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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 323 317
Rank change year-on-year -133 -6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 411 428 615
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.87% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.31% 2.12% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 318 199 171
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £47,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £69,000
% change year-on-year - -9.42% -1.43%

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 31,307 20,184 23,872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.53% 40.94% 32.01%
Number of salaries quoted 19,339 10,096 12,055
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,423 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% -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 30 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the UK

Hybrid Cloud
Top 16 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 30 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 -119 385 £70,000 - 436
UK excluding London -88 296 £62,500 - 249
Work from Home -7 126 £70,000 -12.50% 266
London -118 98 £80,000 +10.34% 181
North of England -20 90 £52,500 -19.23% 62
South East -60 82 £70,000 -17.65% 60
South West -67 57 £85,000 +6.25% 42
Midlands -35 56 £70,000 -12.50% 45
West Midlands -7 54 £70,000 -12.50% 27
North West -2 50 £65,288 +22.03% 42
Yorkshire -33 25 £50,000 -23.08% 14
East of England -37 18 £50,500 -15.83% 13
North East - 15 £47,000 - 7
Scotland +24 8 £77,500 +106.67% 19
Wales -89 6 £54,085 -1.66% 7
East Midlands -53 2 £68,750 +38.89% 18

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 32 (7.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (6.57%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.19%) Confluence
4 7 (1.70%) IIS
5 4 (0.97%) SAS
6 1 (0.24%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.49%) Weka
3 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.24%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 252 (61.31%) Azure
2 156 (37.96%) AWS
3 90 (21.90%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (21.65%) Entra ID
5 38 (9.25%) Amazon EKS
5 38 (9.25%) Serverless
6 37 (9.00%) GCP
7 36 (8.76%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (8.52%) Amazon EC2
8 35 (8.52%) Azure AKS
9 33 (8.03%) PaaS
10 30 (7.30%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (7.30%) IaaS
11 29 (7.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 27 (6.57%) GitHub
13 26 (6.33%) AWS CloudFormation
14 22 (5.35%) Amazon S3
15 21 (5.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 20 (4.87%) Amazon ECS
17 19 (4.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 108 (26.28%) Firewall
2 79 (19.22%) VPN
3 59 (14.36%) DNS
4 48 (11.68%) DHCP
4 48 (11.68%) WAN
5 46 (11.19%) Network Security
6 37 (9.00%) LAN
7 26 (6.33%) Wireless
8 25 (6.08%) SD-WAN
9 20 (4.87%) TCP/IP
10 14 (3.41%) Software-Defined Networking
11 13 (3.16%) Unified Communications
12 12 (2.92%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (2.92%) VLAN
13 11 (2.68%) SAN
14 10 (2.43%) Cisco Firepower
14 10 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (2.19%) BGP
16 8 (1.95%) IPv4
17 7 (1.70%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (3.65%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
2 15 (3.65%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.92%) Spark SQL
4 8 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (1.95%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.73%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.73%) Flink
6 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.49%) Redis
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (4.87%) GitLab
2 15 (3.65%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.41%) Git
4 13 (3.16%) JIRA
5 8 (1.95%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.49%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.49%) rollup.js
6 2 (0.49%) Terragrunt
General
1 97 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 51 (12.41%) Finance
3 44 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.73%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.84%) Retail
6 19 (4.62%) Law
7 17 (4.14%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.41%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.16%) Aerospace
10 12 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.70%) Banking
11 7 (1.70%) Marketing
12 6 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.97%) Automotive
14 4 (0.97%) Electronics
14 4 (0.97%) Local Government
15 3 (0.73%) Legal
16 2 (0.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 72 (17.52%) Architect
2 60 (14.60%) Senior
3 58 (14.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 51 (12.41%) Cloud Engineer
5 49 (11.92%) Lead
6 34 (8.27%) Azure Engineer
7 29 (7.06%) Network Engineer
8 25 (6.08%) Data Engineer
9 24 (5.84%) AWS Engineer
10 23 (5.60%) Consultant
11 22 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
12 20 (4.87%) Azure Architect
12 20 (4.87%) Platform Engineer
12 20 (4.87%) Technical Architect
13 17 (4.14%) Cloud Consultant
13 17 (4.14%) IT Engineer
13 17 (4.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (3.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 15 (3.65%) Administrator
15 15 (3.65%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (31.87%) Terraform
2 18 (4.38%) Kafka
3 13 (3.16%) ARM Templates
4 12 (2.92%) .NET
4 12 (2.92%) Keycloak
4 12 (2.92%) PySpark
5 6 (1.46%) 802.1X
6 5 (1.22%) boto
6 5 (1.22%) SAML
6 5 (1.22%) XMPP
7 3 (0.73%) OpenID
7 3 (0.73%) YAML
8 2 (0.49%) AWS CDK
8 2 (0.49%) Loki
8 2 (0.49%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.49%) OAuth
8 2 (0.49%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.49%) OpenTelemetry
9 1 (0.24%) LDAP
9 1 (0.24%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.46%) Data Centre
2 30 (7.30%) Cloud Native
3 27 (6.57%) Private Cloud
4 24 (5.84%) Onboarding
5 18 (4.38%) Security Posture
6 16 (3.89%) PKI
7 15 (3.65%) Linux Command Line
7 15 (3.65%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.68%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.68%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.19%) Enterprise Storage
10 8 (1.95%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.70%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.70%) Replication
12 5 (1.22%) FlexPod
12 5 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 128 (31.14%) Windows
2 103 (25.06%) Windows Server
3 73 (17.76%) Linux
4 10 (2.43%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.97%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.97%) VMS
7 3 (0.73%) Android
7 3 (0.73%) CentOS
7 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.49%) AIX
8 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.49%) Unix
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.24%) Rocky
9 1 (0.24%) SUSE
9 1 (0.24%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (33.82%) Infrastructure as Code
2 127 (30.90%) CI/CD
3 105 (25.55%) DevOps
4 104 (25.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 98 (23.84%) Cloud Security
6 95 (23.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 85 (20.68%) Migration
8 80 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
9 69 (16.79%) Agile
10 66 (16.06%) Roadmaps
11 63 (15.33%) Analytics
12 62 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
13 59 (14.36%) Mentoring
14 58 (14.11%) ITIL
15 57 (13.87%) AI
16 56 (13.63%) Cybersecurity
17 54 (13.14%) Decision-Making
17 54 (13.14%) Zero Trust
18 47 (11.44%) Technical Leadership
19 46 (11.19%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 82 (19.95%) PowerShell
1 82 (19.95%) Python
2 49 (11.92%) Bash
3 35 (8.52%) SQL
4 32 (7.79%) Bicep
5 24 (5.84%) Go
6 21 (5.11%) Java
7 13 (3.16%) C#
7 13 (3.16%) C++
7 13 (3.16%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.95%) Clojure
9 6 (1.46%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.49%) Korn
12 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 91 (22.14%) Security Cleared
2 62 (15.09%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.41%) Azure Certification
4 41 (9.98%) AWS Certification
5 37 (9.00%) DV Cleared
6 28 (6.81%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (5.35%) Degree
9 17 (4.14%) CCNP
10 16 (3.89%) ISTQB
11 12 (2.92%) CCNA
12 11 (2.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.43%) RHCE
13 10 (2.43%) RHCSA
13 10 (2.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 9 (2.19%) CISSP
15 8 (1.95%) OSCP
16 6 (1.46%) CCIE
17 5 (1.22%) DBS Check
17 5 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.38%) NIST
3 15 (3.65%) SLA
4 13 (3.16%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.95%) NCSC
6 7 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.70%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.46%) GDPR
8 5 (1.22%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.97%) GRC
10 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 111 (27.01%) Active Directory
2 69 (16.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (10.22%) Docker
4 24 (5.84%) Hyper-V
4 24 (5.84%) vSphere
5 17 (4.14%) VMware NSX
6 14 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (2.19%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.95%) Squid
10 3 (0.73%) Firmware
11 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 75 (18.25%) Ansible
2 63 (15.33%) Kubernetes
3 43 (10.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (6.08%) Grafana
5 20 (4.87%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.92%) Puppet
7 10 (2.43%) Progress Chef
8 9 (2.19%) ZABBIX
9 8 (1.95%) FortiGate
9 8 (1.95%) Packer
9 8 (1.95%) Proxmox
9 8 (1.95%) SCCM
10 7 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.46%) vCenter Server
12 5 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.97%) Nagios
14 3 (0.73%) Istio
14 3 (0.73%) linkerd
15 2 (0.49%) Argo
15 2 (0.49%) Podman
Vendors
1 166 (40.39%) Microsoft
2 106 (25.79%) VMware
3 45 (10.95%) Cisco
4 24 (5.84%) Veeam
5 20 (4.87%) Palo Alto
6 18 (4.38%) Splunk
7 17 (4.14%) Fortinet
7 17 (4.14%) Oracle
7 17 (4.14%) Red Hat
8 14 (3.41%) Google
9 13 (3.16%) Meraki
10 9 (2.19%) Aruba
11 8 (1.95%) IFS
12 7 (1.70%) NetApp
12 7 (1.70%) Tenable
13 6 (1.46%) Citrix
13 6 (1.46%) EMC
13 6 (1.46%) Juniper
13 6 (1.46%) SolarWinds
13 6 (1.46%) Zscaler