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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 333 311
Rank change year-on-year -122 -22 +4
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 347 406 772
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.82% 0.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 1.99% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 260 168 236
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £50,680 £56,250 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,538 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £82,938
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,737
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -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 26,220 20,384 29,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.88% 41.23% 33.54%
Number of salaries quoted 16,643 10,228 18,142
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +3.64% -14.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -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 27 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the UK

Hybrid Cloud
Top 18 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 July 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 -119 319 £65,576 -6.38% 164
UK excluding London -53 260 £62,500 -3.85% 101
Work from Home -3 107 £70,000 -12.50% 71
North of England +4 82 £65,000 - 37
London -69 78 £84,000 +15.86% 64
South East -44 64 £70,000 -17.65% 37
South West -64 53 £60,500 -24.38% 13
North West +22 50 £70,000 +27.27% 23
Midlands -21 38 £65,000 -18.75% 7
West Midlands -1 37 £63,500 -20.63% 5
Yorkshire -40 19 £51,500 -20.77% 11
North East - 13 £42,500 - 3
East of England -22 12 £28,750 -52.08% 3
Scotland +17 8 £77,500 +67.57% 1
Wales -61 5 £55,000 -31.25% 4
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
East Midlands -40 1 £77,500 +55.00% 2

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 27 (7.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (6.05%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.31%) Confluence
4 5 (1.44%) IIS
5 4 (1.15%) SAS
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.29%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 233 (67.15%) Azure
2 121 (34.87%) AWS
3 91 (26.22%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (19.02%) Entra ID
5 30 (8.65%) Amazon EKS
5 30 (8.65%) Nutanix
6 29 (8.36%) Azure AKS
6 29 (8.36%) IaaS
7 28 (8.07%) GCP
7 28 (8.07%) PaaS
8 26 (7.49%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (5.48%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (5.19%) SaaS
10 18 (5.19%) Serverless
11 14 (4.03%) GitHub
12 12 (3.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 12 (3.46%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (3.46%) Amazon S3
13 11 (3.17%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (3.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 90 (25.94%) Firewall
2 58 (16.71%) DNS
3 48 (13.83%) VPN
4 46 (13.26%) DHCP
4 46 (13.26%) WAN
5 39 (11.24%) Network Security
6 38 (10.95%) LAN
7 16 (4.61%) SD-WAN
8 15 (4.32%) VLAN
8 15 (4.32%) Wireless
9 14 (4.03%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (3.75%) TCP/IP
11 12 (3.46%) Remote Desktop
12 11 (3.17%) Software-Defined Networking
13 10 (2.88%) SAN
13 10 (2.88%) Unified Communications
13 10 (2.88%) WebEx
14 9 (2.59%) BGP
14 9 (2.59%) VoIP
14 9 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.03%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.31%) Oracle Database
2 8 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.86%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.86%) Flink
7 2 (0.58%) Power BI
7 2 (0.58%) Redis
7 2 (0.58%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.29%) Big Data
8 1 (0.29%) DataStage
8 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.29%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.29%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.92%) GitLab
2 18 (5.19%) Git
2 18 (5.19%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.46%) JIRA
4 8 (2.31%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.58%) rollup.js
5 2 (0.58%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 95 (27.38%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.26%) Finance
3 30 (8.65%) Retail
4 28 (8.07%) Public Sector
5 20 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (4.90%) Law
7 15 (4.32%) Aerospace
7 15 (4.32%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.75%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.17%) Banking
10 9 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.59%) Marketing
11 7 (2.02%) Automotive
11 7 (2.02%) Electronics
12 5 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.86%) Local Government
15 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (16.14%) Cloud Engineer
2 55 (15.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 50 (14.41%) Architect
4 48 (13.83%) Lead
5 44 (12.68%) Senior
6 25 (7.20%) Network Engineer
7 18 (5.19%) Analyst
7 18 (5.19%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
7 18 (5.19%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (5.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (4.90%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (4.03%) IT Engineer
9 14 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.75%) Azure Architect
10 13 (3.75%) Consultant
10 13 (3.75%) Support Engineer
11 11 (3.17%) Administrator
11 11 (3.17%) AWS Engineer
11 11 (3.17%) Cloud Consultant
11 11 (3.17%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.46%) ARM Templates
2 11 (3.17%) Kafka
3 10 (2.88%) XMPP
4 6 (1.73%) YAML
5 5 (1.44%) 802.1X
5 5 (1.44%) boto
5 5 (1.44%) Keycloak
6 3 (0.86%) OpenID
7 2 (0.58%) .NET
7 2 (0.58%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.58%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.58%) OAuth
7 2 (0.58%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.58%) WAMP
8 1 (0.29%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.29%) Loki
8 1 (0.29%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.29%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.29%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.93%) Cloud Native
1 31 (8.93%) Data Centre
2 26 (7.49%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.34%) Public Cloud
4 19 (5.48%) Security Posture
5 17 (4.90%) PKI
6 16 (4.61%) Private Cloud
7 13 (3.75%) Replication
8 10 (2.88%) FlexPod
8 10 (2.88%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.88%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.02%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.73%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.73%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 130 (37.46%) Windows
2 110 (31.70%) Windows Server
3 62 (17.87%) Linux
4 10 (2.88%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.02%) Android
5 7 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.44%) VMS
7 4 (1.15%) CentOS
7 4 (1.15%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (31.70%) Infrastructure as Code
2 93 (26.80%) CI/CD
3 88 (25.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 82 (23.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 78 (22.48%) DevOps
6 76 (21.90%) ITIL
7 67 (19.31%) Cloud Security
8 66 (19.02%) Disaster Recovery
9 57 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
10 55 (15.85%) Agile
11 50 (14.41%) Roadmaps
12 47 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
12 47 (13.54%) Migration
13 42 (12.10%) Mentoring
14 38 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 33 (9.51%) Business Continuity
15 33 (9.51%) High Availability
16 31 (8.93%) Infrastructure Automation
17 30 (8.65%) Containerisation
18 28 (8.07%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 73 (21.04%) PowerShell
2 65 (18.73%) Python
3 30 (8.65%) Bash
4 28 (8.07%) Bicep
5 24 (6.92%) SQL
6 14 (4.03%) Go
7 12 (3.46%) Java
8 8 (2.31%) Clojure
9 4 (1.15%) C#
9 4 (1.15%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.58%) C++
10 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 60 (17.29%) Security Cleared
2 34 (9.80%) SC Cleared
3 29 (8.36%) Azure Certification
3 29 (8.36%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (7.78%) AWS Certification
5 25 (7.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (6.92%) DV Cleared
7 21 (6.05%) Degree
8 17 (4.90%) CCNP
9 16 (4.61%) ISTQB
10 13 (3.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 12 (3.46%) CCNA
12 9 (2.59%) MCSE
13 8 (2.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.31%) OSCP
13 8 (2.31%) RHCE
13 8 (2.31%) RHCSA
14 7 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (1.73%) CISSP
16 5 (1.44%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (6.92%) NIST
2 24 (6.92%) SLA
3 8 (2.31%) NCSC
4 7 (2.02%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.02%) SOC 2
5 6 (1.73%) GDPR
6 5 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.44%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.58%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 109 (31.41%) Active Directory
2 79 (22.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (9.22%) Docker
4 29 (8.36%) Hyper-V
5 24 (6.92%) vSphere
6 15 (4.32%) VMware NSX
7 9 (2.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 9 (2.59%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (2.31%) Squid
9 5 (1.44%) KVM
10 4 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 107 (30.84%) Terraform
2 64 (18.44%) Ansible
3 60 (17.29%) Kubernetes
4 36 (10.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (5.48%) Grafana
6 10 (2.88%) Cisco CUCM
6 10 (2.88%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.59%) FortiGate
7 9 (2.59%) ZABBIX
8 8 (2.31%) Packer
8 8 (2.31%) SCCM
9 5 (1.44%) Proxmox
10 4 (1.15%) Nagios
10 4 (1.15%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.15%) Puppet
11 3 (0.86%) Istio
11 3 (0.86%) linkerd
11 3 (0.86%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 141 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 108 (31.12%) VMware
3 43 (12.39%) Cisco
4 25 (7.20%) Palo Alto
5 24 (6.92%) Splunk
6 23 (6.63%) Veeam
7 18 (5.19%) Oracle
8 17 (4.90%) Red Hat
9 16 (4.61%) Fortinet
10 13 (3.75%) Dell
10 13 (3.75%) HP
11 12 (3.46%) Dell Compellent
11 12 (3.46%) Meraki
11 12 (3.46%) Nimble Storage
12 11 (3.17%) Google
13 9 (2.59%) Commvault
14 8 (2.31%) IFS
15 7 (2.02%) NetApp
16 6 (1.73%) TP-LINK
16 6 (1.73%) Ubiquiti