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 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 436 524
Rank change year-on-year +33 +88 +15
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 283 274 295
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.55% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 1.45% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 202 111 216
10th Percentile £41,275 £47,231 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +6.15% -18.75%
75th Percentile £92,500 £86,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £96,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.43% -11.73%

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 21,397 18,864 26,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.57% 37.73% 36.03%
Number of salaries quoted 10,791 8,700 19,684
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £29,290
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £56,021
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +10.67% -13.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -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 10 February 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 10 February 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 +33 243 £71,000 +1.43% 103
London +82 137 £87,500 +2.94% 38
UK excluding London -43 114 £62,500 +4.17% 76
Work from Home +30 96 £72,500 +5.07% 44
North of England -40 35 £63,076 -8.91% 22
South East -3 21 £70,000 +7.69% 29
Midlands +20 17 £63,076 -9.89% 7
East of England +13 17 £27,000 -55.00% 5
West Midlands +25 15 £63,076 -9.89% 5
North West -19 14 £63,076 -12.38% 12
Yorkshire -33 13 £63,076 +6.01% 10
Northern Ireland -12 10 - -
North East -1 8 £63,076 -1.57%
Wales - 8 £55,000 -
Scotland -23 4 £45,000 -18.18% 2
South West -31 4 £67,500 +3.85% 13
East Midlands - 2 £49,000 - 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 16 (5.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.53%) Apache Spark
3 9 (3.18%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.12%) Confluence
5 4 (1.41%) Documentum
6 3 (1.06%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.06%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.35%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 179 (63.25%) Azure
2 105 (37.10%) AWS
3 61 (21.55%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (15.55%) Entra ID
5 43 (15.19%) Nutanix
6 27 (9.54%) GCP
7 24 (8.48%) Power Platform
8 23 (8.13%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (6.71%) PaaS
9 19 (6.71%) PowerApps
10 18 (6.36%) Azure Sentinel
10 18 (6.36%) SaaS
11 14 (4.95%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (4.59%) IaaS
13 12 (4.24%) GitHub
14 11 (3.89%) Amazon EKS
15 10 (3.53%) Amazon EMR
16 8 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
18 6 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 58 (20.49%) DNS
2 49 (17.31%) DHCP
3 43 (15.19%) Firewall
4 33 (11.66%) VPN
5 19 (6.71%) Remote Desktop
6 15 (5.30%) Network Security
7 11 (3.89%) WAN
7 11 (3.89%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (3.53%) Internet
9 8 (2.83%) LAN
9 8 (2.83%) VoIP
10 7 (2.47%) SAN
10 7 (2.47%) TCP/IP
11 6 (2.12%) VLAN
12 5 (1.77%) BGP
12 5 (1.77%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.41%) SSL
14 3 (1.06%) Wireless
15 2 (0.71%) HTTP
15 2 (0.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (13.07%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.89%) MySQL
4 11 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (3.53%) Apache Cassandra
5 10 (3.53%) Big Data
5 10 (3.53%) DataStage
5 10 (3.53%) DynamoDB
5 10 (3.53%) Hadoop
5 10 (3.53%) MongoDB
5 10 (3.53%) Neo4j
5 10 (3.53%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.53%) Pentaho
5 10 (3.53%) RDBMS
5 10 (3.53%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.12%) Power BI
7 4 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.41%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.06%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 23 (8.13%) Octopus Deploy
2 18 (6.36%) TeamCity
3 12 (4.24%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.47%) JIRA
5 2 (0.71%) Git
5 2 (0.71%) GitLab
6 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 68 (24.03%) Finance
3 37 (13.07%) Law
4 28 (9.89%) Banking
5 23 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.13%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.65%) Retail
7 12 (4.24%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.83%) Back Office
10 6 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.06%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.71%) Automotive
13 2 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Front Office
13 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Legal
Job Titles
1 46 (16.25%) Architect
2 34 (12.01%) Cloud Engineer
2 34 (12.01%) Senior
3 33 (11.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (9.54%) DevOps Engineer
5 19 (6.71%) Infrastructure Architect
6 17 (6.01%) Project Manager
7 15 (5.30%) Lead
8 14 (4.95%) Administrator
8 14 (4.95%) Digital Project Manager
8 14 (4.95%) Senior Digital Project Manager
8 14 (4.95%) Senior Manager
8 14 (4.95%) Senior Project Manager
9 13 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (4.24%) Consultant
11 11 (3.89%) IT Security Specialist
11 11 (3.89%) Principal Engineer
11 11 (3.89%) Security Specialist
12 10 (3.53%) 1st Line Support
12 10 (3.53%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.54%) .NET
2 5 (1.77%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.41%) RESTful
4 2 (0.71%) DPDK
4 2 (0.71%) eBPF
4 2 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.71%) Middleware
4 2 (0.71%) OpenID
4 2 (0.71%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (0.71%) REST
4 2 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.71%) Streamlit
5 1 (0.35%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.35%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.35%) CSS
5 1 (0.35%) HTML
5 1 (0.35%) JMS
5 1 (0.35%) SOAP
5 1 (0.35%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.25%) Data Centre
2 36 (12.72%) Legacy Systems
2 36 (12.72%) Public Cloud
3 22 (7.77%) Cloud Native
4 20 (7.07%) Onboarding
4 20 (7.07%) Virtual Team
5 18 (6.36%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (6.01%) Management Information System
7 15 (5.30%) Legacy Applications
7 15 (5.30%) Low-Code
8 14 (4.95%) Private Cloud
9 10 (3.53%) Product Ownership
9 10 (3.53%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.47%) Driving Licence
12 6 (2.12%) iPad
13 5 (1.77%) Blog
13 5 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (1.41%) ARM Cortex
14 4 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 77 (27.21%) Windows
2 60 (21.20%) Windows Server
3 24 (8.48%) Linux
4 13 (4.59%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.12%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.06%) CentOS
6 3 (1.06%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.71%) Unix
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Rocky
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (26.15%) Infrastructure as Code
2 71 (25.09%) CI/CD
3 69 (24.38%) DevOps
4 54 (19.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (18.73%) Disaster Recovery
6 51 (18.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 47 (16.61%) Cybersecurity
8 46 (16.25%) ITIL
8 46 (16.25%) Roadmaps
9 45 (15.90%) Cloud Security
9 45 (15.90%) Mentoring
10 44 (15.55%) Agile
11 38 (13.43%) Analytics
11 38 (13.43%) ITSM
12 37 (13.07%) Migration
13 36 (12.72%) AI
14 33 (11.66%) Business Continuity
14 33 (11.66%) Coaching
15 32 (11.31%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (25.80%) PowerShell
2 66 (23.32%) Python
3 40 (14.13%) SQL
4 20 (7.07%) Bicep
4 20 (7.07%) Java
5 14 (4.95%) VBA
6 12 (4.24%) Bash
7 8 (2.83%) Go
8 7 (2.47%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.77%) C#
10 4 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.06%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.71%) PHP
12 2 (0.71%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.71%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.35%) C++
13 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 30 (10.60%) Security Cleared
2 25 (8.83%) Azure Certification
3 22 (7.77%) AWS Certification
4 15 (5.30%) Degree
5 14 (4.95%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.59%) CEH
6 13 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (3.89%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.18%) CISSP
9 7 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.47%) CISM
10 6 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.12%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.77%) CITP
11 5 (1.77%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.41%) CCSP
12 4 (1.41%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (10.60%) NIST
3 24 (8.48%) SLA
4 14 (4.95%) GDPR
5 13 (4.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (4.59%) ISO 22301
6 10 (3.53%) PCI DSS
7 9 (3.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (2.83%) SOC 2
9 7 (2.47%) NCSC
10 6 (2.12%) QA
11 4 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (1.06%) Basel III
12 3 (1.06%) COBIT
12 3 (1.06%) MiFID
13 2 (0.71%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
System Software
1 66 (23.32%) Active Directory
2 37 (13.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (9.54%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.53%) Docker
5 7 (2.47%) Firmware
6 6 (2.12%) vSphere
7 5 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.41%) KVM
9 3 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.71%) QEMU
11 1 (0.35%) iptables
11 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.35%) vCloud
11 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 77 (27.21%) Terraform
2 27 (9.54%) Ansible
2 27 (9.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (7.77%) Kubernetes
4 12 (4.24%) SCCM
5 10 (3.53%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.18%) Grafana
7 6 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.77%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.77%) SCOM
9 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.71%) Suricata
10 2 (0.71%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.71%) VxRail
Vendors
1 87 (30.74%) Microsoft
2 80 (28.27%) VMware
3 23 (8.13%) Dell
4 21 (7.42%) Cisco
5 20 (7.07%) HP
6 19 (6.71%) Dell Compellent
6 19 (6.71%) Nimble Storage
7 18 (6.36%) Commvault
8 15 (5.30%) Oracle
9 11 (3.89%) Juniper
10 10 (3.53%) Freshdesk
10 10 (3.53%) Informatica
10 10 (3.53%) ServiceNow
10 10 (3.53%) Splunk
10 10 (3.53%) Talend
11 9 (3.18%) Palo Alto
11 9 (3.18%) Veeam
12 6 (2.12%) Apple
12 6 (2.12%) Datto
12 6 (2.12%) SAP