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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 374 495
Rank change year-on-year -29 +121 +54
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 257 369 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.68% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.25% 1.84% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 189 123 162
10th Percentile £40,100 £42,238 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,028 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.81% +2.31% -18.75%
75th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £94,750 £89,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +6.82% -10.57% -9.89%

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 20,536 20,060 19,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.70% 36.98% 37.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10,287 9,461 14,329
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £54,063 £54,500
% change year-on-year -13.06% -0.80% -0.91%

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 5 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 5 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 -23 221 £76,250 +10.51% 125
London +99 141 £90,000 +12.50% 29
UK excluding London -100 94 £58,750 +6.82% 113
Work from Home +26 77 £80,000 +33.33% 37
North of England -58 25 £57,250 +9.05% 24
Wales - 16 £55,000 - 3
Midlands +28 15 £80,000 +100.00% 18
East of England +17 15 £58,750 -2.08% 15
North West -50 14 £62,500 +25.00% 11
South East -40 13 £78,500 +57.00% 29
West Midlands +27 12 £80,000 +100.00% 8
Yorkshire -10 10 £30,000 -42.86% 10
South West -18 8 £79,500 +13.57% 14
Northern Ireland 0 7 - - 2
Scotland -15 3 £45,000 -18.18% 9
East Midlands - 3 £49,500 - 9
North East -1 1 - - 3

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 (5.84%) Microsoft Exchange
1 15 (5.84%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.28%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.17%) Confluence
3 3 (1.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.39%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.39%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 184 (71.60%) Azure
2 93 (36.19%) AWS
3 64 (24.90%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (19.84%) Entra ID
5 29 (11.28%) GCP
6 28 (10.89%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (10.89%) Nutanix
7 23 (8.95%) Azure Sentinel
8 21 (8.17%) SaaS
9 18 (7.00%) PaaS
10 16 (6.23%) IaaS
11 11 (4.28%) Amazon EMR
12 9 (3.50%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (3.50%) GitHub
12 9 (3.50%) Power Platform
12 9 (3.50%) Serverless
13 8 (3.11%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 47 (18.29%) DNS
2 39 (15.18%) Firewall
3 38 (14.79%) DHCP
4 31 (12.06%) VPN
5 14 (5.45%) WAN
6 12 (4.67%) LAN
6 12 (4.67%) Network Security
6 12 (4.67%) Remote Desktop
6 12 (4.67%) VoIP
7 11 (4.28%) TCP/IP
7 11 (4.28%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (3.89%) VLAN
9 9 (3.50%) Internet
10 8 (3.11%) BGP
11 6 (2.33%) SAN
12 5 (1.95%) Unified Communications
13 4 (1.56%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.56%) SSL
14 2 (0.78%) NAS
14 2 (0.78%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (16.34%) SQL Server
2 22 (8.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (6.23%) MySQL
4 12 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (4.28%) Apache Cassandra
5 11 (4.28%) Big Data
5 11 (4.28%) DataStage
5 11 (4.28%) DynamoDB
5 11 (4.28%) Hadoop
5 11 (4.28%) MongoDB
5 11 (4.28%) Neo4j
5 11 (4.28%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.28%) Pentaho
5 11 (4.28%) RDBMS
5 11 (4.28%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.56%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.17%) Power BI
8 2 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 25 (9.73%) Octopus Deploy
2 22 (8.56%) TeamCity
3 12 (4.67%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.95%) GitLab
5 4 (1.56%) Git
5 4 (1.56%) JIRA
6 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 95 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 74 (28.79%) Finance
3 32 (12.45%) Law
4 27 (10.51%) Banking
5 25 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.45%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.11%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.11%) Retail
9 5 (1.95%) Back Office
9 5 (1.95%) Billing
9 5 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.78%) Legal
13 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Front Office
13 1 (0.39%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 38 (14.79%) Architect
2 31 (12.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (10.89%) DevOps Engineer
4 20 (7.78%) Cloud Engineer
5 19 (7.39%) Infrastructure Architect
6 17 (6.61%) Lead
7 13 (5.06%) Senior
8 12 (4.67%) Infrastructure Manager
8 12 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.28%) Principal Engineer
10 10 (3.89%) Administrator
10 10 (3.89%) IT Manager
11 9 (3.50%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (3.50%) IT Security Specialist
11 9 (3.50%) Security Specialist
12 8 (3.11%) 1st Line Support
12 8 (3.11%) Consultant
12 8 (3.11%) Security Architect
13 7 (2.72%) Network Engineer
13 7 (2.72%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.06%) .NET
2 7 (2.72%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.56%) OpenTelemetry
3 4 (1.56%) RESTful
4 3 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (0.78%) DPDK
5 2 (0.78%) eBPF
5 2 (0.78%) Middleware
5 2 (0.78%) OpenID
6 1 (0.39%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.39%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.39%) CSS
6 1 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.39%) JMS
6 1 (0.39%) Kafka
6 1 (0.39%) REST
6 1 (0.39%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 50 (19.46%) Data Centre
2 28 (10.89%) Public Cloud
3 27 (10.51%) Legacy Systems
3 27 (10.51%) Virtual Team
4 19 (7.39%) Cloud Native
5 18 (7.00%) Management Information System
6 17 (6.61%) Onboarding
7 16 (6.23%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (6.23%) Security Posture
8 11 (4.28%) Private Cloud
8 11 (4.28%) Product Ownership
9 8 (3.11%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.72%) iPad
11 6 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (1.56%) ARM Cortex
13 4 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (1.56%) Social Media
14 2 (0.78%) Cyber Security Posture
14 2 (0.78%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 81 (31.52%) Windows
2 60 (23.35%) Windows Server
3 28 (10.89%) Linux
4 9 (3.50%) Windows 10
4 9 (3.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (3.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.72%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.56%) Rocky
8 2 (0.78%) CentOS
8 2 (0.78%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.78%) Unix
9 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (26.46%) Infrastructure as Code
2 67 (26.07%) CI/CD
2 67 (26.07%) DevOps
3 63 (24.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 51 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (17.90%) Cybersecurity
5 46 (17.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 44 (17.12%) Cloud Security
6 44 (17.12%) Disaster Recovery
6 44 (17.12%) Migration
7 43 (16.73%) ITIL
8 38 (14.79%) Analytics
8 38 (14.79%) Roadmaps
9 33 (12.84%) AI
9 33 (12.84%) Vulnerability Management
10 29 (11.28%) Stakeholder Management
11 28 (10.89%) Collaborative Culture
11 28 (10.89%) ITSM
12 27 (10.51%) Agile
12 27 (10.51%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 69 (26.85%) PowerShell
2 55 (21.40%) Python
3 52 (20.23%) SQL
4 17 (6.61%) Java
5 16 (6.23%) Bicep
6 6 (2.33%) Bash
7 5 (1.95%) C#
8 4 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.17%) Go
9 3 (1.17%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.17%) PHP
10 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.78%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 29 (11.28%) Security Cleared
2 25 (9.73%) Azure Certification
3 18 (7.00%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.84%) AWS Certification
4 15 (5.84%) Degree
5 13 (5.06%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.28%) CEH
7 10 (3.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.50%) CISSP
9 7 (2.72%) CISM
10 5 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.95%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.17%) CCNP
12 3 (1.17%) CCSP
12 3 (1.17%) CISA
12 3 (1.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (12.84%) NIST
3 20 (7.78%) GDPR
4 13 (5.06%) SLA
5 11 (4.28%) ISO 22301
6 10 (3.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (3.11%) PCI DSS
8 7 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (2.72%) QA
9 5 (1.95%) NCSC
9 5 (1.95%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (1.17%) Basel III
10 3 (1.17%) MiFID
11 2 (0.78%) COBIT
11 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 64 (24.90%) Active Directory
2 41 (15.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (11.28%) Hyper-V
4 12 (4.67%) Docker
5 7 (2.72%) Firmware
6 5 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.95%) vSphere
7 4 (1.56%) KVM
7 4 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.17%) NFS
9 2 (0.78%) QEMU
10 1 (0.39%) iptables
10 1 (0.39%) vCloud
10 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 75 (29.18%) Terraform
2 29 (11.28%) Ansible
3 24 (9.34%) Kubernetes
3 24 (9.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (4.67%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (4.28%) SCCM
6 7 (2.72%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.95%) SCOM
8 4 (1.56%) Autotask
8 4 (1.56%) Grafana
9 3 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.78%) Suricata
11 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 80 (31.13%) Microsoft
2 72 (28.02%) VMware
3 21 (8.17%) Cisco
4 20 (7.78%) Dell
5 18 (7.00%) Commvault
6 17 (6.61%) Oracle
7 12 (4.67%) Dell Compellent
7 12 (4.67%) HP
7 12 (4.67%) Nimble Storage
8 11 (4.28%) Datto
8 11 (4.28%) Informatica
8 11 (4.28%) Talend
9 10 (3.89%) Juniper
10 9 (3.50%) Apple
10 9 (3.50%) Palo Alto
11 7 (2.72%) Freshdesk
11 7 (2.72%) Splunk
12 6 (2.33%) SAP
13 5 (1.95%) Intel
14 4 (1.56%) Adobe