Hybrid Cloud Job Trends

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 31 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 379 468
Rank change year-on-year +39 +89 +159
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 374 419 276
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 0.62% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.94% 1.90% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 197 163 196
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,238 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £69,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.07% +6.15% -10.34%
75th Percentile £92,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £87,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -7.14%

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 19,268 22,045 21,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 38.37% 32.43% 39.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10,428 10,783 16,029
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% +1.85%

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 31 October 2025.

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 31 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +53 350 £80,000 +14.29% 150
UK excluding London -44 183 £62,500 +4.17% 128
London +108 159 £85,000 +17.24% 61
Work from Home -12 88 £80,000 +45.45% 57
South East +29 70 £85,000 +70.00% 68
North of England -62 37 £62,500 +38.89% 15
South West +7 24 £80,000 +6.67% 20
Midlands +40 23 £80,000 +85.34% 12
Wales +35 21 £55,000 - 1
East of England +16 21 £62,500 -10.71% 8
North West -53 19 £62,000 +37.78% 11
Yorkshire +9 18 £65,000 +2.77% 2
West Midlands +48 15 £80,000 +42.22% 7
East Midlands +15 8 £49,500 +14.68% 5
Scotland -15 2 £37,500 -31.82% 6
Northern Ireland +5 1 - - 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 21 (5.61%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.87%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.34%) Confluence
5 3 (0.80%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 27 (7.22%) Oracle SCM
2 6 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 208 (55.61%) Azure
2 103 (27.54%) AWS
3 67 (17.91%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (13.37%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (13.10%) Entra ID
6 31 (8.29%) OCI
7 26 (6.95%) SaaS
8 23 (6.15%) Azure Sentinel
9 21 (5.61%) GCP
9 21 (5.61%) PaaS
10 20 (5.35%) IaaS
11 12 (3.21%) GitHub
11 12 (3.21%) Serverless
12 10 (2.67%) Nutanix
13 9 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (2.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 8 (2.14%) Azure Stack
15 7 (1.87%) Amazon EMR
15 7 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (1.87%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.16%) DNS
2 32 (8.56%) Firewall
3 28 (7.49%) VPN
4 25 (6.68%) DHCP
5 21 (5.61%) WAN
6 20 (5.35%) LAN
7 12 (3.21%) Network Security
7 12 (3.21%) TCP/IP
7 12 (3.21%) VLAN
8 11 (2.94%) VoIP
9 8 (2.14%) SAN
9 8 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.60%) BGP
10 6 (1.60%) Internet
11 5 (1.34%) NAS
11 5 (1.34%) SSL
11 5 (1.34%) Unified Communications
12 4 (1.07%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.80%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.80%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.56%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.61%) MongoDB
3 20 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (4.81%) NoSQL
4 18 (4.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (3.48%) MySQL
6 12 (3.21%) DB2
7 8 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.14%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.87%) Apache Cassandra
8 7 (1.87%) Big Data
8 7 (1.87%) DataStage
8 7 (1.87%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.87%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.87%) Neo4j
8 7 (1.87%) Pentaho
8 7 (1.87%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.60%) Oracle ODI
10 5 (1.34%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 20 (5.35%) Octopus Deploy
2 18 (4.81%) TeamCity
3 9 (2.41%) Git
4 8 (2.14%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.60%) GitLab
6 5 (1.34%) JIRA
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
7 1 (0.27%) Selenium
7 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 94 (25.13%) Public Sector
2 91 (24.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 89 (23.80%) Social Skills
4 66 (17.65%) Finance
5 23 (6.15%) Banking
6 19 (5.08%) Law
7 18 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.14%) Back Office
10 6 (1.60%) Retail
11 5 (1.34%) Billing
12 4 (1.07%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.07%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.80%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.27%) Danish Language
14 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.27%) Dutch Language
14 1 (0.27%) Legal
Job Titles
1 73 (19.52%) DevOps Engineer
2 51 (13.64%) Senior
3 46 (12.30%) Azure Engineer
4 45 (12.03%) Architect
5 41 (10.96%) Consultant
6 34 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 33 (8.82%) Oracle Consultant
8 30 (8.02%) Lead
9 21 (5.61%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 19 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
11 17 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
11 17 (4.55%) Infrastructure Architect
12 16 (4.28%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 15 (4.01%) AWS DevOps
13 15 (4.01%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 15 (4.01%) Developer
14 14 (3.74%) Senior DevOps
14 14 (3.74%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 13 (3.48%) Senior AWS DevOps Engineer
16 12 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.56%) .NET
2 19 (5.08%) React
3 13 (3.48%) AngularJS
4 12 (3.21%) Backbone.js
4 12 (3.21%) Bootstrap
4 12 (3.21%) Ember.js
4 12 (3.21%) jQuery
5 8 (2.14%) ARM Templates
6 6 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (1.60%) OpenTelemetry
6 6 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.07%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (0.80%) PySpark
8 3 (0.80%) RESTful
9 2 (0.53%) DPDK
9 2 (0.53%) eBPF
9 2 (0.53%) Kafka
9 2 (0.53%) Middleware
9 2 (0.53%) Node.js
10 1 (0.27%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 76 (20.32%) e-Learning
2 58 (15.51%) Data Centre
3 32 (8.56%) Legacy Systems
4 28 (7.49%) Cloud Native
5 24 (6.42%) Public Cloud
6 23 (6.15%) Virtual Team
7 19 (5.08%) Data Structures
7 19 (5.08%) Security Posture
8 18 (4.81%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.21%) Algorithms
9 12 (3.21%) Management Information System
10 9 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (2.14%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.87%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.87%) Product Ownership
13 6 (1.60%) Driving Licence
14 5 (1.34%) iPad
14 5 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.34%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 92 (24.60%) Windows
2 56 (14.97%) Linux
3 54 (14.44%) Windows Server
4 19 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.21%) Android
6 12 (3.21%) Apple iOS
7 8 (2.14%) Mac OS
7 8 (2.14%) Rocky
8 7 (1.87%) Unix
9 6 (1.60%) Windows 10
10 5 (1.34%) CentOS
11 4 (1.07%) HPUX
11 4 (1.07%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (1.07%) Solaris
12 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (33.42%) DevOps
2 117 (31.28%) AI
3 87 (23.26%) Mentoring
4 81 (21.66%) Agile
5 77 (20.59%) Coaching
6 71 (18.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (17.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 65 (17.38%) Migration
9 60 (16.04%) CI/CD
10 57 (15.24%) Containerisation
11 45 (12.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 45 (12.03%) Roadmaps
12 43 (11.50%) ITIL
12 43 (11.50%) Problem-Solving
13 38 (10.16%) Presales
14 37 (9.89%) Test Automation
15 36 (9.63%) Disaster Recovery
16 34 (9.09%) Cloud Security
17 31 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
18 28 (7.49%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 60 (16.04%) SQL
2 56 (14.97%) PowerShell
3 50 (13.37%) Python
4 22 (5.88%) Java
5 13 (3.48%) C#
6 9 (2.41%) Bicep
7 8 (2.14%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.60%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.34%) Bash
10 4 (1.07%) Go
11 3 (0.80%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.80%) PHP
11 3 (0.80%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.53%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (9.09%) Azure Certification
2 33 (8.82%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.95%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.61%) Degree
5 16 (4.28%) AWS Certification
6 13 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (3.48%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.41%) CISSP
9 8 (2.14%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.34%) CEH
11 5 (1.34%) CISM
11 5 (1.34%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.07%) CCNP
12 4 (1.07%) CISA
12 4 (1.07%) CRISC
12 4 (1.07%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (6.95%) NIST
3 21 (5.61%) GDPR
4 15 (4.01%) QA
5 6 (1.60%) NCSC
6 5 (1.34%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.34%) SLA
7 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.07%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.53%) COBIT
8 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.53%) PMO
8 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.27%) Basel III
9 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 58 (15.51%) Active Directory
2 42 (11.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (7.49%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.48%) Docker
5 7 (1.87%) NFS
6 6 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.60%) vSphere
7 5 (1.34%) Firmware
8 4 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.80%) KVM
10 2 (0.53%) QEMU
10 2 (0.53%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.27%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 82 (21.93%) Terraform
2 42 (11.23%) Ansible
3 38 (10.16%) Kubernetes
4 24 (6.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (4.01%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (2.67%) SCCM
7 9 (2.41%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.87%) SCOM
9 5 (1.34%) Autotask
9 5 (1.34%) Grafana
10 2 (0.53%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.53%) Suricata
10 2 (0.53%) WSUS
10 2 (0.53%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.27%) Nagios
11 1 (0.27%) Nessus
11 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 129 (34.49%) IBM
2 91 (24.33%) Microsoft
2 91 (24.33%) Red Hat
3 66 (17.65%) Oracle
4 60 (16.04%) VMware
5 34 (9.09%) Cisco
6 16 (4.28%) Palo Alto
7 14 (3.74%) Commvault
7 14 (3.74%) Dell
8 11 (2.94%) Fortinet
9 10 (2.67%) Datto
10 9 (2.41%) Aruba
10 9 (2.41%) SAP
11 8 (2.14%) Mellanox
11 8 (2.14%) NVIDIA
12 7 (1.87%) Apple
12 7 (1.87%) Informatica
12 7 (1.87%) Talend
13 6 (1.60%) Juniper
13 6 (1.60%) ServiceNow