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 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 335 350
Rank change year-on-year -91 +15 -12
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 357 400 779
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.81% 0.77%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.40% 1.99% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 267 166 271
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,625 £42,238
25th Percentile £51,000 £57,188 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £84,625
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% - -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 25,541 20,119 34,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.85% 40.94% 33.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16,285 9,950 21,896
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,445 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% +4.55% -14.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,619 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.24% - -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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -101 333 £65,000 -7.21% 128
UK excluding London -50 254 £63,076 -2.96% 104
Work from Home +17 122 £65,288 -18.39% 91
London -80 91 £82,500 +13.79% 43
North of England +1 83 £65,000 -5.10% 34
South East -48 62 £70,000 -17.65% 34
North West +17 49 £70,000 -2.77% 24
South West -72 47 £60,000 -25.00% 11
Midlands -20 37 £62,000 -22.50% 8
West Midlands -4 36 £62,000 -22.50% 4
Yorkshire -36 21 £57,500 -11.54% 9
East of England -25 14 £28,750 -50.00% 3
North East - 13 £42,500 - 1
Scotland +18 5 £60,000 +29.73% 8
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Wales -57 4 £55,000 -31.25% 4
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 4
East Midlands -36 1 £77,500 - 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 (7.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (5.60%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.08%) Confluence
4 5 (1.40%) IIS
5 4 (1.12%) SAS
6 3 (0.84%) Documentum
7 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 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
2 1 (0.28%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 227 (63.59%) Azure
2 121 (33.89%) AWS
3 94 (26.33%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (18.21%) Entra ID
5 33 (9.24%) Nutanix
6 28 (7.84%) Amazon EKS
6 28 (7.84%) PaaS
7 26 (7.28%) Azure AKS
7 26 (7.28%) GCP
7 26 (7.28%) IaaS
8 23 (6.44%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (5.88%) Power Platform
10 20 (5.60%) SaaS
11 16 (4.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (4.48%) GitHub
12 14 (3.92%) Serverless
13 13 (3.64%) PowerApps
14 11 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (2.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 92 (25.77%) Firewall
2 60 (16.81%) DNS
3 48 (13.45%) DHCP
4 47 (13.17%) VPN
5 44 (12.32%) WAN
6 37 (10.36%) LAN
7 35 (9.80%) Network Security
8 16 (4.48%) VLAN
9 15 (4.20%) Wireless
10 14 (3.92%) TCP/IP
11 13 (3.64%) SD-WAN
12 12 (3.36%) Cisco Firepower
12 12 (3.36%) Remote Desktop
13 10 (2.80%) SAN
13 10 (2.80%) Software-Defined Networking
13 10 (2.80%) Unified Communications
13 10 (2.80%) VoIP
13 10 (2.80%) WebEx
14 9 (2.52%) BGP
14 9 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.24%) Oracle Database
3 6 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.40%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.40%) Power BI
5 3 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.56%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.56%) Flink
6 2 (0.56%) Redis
7 1 (0.28%) Big Data
7 1 (0.28%) DataStage
7 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.28%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.28%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.28%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (6.16%) GitLab
2 18 (5.04%) Git
3 17 (4.76%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.20%) JIRA
5 8 (2.24%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.56%) rollup.js
6 2 (0.56%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 101 (28.29%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.73%) Finance
3 39 (10.92%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.80%) Retail
5 15 (4.20%) Aerospace
5 15 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.20%) Law
5 15 (4.20%) Manufacturing
6 14 (3.92%) Banking
7 13 (3.64%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.52%) Automotive
9 9 (2.52%) Marketing
10 7 (1.96%) Electronics
11 5 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.40%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.84%) Back Office
13 2 (0.56%) Front Office
13 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 57 (15.97%) Senior
2 55 (15.41%) Cloud Engineer
2 55 (15.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 50 (14.01%) Lead
4 48 (13.45%) Architect
5 25 (7.00%) Network Engineer
6 19 (5.32%) DevOps Engineer
6 19 (5.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (5.04%) Analyst
7 18 (5.04%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
8 17 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (3.92%) Administrator
9 14 (3.92%) IT Engineer
10 13 (3.64%) Consultant
10 13 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.64%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.36%) Azure Architect
11 12 (3.36%) IT Support
12 11 (3.08%) Digital Project Manager
12 11 (3.08%) Senior Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.36%) ARM Templates
2 10 (2.80%) XMPP
3 8 (2.24%) Kafka
4 6 (1.68%) YAML
5 5 (1.40%) 802.1X
5 5 (1.40%) boto
6 3 (0.84%) .NET
6 3 (0.84%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.84%) Keycloak
6 3 (0.84%) OpenID
7 2 (0.56%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.56%) OAuth
7 2 (0.56%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.56%) Streamlit
7 2 (0.56%) WAMP
8 1 (0.28%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.28%) Loki
8 1 (0.28%) Node.js
8 1 (0.28%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.24%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.12%) Data Centre
3 27 (7.56%) Onboarding
4 20 (5.60%) Public Cloud
5 19 (5.32%) Security Posture
6 18 (5.04%) PKI
7 17 (4.76%) Private Cloud
8 16 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (3.36%) Replication
9 12 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (3.08%) Legacy Applications
10 11 (3.08%) Low-Code
11 10 (2.80%) FlexPod
11 10 (2.80%) Video Conferencing
12 9 (2.52%) Management Information System
13 8 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
15 6 (1.68%) Driving Licence
15 6 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 131 (36.69%) Windows
2 109 (30.53%) Windows Server
3 67 (18.77%) Linux
4 11 (3.08%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.96%) Android
5 7 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.40%) CentOS
6 5 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.40%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.40%) VMS
7 4 (1.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (29.97%) Infrastructure as Code
2 90 (25.21%) CI/CD
3 87 (24.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 80 (22.41%) DevOps
5 76 (21.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 75 (21.01%) ITIL
7 73 (20.45%) Agile
8 63 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
9 59 (16.53%) Cloud Security
10 56 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
11 54 (15.13%) Roadmaps
12 51 (14.29%) Mentoring
12 51 (14.29%) Migration
13 48 (13.45%) Cybersecurity
14 38 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 31 (8.68%) AI
15 31 (8.68%) Analytics
15 31 (8.68%) Coaching
15 31 (8.68%) High Availability
16 30 (8.40%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 77 (21.57%) PowerShell
2 69 (19.33%) Python
3 29 (8.12%) Bash
4 27 (7.56%) Bicep
5 25 (7.00%) SQL
6 15 (4.20%) Java
7 14 (3.92%) Go
8 11 (3.08%) VBA
9 8 (2.24%) Clojure
10 7 (1.96%) C#
11 6 (1.68%) JavaScript
12 4 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.84%) C++
13 3 (0.84%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.56%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 54 (15.13%) Security Cleared
2 30 (8.40%) AWS Certification
3 27 (7.56%) SC Cleared
4 26 (7.28%) Azure Certification
4 26 (7.28%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (7.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (6.44%) Degree
7 19 (5.32%) DV Cleared
8 16 (4.48%) ISTQB
9 14 (3.92%) CCNP
10 12 (3.36%) CCNA
11 11 (3.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 10 (2.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.52%) MCSE
14 8 (2.24%) OSCP
14 8 (2.24%) RHCE
14 8 (2.24%) RHCSA
15 7 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (1.68%) CEH
17 5 (1.40%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (7.56%) NIST
3 25 (7.00%) SLA
4 9 (2.52%) PCI DSS
4 9 (2.52%) SOC 2
5 7 (1.96%) GDPR
6 6 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.68%) ISO 22301
6 6 (1.68%) NCSC
7 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.28%) COBIT
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.28%) QA
9 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 110 (30.81%) Active Directory
2 78 (21.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (8.12%) Hyper-V
4 27 (7.56%) Docker
5 26 (7.28%) vSphere
6 13 (3.64%) VMware NSX
7 9 (2.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 9 (2.52%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (2.24%) Squid
9 5 (1.40%) KVM
10 4 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 105 (29.41%) Terraform
2 65 (18.21%) Ansible
3 60 (16.81%) Kubernetes
4 37 (10.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (5.88%) Grafana
6 12 (3.36%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.80%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (2.52%) FortiGate
8 9 (2.52%) SCCM
8 9 (2.52%) ZABBIX
9 8 (2.24%) Packer
9 8 (2.24%) Proxmox
10 4 (1.12%) Nagios
10 4 (1.12%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.56%) Istio
11 2 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.56%) linkerd
11 2 (0.56%) Nessus
11 2 (0.56%) Puppet
11 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 149 (41.74%) Microsoft
2 111 (31.09%) VMware
3 39 (10.92%) Cisco
4 24 (6.72%) Splunk
5 23 (6.44%) Palo Alto
5 23 (6.44%) Veeam
6 18 (5.04%) Oracle
6 18 (5.04%) Red Hat
7 16 (4.48%) Fortinet
8 14 (3.92%) Dell
9 13 (3.64%) HP
10 12 (3.36%) Commvault
10 12 (3.36%) Dell Compellent
10 12 (3.36%) Meraki
10 12 (3.36%) Nimble Storage
11 9 (2.52%) Google
12 8 (2.24%) IFS
13 7 (1.96%) Freshdesk
13 7 (1.96%) NetApp
14 6 (1.68%) Ubiquiti