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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 409 519
Rank change year-on-year +15 +110 +16
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 274 308 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.58% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.31% 1.56% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 198 113 174
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% -15.15%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,573 £60,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year +4.29% -4.43% -13.36%

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 20,896 19,754 23,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.56% 37.16% 36.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,514 9,217 16,977
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £31,114
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,064
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -13.64% +6.74% -6.31%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 +25 235 £71,028 +1.47% 164
London +83 138 £87,500 +9.38% 31
UK excluding London -62 105 £62,573 +4.29% 150
Work from Home +42 89 £75,000 +17.04% 50
North of England -34 35 £63,076 -3.39% 33
South East -8 17 £70,000 +40.00% 48
East of England +13 16 £38,500 -35.83% 17
Yorkshire -11 15 £63,076 +6.01% 13
North West -31 14 £62,861 -12.68% 16
Midlands +28 13 £63,076 -9.89% 20
West Midlands +26 11 £63,076 -9.89% 5
Wales - 10 £55,000 - 4
Northern Ireland -4 9 - - 3
North East -2 6 £63,076 -1.57% 5
South West -18 4 £67,500 +3.85% 26
Scotland -21 3 £45,000 -18.18% 4
East Midlands - 2 £49,000 - 13

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 15 (5.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.65%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.82%) Confluence
5 3 (1.09%) Documentum
5 3 (1.09%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.36%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 177 (64.60%) Azure
2 102 (37.23%) AWS
3 57 (20.80%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (16.42%) Entra ID
5 36 (13.14%) Nutanix
6 28 (10.22%) GCP
7 25 (9.12%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (7.66%) PaaS
8 21 (7.66%) Power Platform
8 21 (7.66%) SaaS
9 19 (6.93%) Azure Sentinel
10 15 (5.47%) IaaS
10 15 (5.47%) PowerApps
11 13 (4.74%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (3.65%) Amazon EMR
13 9 (3.28%) GitHub
14 8 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (2.55%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (2.55%) Serverless
16 6 (2.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 52 (18.98%) DNS
2 43 (15.69%) DHCP
3 39 (14.23%) Firewall
4 31 (11.31%) VPN
5 16 (5.84%) Remote Desktop
6 13 (4.74%) Network Security
6 13 (4.74%) WAN
7 11 (4.01%) VoIP
7 11 (4.01%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (3.65%) Internet
8 10 (3.65%) LAN
9 8 (2.92%) TCP/IP
9 8 (2.92%) VLAN
10 7 (2.55%) BGP
11 6 (2.19%) SAN
12 5 (1.82%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.46%) SSL
14 3 (1.09%) Unified Communications
14 3 (1.09%) Wireless
15 2 (0.73%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (13.50%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (4.74%) MySQL
4 11 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (3.65%) Apache Cassandra
5 10 (3.65%) Big Data
5 10 (3.65%) DataStage
5 10 (3.65%) DynamoDB
5 10 (3.65%) Hadoop
5 10 (3.65%) MongoDB
5 10 (3.65%) Neo4j
5 10 (3.65%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.65%) Pentaho
5 10 (3.65%) RDBMS
5 10 (3.65%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.19%) Power BI
7 4 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.46%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.09%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 24 (8.76%) Octopus Deploy
2 20 (7.30%) TeamCity
3 12 (4.38%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.19%) JIRA
5 4 (1.46%) GitLab
6 3 (1.09%) Git
7 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (38.32%) Social Skills
2 71 (25.91%) Finance
3 34 (12.41%) Law
4 28 (10.22%) Banking
5 25 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (8.03%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.01%) Retail
8 10 (3.65%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.55%) Back Office
9 7 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.09%) Billing
11 3 (1.09%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.73%) Automotive
12 2 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.73%) Legal
12 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 45 (16.42%) Architect
2 30 (10.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (10.22%) Cloud Engineer
4 27 (9.85%) DevOps Engineer
5 25 (9.12%) Senior
6 19 (6.93%) Infrastructure Architect
7 15 (5.47%) Lead
8 14 (5.11%) Project Manager
8 14 (5.11%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.01%) Administrator
9 11 (4.01%) Consultant
9 11 (4.01%) Digital Project Manager
9 11 (4.01%) Infrastructure Manager
9 11 (4.01%) Senior Digital Project Manager
9 11 (4.01%) Senior Manager
9 11 (4.01%) Senior Project Manager
10 10 (3.65%) IT Security Specialist
10 10 (3.65%) Principal Engineer
10 10 (3.65%) Security Specialist
11 9 (3.28%) Cloud Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.58%) .NET
2 5 (1.82%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.46%) OpenTelemetry
3 4 (1.46%) RESTful
4 2 (0.73%) DPDK
4 2 (0.73%) eBPF
4 2 (0.73%) Middleware
4 2 (0.73%) OpenID
4 2 (0.73%) REST
4 2 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.73%) Streamlit
5 1 (0.36%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.36%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.36%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.36%) CSS
5 1 (0.36%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.36%) Kafka
5 1 (0.36%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.79%) Data Centre
2 36 (13.14%) Legacy Systems
2 36 (13.14%) Public Cloud
3 24 (8.76%) Virtual Team
4 23 (8.39%) Cloud Native
5 17 (6.20%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (6.20%) Management Information System
5 17 (6.20%) Onboarding
6 14 (5.11%) Private Cloud
7 12 (4.38%) Legacy Applications
7 12 (4.38%) Low-Code
7 12 (4.38%) Security Posture
8 10 (3.65%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.92%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.55%) iPad
10 7 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.46%) ARM Cortex
12 4 (1.46%) Blog
12 4 (1.46%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 72 (26.28%) Windows
2 56 (20.44%) Windows Server
3 25 (9.12%) Linux
4 11 (4.01%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.55%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.09%) CentOS
7 3 (1.09%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.73%) Unix
9 1 (0.36%) Rocky
9 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (25.91%) CI/CD
1 71 (25.91%) Infrastructure as Code
2 70 (25.55%) DevOps
3 60 (21.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 51 (18.61%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (17.88%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (17.15%) Disaster Recovery
7 46 (16.79%) Cloud Security
8 45 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 42 (15.33%) Roadmaps
10 41 (14.96%) Agile
10 41 (14.96%) ITIL
11 40 (14.60%) Analytics
12 39 (14.23%) Migration
13 38 (13.87%) Mentoring
14 35 (12.77%) AI
15 34 (12.41%) ITSM
16 32 (11.68%) Vulnerability Management
17 31 (11.31%) Business Continuity
18 30 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (24.45%) PowerShell
2 59 (21.53%) Python
3 44 (16.06%) SQL
4 18 (6.57%) Java
5 17 (6.20%) Bicep
6 11 (4.01%) VBA
7 8 (2.92%) Bash
8 5 (1.82%) Go
8 5 (1.82%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.46%) C#
9 4 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.09%) PHP
10 3 (1.09%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.73%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.73%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 32 (11.68%) Security Cleared
2 22 (8.03%) Azure Certification
3 18 (6.57%) AWS Certification
4 15 (5.47%) Degree
4 15 (5.47%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.38%) CEH
5 12 (4.38%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.28%) CISSP
8 7 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.55%) CISM
9 6 (2.19%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.46%) CCSP
11 4 (1.46%) CESG Certified Professional
11 4 (1.46%) CITP
11 4 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (10.95%) NIST
3 19 (6.93%) SLA
4 15 (5.47%) GDPR
5 13 (4.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (4.38%) ISO 22301
7 9 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (3.28%) PCI DSS
8 8 (2.92%) QA
9 7 (2.55%) NCSC
9 7 (2.55%) SOC 2
10 4 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (1.09%) Basel III
11 3 (1.09%) COBIT
11 3 (1.09%) MiFID
12 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
System Software
1 61 (22.26%) Active Directory
2 39 (14.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (9.49%) Hyper-V
4 12 (4.38%) Docker
5 7 (2.55%) Firmware
6 5 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.82%) vSphere
7 4 (1.46%) KVM
7 4 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.73%) QEMU
9 1 (0.36%) iptables
9 1 (0.36%) NFS
9 1 (0.36%) vCloud
9 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 74 (27.01%) Terraform
2 27 (9.85%) Ansible
3 23 (8.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (7.30%) Kubernetes
5 12 (4.38%) SCCM
6 9 (3.28%) Prometheus
7 8 (2.92%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (2.19%) Grafana
9 5 (1.82%) SCOM
10 3 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.73%) Autotask
11 2 (0.73%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.73%) Suricata
11 2 (0.73%) VxRail
12 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 84 (30.66%) Microsoft
2 76 (27.74%) VMware
3 22 (8.03%) Dell
4 20 (7.30%) Cisco
5 17 (6.20%) Commvault
6 16 (5.84%) Dell Compellent
6 16 (5.84%) HP
6 16 (5.84%) Nimble Storage
6 16 (5.84%) Oracle
7 11 (4.01%) Juniper
8 10 (3.65%) Informatica
8 10 (3.65%) Talend
9 9 (3.28%) Apple
9 9 (3.28%) Datto
9 9 (3.28%) Freshdesk
9 9 (3.28%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.28%) Splunk
10 8 (2.92%) ServiceNow
11 7 (2.55%) Veeam
12 6 (2.19%) SAP