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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 314 300
Rank change year-on-year -134 -14 +24
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 397 417 714
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.85% 0.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.38% 2.05% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 315 183 188
10th Percentile £38,542 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £46,234 £55,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% - -
75th Percentile £84,125 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £89,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.77% -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 28,775 20,293 25,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.90% 41.14% 32.19%
Number of salaries quoted 18,077 10,203 13,912
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -7.56% -4.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.13% -12.38% -4.55%

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 September 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 September 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 -123 374 £65,576 -9.55% 303
UK excluding London -63 302 £61,250 -5.77% 156
Work from Home -3 121 £70,000 -12.50% 156
North of England -4 99 £57,500 -11.54% 33
London -110 84 £82,500 +13.79% 175
South East -46 80 £70,000 -17.65% 50
North West +24 54 £65,000 +18.18% 18
South West -77 54 £85,000 +6.25% 20
Midlands -19 51 £70,000 -12.50% 25
West Midlands -1 49 £70,000 -12.50% 13
Yorkshire -41 28 £50,750 -21.92% 12
East of England -37 20 £50,500 -15.83% 8
North East - 17 £47,000 - 3
Scotland +10 8 £77,500 +106.67% 13
Wales -76 6 £54,085 -1.66% 2
East Midlands -46 2 £68,750 +38.89% 12
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 6

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 30 (7.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (6.55%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.02%) Confluence
4 6 (1.51%) IIS
5 4 (1.01%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.50%) Weka
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.25%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 244 (61.46%) Azure
2 158 (39.80%) AWS
3 96 (24.18%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (19.40%) Entra ID
5 39 (9.82%) Amazon EKS
5 39 (9.82%) Serverless
6 35 (8.82%) GCP
7 34 (8.56%) Amazon EC2
8 31 (7.81%) AWS Lambda
8 31 (7.81%) Azure AKS
8 31 (7.81%) PaaS
9 29 (7.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 29 (7.30%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (7.05%) IaaS
11 22 (5.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 22 (5.54%) Amazon S3
12 21 (5.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 20 (5.04%) Amazon ECS
14 19 (4.79%) SaaS
15 16 (4.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 99 (24.94%) Firewall
2 65 (16.37%) VPN
3 57 (14.36%) DNS
4 51 (12.85%) WAN
5 45 (11.34%) DHCP
6 43 (10.83%) Network Security
7 39 (9.82%) LAN
8 24 (6.05%) SD-WAN
9 22 (5.54%) Wireless
10 19 (4.79%) TCP/IP
11 14 (3.53%) VLAN
12 12 (3.02%) Cisco Firepower
12 12 (3.02%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (3.02%) Software-Defined Networking
12 12 (3.02%) Unified Communications
13 10 (2.52%) BGP
13 10 (2.52%) SAN
13 10 (2.52%) VoIP
14 8 (2.02%) IPv4
14 8 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.03%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (3.27%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.02%) Spark SQL
4 11 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (2.02%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.76%) Flink
9 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.50%) Power BI
9 2 (0.50%) Redis
9 2 (0.50%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.05%) GitLab
2 18 (4.53%) Jenkins
3 16 (4.03%) Git
4 12 (3.02%) JIRA
5 8 (2.02%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.50%) rollup.js
6 2 (0.50%) Terragrunt
General
1 96 (24.18%) Social Skills
2 46 (11.59%) Finance
3 43 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.79%) Retail
6 20 (5.04%) Law
7 16 (4.03%) Aerospace
7 16 (4.03%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.03%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.02%) Banking
10 7 (1.76%) Automotive
10 7 (1.76%) Electronics
10 7 (1.76%) Marketing
11 6 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.01%) Local Government
14 2 (0.50%) Legal
14 2 (0.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 64 (16.12%) Architect
2 57 (14.36%) Cloud Engineer
3 55 (13.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (12.34%) Lead
5 47 (11.84%) Senior
6 26 (6.55%) Network Engineer
7 24 (6.05%) Azure Engineer
8 23 (5.79%) Consultant
9 22 (5.54%) AWS Engineer
9 22 (5.54%) Data Engineer
10 20 (5.04%) Solutions Architect
11 19 (4.79%) Azure Architect
11 19 (4.79%) IT Engineer
12 18 (4.53%) Support Engineer
13 17 (4.28%) Cloud Consultant
14 16 (4.03%) Technical Architect
15 15 (3.78%) Analyst
15 15 (3.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 14 (3.53%) DevOps Engineer
16 14 (3.53%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (31.49%) Terraform
2 15 (3.78%) Kafka
3 14 (3.53%) .NET
4 12 (3.02%) ARM Templates
4 12 (3.02%) PySpark
5 9 (2.27%) Keycloak
6 7 (1.76%) XMPP
7 6 (1.51%) YAML
8 5 (1.26%) 802.1X
8 5 (1.26%) boto
9 3 (0.76%) OpenID
10 2 (0.50%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.50%) AWS CDK
10 2 (0.50%) Loki
10 2 (0.50%) ModSecurity
10 2 (0.50%) OAuth
10 2 (0.50%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.50%) OpenTelemetry
11 1 (0.25%) Entity Framework
11 1 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.82%) Data Centre
2 30 (7.56%) Cloud Native
3 25 (6.30%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.29%) Private Cloud
5 20 (5.04%) Public Cloud
6 18 (4.53%) Security Posture
7 16 (4.03%) PKI
8 15 (3.78%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (2.52%) Driving Licence
10 9 (2.27%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.02%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.76%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.76%) FlexPod
12 7 (1.76%) Renewable Energy
12 7 (1.76%) Replication
12 7 (1.76%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (1.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 128 (32.24%) Windows
2 106 (26.70%) Windows Server
3 68 (17.13%) Linux
4 7 (1.76%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.51%) Android
6 5 (1.26%) VMS
7 4 (1.01%) CentOS
7 4 (1.01%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.76%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.50%) AIX
9 2 (0.50%) Unix
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.25%) Rocky
10 1 (0.25%) SUSE
10 1 (0.25%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (33.25%) Infrastructure as Code
2 118 (29.72%) CI/CD
3 101 (25.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 93 (23.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 92 (23.17%) DevOps
6 87 (21.91%) Cloud Security
7 72 (18.14%) Migration
8 71 (17.88%) ITIL
9 70 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
10 63 (15.87%) Agile
11 61 (15.37%) Disaster Recovery
12 60 (15.11%) Mentoring
12 60 (15.11%) Roadmaps
13 58 (14.61%) Cybersecurity
14 53 (13.35%) Analytics
15 46 (11.59%) Decision-Making
16 45 (11.34%) Zero Trust
17 43 (10.83%) Infrastructure Automation
18 42 (10.58%) AI
19 40 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 74 (18.64%) PowerShell
1 74 (18.64%) Python
2 42 (10.58%) Bash
3 31 (7.81%) Bicep
3 31 (7.81%) SQL
4 21 (5.29%) Java
5 18 (4.53%) Go
6 15 (3.78%) C#
7 13 (3.27%) C++
7 13 (3.27%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.02%) Clojure
9 6 (1.51%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.50%) Korn
12 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 84 (21.16%) Security Cleared
2 55 (13.85%) SC Cleared
3 41 (10.33%) Azure Certification
4 35 (8.82%) DV Cleared
5 32 (8.06%) AWS Certification
6 28 (7.05%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (5.04%) Degree
8 19 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (4.03%) CCNP
9 16 (4.03%) ISTQB
10 12 (3.02%) CCNA
11 10 (2.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.52%) RHCE
11 10 (2.52%) RHCSA
12 9 (2.27%) CISSP
12 9 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 8 (2.02%) OSCP
14 6 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
15 5 (1.26%) CCIE
15 5 (1.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.79%) NIST
3 18 (4.53%) SLA
4 14 (3.53%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (2.02%) NCSC
7 6 (1.51%) GDPR
7 6 (1.51%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.51%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.01%) GRC
9 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.25%) PMO
10 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 109 (27.46%) Active Directory
2 77 (19.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (10.33%) Docker
4 31 (7.81%) Hyper-V
5 23 (5.79%) vSphere
6 16 (4.03%) VMware NSX
7 11 (2.77%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.02%) Squid
8 8 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.76%) Firmware
12 1 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 70 (17.63%) Ansible
2 60 (15.11%) Kubernetes
3 41 (10.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (4.53%) Grafana
5 12 (3.02%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.27%) SCCM
6 9 (2.27%) ZABBIX
7 8 (2.02%) FortiGate
7 8 (2.02%) Packer
8 7 (1.76%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (1.76%) Puppet
9 5 (1.26%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.26%) Proxmox
9 5 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.26%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.01%) Nagios
11 3 (0.76%) Istio
11 3 (0.76%) linkerd
12 2 (0.50%) Argo
12 2 (0.50%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 160 (40.30%) Microsoft
2 108 (27.20%) VMware
3 44 (11.08%) Cisco
4 22 (5.54%) Palo Alto
4 22 (5.54%) Veeam
5 20 (5.04%) Splunk
6 17 (4.28%) Oracle
6 17 (4.28%) Red Hat
7 15 (3.78%) Fortinet
8 13 (3.27%) Google
8 13 (3.27%) Meraki
9 8 (2.02%) Aruba
9 8 (2.02%) Dell
9 8 (2.02%) IFS
9 8 (2.02%) NetApp
10 7 (1.76%) Tenable
11 6 (1.51%) Dell Compellent
11 6 (1.51%) HP
11 6 (1.51%) Juniper
11 6 (1.51%) Nimble Storage