Hybrid Cloud
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hybrid Cloud in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Hybrid Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 434 423
Rank change year-on-year +20 -11 +15
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 314 214 520
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.52% 0.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.29% 1.34% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 211 110 239
10th Percentile £36,250 £47,473 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,188 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.13% -7.69% -3.70%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,405 15,964 33,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.20% 38.92% 36.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12,534 9,072 22,728
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,358 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,400 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -9.09%

Hybrid Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Hybrid Cloud job vacancy trend in the UK

Hybrid Cloud
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hybrid Cloud.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid Cloud
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hybrid Cloud over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the UK

Hybrid Cloud
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hybrid Cloud within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -15 275 £70,000 -0.03% 102
UK excluding London -38 164 £63,076 +5.13% 70
London +35 122 £88,750 -1.39% 39
Work from Home +36 104 £65,576 -7.63% 47
North of England -65 54 £63,076 -12.38% 26
South East -28 37 £65,000 +36.84% 26
North West -46 27 £65,000 -9.71% 16
South West -49 19 £55,000 +15.79% 11
East of England -31 16 £27,000 -55.00% 2
West Midlands -5 15 £63,076 -9.89% 1
Midlands -35 15 £63,076 -9.89% 2
Yorkshire -54 14 £63,076 -2.96% 9
Northern Ireland -28 13 - -
North East - 13 £63,076 - 1
Scotland -18 5 £45,000 -18.18% 1
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -

Hybrid Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 22 (7.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (5.10%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.59%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.59%) Confluence
4 4 (1.27%) Documentum
5 2 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.32%) IIS
6 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.32%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.32%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 190 (60.51%) Azure
2 120 (38.22%) AWS
3 72 (22.93%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (19.75%) Nutanix
5 43 (13.69%) Entra ID
6 26 (8.28%) Power Platform
7 22 (7.01%) Amazon EKS
8 20 (6.37%) GCP
8 20 (6.37%) SaaS
9 19 (6.05%) PowerApps
10 15 (4.78%) GitHub
11 13 (4.14%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (4.14%) IaaS
11 13 (4.14%) PaaS
12 10 (3.18%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (2.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 66 (21.02%) DNS
2 58 (18.47%) DHCP
2 58 (18.47%) Firewall
3 30 (9.55%) VPN
4 28 (8.92%) Remote Desktop
5 22 (7.01%) WAN
6 19 (6.05%) LAN
7 13 (4.14%) TCP/IP
8 12 (3.82%) Network Security
8 12 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (3.50%) VLAN
9 11 (3.50%) VoIP
10 8 (2.55%) SAN
10 8 (2.55%) Unified Communications
11 7 (2.23%) BGP
11 7 (2.23%) WebEx
12 6 (1.91%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.91%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (1.91%) Internet
13 3 (0.96%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.32%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.23%) Power BI
3 7 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.91%) MySQL
4 6 (1.91%) Oracle Database
4 6 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.59%) Apache Cassandra
5 5 (1.59%) Big Data
5 5 (1.59%) DataStage
5 5 (1.59%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.59%) Hadoop
5 5 (1.59%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.59%) Neo4j
5 5 (1.59%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.59%) Pentaho
5 5 (1.59%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.59%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 11 (3.50%) GitLab
2 10 (3.18%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.18%) Octopus Deploy
3 9 (2.87%) Git
4 7 (2.23%) TeamCity
5 6 (1.91%) JIRA
6 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.32%) rollup.js
General
1 102 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.29%) Finance
3 32 (10.19%) Retail
4 31 (9.87%) Law
4 31 (9.87%) Public Sector
5 24 (7.64%) Banking
6 15 (4.78%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.82%) Financial Institution
7 12 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.87%) Back Office
9 8 (2.55%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.23%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.91%) Automotive
11 6 (1.91%) Marketing
11 6 (1.91%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Electronics
14 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.96%) Front Office
14 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (19.11%) Cloud Engineer
2 55 (17.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 50 (15.92%) Senior
4 34 (10.83%) Architect
5 24 (7.64%) Lead
6 22 (7.01%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (5.10%) Administrator
8 15 (4.78%) Project Manager
8 15 (4.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (4.46%) Digital Project Manager
9 14 (4.46%) IT Security Specialist
9 14 (4.46%) Security Specialist
9 14 (4.46%) Senior Digital Project Manager
9 14 (4.46%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.46%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (3.82%) Consultant
11 11 (3.50%) AWS Engineer
11 11 (3.50%) Senior DevOps
12 10 (3.18%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (3.18%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.46%) .NET
2 7 (2.23%) XMPP
3 6 (1.91%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.59%) OpenID
5 4 (1.27%) RESTful
5 4 (1.27%) YAML
6 3 (0.96%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.64%) Kafka
7 2 (0.64%) Middleware
7 2 (0.64%) OAuth
7 2 (0.64%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.64%) REST
7 2 (0.64%) Streamlit
7 2 (0.64%) WAMP
8 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.32%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.32%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.32%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.69%) Public Cloud
2 30 (9.55%) Data Centre
3 27 (8.60%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (8.28%) Onboarding
5 24 (7.64%) Cloud Native
6 18 (5.73%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (4.78%) Legacy Applications
7 15 (4.78%) Low-Code
7 15 (4.78%) Private Cloud
8 12 (3.82%) Management Information System
9 11 (3.50%) Replication
10 9 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.55%) Virtual Team
12 7 (2.23%) Enterprise Storage
12 7 (2.23%) FlexPod
12 7 (2.23%) PKI
12 7 (2.23%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.91%) Blog
13 6 (1.91%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.59%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 101 (32.17%) Windows
2 81 (25.80%) Windows Server
3 41 (13.06%) Linux
4 11 (3.50%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.23%) Android
6 6 (1.91%) CentOS
6 6 (1.91%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.91%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.32%) VMS
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (28.03%) Infrastructure as Code
2 82 (26.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 78 (24.84%) Disaster Recovery
4 73 (23.25%) CI/CD
5 69 (21.97%) ITIL
6 68 (21.66%) DevOps
7 61 (19.43%) Mentoring
8 55 (17.52%) Agile
9 53 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 53 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (15.29%) Coaching
11 47 (14.97%) Cybersecurity
12 46 (14.65%) Business Continuity
13 44 (14.01%) Cloud Security
14 43 (13.69%) ITSM
15 39 (12.42%) Roadmaps
16 38 (12.10%) High Availability
17 34 (10.83%) Migration
17 34 (10.83%) Storage Management
18 31 (9.87%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (24.20%) Python
2 70 (22.29%) PowerShell
3 32 (10.19%) SQL
4 19 (6.05%) Bicep
4 19 (6.05%) Java
5 17 (5.41%) Bash
6 14 (4.46%) VBA
7 11 (3.50%) Go
8 10 (3.18%) JavaScript
9 9 (2.87%) C#
10 6 (1.91%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.96%) C++
11 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.64%) Clojure
12 2 (0.64%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.64%) PHP
12 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (9.87%) Security Cleared
2 21 (6.69%) AWS Certification
3 16 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (4.78%) Azure Certification
4 15 (4.78%) CEH
4 15 (4.78%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (4.78%) Degree
5 13 (4.14%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.50%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (2.23%) CCNP
8 7 (2.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (1.91%) CISSP
9 6 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.91%) MCSE
10 5 (1.59%) CISM
11 4 (1.27%) CCSP
11 4 (1.27%) CITP
11 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (14.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (10.51%) SLA
3 31 (9.87%) NIST
4 15 (4.78%) ISO 22301
5 13 (4.14%) PCI DSS
6 12 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (3.50%) GDPR
7 11 (3.50%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.59%) NCSC
10 4 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (1.27%) QA
11 3 (0.96%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.64%) Basel III
12 2 (0.64%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.64%) MiFID
13 1 (0.32%) COBIT
13 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (24.52%) Active Directory
2 65 (20.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (10.83%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.78%) vSphere
5 14 (4.46%) Docker
6 8 (2.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 8 (2.55%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (2.23%) KVM
8 4 (1.27%) Firmware
9 2 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.32%) iptables
10 1 (0.32%) Squid
10 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 89 (28.34%) Terraform
2 50 (15.92%) Ansible
3 40 (12.74%) Kubernetes
4 34 (10.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (5.73%) Grafana
6 10 (3.18%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.87%) SCCM
8 8 (2.55%) Proxmox
9 7 (2.23%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (1.59%) vCenter Server
11 4 (1.27%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.64%) Nessus
13 1 (0.32%) Nagios
13 1 (0.32%) Packer
13 1 (0.32%) VxRail
13 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 113 (35.99%) VMware
2 98 (31.21%) Microsoft
3 31 (9.87%) Dell
4 29 (9.24%) HP
5 28 (8.92%) Dell Compellent
5 28 (8.92%) Nimble Storage
6 25 (7.96%) Cisco
7 23 (7.32%) Commvault
8 17 (5.41%) Splunk
9 14 (4.46%) Veeam
10 13 (4.14%) Oracle
10 13 (4.14%) Palo Alto
11 12 (3.82%) ServiceNow
12 11 (3.50%) Red Hat
13 10 (3.18%) Fortinet
14 9 (2.87%) Juniper
15 7 (2.23%) Freshdesk
16 6 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
16 6 (1.91%) TP-LINK
16 6 (1.91%) Ubiquiti