Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 22 October 2020

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hybrid Cloud in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Hybrid Cloud over the 6 months to 22 October 2020 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Hybrid Cloud
UK
6 months to
22 Oct 2020		 Same period 2019 Same period 2018
Rank 380 511 562
Rank change year-on-year +131 +51 +102
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 152 314 357
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.37% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.41% 1.18% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 205 243
Median daily rate £531 £550 £525
Median daily rate % change year-on-year -3.41% +4.76% -
10th Percentile £363 £384 £357
90th Percentile £750 £738 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £461 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -12.14% +5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 1
Median hourly rate £35.00 £80.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -56.25% +128.57% -46.15%
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £80.00 -
% change year-on-year -56.25% - -

Hybrid Cloud is in the Generic IT Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

All Generic IT Skills
UK
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 10,792 26,515 33,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.94% 31.25% 32.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,864 16,821 21,748
Median daily rate £475 £475 £475
10th Percentile £254 £263 £274
90th Percentile £713 £668 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £425 £420
% change year-on-year -2.94% +1.19% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 457 1,056 1,053
Median hourly rate £34.00 £21.77 £20.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +56.18% +8.85% -
10th Percentile £12.67 £11.71 £12.23
90th Percentile £54.40 £53.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +21.95% +7.89% -5.00%

Hybrid Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Hybrid Cloud as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hybrid Cloud in the UK

Hybrid Cloud
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hybrid Cloud.

Daily rate trend for Hybrid Cloud in the UK

Hybrid Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hybrid Cloud over the 6 months to 22 October 2020.

Daily rate histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the UK

Hybrid Cloud
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hybrid Cloud.

Hourly rate trend for Hybrid Cloud in the UK

Hybrid Cloud
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 22 October 2020. 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
Job
Vacancies
England +153 135 £500 -9.09% 41
UK excluding London +135 70 £461 -12.14% 24
London +154 68 £550 -12.00% 19
Work from Home -71 29 £600 -14.29% 5
South East +144 22 £525 -4.55% 8
East of England +96 16 £475 +6.15% 3
Midlands +59 13 £375 -26.83% 2
West Midlands +50 13 £375 -20.00% 1
South West +103 9 £438 -20.45% 6
North of England +87 7 £691 +40.00% 3
North West +75 5 £683 +24.09%
Scotland +67 3 £350 -22.22% 1
Yorkshire +62 2 £735 +63.33% 2

For the 6 months to 22 October 2020, IT contractor jobs citing Hybrid Cloud also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Hybrid Cloud.

1 66 (43.42%) Azure
2 55 (36.18%) Agile Software Development
3 49 (32.24%) Migration
3 49 (32.24%) DevOps
4 43 (28.29%) AWS
4 43 (28.29%) Security Cleared
5 40 (26.32%) Microsoft
5 40 (26.32%) IaaS
6 37 (24.34%) Terraform
7 34 (22.37%) Java
8 33 (21.71%) SC Cleared
9 31 (20.39%) PaaS
10 30 (19.74%) Finance
11 29 (19.08%) Microservices
12 26 (17.11%) Data Centre
13 25 (16.45%) Windows
14 24 (15.79%) Scrum
14 24 (15.79%) Kubernetes
15 23 (15.13%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 22 (14.47%) PowerShell
17 21 (13.82%) Git (software)
17 21 (13.82%) VMware
18 20 (13.16%) Oracle
18 20 (13.16%) DNS
19 19 (12.50%) C#
19 19 (12.50%) GCP
19 19 (12.50%) Bash Shell
20 18 (11.84%) Private Cloud
20 18 (11.84%) Active Directory
21 17 (11.18%) DV Cleared

Hybrid Cloud
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 16 (10.53%) Confluence
2 4 (2.63%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.97%) Apache
3 3 (1.97%) GlassFish
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.66%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.66%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.97%) Avolution ABACUS
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.66%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 66 (43.42%) Azure
2 43 (28.29%) AWS
3 40 (26.32%) IaaS
4 31 (20.39%) PaaS
5 19 (12.50%) GCP
6 15 (9.87%) Office 365
7 12 (7.89%) Azure Stack
8 10 (6.58%) SaaS
9 5 (3.29%) Azure Functions
9 5 (3.29%) Serverless
9 5 (3.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.97%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.97%) Azure Active Directory
11 3 (1.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.97%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.97%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.32%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (1.32%) GitHub
13 1 (0.66%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.16%) DNS
2 12 (7.89%) Firewall
3 8 (5.26%) Network Security
3 8 (5.26%) VPN
4 7 (4.61%) DHCP
5 6 (3.95%) VSAN
6 4 (2.63%) SSL
7 2 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.32%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.32%) LAN
7 2 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (1.32%) SAN
7 2 (1.32%) WAN
7 2 (1.32%) Wireless
8 1 (0.66%) HTTP
8 1 (0.66%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.66%) PBX
8 1 (0.66%) VoIP
8 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.66%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.87%) MySQL
2 14 (9.21%) SQL Server
3 9 (5.92%) Oracle Database
4 8 (5.26%) GIS
5 6 (3.95%) Big Data
6 5 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.63%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (2.63%) QGIS
8 3 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.97%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.97%) Spatial Data
8 3 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.32%) Redis
9 2 (1.32%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.66%) DataStage
10 1 (0.66%) HBase
10 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 21 (13.82%) Git (software)
2 16 (10.53%) JIRA
3 13 (8.55%) Jenkins
4 12 (7.89%) TeamCity
5 11 (7.24%) GitLab
5 11 (7.24%) Gradle
5 11 (7.24%) Maven
6 6 (3.95%) Checkstyle
7 1 (0.66%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.66%) Hudson
7 1 (0.66%) Selenium
7 1 (0.66%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (19.74%) Finance
2 16 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 5 (3.29%) Banking
4 4 (2.63%) Marketing
4 4 (2.63%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.32%) Law
6 1 (0.66%) Electronics
6 1 (0.66%) Legal
6 1 (0.66%) Local Government
6 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.66%) Police
6 1 (0.66%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 43 (28.29%) Architect
2 27 (17.76%) Azure Engineer
3 25 (16.45%) DevOps Engineer
4 18 (11.84%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 16 (10.53%) Developer
6 14 (9.21%) Java Developer
7 12 (7.89%) Cloud Architect
8 11 (7.24%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (6.58%) Senior DevOps
10 9 (5.92%) Delivery Manager
10 9 (5.92%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 8 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
11 8 (5.26%) Technical Architect
12 7 (4.61%) Project Manager
13 6 (3.95%) Senior Developer
13 6 (3.95%) Senior Java Developer
13 6 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
14 5 (3.29%) Integration Engineer
14 5 (3.29%) IT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.21%) Spring
1 14 (9.21%) Spring Boot
2 12 (7.89%) YAML
3 8 (5.26%) J2SE
4 6 (3.95%) J2EE
5 5 (3.29%) PostGIS
6 4 (2.63%) RESTful
6 4 (2.63%) Web Services
7 3 (1.97%) Middleware
8 2 (1.32%) Kafka
8 2 (1.32%) LDAP
9 1 (0.66%) .NET
9 1 (0.66%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.66%) Django
9 1 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.66%) Jinja
9 1 (0.66%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 1 (0.66%) React
9 1 (0.66%) Spine.js
9 1 (0.66%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.11%) Data Centre
2 18 (11.84%) Private Cloud
3 12 (7.89%) Credit Risk
3 12 (7.89%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.61%) Augmented Reality
5 4 (2.63%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (1.97%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.32%) Clustering
7 2 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.32%) PKI
8 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.66%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.66%) Internet of Things
8 1 (0.66%) Replication
8 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (16.45%) Windows
2 11 (7.24%) Linux
3 10 (6.58%) Windows Server
4 8 (5.26%) VMS
5 6 (3.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (3.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.63%) Solaris
8 3 (1.97%) CentOS
8 3 (1.97%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.66%) Debian
9 1 (0.66%) Fedora
9 1 (0.66%) Unix
9 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (36.18%) Agile Software Development
2 49 (32.24%) DevOps
2 49 (32.24%) Migration
3 29 (19.08%) Microservices
4 24 (15.79%) Scrum
5 23 (15.13%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 16 (10.53%) Business Case
6 16 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
6 16 (10.53%) Open Source
6 16 (10.53%) Project Management
7 15 (9.87%) Kanban
8 14 (9.21%) BDD
8 14 (9.21%) IT Strategy
8 14 (9.21%) ITIL
8 14 (9.21%) Load Balancing
8 14 (9.21%) Pair Programming
8 14 (9.21%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (9.21%) TDD
9 13 (8.55%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 34 (22.37%) Java
2 22 (14.47%) PowerShell
3 19 (12.50%) Bash Shell
3 19 (12.50%) C#
4 14 (9.21%) Java 8
4 14 (9.21%) Python
5 13 (8.55%) SQL
6 12 (7.89%) Scala
7 2 (1.32%) C
7 2 (1.32%) Ruby
8 1 (0.66%) C++
8 1 (0.66%) Go
8 1 (0.66%) Groovy
8 1 (0.66%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (28.29%) Security Cleared
2 33 (21.71%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.18%) DV Cleared
4 8 (5.26%) OCPJP
4 8 (5.26%) Sun Certification
5 6 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.95%) CISSP
6 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.97%) Degree
7 3 (1.97%) MCSE
8 2 (1.32%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.66%) CCNP
9 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.66%) CSPO
9 1 (0.66%) LPIC
9 1 (0.66%) MCITP
9 1 (0.66%) NCDA
9 1 (0.66%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.63%) NIST
2 2 (1.32%) NCSC
3 1 (0.66%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.66%) GDPR
3 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.66%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.66%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (11.84%) Active Directory
2 17 (11.18%) Docker
3 15 (9.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (7.24%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (5.26%) Hyper-V
5 8 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (4.61%) VMware NSX
6 7 (4.61%) vSphere
7 6 (3.95%) NFS
8 5 (3.29%) VMFS
8 5 (3.29%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (1.32%) XenApp
10 1 (0.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.66%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.66%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.66%) vCloud
10 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (24.34%) Terraform
2 24 (15.79%) Kubernetes
3 16 (10.53%) Ansible
4 6 (3.95%) vCenter Server
4 6 (3.95%) vMotion
4 6 (3.95%) vRealize
5 4 (2.63%) Puppet
6 3 (1.97%) Packer
6 3 (1.97%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 2 (1.32%) Consul
7 2 (1.32%) Opscode Chef
7 2 (1.32%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.66%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.66%) Grafana
8 1 (0.66%) Istio
8 1 (0.66%) Knative
8 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.66%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.82%) VMware
3 20 (13.16%) Oracle
4 17 (11.18%) Google
5 12 (7.89%) Sun
6 9 (5.92%) ServiceNow
7 7 (4.61%) Palo Alto
8 6 (3.95%) IBM
9 5 (3.29%) Dell
9 5 (3.29%) Veeam
10 4 (2.63%) Atlassian
10 4 (2.63%) Cisco
10 4 (2.63%) Citrix
10 4 (2.63%) Dynatrace
10 4 (2.63%) ESRI
11 3 (1.97%) SnapLogic
11 3 (1.97%) Splunk
12 2 (1.32%) F5
12 2 (1.32%) Infoblox
12 2 (1.32%) Talend