Hybrid Cloud Job Trends in the South East

Hybrid Cloud
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hybrid Cloud in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Hybrid Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 195 201
Rank change year-on-year -56 +6 +91
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 49 85 217
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.34% 1.08% 1.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.38% 2.63% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 36 8 29
10th Percentile £30,500 £68,375 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £80,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% - +21.43%
75th Percentile £78,500 £91,250 £120,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £95,000 £143,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £71,991 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.71% +2.84% -

All Generic Skills
South East

Hybrid Cloud falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,550 3,228 5,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.38% 40.97% 33.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,282 1,490 3,855
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -12.90%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,625 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -15.38%

Hybrid Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Hybrid Cloud relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Hybrid Cloud job vacancy trend in the South East

Hybrid Cloud
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Hybrid Cloud.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid Cloud
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hybrid Cloud in the South East over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the South East

Hybrid Cloud
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hybrid Cloud within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey +3 20 £62,500 +47.06% 2
Thames Valley +19 9 £76,250 -10.29% 10
Hampshire -89 8 £71,250 - 7
Kent - 8 - -
Buckinghamshire -7 6 £76,250 -8.41% 1
West Sussex - 4 £87,500 - 2
Berkshire +5 3 - - 7
Hybrid Cloud
England

Hybrid Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (12.24%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.08%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (48.98%) AWS
2 23 (46.94%) Azure
3 17 (34.69%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (16.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 8 (16.33%) Amazon EKS
4 8 (16.33%) GitHub
4 8 (16.33%) GitHub Actions
4 8 (16.33%) Nutanix
5 7 (14.29%) IaaS
5 7 (14.29%) PaaS
6 6 (12.24%) Entra ID
6 6 (12.24%) SaaS
7 4 (8.16%) Azure AKS
7 4 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (8.16%) Azure Functions
7 4 (8.16%) Serverless
8 3 (6.12%) Cloudflare
8 3 (6.12%) GCP
9 2 (4.08%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (4.08%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.49%) Firewall
2 9 (18.37%) VPN
3 8 (16.33%) DHCP
3 8 (16.33%) DNS
3 8 (16.33%) Remote Desktop
4 7 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (12.24%) VoIP
6 4 (8.16%) Network Security
7 2 (4.08%) LAN
7 2 (4.08%) WAN
8 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.20%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.37%) Finance
3 8 (16.33%) Retail
4 3 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Cloud Engineer
2 12 (24.49%) Senior
3 10 (20.41%) Architect
4 8 (16.33%) Administrator
4 8 (16.33%) DevOps Administrator
4 8 (16.33%) Senior DevOps
4 8 (16.33%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 8 (16.33%) Systems Administrator
5 6 (12.24%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (12.24%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Support Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Azure Architect
6 4 (8.16%) Enterprise Architect
6 4 (8.16%) IT Manager
6 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Enterprise Architect
7 3 (6.12%) Account Manager
7 3 (6.12%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) ARM Templates
2 2 (4.08%) AWS CDK
3 1 (2.04%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Public Cloud
2 8 (16.33%) Private Cloud
3 4 (8.16%) Cloud Native
3 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.08%) Clustering
4 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (42.86%) Windows
1 21 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 15 (30.61%) Linux
3 6 (12.24%) Android
4 2 (4.08%) CentOS
4 2 (4.08%) Ubuntu
4 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.78%) ITIL
2 16 (32.65%) DevOps
2 16 (32.65%) Infrastructure as Code
3 12 (24.49%) Agile
3 12 (24.49%) CI/CD
3 12 (24.49%) Cloud Security
4 11 (22.45%) AI
4 11 (22.45%) High Availability
4 11 (22.45%) Roadmaps
5 10 (20.41%) ITSM
6 9 (18.37%) Business Continuity
6 9 (18.37%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (18.37%) Mentoring
6 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (16.33%) Business Strategy
7 8 (16.33%) Coaching
7 8 (16.33%) Infrastructure Automation
7 8 (16.33%) Knowledge Transfer
7 8 (16.33%) Server Management
7 8 (16.33%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.37%) Python
2 8 (16.33%) Bash
2 8 (16.33%) Go
3 4 (8.16%) Bicep
3 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.08%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.08%) SQL
5 1 (2.04%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) AWS Certification
2 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) Degree
4 3 (6.12%) DBS Check
4 3 (6.12%) ICAEW
5 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.04%) CISA
6 1 (2.04%) CISSP
6 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (16.33%) SLA
2 3 (6.12%) NIST
2 3 (6.12%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 20 (40.82%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (18.37%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.12%) Docker
5 1 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (36.73%) Terraform
2 13 (26.53%) Ansible
3 10 (20.41%) Kubernetes
4 8 (16.33%) Grafana
4 8 (16.33%) Prometheus
4 8 (16.33%) Proxmox
5 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (6.12%) Nagios
6 2 (4.08%) Nessus
7 1 (2.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (46.94%) Microsoft
2 18 (36.73%) VMware
3 8 (16.33%) Dell
3 8 (16.33%) Dell Compellent
3 8 (16.33%) HP
3 8 (16.33%) Nimble Storage
4 6 (12.24%) TP-LINK
4 6 (12.24%) Ubiquiti
5 3 (6.12%) Google
6 2 (4.08%) Aruba
6 2 (4.08%) BMC
6 2 (4.08%) Cisco
6 2 (4.08%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.08%) Remedy
6 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.04%) EMC
7 1 (2.04%) Juniper