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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 229 334
Rank change year-on-year -22 +105 -16
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 241 136 44
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.88% 0.89% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.87% 2.60% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 75 28
10th Percentile £402 £414 £460
25th Percentile £500 £508 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +1.82%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £631
90th Percentile £725 £750 £747
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £52.58 - -
25th Percentile £63.50 - -
Median hourly rate £71.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £83.89 - -
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 8,387 5,224 5,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.46% 34.09% 28.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,001 3,109 3,130
10th Percentile £285 £225 £213
25th Percentile £405 £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 £656 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 803 410 480
10th Percentile £14.11 £14.78 £12.15
25th Percentile £18.29 £17.99 £18.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.53% -36.84% +13.77%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £29.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year +37.82% -33.89% +10.31%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 0 92 £615 +14.41% 41
North of England -40 71 £563 -6.17% 22
Yorkshire -16 36 £540 -8.09% 9
Midlands -40 36 £488 -30.36% 11
West Midlands -44 29 £488 -30.36% 7
North West -47 28 £575 -4.17% 10
South West -34 26 £639 -8.75% 11
North East -29 13 £650 +8.33% 3
Scotland -9 10 £595 +10.70% 1
East Midlands -12 7 £478 +11.05% 4
East of England -20 7 £505 -8.18% 3
Wales - 3 £670 -
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 (3.73%) OpenStack
2 7 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.49%) Apache
3 6 (2.49%) Confluence
4 3 (1.24%) IIS
4 3 (1.24%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.24%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.83%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 7 (2.90%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.41%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.41%) Maximo
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 163 (67.63%) Azure
2 118 (48.96%) AWS
3 41 (17.01%) GCP
4 29 (12.03%) Entra ID
4 29 (12.03%) SaaS
5 26 (10.79%) OCI
6 23 (9.54%) OpenShift
7 22 (9.13%) GitHub
8 19 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (7.47%) Azure Monitor
10 15 (6.22%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (5.81%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (4.98%) IaaS
13 10 (4.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 9 (3.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (3.32%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (3.32%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (3.32%) PaaS
15 8 (3.32%) Serverless
16 7 (2.90%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (25.31%) Firewall
2 52 (21.58%) DNS
3 45 (18.67%) WAN
4 41 (17.01%) BGP
5 28 (11.62%) VPN
6 27 (11.20%) SD-WAN
7 26 (10.79%) DHCP
7 26 (10.79%) OSPF
8 25 (10.37%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 24 (9.96%) LAN
10 23 (9.54%) BIG-IP
10 23 (9.54%) TCP/IP
10 23 (9.54%) VXLAN
11 22 (9.13%) Ethernet VPN
12 17 (7.05%) MPLS
12 17 (7.05%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (6.22%) Network Security
14 13 (5.39%) VSAN
15 12 (4.98%) WLAN
16 9 (3.73%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.49%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.24%) Power BI
2 3 (1.24%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.41%) Big Data
4 1 (0.41%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.41%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.41%) Firebird
4 1 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.41%) GIS
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
4 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (11.20%) GitLab
2 25 (10.37%) Jenkins
3 17 (7.05%) Git
4 6 (2.49%) JIRA
5 4 (1.66%) Jaeger
5 4 (1.66%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 73 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.03%) Public Sector
3 22 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.64%) Finance
5 14 (5.81%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (5.39%) Aerospace
7 10 (4.15%) Banking
8 7 (2.90%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.07%) Retail
10 4 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.66%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.24%) Military
11 3 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Law
12 2 (0.83%) Legal
13 1 (0.41%) Advertising
13 1 (0.41%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.41%) Billing
13 1 (0.41%) Marketing
13 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (33.20%) Architect
2 63 (26.14%) Senior
3 42 (17.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (11.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (8.30%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (7.88%) Network Engineer
6 19 (7.88%) Solutions Architect
7 18 (7.47%) Network Architect
7 18 (7.47%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (7.47%) Technical Architect
8 17 (7.05%) Lead
9 11 (4.56%) Cloud Architect
9 11 (4.56%) Senior Architect
10 10 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (3.73%) Consultant
11 9 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.73%) Technical Leader
12 8 (3.32%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (2.90%) Enterprise Architect
13 7 (2.90%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (44.40%) Terraform
2 16 (6.64%) ARM Templates
3 11 (4.56%) NETCONF
3 11 (4.56%) OpenTelemetry
3 11 (4.56%) YANG
4 9 (3.73%) REST
5 6 (2.49%) .NET
5 6 (2.49%) JSON
5 6 (2.49%) OpenConfig
5 6 (2.49%) RESTCONF
5 6 (2.49%) SailPoint
6 5 (2.07%) LDAP
6 5 (2.07%) OAuth
7 4 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.66%) Kafka
7 4 (1.66%) Loki
7 4 (1.66%) OpenID
7 4 (1.66%) SAML
8 3 (1.24%) Middleware
9 2 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (21.16%) Cloud Native
2 49 (20.33%) Data Centre
3 21 (8.71%) Public Cloud
4 20 (8.30%) Onboarding
5 17 (7.05%) Private Cloud
6 15 (6.22%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.32%) PKI
9 7 (2.90%) ARM Cortex
9 7 (2.90%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.90%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.49%) Operational Technology
10 6 (2.49%) Replication
11 5 (2.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (2.07%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.66%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.66%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 56 (23.24%) Windows
2 48 (19.92%) Linux
2 48 (19.92%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.49%) VMS
5 4 (1.66%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (1.66%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.24%) CoreOS
7 2 (0.83%) Unix
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (40.25%) Infrastructure as Code
2 86 (35.68%) CI/CD
2 86 (35.68%) DevOps
3 68 (28.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 56 (23.24%) Migration
5 51 (21.16%) Zero Trust
6 46 (19.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 42 (17.43%) Roadmaps
8 39 (16.18%) Load Balancing
9 36 (14.94%) Agile
9 36 (14.94%) Platform Engineering
10 35 (14.52%) High Availability
10 35 (14.52%) Observability
10 35 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
11 34 (14.11%) Network Design
12 33 (13.69%) ITIL
12 33 (13.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (13.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (12.86%) Cloud Security
15 30 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 70 (29.05%) Python
2 53 (21.99%) PowerShell
3 41 (17.01%) Bash
4 23 (9.54%) Bicep
5 10 (4.15%) Java
6 7 (2.90%) Go
6 7 (2.90%) SQL
7 5 (2.07%) BeanShell
8 3 (1.24%) C#
9 1 (0.41%) Groovy
9 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 84 (34.85%) Security Cleared
2 54 (22.41%) SC Cleared
3 35 (14.52%) DV Cleared
4 34 (14.11%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (8.71%) Degree
6 20 (8.30%) Azure Certification
7 16 (6.64%) AWS Certification
7 16 (6.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 14 (5.81%) CCIE
9 12 (4.98%) CCNP
10 11 (4.56%) CISSP
10 11 (4.56%) JNCIE
11 9 (3.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (3.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (2.49%) OCP
13 6 (2.49%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (2.49%) VCAP
14 4 (1.66%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.47%) NIST
2 13 (5.39%) NCSC
3 10 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.73%) GDPR
4 9 (3.73%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.66%) GRC
7 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.24%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.41%) PSD2
8 1 (0.41%) SEPA
8 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 53 (21.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 48 (19.92%) Active Directory
3 32 (13.28%) vSphere
4 31 (12.86%) VMware NSX
5 17 (7.05%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.64%) Docker
7 14 (5.81%) Hyper-V
8 12 (4.98%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.24%) NFS
10 2 (0.83%) KVM
11 1 (0.41%) Firmware
11 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 75 (31.12%) Ansible
2 53 (21.99%) Kubernetes
3 23 (9.54%) Grafana
4 15 (6.22%) Prometheus
4 15 (6.22%) vCenter Server
5 9 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (3.73%) SCCM
6 8 (3.32%) Argo
6 8 (3.32%) Istio
7 6 (2.49%) PowerCLI
8 5 (2.07%) SCOM
9 4 (1.66%) Rancher
10 3 (1.24%) CASB
10 3 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.24%) SnapMirror
10 3 (1.24%) vMotion
11 2 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.83%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.83%) vRealize
11 2 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 103 (42.74%) Microsoft
2 67 (27.80%) VMware
3 35 (14.52%) Palo Alto
4 33 (13.69%) F5
5 29 (12.03%) Cisco
6 20 (8.30%) Aruba
7 19 (7.88%) Arista
8 18 (7.47%) Google
9 15 (6.22%) Red Hat
10 10 (4.15%) Fortinet
11 8 (3.32%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (3.32%) Splunk
12 7 (2.90%) CyberArk
12 7 (2.90%) IBM
12 7 (2.90%) Juniper
13 6 (2.49%) Pure Storage
13 6 (2.49%) SAP
13 6 (2.49%) ServiceNow
13 6 (2.49%) SolarWinds
14 4 (1.66%) SaltStack