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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 358 363
Rank change year-on-year -76 +5 -15
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 321 339 703
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.79% 0.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.30% 1.84% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 221 115 241
10th Percentile £37,000 £51,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,125 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £78,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £115,000 £118,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,573 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.73% -3.70% -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 24,724 18,398 34,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.62% 42.90% 35.41%
Number of salaries quoted 14,089 8,632 23,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,645 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.19% +3.29% -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 May 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 24 May 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 -95 287 £65,000 -7.14% 129
UK excluding London -70 198 £62,573 -3.73% 91
Work from Home +53 111 £65,576 -8.91% 64
London -44 97 £78,000 +7.59% 43
North of England -11 69 £65,000 -9.71% 29
South East -63 45 £65,000 -23.53% 19
North West +18 41 £70,000 -2.77% 19
South West -78 32 £55,000 +15.79% 21
Midlands -28 22 £56,500 -19.29% 11
West Midlands -19 21 £52,000 -25.71% 8
Yorkshire -51 14 £63,076 -2.96% 7
North East - 14 £63,076 - 3
East of England -21 10 £27,000 -53.04% 5
Northern Ireland -31 9 - - 2
Scotland -1 6 £45,000 -18.18% 5
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
East Midlands -39 1 £77,500 - 3

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 23 (7.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.67%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.43%) Confluence
4 5 (1.56%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.25%) Documentum
6 3 (0.93%) IIS
7 2 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 194 (60.44%) Azure
2 119 (37.07%) AWS
3 76 (23.68%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (16.20%) Nutanix
5 44 (13.71%) Entra ID
6 26 (8.10%) Power Platform
7 25 (7.79%) Amazon EKS
8 24 (7.48%) GCP
9 19 (5.92%) PaaS
9 19 (5.92%) PowerApps
10 18 (5.61%) SaaS
11 16 (4.98%) IaaS
12 15 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (4.36%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (4.36%) GitHub
14 10 (3.12%) Azure AKS
15 9 (2.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (2.49%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 64 (19.94%) Firewall
2 60 (18.69%) DNS
3 51 (15.89%) DHCP
4 33 (10.28%) WAN
5 26 (8.10%) LAN
6 24 (7.48%) Remote Desktop
7 22 (6.85%) VPN
8 16 (4.98%) Network Security
9 11 (3.43%) Unified Communications
9 11 (3.43%) VLAN
10 10 (3.12%) WebEx
11 9 (2.80%) BGP
11 9 (2.80%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (2.80%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (2.80%) SAN
11 9 (2.80%) TCP/IP
11 9 (2.80%) VoIP
11 9 (2.80%) Wireless
12 8 (2.49%) Software-Defined Networking
12 8 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.48%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.18%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.18%) Power BI
4 6 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.56%) Apache Cassandra
5 5 (1.56%) Big Data
5 5 (1.56%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.56%) DataStage
5 5 (1.56%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.56%) Hadoop
5 5 (1.56%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.56%) MySQL
5 5 (1.56%) Neo4j
5 5 (1.56%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.56%) Pentaho
5 5 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.56%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.56%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 17 (5.30%) GitLab
2 16 (4.98%) Git
3 13 (4.05%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.43%) JIRA
5 9 (2.80%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (2.18%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.87%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.62%) rollup.js
9 1 (0.31%) Terragrunt
General
1 93 (28.97%) Social Skills
2 50 (15.58%) Finance
3 37 (11.53%) Public Sector
4 36 (11.21%) Retail
5 24 (7.48%) Law
6 18 (5.61%) Banking
7 15 (4.67%) Aerospace
7 15 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.36%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.80%) Automotive
9 9 (2.80%) Marketing
9 9 (2.80%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.49%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.18%) Electronics
12 6 (1.87%) Back Office
13 5 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 73 (22.74%) Cloud Engineer
2 49 (15.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 48 (14.95%) Senior
4 33 (10.28%) Lead
5 32 (9.97%) Architect
6 25 (7.79%) Network Engineer
7 18 (5.61%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (5.30%) Consultant
9 16 (4.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (4.36%) Digital Project Manager
10 14 (4.36%) Project Manager
10 14 (4.36%) Senior Digital Project Manager
10 14 (4.36%) Senior Manager
10 14 (4.36%) Senior Project Manager
11 13 (4.05%) Analyst
11 13 (4.05%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
11 13 (4.05%) Cloud Consultant
12 12 (3.74%) Administrator
12 12 (3.74%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (3.74%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.12%) XMPP
2 9 (2.80%) .NET
3 5 (1.56%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.25%) 802.1X
4 4 (1.25%) YAML
5 3 (0.93%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.93%) boto
5 3 (0.93%) Kafka
5 3 (0.93%) OpenID
6 2 (0.62%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.62%) OAuth
6 2 (0.62%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.62%) Streamlit
6 2 (0.62%) WAMP
7 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.31%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.31%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.31%) REST
7 1 (0.31%) SAML
7 1 (0.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.21%) Public Cloud
2 27 (8.41%) Legacy Systems
2 27 (8.41%) Onboarding
3 24 (7.48%) Cloud Native
4 18 (5.61%) Data Centre
5 16 (4.98%) Private Cloud
6 15 (4.67%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (4.67%) Low-Code
6 15 (4.67%) Management Information System
7 14 (4.36%) Legacy Applications
8 12 (3.74%) Replication
9 10 (3.12%) FlexPod
9 10 (3.12%) PKI
9 10 (3.12%) Video Conferencing
10 8 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.18%) Enterprise Storage
11 7 (2.18%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (2.18%) Security Posture
11 7 (2.18%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.87%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 110 (34.27%) Windows
2 93 (28.97%) Windows Server
3 49 (15.26%) Linux
4 7 (2.18%) Android
4 7 (2.18%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.56%) CentOS
5 5 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.56%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.93%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.62%) VMS
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (28.35%) Infrastructure as Code
2 81 (25.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 79 (24.61%) CI/CD
4 78 (24.30%) ITIL
5 72 (22.43%) Agile
6 68 (21.18%) DevOps
7 63 (19.63%) Disaster Recovery
8 59 (18.38%) Mentoring
9 55 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
10 50 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (14.33%) Cybersecurity
12 45 (14.02%) Coaching
13 41 (12.77%) Business Continuity
13 41 (12.77%) Cloud Security
13 41 (12.77%) Roadmaps
14 38 (11.84%) High Availability
15 34 (10.59%) AI
16 33 (10.28%) ITSM
16 33 (10.28%) Migration
17 31 (9.66%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (21.18%) PowerShell
2 67 (20.87%) Python
3 29 (9.03%) SQL
4 21 (6.54%) Bicep
4 21 (6.54%) Java
5 19 (5.92%) Bash
6 14 (4.36%) VBA
7 9 (2.80%) Go
7 9 (2.80%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.18%) C#
9 6 (1.87%) Clojure
10 3 (0.93%) C++
10 3 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.62%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (11.53%) Security Cleared
2 26 (8.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (7.79%) AWS Certification
4 21 (6.54%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (5.92%) Azure Certification
6 18 (5.61%) Degree
7 13 (4.05%) ISTQB
8 11 (3.43%) SC Cleared
9 10 (3.12%) CCNA
9 10 (3.12%) CEH
10 9 (2.80%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.80%) MCSE
11 8 (2.49%) CCNP
12 7 (2.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.18%) OSCP
12 7 (2.18%) RHCE
12 7 (2.18%) RHCSA
12 7 (2.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (1.87%) CISSP
14 5 (1.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (9.03%) SLA
3 24 (7.48%) NIST
4 11 (3.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (3.12%) ISO 22301
5 10 (3.12%) PCI DSS
6 8 (2.49%) SOC 2
7 6 (1.87%) GDPR
8 5 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.56%) NCSC
9 4 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.62%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.62%) QA
11 1 (0.31%) COBIT
11 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 88 (27.41%) Active Directory
2 73 (22.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (9.66%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.17%) vSphere
5 22 (6.85%) Docker
6 9 (2.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 9 (2.80%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (2.49%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.18%) Squid
9 5 (1.56%) KVM
10 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.62%) Firmware
11 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.31%) iptables
Systems Management
1 93 (28.97%) Terraform
2 56 (17.45%) Ansible
3 48 (14.95%) Kubernetes
4 34 (10.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (6.54%) Grafana
6 11 (3.43%) Prometheus
7 10 (3.12%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (2.80%) FortiGate
8 9 (2.80%) SCCM
9 8 (2.49%) Proxmox
9 8 (2.49%) ZABBIX
10 7 (2.18%) Packer
11 4 (1.25%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.93%) Nagios
13 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.62%) Nessus
13 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.31%) Autotask
14 1 (0.31%) VxRail
Vendors
1 115 (35.83%) Microsoft
2 111 (34.58%) VMware
3 32 (9.97%) Cisco
4 26 (8.10%) Dell
5 25 (7.79%) HP
6 24 (7.48%) Dell Compellent
6 24 (7.48%) Nimble Storage
7 22 (6.85%) Splunk
8 20 (6.23%) Oracle
9 18 (5.61%) Palo Alto
9 18 (5.61%) Veeam
10 17 (5.30%) Red Hat
11 15 (4.67%) Commvault
12 10 (3.12%) Fortinet
13 9 (2.80%) ServiceNow
14 7 (2.18%) Google
14 7 (2.18%) Juniper
14 7 (2.18%) NetApp
14 7 (2.18%) SolarWinds
15 6 (1.87%) IFS