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 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 350 367
Rank change year-on-year -95 +17 -15
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 324 339 704
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.80% 0.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.30% 1.86% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 223 115 242
10th Percentile £38,394 £48,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £78,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £115,000 £118,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.96% -3.70% -3.57%

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 24,910 18,256 34,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.79% 42.95% 35.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,261 8,532 23,048
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +2.12% -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 27 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the UK

Hybrid Cloud
Top 17 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 27 May 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 -87 290 £65,000 -7.14% 133
UK excluding London -56 204 £63,076 -2.96% 82
Work from Home +58 113 £65,576 -8.91% 68
London -29 94 £78,000 +7.59% 56
North of England +3 73 £65,000 -9.71% 27
South East -48 47 £65,000 -23.53% 16
North West +7 43 £70,000 -2.77% 18
South West -73 33 £55,000 +15.79% 18
Midlands -31 23 £56,500 -19.29% 8
West Midlands -22 22 £52,000 -25.71% 7
Yorkshire -45 15 £63,076 -2.96% 6
North East - 15 £54,288 - 3
Northern Ireland -29 9 - -
East of England -32 8 £28,750 -50.00% 5
Scotland +1 6 £45,000 -18.18% 8
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
East Midlands -46 1 £77,500 - 1

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 23 (7.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.94%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.40%) Confluence
4 4 (1.23%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.23%) Documentum
4 4 (1.23%) IIS
5 2 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 197 (60.80%) Azure
2 119 (36.73%) AWS
3 78 (24.07%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (15.74%) Nutanix
5 46 (14.20%) Entra ID
6 26 (8.02%) Amazon EKS
6 26 (8.02%) Power Platform
7 23 (7.10%) GCP
8 21 (6.48%) PaaS
9 19 (5.86%) PowerApps
9 19 (5.86%) SaaS
10 18 (5.56%) IaaS
11 17 (5.25%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (4.32%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (4.32%) GitHub
13 11 (3.40%) Azure AKS
14 10 (3.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (2.47%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (2.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 65 (20.06%) Firewall
2 62 (19.14%) DNS
3 52 (16.05%) DHCP
4 34 (10.49%) WAN
5 27 (8.33%) LAN
6 24 (7.41%) Remote Desktop
7 23 (7.10%) VPN
8 16 (4.94%) Network Security
9 11 (3.40%) Unified Communications
9 11 (3.40%) VLAN
10 10 (3.09%) WebEx
11 9 (2.78%) BGP
11 9 (2.78%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (2.78%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (2.78%) SAN
11 9 (2.78%) TCP/IP
11 9 (2.78%) VoIP
11 9 (2.78%) Wireless
12 8 (2.47%) Software-Defined Networking
12 8 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.10%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.47%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.16%) Power BI
4 6 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.23%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (1.23%) Big Data
6 4 (1.23%) DataStage
6 4 (1.23%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.23%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.23%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.23%) MySQL
6 4 (1.23%) Neo4j
6 4 (1.23%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.23%) Pentaho
6 4 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.23%) RDBMS
6 4 (1.23%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 17 (5.25%) GitLab
2 16 (4.94%) Git
3 13 (4.01%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.40%) JIRA
5 9 (2.78%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (2.16%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.85%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.62%) rollup.js
8 2 (0.62%) Terragrunt
General
1 95 (29.32%) Social Skills
2 50 (15.43%) Finance
3 37 (11.42%) Public Sector
3 37 (11.42%) Retail
4 23 (7.10%) Law
5 18 (5.56%) Banking
6 15 (4.63%) Aerospace
7 14 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (4.32%) Manufacturing
8 13 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.78%) Automotive
9 9 (2.78%) Marketing
9 9 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.47%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.16%) Electronics
12 6 (1.85%) Back Office
13 5 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 74 (22.84%) Cloud Engineer
2 50 (15.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 48 (14.81%) Senior
4 35 (10.80%) Lead
5 34 (10.49%) Architect
6 25 (7.72%) Network Engineer
7 18 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (5.25%) Consultant
9 16 (4.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (4.32%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
10 14 (4.32%) Digital Project Manager
10 14 (4.32%) Project Manager
10 14 (4.32%) Senior Digital Project Manager
10 14 (4.32%) Senior Manager
10 14 (4.32%) Senior Project Manager
11 13 (4.01%) Administrator
11 13 (4.01%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (4.01%) Cloud Consultant
12 12 (3.70%) Analyst
13 11 (3.40%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.09%) XMPP
2 9 (2.78%) .NET
3 7 (2.16%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.23%) 802.1X
4 4 (1.23%) YAML
5 3 (0.93%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.93%) boto
5 3 (0.93%) Kafka
5 3 (0.93%) OpenID
6 2 (0.62%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.62%) OAuth
6 2 (0.62%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.62%) Streamlit
6 2 (0.62%) WAMP
7 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.31%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.31%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.31%) REST
7 1 (0.31%) SAML
7 1 (0.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.11%) Public Cloud
2 27 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 27 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 25 (7.72%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.25%) Data Centre
5 16 (4.94%) Private Cloud
6 15 (4.63%) Low-Code
7 14 (4.32%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (4.32%) Legacy Applications
8 13 (4.01%) Management Information System
9 12 (3.70%) Replication
10 11 (3.40%) PKI
11 10 (3.09%) FlexPod
11 10 (3.09%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (2.16%) Enterprise Storage
13 7 (2.16%) Renewable Energy
13 7 (2.16%) Security Posture
13 7 (2.16%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.85%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 114 (35.19%) Windows
2 97 (29.94%) Windows Server
3 49 (15.12%) Linux
4 7 (2.16%) Android
4 7 (2.16%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.54%) CentOS
5 5 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.54%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.93%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.62%) VMS
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (28.70%) Infrastructure as Code
2 81 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 81 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 81 (25.00%) ITIL
3 73 (22.53%) Agile
4 70 (21.60%) DevOps
5 63 (19.44%) Disaster Recovery
6 59 (18.21%) Mentoring
7 56 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (13.89%) Coaching
9 45 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
10 43 (13.27%) Cloud Security
11 41 (12.65%) Business Continuity
11 41 (12.65%) Roadmaps
12 39 (12.04%) High Availability
13 35 (10.80%) AI
14 34 (10.49%) Migration
15 33 (10.19%) ITSM
16 31 (9.57%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 70 (21.60%) PowerShell
2 65 (20.06%) Python
3 28 (8.64%) SQL
4 22 (6.79%) Bicep
5 20 (6.17%) Java
6 19 (5.86%) Bash
7 14 (4.32%) VBA
8 9 (2.78%) Go
8 9 (2.78%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.16%) C#
9 7 (2.16%) Clojure
10 3 (0.93%) C++
10 3 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.62%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (11.42%) Security Cleared
2 26 (8.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (7.72%) AWS Certification
4 21 (6.48%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (5.86%) Azure Certification
6 18 (5.56%) Degree
7 14 (4.32%) ISTQB
8 11 (3.40%) SC Cleared
9 10 (3.09%) CCNA
10 9 (2.78%) CEH
10 9 (2.78%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.78%) MCSE
11 8 (2.47%) CCNP
12 7 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.16%) OSCP
12 7 (2.16%) RHCE
12 7 (2.16%) RHCSA
12 7 (2.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (1.85%) CISSP
14 5 (1.54%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (8.95%) SLA
3 24 (7.41%) NIST
4 11 (3.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (3.09%) PCI DSS
6 9 (2.78%) ISO 22301
7 8 (2.47%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.54%) GDPR
8 5 (1.54%) NCSC
9 4 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.62%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.62%) QA
11 1 (0.31%) COBIT
11 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 93 (28.70%) Active Directory
2 75 (23.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (10.19%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.10%) vSphere
5 22 (6.79%) Docker
6 9 (2.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 9 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (2.47%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.16%) Squid
9 5 (1.54%) KVM
10 4 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.62%) Firmware
11 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.31%) iptables
Systems Management
1 95 (29.32%) Terraform
2 56 (17.28%) Ansible
3 48 (14.81%) Kubernetes
4 35 (10.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (6.48%) Grafana
6 11 (3.40%) Prometheus
7 10 (3.09%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (2.78%) FortiGate
8 9 (2.78%) SCCM
9 8 (2.47%) Proxmox
9 8 (2.47%) ZABBIX
10 7 (2.16%) Packer
11 4 (1.23%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.93%) Nagios
13 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.62%) Nessus
13 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.31%) Autotask
14 1 (0.31%) VxRail
Vendors
1 119 (36.73%) Microsoft
2 112 (34.57%) VMware
3 32 (9.88%) Cisco
4 26 (8.02%) Dell
5 25 (7.72%) HP
6 24 (7.41%) Dell Compellent
6 24 (7.41%) Nimble Storage
7 22 (6.79%) Splunk
8 20 (6.17%) Oracle
9 19 (5.86%) Veeam
10 18 (5.56%) Palo Alto
11 17 (5.25%) Red Hat
12 14 (4.32%) Commvault
13 10 (3.09%) Fortinet
14 9 (2.78%) ServiceNow
15 7 (2.16%) Google
15 7 (2.16%) IFS
15 7 (2.16%) Juniper
15 7 (2.16%) NetApp
15 7 (2.16%) SolarWinds