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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 230 366
Rank change year-on-year -44 +136 -39
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 167 102 35
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.80% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.40% 2.41% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 60 18
10th Percentile £318 £459 £402
25th Percentile £423 £538 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £618 £600
Median % change year-on-year -18.22% +2.92% +6.19%
75th Percentile £600 £676 £697
90th Percentile £675 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £527 £583 £550
% change year-on-year -9.53% +5.91% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75.75 - -
Median hourly rate £76.50 - -
75th Percentile £77.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £76.50 £100.00 -
% change year-on-year -23.50% - -

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 6,946 4,227 6,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.22% 33.32% 29.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,328 2,627 3,707
10th Percentile £214 £205 £206
25th Percentile £367 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £496 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -0.77% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £595
90th Percentile £675 £675 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 558 286 700
10th Percentile £15.62 £16.95 £12.15
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.31 £14.36
Median hourly rate £45.46 £31.42 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.68% +20.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £83.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +38.46% +16.07% +24.44%

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 7 April 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
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 7 April 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
North of England -42 59 £500 -26.47% 26
Yorkshire -18 45 £500 -30.07% 9
South East -54 41 £625 +4.17% 26
South West -7 34 £550 -18.82% 11
Midlands -51 30 £550 -4.35% 2
West Midlands -41 28 £550 +4.76% 1
North West -33 13 £500 -4.53% 16
Scotland +13 11 £500 -20.00% 1
East of England -38 3 £530 -3.64% 2
East Midlands -33 2 £500 -18.37% 1
North East -21 1 £450 - 1
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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 8 (4.79%) Confluence
2 3 (1.80%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) Apache
3 2 (1.20%) IIS
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.60%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.19%) Maximo
2 3 (1.80%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 104 (62.28%) Azure
2 72 (43.11%) AWS
3 39 (23.35%) OpenShift
4 29 (17.37%) GCP
5 27 (16.17%) GitHub
6 13 (7.78%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (7.19%) Entra ID
8 11 (6.59%) SaaS
9 10 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (5.39%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (5.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 9 (5.39%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (5.39%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (5.39%) IaaS
11 8 (4.79%) Azure AKS
12 6 (3.59%) Nutanix
12 6 (3.59%) PaaS
13 5 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (2.99%) Serverless
14 4 (2.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 28 (16.77%) Firewall
2 19 (11.38%) WAN
3 16 (9.58%) DNS
4 14 (8.38%) VPN
5 13 (7.78%) Network Security
6 10 (5.99%) SAN
7 9 (5.39%) BGP
7 9 (5.39%) LAN
8 8 (4.79%) VSAN
9 7 (4.19%) MPLS
10 6 (3.59%) SD-WAN
10 6 (3.59%) VXLAN
11 5 (2.99%) SNMP
12 4 (2.40%) NAS
12 4 (2.40%) TACACS
12 4 (2.40%) TCP/IP
13 3 (1.80%) Ethernet VPN
13 3 (1.80%) OSPF
13 3 (1.80%) VLAN
14 2 (1.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.78%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.99%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.20%) Metadata
4 2 (1.20%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.20%) Power BI
5 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.60%) Firebird
5 1 (0.60%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (11.98%) Jenkins
2 9 (5.39%) JIRA
3 8 (4.79%) Git
4 3 (1.80%) Jaeger
5 2 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.60%) GitLab
General
1 70 (41.92%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.98%) Public Sector
3 11 (6.59%) Finance
4 10 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.99%) Banking
4 10 (5.99%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.99%) Retail
6 2 (1.20%) Billing
6 2 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.20%) Legal
7 1 (0.60%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.60%) Police
7 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (28.74%) Architect
2 25 (14.97%) Senior
3 18 (10.78%) Lead
4 15 (8.98%) Data Engineer
5 13 (7.78%) Azure Engineer
6 12 (7.19%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (6.59%) Technical Architect
8 10 (5.99%) Network Architect
9 9 (5.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) Senior Data Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Desktop Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Desktop Support
10 8 (4.79%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Support Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Network Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Senior Architect
11 7 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.59%) Data Architect
12 6 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (13.17%) OpenTelemetry
2 16 (9.58%) Kafka
3 11 (6.59%) JSON
4 9 (5.39%) ARM Templates
4 9 (5.39%) Keycloak
4 9 (5.39%) REST
5 7 (4.19%) Apache Avro
5 7 (4.19%) Protocol Buffers
6 6 (3.59%) NETCONF
6 6 (3.59%) YANG
7 4 (2.40%) .NET
7 4 (2.40%) OpenConfig
7 4 (2.40%) RESTCONF
8 3 (1.80%) Loki
8 3 (1.80%) RESTful
9 2 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (1.20%) Middleware
9 2 (1.20%) OAuth
9 2 (1.20%) OpenAPI
9 2 (1.20%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 33 (19.76%) Cloud Native
2 24 (14.37%) Data Centre
3 10 (5.99%) Public Cloud
4 9 (5.39%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (5.39%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (5.39%) Security Posture
5 8 (4.79%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.79%) Replication
6 6 (3.59%) PKI
7 5 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.99%) FlexPod
7 5 (2.99%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.80%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.80%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.20%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.20%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 34 (20.36%) Linux
2 30 (17.96%) Windows
3 12 (7.19%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (5.39%) VMS
6 6 (3.59%) Data ONTAP
7 5 (2.99%) CoreOS
8 4 (2.40%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.20%) CentOS
10 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (34.73%) DevOps
2 52 (31.14%) CI/CD
3 41 (24.55%) Containerisation
4 40 (23.95%) Infrastructure as Code
4 40 (23.95%) Migration
5 33 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (19.16%) Disaster Recovery
7 30 (17.96%) Roadmaps
8 27 (16.17%) RBAC
9 25 (14.97%) Agile
9 25 (14.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (13.17%) High Availability
11 19 (11.38%) Performance Optimisation
12 18 (10.78%) ETL
12 18 (10.78%) Load Balancing
12 18 (10.78%) SIEM
13 17 (10.18%) Analytics
13 17 (10.18%) Cloud Security
13 17 (10.18%) Observability
14 16 (9.58%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 58 (34.73%) Python
2 30 (17.96%) PowerShell
3 24 (14.37%) Bash
4 14 (8.38%) Go
5 11 (6.59%) Bicep
6 3 (1.80%) SQL
7 2 (1.20%) C#
7 2 (1.20%) Java
7 2 (1.20%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (27.54%) Security Cleared
2 28 (16.77%) SC Cleared
3 22 (13.17%) DV Cleared
4 21 (12.57%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (11.98%) Azure Certification
6 11 (6.59%) AWS Certification
6 11 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (5.99%) CCIE
7 10 (5.99%) CISSP
8 9 (5.39%) OCP
8 9 (5.39%) Oracle Certification
9 7 (4.19%) CISM
9 7 (4.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 6 (3.59%) CCNA
10 6 (3.59%) CCNP
10 6 (3.59%) Degree
10 6 (3.59%) JNCIE
11 4 (2.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (2.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.57%) NIST
2 17 (10.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (6.59%) GDPR
4 7 (4.19%) NCSC
4 7 (4.19%) NIST 800
4 7 (4.19%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.99%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.80%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.80%) GRC
7 3 (1.80%) QA
8 2 (1.20%) PSD2
9 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
System Software
1 36 (21.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (16.77%) VMware NSX
3 24 (14.37%) Active Directory
3 24 (14.37%) Docker
3 24 (14.37%) vSphere
4 10 (5.99%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (4.19%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.99%) NFS
7 4 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.60%) Ceph
8 1 (0.60%) Firmware
8 1 (0.60%) KVM
8 1 (0.60%) QEMU
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 67 (40.12%) Kubernetes
2 64 (38.32%) Terraform
3 44 (26.35%) Ansible
4 22 (13.17%) Grafana
5 16 (9.58%) vCenter Server
6 12 (7.19%) Argo
6 12 (7.19%) Prometheus
7 10 (5.99%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.99%) SnapMirror
9 4 (2.40%) Istio
9 4 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.80%) PowerCLI
10 3 (1.80%) Rancher
10 3 (1.80%) vMotion
10 3 (1.80%) vRealize
11 2 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (1.20%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.60%) Nessus
12 1 (0.60%) Podman
12 1 (0.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (32.34%) Microsoft
2 45 (26.95%) VMware
3 26 (15.57%) Red Hat
4 20 (11.98%) Splunk
5 19 (11.38%) Cisco
6 13 (7.78%) Palo Alto
7 11 (6.59%) Pure Storage
8 9 (5.39%) Google
8 9 (5.39%) IBM
9 8 (4.79%) NetApp
10 7 (4.19%) CheckPoint
10 7 (4.19%) F5
10 7 (4.19%) Fortinet
10 7 (4.19%) Juniper
11 5 (2.99%) Zscaler
12 4 (2.40%) Citrix
12 4 (2.40%) Oracle
12 4 (2.40%) Salesforce
13 3 (1.80%) Greenplum
13 3 (1.80%) SAP