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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 313 298
Rank change year-on-year -129 -15 +22
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 397 424 714
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.85% 0.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.39% 2.07% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 314 186 195
10th Percentile £37,724 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £46,225 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.92% -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 28,520 20,471 26,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.92% 41.07% 32.41%
Number of salaries quoted 17,904 10,379 14,733
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -7.77% -6.36%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 -95 375 £65,000 -7.21% 360
UK excluding London -57 302 £60,500 -6.92% 176
Work from Home +1 121 £67,788 -15.27% 175
North of England +3 99 £57,500 -11.54% 43
London -111 85 £82,500 +13.79% 214
South East -45 79 £70,000 -17.65% 56
South West -70 56 £73,750 -7.81% 23
North West +19 54 £65,000 +18.18% 22
Midlands -23 50 £70,000 -12.50% 25
West Midlands +6 48 £70,000 -12.50% 13
Yorkshire -42 28 £50,750 -21.92% 17
East of England -22 20 £50,500 -12.17% 8
North East - 17 £47,000 - 4
Scotland +6 8 £77,500 +67.57% 15
Wales -79 6 £54,085 -1.66% 2
East Midlands -41 2 £68,750 +38.89% 12
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 5

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 30 (7.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (6.55%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.02%) Confluence
4 6 (1.51%) IIS
5 4 (1.01%) SAS
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.50%) Weka
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.25%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 243 (61.21%) Azure
2 158 (39.80%) AWS
3 97 (24.43%) Microsoft 365
4 76 (19.14%) Entra ID
5 40 (10.08%) Amazon EKS
6 39 (9.82%) Serverless
7 36 (9.07%) GCP
8 34 (8.56%) Amazon EC2
9 31 (7.81%) AWS Lambda
9 31 (7.81%) Azure AKS
9 31 (7.81%) PaaS
10 30 (7.56%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (7.30%) AWS CloudFormation
12 28 (7.05%) IaaS
13 22 (5.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 22 (5.54%) Amazon S3
14 21 (5.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 20 (5.04%) Amazon ECS
16 19 (4.79%) SaaS
17 16 (4.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 100 (25.19%) Firewall
2 65 (16.37%) VPN
3 56 (14.11%) DNS
4 52 (13.10%) WAN
5 44 (11.08%) DHCP
6 43 (10.83%) Network Security
7 40 (10.08%) LAN
8 24 (6.05%) SD-WAN
9 21 (5.29%) Wireless
10 18 (4.53%) TCP/IP
11 14 (3.53%) VLAN
12 13 (3.27%) Cisco Firepower
13 12 (3.02%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (3.02%) Software-Defined Networking
14 10 (2.52%) BGP
14 10 (2.52%) SAN
14 10 (2.52%) Unified Communications
14 10 (2.52%) VoIP
15 9 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (2.02%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.03%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (3.53%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (3.02%) Spark SQL
4 9 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.02%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.76%) Flink
7 3 (0.76%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.50%) Power BI
8 2 (0.50%) Redis
9 1 (0.25%) Big Data
9 1 (0.25%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.25%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.25%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.25%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.05%) GitLab
2 18 (4.53%) Jenkins
3 16 (4.03%) Git
4 12 (3.02%) JIRA
5 8 (2.02%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.50%) rollup.js
6 2 (0.50%) Terragrunt
General
1 95 (23.93%) Social Skills
2 47 (11.84%) Finance
3 43 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (9.82%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.30%) Retail
6 21 (5.29%) Law
7 17 (4.28%) Telecoms
8 16 (4.03%) Aerospace
8 16 (4.03%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.27%) Banking
9 9 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.02%) Marketing
11 7 (1.76%) Automotive
11 7 (1.76%) Electronics
12 6 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.01%) Local Government
15 2 (0.50%) Legal
15 2 (0.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 63 (15.87%) Architect
2 58 (14.61%) Cloud Engineer
3 56 (14.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (12.34%) Lead
5 48 (12.09%) Senior
6 26 (6.55%) Network Engineer
7 25 (6.30%) Azure Engineer
8 22 (5.54%) AWS Engineer
8 22 (5.54%) Consultant
8 22 (5.54%) Data Engineer
9 21 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
10 19 (4.79%) IT Engineer
11 18 (4.53%) Support Engineer
12 17 (4.28%) Azure Architect
13 16 (4.03%) Analyst
13 16 (4.03%) Cloud Consultant
14 15 (3.78%) DevOps Engineer
14 15 (3.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (3.53%) IT Support
15 14 (3.53%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (31.99%) Terraform
2 15 (3.78%) Kafka
3 14 (3.53%) .NET
4 12 (3.02%) ARM Templates
4 12 (3.02%) PySpark
5 9 (2.27%) Keycloak
6 8 (2.02%) XMPP
7 6 (1.51%) YAML
8 5 (1.26%) 802.1X
8 5 (1.26%) boto
9 3 (0.76%) OpenID
10 2 (0.50%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.50%) AWS CDK
10 2 (0.50%) Loki
10 2 (0.50%) ModSecurity
10 2 (0.50%) OAuth
10 2 (0.50%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.50%) OpenTelemetry
11 1 (0.25%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.25%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.07%) Data Centre
2 30 (7.56%) Cloud Native
3 25 (6.30%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.29%) Private Cloud
5 20 (5.04%) Public Cloud
6 18 (4.53%) Security Posture
7 16 (4.03%) PKI
8 15 (3.78%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (2.27%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.27%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.02%) FlexPod
10 8 (2.02%) Replication
10 8 (2.02%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.76%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (1.51%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 126 (31.74%) Windows
2 106 (26.70%) Windows Server
3 67 (16.88%) Linux
4 7 (1.76%) Android
4 7 (1.76%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.26%) VMS
6 4 (1.01%) CentOS
6 4 (1.01%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.76%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.50%) AIX
8 2 (0.50%) Unix
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.25%) Rocky
9 1 (0.25%) SUSE
9 1 (0.25%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (33.75%) Infrastructure as Code
2 120 (30.23%) CI/CD
3 102 (25.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 94 (23.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 94 (23.68%) DevOps
5 86 (21.66%) Cloud Security
6 72 (18.14%) ITIL
7 68 (17.13%) Migration
7 68 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
8 63 (15.87%) Agile
9 60 (15.11%) Disaster Recovery
9 60 (15.11%) Mentoring
9 60 (15.11%) Roadmaps
10 58 (14.61%) Cybersecurity
11 55 (13.85%) Analytics
12 44 (11.08%) Decision-Making
12 44 (11.08%) Infrastructure Automation
13 42 (10.58%) AI
13 42 (10.58%) Zero Trust
14 40 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 77 (19.40%) Python
2 73 (18.39%) PowerShell
3 43 (10.83%) Bash
4 33 (8.31%) SQL
5 32 (8.06%) Bicep
6 22 (5.54%) Java
7 19 (4.79%) Go
8 15 (3.78%) C#
9 13 (3.27%) C++
9 13 (3.27%) JavaScript
10 8 (2.02%) Clojure
11 6 (1.51%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.50%) Korn
14 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 81 (20.40%) Security Cleared
2 52 (13.10%) SC Cleared
3 41 (10.33%) Azure Certification
4 35 (8.82%) DV Cleared
5 33 (8.31%) AWS Certification
6 28 (7.05%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (5.04%) Degree
8 19 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (4.03%) CCNP
9 16 (4.03%) ISTQB
10 12 (3.02%) CCNA
11 10 (2.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.52%) RHCE
11 10 (2.52%) RHCSA
12 9 (2.27%) CISSP
12 9 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 8 (2.02%) OSCP
14 6 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
15 5 (1.26%) CCIE
15 5 (1.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.79%) NIST
3 18 (4.53%) SLA
4 14 (3.53%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.02%) NCSC
6 6 (1.51%) GDPR
6 6 (1.51%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.51%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.01%) GRC
8 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 108 (27.20%) Active Directory
2 77 (19.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (10.58%) Docker
4 30 (7.56%) Hyper-V
5 24 (6.05%) vSphere
6 16 (4.03%) VMware NSX
7 10 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.02%) Squid
9 7 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (1.51%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.76%) Firmware
12 1 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 72 (18.14%) Ansible
2 62 (15.62%) Kubernetes
3 40 (10.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (4.79%) Grafana
5 12 (3.02%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.27%) SCCM
6 9 (2.27%) ZABBIX
7 8 (2.02%) Cisco CUCM
7 8 (2.02%) FortiGate
7 8 (2.02%) Packer
8 7 (1.76%) Puppet
9 6 (1.51%) Proxmox
10 5 (1.26%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.26%) vCenter Server
11 4 (1.01%) Nagios
12 3 (0.76%) Istio
12 3 (0.76%) linkerd
13 2 (0.50%) Argo
13 2 (0.50%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 158 (39.80%) Microsoft
2 107 (26.95%) VMware
3 45 (11.34%) Cisco
4 23 (5.79%) Palo Alto
5 21 (5.29%) Splunk
6 20 (5.04%) Veeam
7 18 (4.53%) Oracle
8 17 (4.28%) Red Hat
9 16 (4.03%) Fortinet
10 13 (3.27%) Google
10 13 (3.27%) Meraki
11 8 (2.02%) Aruba
11 8 (2.02%) Dell
11 8 (2.02%) IFS
12 7 (1.76%) NetApp
12 7 (1.76%) Tenable
13 6 (1.51%) Dell Compellent
13 6 (1.51%) Nimble Storage
13 6 (1.51%) TP-LINK
13 6 (1.51%) Ubiquiti