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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 403 373
Rank change year-on-year -17 -30 +4
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 320 255 672
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.61% 0.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.27% 1.52% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 212 115 245
10th Percentile £36,250 £47,338 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,125 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% - -
75th Percentile £82,785 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £115,000 £115,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -3.85% -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 25,210 16,737 34,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.47% 39.75% 36.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,995 9,246 22,960
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -25 279 £65,576 -6.32% 78
UK excluding London -57 175 £63,076 +0.92% 58
London +17 116 £87,500 +6.06% 24
Work from Home +27 109 £65,576 -6.32% 62
North of England -46 59 £63,076 -12.38% 19
South East -24 42 £65,000 -1.89% 21
North West -48 31 £65,000 -9.71% 10
South West -74 23 £55,000 +15.79% 8
East of England -30 15 £27,000 -55.00% 2
Yorkshire -59 15 £63,076 -2.96% 4
Northern Ireland -25 13 - - 2
North East - 13 £63,076 - 5
Midlands -45 12 £59,788 -14.59% 4
West Midlands -23 11 £56,500 -19.29% 4
Scotland -20 6 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
East Midlands -61 1 £77,500 -

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 21 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.19%) Confluence
4 5 (1.56%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.25%) Documentum
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.63%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.31%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 188 (58.75%) Azure
2 124 (38.75%) AWS
3 75 (23.44%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (19.06%) Nutanix
5 42 (13.13%) Entra ID
6 26 (8.13%) Power Platform
7 22 (6.88%) GCP
8 20 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
9 19 (5.94%) PowerApps
10 16 (5.00%) SaaS
11 14 (4.38%) GitHub
12 12 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (3.75%) IaaS
12 12 (3.75%) PaaS
13 11 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (2.81%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (2.81%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 66 (20.63%) DNS
2 63 (19.69%) Firewall
3 57 (17.81%) DHCP
4 29 (9.06%) VPN
5 28 (8.75%) Remote Desktop
6 27 (8.44%) WAN
7 23 (7.19%) LAN
8 13 (4.06%) Network Security
9 12 (3.75%) TCP/IP
10 11 (3.44%) VLAN
10 11 (3.44%) VoIP
10 11 (3.44%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (3.13%) Unified Communications
12 9 (2.81%) SAN
12 9 (2.81%) WebEx
13 8 (2.50%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (2.50%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (1.88%) BGP
15 5 (1.56%) Internet
16 4 (1.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.88%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.81%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.19%) Power BI
5 6 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.56%) Apache Cassandra
6 5 (1.56%) Big Data
6 5 (1.56%) DataStage
6 5 (1.56%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.56%) Hadoop
6 5 (1.56%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.56%) MySQL
6 5 (1.56%) Neo4j
6 5 (1.56%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.56%) Pentaho
6 5 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.56%) RDBMS
6 5 (1.56%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.63%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 13 (4.06%) GitLab
2 11 (3.44%) Git
3 10 (3.13%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.81%) Octopus Deploy
5 8 (2.50%) JIRA
6 6 (1.88%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.94%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.63%) rollup.js
General
1 99 (30.94%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.69%) Finance
3 35 (10.94%) Retail
4 33 (10.31%) Public Sector
5 27 (8.44%) Law
6 22 (6.88%) Banking
7 16 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (3.75%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.44%) Aerospace
10 10 (3.13%) Financial Institution
10 10 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.50%) Automotive
11 8 (2.50%) Marketing
11 8 (2.50%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.19%) Back Office
13 6 (1.88%) Electronics
14 5 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.94%) Front Office
15 3 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (21.25%) Cloud Engineer
2 54 (16.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 51 (15.94%) Senior
4 31 (9.69%) Architect
5 29 (9.06%) Lead
6 21 (6.56%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (5.00%) Network Engineer
7 16 (5.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (4.69%) Administrator
8 15 (4.69%) Consultant
8 15 (4.69%) Project Manager
9 14 (4.38%) Digital Project Manager
9 14 (4.38%) Senior Digital Project Manager
9 14 (4.38%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.38%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (3.75%) IT Security Specialist
10 12 (3.75%) Security Specialist
11 11 (3.44%) Cloud Consultant
11 11 (3.44%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.44%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.44%) .NET
2 9 (2.81%) XMPP
3 6 (1.88%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.56%) OpenID
5 4 (1.25%) YAML
6 3 (0.94%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.63%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.63%) Kafka
7 2 (0.63%) OAuth
7 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.63%) REST
7 2 (0.63%) Streamlit
7 2 (0.63%) WAMP
8 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.31%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.31%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.31%) JMS
8 1 (0.31%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.31%) RESTful
8 1 (0.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (13.13%) Public Cloud
2 29 (9.06%) Onboarding
3 25 (7.81%) Data Centre
3 25 (7.81%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (6.88%) Cloud Native
5 17 (5.31%) Private Cloud
6 16 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (4.69%) Low-Code
8 14 (4.38%) Legacy Applications
9 11 (3.44%) Management Information System
9 11 (3.44%) Replication
10 9 (2.81%) FlexPod
10 9 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.81%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (2.50%) PKI
12 7 (2.19%) Enterprise Storage
12 7 (2.19%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.88%) Blog
13 6 (1.88%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (33.13%) Windows
2 86 (26.88%) Windows Server
3 44 (13.75%) Linux
4 10 (3.13%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.19%) Android
6 5 (1.56%) CentOS
6 5 (1.56%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.56%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.31%) VMS
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (27.19%) Infrastructure as Code
2 81 (25.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 77 (24.06%) CI/CD
4 74 (23.13%) Disaster Recovery
5 72 (22.50%) ITIL
6 69 (21.56%) DevOps
7 61 (19.06%) Agile
8 60 (18.75%) Mentoring
9 54 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (15.00%) Coaching
12 47 (14.69%) Business Continuity
12 47 (14.69%) Cybersecurity
13 44 (13.75%) Cloud Security
14 41 (12.81%) High Availability
15 40 (12.50%) ITSM
16 34 (10.63%) Storage Management
17 33 (10.31%) Roadmaps
18 32 (10.00%) Migration
19 31 (9.69%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 78 (24.38%) Python
2 71 (22.19%) PowerShell
3 31 (9.69%) SQL
4 20 (6.25%) Bicep
5 19 (5.94%) Bash
5 19 (5.94%) Java
6 14 (4.38%) VBA
7 9 (2.81%) Go
7 9 (2.81%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.50%) C#
9 6 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.56%) Clojure
11 3 (0.94%) C++
12 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.63%) PHP
12 2 (0.63%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (11.25%) Security Cleared
2 22 (6.88%) AWS Certification
3 20 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (5.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (5.00%) Azure Certification
6 14 (4.38%) Degree
7 13 (4.06%) CEH
8 12 (3.75%) DV Cleared
9 11 (3.44%) SC Cleared
10 8 (2.50%) CCNP
10 8 (2.50%) ISTQB
11 7 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.19%) CCNA
11 7 (2.19%) CISSP
11 7 (2.19%) MCSE
11 7 (2.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (1.88%) CISM
13 5 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (1.56%) CCSP
13 5 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (10.31%) SLA
3 31 (9.69%) NIST
4 13 (4.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (4.06%) ISO 22301
5 12 (3.75%) PCI DSS
6 10 (3.13%) GDPR
7 9 (2.81%) SOC 2
8 7 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.88%) NCSC
10 5 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.94%) QA
12 2 (0.63%) Basel III
12 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.63%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.63%) MiFID
13 1 (0.31%) COBIT
13 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 80 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 68 (21.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (10.63%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.63%) Docker
5 17 (5.31%) vSphere
6 8 (2.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 8 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (1.88%) KVM
8 3 (0.94%) Firmware
8 3 (0.94%) Squid
8 3 (0.94%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.31%) iptables
10 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 89 (27.81%) Terraform
2 53 (16.56%) Ansible
3 45 (14.06%) Kubernetes
4 32 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (6.25%) Grafana
6 10 (3.13%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.81%) Cisco CUCM
8 8 (2.50%) Proxmox
8 8 (2.50%) SCCM
9 5 (1.56%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.56%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.25%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.94%) Packer
11 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.63%) Nagios
12 2 (0.63%) Nessus
13 1 (0.31%) VxRail
Vendors
1 116 (36.25%) VMware
2 103 (32.19%) Microsoft
3 31 (9.69%) Dell
4 29 (9.06%) Cisco
4 29 (9.06%) HP
5 28 (8.75%) Dell Compellent
5 28 (8.75%) Nimble Storage
6 21 (6.56%) Commvault
6 21 (6.56%) Splunk
7 18 (5.63%) Oracle
8 15 (4.69%) Palo Alto
8 15 (4.69%) Veeam
9 13 (4.06%) Red Hat
10 12 (3.75%) Fortinet
10 12 (3.75%) ServiceNow
11 9 (2.81%) Juniper
12 7 (2.19%) SolarWinds
13 6 (1.88%) NetApp
13 6 (1.88%) TP-LINK
13 6 (1.88%) Ubiquiti