Hybrid Cloud Contracts

Hybrid Cloud
UK

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 cited Hybrid Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 472 432
Rank change year-on-year +124 -40 +79
Contract jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 217 114 270
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.27% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.93% 0.88% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 78 162
10th Percentile £413 £413 £450
25th Percentile £480 £464 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £531 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% -11.46% -3.52%
75th Percentile £638 £615 £662
90th Percentile £750 £738 £793
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +13.86% -8.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £65.67 - £25.85
25th Percentile £71.39 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £81.86 - £78.00
75th Percentile £91.39 - £80.00
90th Percentile £96.56 - £90.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - -43.24%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,252 13,004 18,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.62% 30.42% 32.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,948 8,251 12,769
10th Percentile £300 £282 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £649 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £790
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 535 871 525
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.50 £16.85
Median hourly rate £31.00 £36.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.07% +21.67% +11.19%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.50 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.76 £36.27 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.44% +3.64% +62.79%

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 15 July 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hybrid Cloud over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the UK

Hybrid Cloud
Top 15 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 15 July 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
England +127 199 £575 +9.52% 224
UK excluding London +101 115 £575 +13.86% 137
London +53 78 £550 +4.76% 96
Work from Home +72 65 £575 +15.00% 102
North of England +41 47 £600 +2.56% 21
North West +37 33 £600 +2.56% 12
South East +52 27 £575 -5.35% 40
Midlands +18 20 £700 +40.00% 23
West Midlands +20 17 £700 +40.00% 10
South West +41 14 £660 +40.43% 35
Yorkshire +13 11 £625 +66.67% 9
East of England - 8 £550 - 15
Scotland 0 5 £550 - 2
East Midlands -4 3 £575 - 13
North East - 3 £600 -

Hybrid Cloud
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.76%) Apache
3 5 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (2.30%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.84%) Confluence
5 2 (0.92%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.46%) SAS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.46%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 130 (59.91%) Azure
2 83 (38.25%) AWS
3 45 (20.74%) GCP
4 44 (20.28%) SaaS
5 38 (17.51%) Entra ID
6 31 (14.29%) PaaS
7 25 (11.52%) IaaS
8 23 (10.60%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (10.14%) GitHub
9 22 (10.14%) Serverless
10 19 (8.76%) Google Workspace
11 18 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (7.83%) Azure AKS
13 16 (7.37%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (5.07%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (5.07%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (4.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 9 (4.15%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (4.15%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 51 (23.50%) Firewall
2 35 (16.13%) VPN
3 18 (8.29%) Network Security
4 15 (6.91%) WAN
5 13 (5.99%) MPLS
6 12 (5.53%) DNS
7 11 (5.07%) VSAN
8 10 (4.61%) SAN
9 7 (3.23%) BGP
10 6 (2.76%) DHCP
10 6 (2.76%) NAS
10 6 (2.76%) SD-WAN
10 6 (2.76%) VLAN
11 5 (2.30%) NGFW
11 5 (2.30%) OSPF
11 5 (2.30%) TCP/IP
12 4 (1.84%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.38%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.15%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (3.69%) Data Lake
3 6 (2.76%) Metadata
4 4 (1.84%) Delta Lake
5 3 (1.38%) Big Data
5 3 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.92%) Flink
6 2 (0.92%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.46%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.46%) SQLite
7 1 (0.46%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 18 (8.29%) Jenkins
2 15 (6.91%) GitLab
3 10 (4.61%) Git
4 7 (3.23%) JIRA
5 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.46%) Gatling
6 1 (0.46%) JMeter
6 1 (0.46%) JUnit
6 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.46%) Terragrunt
General
1 55 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 35 (16.13%) Finance
3 30 (13.82%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.15%) Banking
5 9 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.76%) Legal
6 6 (2.76%) Marketing
6 6 (2.76%) Military
7 4 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (1.84%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.38%) Aviation
8 3 (1.38%) Law
8 3 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.38%) Police
9 2 (0.92%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.92%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 75 (34.56%) Architect
2 29 (13.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 25 (11.52%) Senior
3 25 (11.52%) Solutions Architect
4 18 (8.29%) Consultant
5 17 (7.83%) Azure Architect
6 13 (5.99%) Cloud Architect
7 12 (5.53%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (5.07%) Lead
8 11 (5.07%) Network Engineer
9 10 (4.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.15%) AWS Architect
10 9 (4.15%) AWS Solution Architect
10 9 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (3.69%) Network Architect
11 8 (3.69%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.69%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.69%) Technical Architect
11 8 (3.69%) VMware Consultant
12 7 (3.23%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.99%) REST
2 6 (2.76%) Middleware
3 5 (2.30%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (2.30%) SAML
4 4 (1.84%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.84%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (1.84%) JSON
4 4 (1.84%) Kafka
4 4 (1.84%) OAuth
4 4 (1.84%) PySpark
4 4 (1.84%) XML
5 3 (1.38%) CSS
5 3 (1.38%) HTML
5 3 (1.38%) OpenID
6 2 (0.92%) .NET
6 2 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.92%) Keycloak
6 2 (0.92%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.46%) gRPC
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.68%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.91%) Public Cloud
3 14 (6.45%) Cloud Native
4 11 (5.07%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.69%) Reinsurance
6 6 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.76%) Private Cloud
7 5 (2.30%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.38%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.38%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.92%) Data Fabric
10 2 (0.92%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.92%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.92%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.82%) Windows
2 27 (12.44%) Linux
3 25 (11.52%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.38%) CentOS
5 3 (1.38%) Unix
5 3 (1.38%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.92%) AIX
6 2 (0.92%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.92%) Solaris
7 1 (0.46%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (23.50%) Agile
1 51 (23.50%) Infrastructure as Code
2 48 (22.12%) Migration
3 44 (20.28%) CI/CD
3 44 (20.28%) DevOps
3 44 (20.28%) Roadmaps
4 38 (17.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 32 (14.75%) Zero Trust
6 31 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (13.82%) Containerisation
8 26 (11.98%) User Experience
9 23 (10.60%) Identity Access Management
10 22 (10.14%) Cloud Security
10 22 (10.14%) Cost Management
10 22 (10.14%) Data Protection
11 20 (9.22%) Analytics
11 20 (9.22%) RBAC
12 19 (8.76%) High Availability
13 18 (8.29%) Enterprise Architecture
13 18 (8.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.58%) Python
2 33 (15.21%) PowerShell
3 20 (9.22%) Bicep
4 12 (5.53%) SQL
5 9 (4.15%) Java
6 8 (3.69%) Bash
7 7 (3.23%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.84%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.38%) C#
9 3 (1.38%) Go
9 3 (1.38%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.38%) Perl
10 2 (0.92%) Groovy
10 2 (0.92%) Rust
11 1 (0.46%) C
11 1 (0.46%) CodeQL
11 1 (0.46%) HiveQL
11 1 (0.46%) R
11 1 (0.46%) Ruby
11 1 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 56 (25.81%) Security Cleared
2 45 (20.74%) SC Cleared
3 29 (13.36%) Azure Certification
4 19 (8.76%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (8.29%) AWS Certification
5 18 (8.29%) Degree
6 12 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (5.53%) DV Cleared
7 11 (5.07%) CCIE
8 9 (4.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (3.69%) Master's Degree
10 7 (3.23%) CCNP
10 7 (3.23%) CISSP
10 7 (3.23%) VCAP
10 7 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.76%) CCNA
11 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.76%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (2.30%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.14%) GDPR
2 19 (8.76%) NIST
3 17 (7.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.76%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.84%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.84%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.38%) NCSC
6 3 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.38%) SLA
7 2 (0.92%) GRC
7 2 (0.92%) QA
8 1 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.46%) JSP 440
System Software
1 40 (18.43%) Active Directory
2 29 (13.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (11.06%) Docker
4 19 (8.76%) VMware NSX
5 16 (7.37%) vSphere
6 14 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (3.23%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.84%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.38%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.92%) Firmware
11 1 (0.46%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.46%) NFS
11 1 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 50 (23.04%) Terraform
2 45 (20.74%) Kubernetes
3 42 (19.35%) Ansible
4 13 (5.99%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (5.07%) PowerCLI
6 9 (4.15%) vCenter Server
7 8 (3.69%) Grafana
7 8 (3.69%) vRealize
8 6 (2.76%) Puppet
9 5 (2.30%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.84%) Prometheus
10 4 (1.84%) VxRail
11 3 (1.38%) SCCM
12 2 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.92%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.46%) CASB
13 1 (0.46%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.46%) Podman
13 1 (0.46%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 47 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 41 (18.89%) Google
3 38 (17.51%) VMware
4 21 (9.68%) Cisco
5 12 (5.53%) Citrix
5 12 (5.53%) F5
6 10 (4.61%) CheckPoint
6 10 (4.61%) Fortinet
7 9 (4.15%) Zscaler
8 8 (3.69%) Databricks
8 8 (3.69%) Red Hat
9 7 (3.23%) Oracle
9 7 (3.23%) SAP
10 6 (2.76%) CyberArk
11 5 (2.30%) Dell
12 4 (1.84%) Aruba
12 4 (1.84%) Juniper
12 4 (1.84%) Okta
12 4 (1.84%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.84%) Veeam