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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 336 293
Rank change year-on-year -127 -43 +11
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 365 413 772
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.83% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 2.01% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 275 178 214
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £50,750 £55,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £80,500 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £105,842
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% -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 27,610 20,594 27,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.24% 41.48% 33.27%
Number of salaries quoted 17,355 10,341 16,368
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,445 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.41% -5.00% -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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -126 337 £70,000 -0.07% 288
UK excluding London -66 275 £63,750 -1.92% 153
Work from Home -3 112 £70,000 -12.50% 138
North of England -6 88 £65,000 - 45
London -90 84 £85,000 +17.24% 138
South East -58 67 £70,000 -17.65% 63
South West -69 56 £60,500 -24.38% 18
North West +28 54 £70,000 +27.27% 24
Midlands -17 40 £65,000 -18.75% 9
West Midlands +3 39 £63,500 -20.63% 5
Yorkshire -43 20 £51,500 -20.77% 19
East of England -31 14 £40,000 -33.33% 7
North East - 14 £46,250 - 2
Scotland +16 8 £77,500 +67.57% 9
Wales -65 6 £54,085 -32.39% 2
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
East Midlands -35 1 £77,500 +55.00% 4

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 (7.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (6.03%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.19%) Confluence
4 5 (1.37%) IIS
5 4 (1.10%) SAS
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.27%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 244 (66.85%) Azure
2 129 (35.34%) AWS
3 94 (25.75%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (18.90%) Entra ID
5 31 (8.49%) Amazon EKS
5 31 (8.49%) GCP
5 31 (8.49%) IaaS
6 30 (8.22%) PaaS
7 29 (7.95%) Azure AKS
8 28 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (7.40%) Nutanix
10 22 (6.03%) AWS CloudFormation
11 21 (5.75%) Serverless
12 19 (5.21%) SaaS
13 16 (4.38%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (4.38%) Amazon S3
14 15 (4.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 14 (3.84%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (3.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (3.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 91 (24.93%) Firewall
2 55 (15.07%) DNS
3 50 (13.70%) VPN
4 48 (13.15%) WAN
5 45 (12.33%) DHCP
6 40 (10.96%) Network Security
7 39 (10.68%) LAN
8 17 (4.66%) SD-WAN
8 17 (4.66%) Wireless
9 16 (4.38%) VLAN
10 15 (4.11%) Cisco Firepower
10 15 (4.11%) TCP/IP
11 12 (3.29%) Remote Desktop
11 12 (3.29%) Software-Defined Networking
12 11 (3.01%) SAN
12 11 (3.01%) Unified Communications
12 11 (3.01%) WebEx
13 10 (2.74%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (2.47%) BGP
14 9 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.84%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.19%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.82%) Flink
7 2 (0.55%) Power BI
7 2 (0.55%) Redis
7 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.27%) Big Data
8 1 (0.27%) DataStage
8 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.27%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.27%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.58%) GitLab
2 18 (4.93%) Git
2 18 (4.93%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.29%) JIRA
4 8 (2.19%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.55%) rollup.js
5 2 (0.55%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 93 (25.48%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.60%) Finance
3 29 (7.95%) Public Sector
3 29 (7.95%) Retail
4 24 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.21%) Law
6 16 (4.38%) Aerospace
6 16 (4.38%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.84%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.29%) Banking
9 10 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.74%) Marketing
10 7 (1.92%) Automotive
10 7 (1.92%) Electronics
11 5 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.10%) Local Government
13 3 (0.82%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.55%) Legal
Job Titles
1 60 (16.44%) Cloud Engineer
1 60 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 54 (14.79%) Architect
3 50 (13.70%) Lead
4 43 (11.78%) Senior
5 26 (7.12%) Network Engineer
6 20 (5.48%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (5.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (4.93%) Analyst
8 18 (4.93%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
9 17 (4.66%) Consultant
9 17 (4.66%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (4.38%) IT Engineer
11 15 (4.11%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (4.11%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.84%) Azure Architect
13 13 (3.56%) Cloud Consultant
14 12 (3.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.01%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.29%) ARM Templates
1 12 (3.29%) Kafka
2 11 (3.01%) XMPP
3 6 (1.64%) Keycloak
3 6 (1.64%) YAML
4 5 (1.37%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.37%) boto
5 3 (0.82%) OpenID
6 2 (0.55%) .NET
6 2 (0.55%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.55%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.55%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.55%) OAuth
6 2 (0.55%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.55%) WAMP
7 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.27%) Loki
7 1 (0.27%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.27%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.77%) Data Centre
2 30 (8.22%) Cloud Native
3 27 (7.40%) Onboarding
4 23 (6.30%) Public Cloud
5 19 (5.21%) Security Posture
6 16 (4.38%) PKI
6 16 (4.38%) Replication
7 14 (3.84%) Private Cloud
8 11 (3.01%) FlexPod
8 11 (3.01%) Management Information System
8 11 (3.01%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
11 7 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.64%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 132 (36.16%) Windows
2 110 (30.14%) Windows Server
3 64 (17.53%) Linux
4 8 (2.19%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.92%) Android
5 7 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.37%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.37%) VMS
8 4 (1.10%) CentOS
8 4 (1.10%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.27%) AIX
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.27%) SUSE
9 1 (0.27%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (32.60%) Infrastructure as Code
2 98 (26.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 96 (26.30%) CI/CD
4 90 (24.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 83 (22.74%) DevOps
6 77 (21.10%) ITIL
7 73 (20.00%) Cloud Security
8 71 (19.45%) Disaster Recovery
9 60 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (14.79%) Agile
11 52 (14.25%) Migration
11 52 (14.25%) Roadmaps
12 50 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
13 49 (13.42%) Mentoring
14 39 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 36 (9.86%) Business Continuity
15 36 (9.86%) High Availability
16 34 (9.32%) Infrastructure Automation
16 34 (9.32%) Technical Leadership
17 33 (9.04%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 75 (20.55%) PowerShell
2 69 (18.90%) Python
3 33 (9.04%) Bash
4 31 (8.49%) Bicep
5 23 (6.30%) SQL
6 13 (3.56%) Go
7 12 (3.29%) Java
8 8 (2.19%) Clojure
9 4 (1.10%) C#
9 4 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.82%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.55%) C++
12 1 (0.27%) Korn
12 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 68 (18.63%) Security Cleared
2 41 (11.23%) SC Cleared
3 32 (8.77%) Azure Certification
4 30 (8.22%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (7.67%) DV Cleared
6 27 (7.40%) AWS Certification
7 26 (7.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (6.03%) Degree
9 18 (4.93%) CCNP
10 16 (4.38%) ISTQB
11 14 (3.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 12 (3.29%) CCNA
13 9 (2.47%) MCSE
13 9 (2.47%) RHCE
13 9 (2.47%) RHCSA
14 8 (2.19%) OSCP
15 7 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (1.92%) CISSP
15 7 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (1.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.30%) NIST
3 22 (6.03%) SLA
4 8 (2.19%) NCSC
5 7 (1.92%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.92%) SOC 2
6 6 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.64%) GDPR
7 4 (1.10%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 108 (29.59%) Active Directory
2 85 (23.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (9.86%) Docker
4 30 (8.22%) Hyper-V
5 28 (7.67%) vSphere
6 16 (4.38%) VMware NSX
7 10 (2.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 10 (2.74%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (2.19%) Squid
9 7 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.37%) KVM
11 4 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 113 (30.96%) Terraform
2 67 (18.36%) Ansible
3 59 (16.16%) Kubernetes
4 36 (9.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (4.93%) Grafana
6 11 (3.01%) Cisco CUCM
7 9 (2.47%) SCCM
7 9 (2.47%) ZABBIX
8 8 (2.19%) FortiGate
8 8 (2.19%) Packer
8 8 (2.19%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.37%) Puppet
10 4 (1.10%) Nagios
10 4 (1.10%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.10%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.82%) Istio
11 3 (0.82%) linkerd
11 3 (0.82%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 147 (40.27%) Microsoft
2 111 (30.41%) VMware
3 44 (12.05%) Cisco
4 26 (7.12%) Palo Alto
5 24 (6.58%) Splunk
5 24 (6.58%) Veeam
6 19 (5.21%) Oracle
7 18 (4.93%) Fortinet
7 18 (4.93%) Red Hat
8 14 (3.84%) Dell
9 13 (3.56%) HP
9 13 (3.56%) Meraki
10 12 (3.29%) Dell Compellent
10 12 (3.29%) Google
10 12 (3.29%) Nimble Storage
11 8 (2.19%) Commvault
11 8 (2.19%) IFS
11 8 (2.19%) NetApp
12 7 (1.92%) Tenable
12 7 (1.92%) Zerto