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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 438 520
Rank change year-on-year +32 +82 +1
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 282 274 293
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.54% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 1.45% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 201 111 214
10th Percentile £41,250 £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% -13.23%

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 21,317 18,950 26,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 37.63% 36.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,735 8,743 19,686
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,281 £29,381
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,644 £56,376
Median % change year-on-year -10.78% +9.34% -13.27%
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 9 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 9 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 +23 242 £70,500 +0.71% 97
London +84 137 £87,500 +2.94% 36
UK excluding London -42 113 £62,500 +4.17% 72
Work from Home +37 96 £72,500 +5.07% 42
North of England -39 34 £63,076 -8.91% 22
South East -7 21 £70,000 +7.69% 29
Midlands +22 17 £63,076 -9.89% 7
East of England +12 17 £27,000 -55.00% 5
West Midlands +32 15 £63,076 -9.89% 5
North West -18 13 £63,076 -12.38% 12
Yorkshire -27 13 £63,076 +6.01% 10
Northern Ireland -9 10 - -
North East -1 8 £63,076 -1.57%
Wales - 8 £55,000 -
South West -24 4 £67,500 +3.85% 9
Scotland -26 4 £45,000 -18.18% 2
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 15 (5.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.55%) Apache Spark
3 9 (3.19%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.13%) Confluence
5 4 (1.42%) 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 (2.13%) 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
1 178 (63.12%) Azure
2 105 (37.23%) AWS
3 60 (21.28%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (15.25%) Entra ID
4 43 (15.25%) Nutanix
5 27 (9.57%) GCP
6 24 (8.51%) Power Platform
7 23 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (6.74%) PowerApps
9 18 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
9 18 (6.38%) PaaS
9 18 (6.38%) SaaS
10 14 (4.96%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (4.61%) IaaS
12 11 (3.90%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (3.90%) GitHub
13 10 (3.55%) Amazon EMR
14 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 58 (20.57%) DNS
2 49 (17.38%) DHCP
3 43 (15.25%) Firewall
4 33 (11.70%) VPN
5 19 (6.74%) Remote Desktop
6 15 (5.32%) Network Security
7 11 (3.90%) WAN
7 11 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (3.55%) Internet
9 8 (2.84%) LAN
9 8 (2.84%) VoIP
10 7 (2.48%) TCP/IP
11 6 (2.13%) SAN
11 6 (2.13%) VLAN
12 5 (1.77%) BGP
12 5 (1.77%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.42%) SSL
14 3 (1.06%) Wireless
15 2 (0.71%) NAS
15 2 (0.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (13.12%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.90%) MySQL
4 11 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (3.55%) Apache Cassandra
5 10 (3.55%) Big Data
5 10 (3.55%) DataStage
5 10 (3.55%) DynamoDB
5 10 (3.55%) Hadoop
5 10 (3.55%) MongoDB
5 10 (3.55%) Neo4j
5 10 (3.55%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.55%) Pentaho
5 10 (3.55%) RDBMS
5 10 (3.55%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.13%) Power BI
7 4 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.42%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.06%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 22 (7.80%) Octopus Deploy
2 18 (6.38%) TeamCity
3 12 (4.26%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.48%) JIRA
5 2 (0.71%) Git
5 2 (0.71%) GitLab
6 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 104 (36.88%) Social Skills
2 68 (24.11%) Finance
3 37 (13.12%) Law
4 28 (9.93%) Banking
5 23 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.67%) Retail
7 12 (4.26%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.84%) Back Office
10 6 (2.13%) 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 45 (15.96%) Architect
2 34 (12.06%) Cloud Engineer
2 34 (12.06%) Senior
3 33 (11.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (9.57%) DevOps Engineer
5 19 (6.74%) Infrastructure Architect
6 17 (6.03%) Project Manager
7 15 (5.32%) Lead
8 14 (4.96%) Administrator
8 14 (4.96%) Digital Project Manager
8 14 (4.96%) Senior Digital Project Manager
8 14 (4.96%) Senior Manager
8 14 (4.96%) Senior Project Manager
9 12 (4.26%) Consultant
9 12 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (3.90%) IT Security Specialist
10 11 (3.90%) Principal Engineer
10 11 (3.90%) Security Specialist
11 10 (3.55%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (3.55%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.57%) .NET
2 5 (1.77%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.42%) 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%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.35%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.35%) CSS
5 1 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.35%) HTML
5 1 (0.35%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.31%) Data Centre
2 36 (12.77%) Legacy Systems
2 36 (12.77%) Public Cloud
3 22 (7.80%) Cloud Native
4 20 (7.09%) Onboarding
4 20 (7.09%) Virtual Team
5 18 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (6.03%) Management Information System
7 15 (5.32%) Legacy Applications
7 15 (5.32%) Low-Code
8 14 (4.96%) Private Cloud
9 10 (3.55%) Product Ownership
9 10 (3.55%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.48%) Driving Licence
12 6 (2.13%) iPad
13 5 (1.77%) Blog
13 5 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (1.42%) ARM Cortex
14 4 (1.42%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 76 (26.95%) Windows
2 60 (21.28%) Windows Server
3 24 (8.51%) Linux
4 13 (4.61%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.13%) 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 73 (25.89%) Infrastructure as Code
2 70 (24.82%) CI/CD
3 68 (24.11%) DevOps
4 54 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (18.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 51 (18.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 47 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
8 46 (16.31%) ITIL
9 45 (15.96%) Cloud Security
9 45 (15.96%) Roadmaps
10 44 (15.60%) Agile
10 44 (15.60%) Mentoring
11 38 (13.48%) Analytics
11 38 (13.48%) ITSM
12 37 (13.12%) Migration
13 36 (12.77%) AI
14 33 (11.70%) Business Continuity
14 33 (11.70%) Coaching
15 32 (11.35%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (25.53%) PowerShell
2 66 (23.40%) Python
3 40 (14.18%) SQL
4 20 (7.09%) Java
5 19 (6.74%) Bicep
6 14 (4.96%) VBA
7 12 (4.26%) Bash
8 8 (2.84%) Go
9 7 (2.48%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.77%) C#
11 4 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.06%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.71%) PHP
13 2 (0.71%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.71%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.35%) C++
14 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 30 (10.64%) Security Cleared
2 24 (8.51%) Azure Certification
3 22 (7.80%) AWS Certification
4 15 (5.32%) Degree
5 14 (4.96%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.61%) CEH
6 13 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (3.90%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.19%) CISSP
9 7 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.48%) CISM
10 6 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.13%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.77%) CITP
12 4 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.42%) CCSP
12 4 (1.42%) CESG Certified Professional
12 4 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (10.64%) NIST
3 24 (8.51%) SLA
4 14 (4.96%) GDPR
5 13 (4.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (4.61%) ISO 22301
6 10 (3.55%) PCI DSS
7 9 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (2.84%) SOC 2
9 7 (2.48%) NCSC
10 6 (2.13%) QA
11 4 (1.42%) 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 (23.40%) Active Directory
2 36 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (9.57%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.55%) Docker
5 7 (2.48%) Firmware
6 6 (2.13%) vSphere
7 5 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.42%) 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 76 (26.95%) Terraform
2 27 (9.57%) Ansible
2 27 (9.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (7.80%) Kubernetes
4 12 (4.26%) SCCM
5 10 (3.55%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.19%) Grafana
7 6 (2.13%) 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 86 (30.50%) Microsoft
2 79 (28.01%) VMware
3 23 (8.16%) Dell
4 21 (7.45%) Cisco
5 19 (6.74%) Dell Compellent
5 19 (6.74%) HP
5 19 (6.74%) Nimble Storage
6 18 (6.38%) Commvault
7 14 (4.96%) Oracle
8 11 (3.90%) Juniper
9 10 (3.55%) Freshdesk
9 10 (3.55%) Informatica
9 10 (3.55%) ServiceNow
9 10 (3.55%) Splunk
9 10 (3.55%) Talend
10 9 (3.19%) Palo Alto
10 9 (3.19%) Veeam
11 6 (2.13%) Apple
11 6 (2.13%) Datto
11 6 (2.13%) SAP