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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 341 369
Rank change year-on-year -90 +28 -27
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 358 367 743
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.81% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.47% 1.90% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 260 140 261
10th Percentile £37,000 £50,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,125 £60,000 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,024 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +0.03% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £103,050 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,996 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.97% +5.18% -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 24,317 19,303 36,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.57% 42.68% 33.53%
Number of salaries quoted 15,540 9,232 23,391
10th Percentile £30,390 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -14.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,359 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.72% - -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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -84 330 £65,000 -7.21% 89
UK excluding London -35 246 £62,500 -11.97% 71
Work from Home +49 125 £65,000 -14.47% 43
London -46 90 £80,000 +10.34% 34
North of England +2 86 £63,076 -12.38% 16
South East -53 57 £67,500 -20.59% 27
North West +21 48 £70,000 -2.77% 8
South West -71 43 £55,000 -18.52% 9
Midlands -13 34 £59,250 -24.76% 7
West Midlands +11 33 £56,500 -28.25% 5
Yorkshire -44 22 £60,288 -7.25% 8
North East - 16 £44,000 -
East of England -22 12 £32,250 -43.91% 6
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 2
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Scotland +9 3 £60,000 +29.73% 5
Wales -46 3 £55,000 -31.25% 1
East Midlands -39 1 £77,500 - 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 (7.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (5.31%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.35%) Confluence
4 5 (1.40%) IIS
5 4 (1.12%) Documentum
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.56%) SAS
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 223 (62.29%) Azure
2 125 (34.92%) AWS
3 87 (24.30%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (16.76%) Entra ID
5 41 (11.45%) Nutanix
6 29 (8.10%) Amazon EKS
7 28 (7.82%) PaaS
8 26 (7.26%) GCP
9 25 (6.98%) IaaS
10 23 (6.42%) Azure AKS
10 23 (6.42%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (6.42%) Power Platform
11 22 (6.15%) SaaS
12 16 (4.47%) AWS CloudFormation
12 16 (4.47%) GitHub
12 16 (4.47%) PowerApps
13 14 (3.91%) Serverless
14 10 (2.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (2.23%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 84 (23.46%) Firewall
2 64 (17.88%) DNS
3 53 (14.80%) DHCP
4 42 (11.73%) WAN
5 40 (11.17%) VPN
6 34 (9.50%) LAN
7 30 (8.38%) Network Security
8 18 (5.03%) Remote Desktop
9 16 (4.47%) VLAN
10 15 (4.19%) Wireless
11 13 (3.63%) TCP/IP
12 12 (3.35%) SD-WAN
13 11 (3.07%) SAN
14 10 (2.79%) Cisco Firepower
14 10 (2.79%) Software-Defined Networking
14 10 (2.79%) Unified Communications
14 10 (2.79%) VoIP
14 10 (2.79%) WebEx
15 9 (2.51%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (2.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.23%) Oracle Database
3 6 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.40%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.40%) Power BI
5 4 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.56%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.56%) Flink
7 2 (0.56%) Redis
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.28%) DataStage
8 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.28%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (6.15%) GitLab
2 18 (5.03%) Git
3 16 (4.47%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.91%) JIRA
5 8 (2.23%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.40%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.84%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.56%) rollup.js
8 2 (0.56%) Terragrunt
General
1 106 (29.61%) Social Skills
2 52 (14.53%) Finance
3 42 (11.73%) Public Sector
4 36 (10.06%) Retail
5 17 (4.75%) Law
6 16 (4.47%) Aerospace
7 15 (4.19%) Banking
8 14 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (3.91%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.63%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.51%) Automotive
11 9 (2.51%) Marketing
12 7 (1.96%) Electronics
13 6 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.68%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.12%) Back Office
14 4 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.56%) Aviation
15 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (18.44%) Cloud Engineer
2 57 (15.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 55 (15.36%) Senior
4 48 (13.41%) Lead
5 43 (12.01%) Architect
6 25 (6.98%) Network Engineer
7 22 (6.15%) DevOps Engineer
8 18 (5.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (4.75%) Analyst
9 17 (4.75%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
9 17 (4.75%) Consultant
10 15 (4.19%) Azure Engineer
11 14 (3.91%) Administrator
11 14 (3.91%) Digital Project Manager
11 14 (3.91%) Project Manager
11 14 (3.91%) Senior Digital Project Manager
11 14 (3.91%) Senior Manager
11 14 (3.91%) Senior Project Manager
12 13 (3.63%) Cloud Consultant
12 13 (3.63%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.07%) ARM Templates
2 10 (2.79%) XMPP
3 6 (1.68%) .NET
3 6 (1.68%) Kafka
3 6 (1.68%) YAML
4 5 (1.40%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.40%) boto
5 3 (0.84%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.84%) OpenID
6 2 (0.56%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.56%) OAuth
6 2 (0.56%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.56%) Streamlit
6 2 (0.56%) WAMP
7 1 (0.28%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.28%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.28%) Loki
7 1 (0.28%) Node.js
7 1 (0.28%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.50%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.10%) Public Cloud
3 28 (7.82%) Onboarding
4 24 (6.70%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (5.87%) Data Centre
6 17 (4.75%) PKI
6 17 (4.75%) Security Posture
7 15 (4.19%) Low-Code
7 15 (4.19%) Private Cloud
8 14 (3.91%) Legacy Applications
9 12 (3.35%) Replication
10 11 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (2.79%) FlexPod
11 10 (2.79%) Video Conferencing
12 9 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (2.51%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
13 7 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (1.40%) Driving Licence
14 5 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 132 (36.87%) Windows
2 112 (31.28%) Windows Server
3 63 (17.60%) Linux
4 9 (2.51%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.96%) Android
6 5 (1.40%) CentOS
6 5 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.40%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.40%) VMS
6 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (29.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 92 (25.70%) CI/CD
3 86 (24.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 82 (22.91%) ITIL
5 80 (22.35%) DevOps
6 77 (21.51%) Agile
7 65 (18.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 63 (17.60%) Disaster Recovery
9 61 (17.04%) Mentoring
10 57 (15.92%) Cloud Security
11 56 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (14.53%) Roadmaps
13 48 (13.41%) Migration
14 46 (12.85%) Cybersecurity
15 40 (11.17%) Coaching
16 35 (9.78%) High Availability
17 34 (9.50%) AI
17 34 (9.50%) Business Continuity
17 34 (9.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 30 (8.38%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 76 (21.23%) PowerShell
2 67 (18.72%) Python
3 27 (7.54%) Bash
3 27 (7.54%) Bicep
3 27 (7.54%) SQL
4 16 (4.47%) Java
5 14 (3.91%) VBA
6 12 (3.35%) Go
7 8 (2.23%) Clojure
8 7 (1.96%) C#
8 7 (1.96%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.84%) C++
9 3 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.84%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.56%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 50 (13.97%) Security Cleared
2 30 (8.38%) AWS Certification
3 26 (7.26%) Azure Certification
3 26 (7.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (6.70%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (6.70%) Degree
5 21 (5.87%) SC Cleared
6 16 (4.47%) ISTQB
7 14 (3.91%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.07%) CCNA
8 11 (3.07%) CCNP
9 10 (2.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (2.51%) MCSE
10 9 (2.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (2.23%) OSCP
11 8 (2.23%) RHCE
11 8 (2.23%) RHCSA
12 6 (1.68%) CEH
12 6 (1.68%) CISSP
12 6 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (7.54%) SLA
3 26 (7.26%) NIST
4 10 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (2.79%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.51%) SOC 2
6 6 (1.68%) GDPR
6 6 (1.68%) ISO 22301
6 6 (1.68%) NCSC
7 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.56%) QA
10 1 (0.28%) COBIT
10 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 109 (30.45%) Active Directory
2 82 (22.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (9.78%) Hyper-V
4 27 (7.54%) Docker
5 26 (7.26%) vSphere
6 11 (3.07%) VMware NSX
7 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 9 (2.51%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (2.23%) Squid
9 5 (1.40%) KVM
10 4 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 107 (29.89%) Terraform
2 62 (17.32%) Ansible
3 59 (16.48%) Kubernetes
4 37 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (6.42%) Grafana
6 14 (3.91%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.79%) Cisco CUCM
7 10 (2.79%) SCCM
8 9 (2.51%) ZABBIX
9 8 (2.23%) FortiGate
9 8 (2.23%) Packer
9 8 (2.23%) Proxmox
10 4 (1.12%) Nagios
10 4 (1.12%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.56%) Istio
12 2 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.56%) linkerd
12 2 (0.56%) Nessus
12 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 148 (41.34%) Microsoft
2 117 (32.68%) VMware
3 39 (10.89%) Cisco
4 25 (6.98%) Splunk
5 24 (6.70%) Veeam
6 20 (5.59%) Dell
6 20 (5.59%) Palo Alto
7 19 (5.31%) HP
8 18 (5.03%) Dell Compellent
8 18 (5.03%) Nimble Storage
8 18 (5.03%) Oracle
8 18 (5.03%) Red Hat
9 15 (4.19%) Fortinet
10 12 (3.35%) Commvault
11 11 (3.07%) Meraki
12 9 (2.51%) Google
13 8 (2.23%) IFS
13 8 (2.23%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.96%) NetApp
15 6 (1.68%) SolarWinds