Linux
4 9 (8.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (7.84%) CentOS
6 7 (6.86%) Ubuntu
7 6 (5.88%) Windows 10
8 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.96%) Android
9 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.96%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.98%) AIX
10 1 (0.98%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.98%) Rocky
10 1 (0.98%) Unix
10 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.43%) Agile
2 27 (26.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (25.49%) DevSecOps
4 19 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (18.63%) Roadmaps
5 17 (16.67%) Migration
5 17 (16.67%) Zero Trust
6 16 (15.69%) Containerisation
7 15 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (14.71%) Network Architecture
8 14 (13.73%) DevOps
9 13 (12.75%) CI/CD
9 13 (12.75%) Security Management
9 13 (12.75%) TOGAF
10 12 (11.76%) Data Protection
10 12 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
11 11 (10.78%) Identity Access Management
12 10 (9.80%) Artificial Intelligence
12 10 (9.80%) Microservices
12 10 (9.80%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (24.51%) PowerShell
2 23 (22.55%) Python
3 4 (3.92%) Bash
3 4 (3.92%) Java
3 4 (3.92%) Shell Script
4 3 (2.94%) C#
4 3 (2.94%) SQL
5 2 (1.96%) Bicep
5 2 (1.96%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.96%) VB
5 2 (1.96%) VBScript
6 1 (0.98%) Perl
6 1 (0.98%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 38 (37.25%) Security Cleared
2 29 (28.43%) SC Cleared
3 17 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (12.75%) DV Cleared
5 11 (10.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (9.80%) CISSP
6 10 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (8.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 9 (8.82%) CCSP
7 9 (8.82%) CEH
7 9 (8.82%) Degree
7 9 (8.82%) MCSE
7 9 (8.82%) OSCP
8 8 (7.84%) CISM
9 7 (6.86%) CCIE
10 6 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (3.92%) Azure Certification
11 4 (3.92%) CCNP
11 4 (3.92%) Master's Degree
12 3 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.65%) NIST
2 9 (8.82%) NCSC
2 9 (8.82%) PCI DSS
3 8 (7.84%) COBIT
4 7 (6.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (4.90%) GDPR
6 4 (3.92%) Accessibility
6 4 (3.92%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.98%) SLA
7 1 (0.98%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (32.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (24.51%) Active Directory
3 19 (18.63%) vSphere
4 16 (15.69%) VMware NSX
5 9 (8.82%) Docker
6 7 (6.86%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (5.88%) BitLocker
8 4 (3.92%) Hyper-V
8 4 (3.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.96%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 23 (22.55%) Ansible
2 18 (17.65%) Kubernetes
3 16 (15.69%) Terraform
4 15 (14.71%) vCenter Server
5 9 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (6.86%) Nessus
7 5 (4.90%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (3.92%) PowerCLI
8 4 (3.92%) SCCM
8 4 (3.92%) vRealize
8 4 (3.92%) VxRail
9 3 (2.94%) Grafana
10 2 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (1.96%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.96%) Puppet
11 1 (0.98%) CASB
11 1 (0.98%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.98%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.98%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 39 (38.24%) VMware
2 34 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 21 (20.59%) Cisco
4 11 (10.78%) Fortinet
5 10 (9.80%) Citrix
5 10 (9.80%) Red Hat
6 8 (7.84%) CheckPoint
6 8 (7.84%) Google
6 8 (7.84%) Palo Alto
6 8 (7.84%) Zscaler
7 6 (5.88%) CyberArk
7 6 (5.88%) F5
7 6 (5.88%) HP
8 5 (4.90%) Dell
8 5 (4.90%) SAP
8 5 (4.90%) Veeam
9 3 (2.94%) Oracle
10 2 (1.96%) IBM
10 2 (1.96%) McAfee
10 2 (1.96%) Symantec