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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 327 300
Rank change year-on-year -120 -27 +3
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 365 413 774
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.83% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 2.00% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 277 177 212
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £50,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £99,000 £100,000 £107,947
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -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 27,729 20,645 27,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.13% 41.47% 33.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,429 10,356 16,278
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -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 11 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Hybrid Cloud in the UK

Hybrid Cloud
Top 18 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 11 August 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 -116 338 £70,000 -0.03% 291
UK excluding London -62 274 £65,000 - 152
Work from Home -2 112 £70,000 -12.50% 142
North of England -9 87 £65,000 - 40
London -85 85 £85,000 +17.24% 145
South East -57 67 £70,000 -17.65% 67
South West -69 56 £60,500 -24.38% 20
North West +16 54 £67,788 +23.25% 23
Midlands -38 39 £65,000 -18.75% 7
West Midlands -11 38 £65,000 -18.75% 5
Yorkshire -39 20 £51,500 -20.77% 15
East of England -33 16 £43,000 -28.33% 6
North East - 13 £46,250 - 2
Scotland +14 8 £77,500 +67.57% 9
Wales -65 6 £54,085 -32.39% 2
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 2
East Midlands -37 1 £77,500 +55.00% 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 27 (7.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (6.30%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.19%) Confluence
4 5 (1.37%) IIS
5 4 (1.10%) SAS
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 242 (66.30%) Azure
2 127 (34.79%) AWS
3 94 (25.75%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (18.90%) Entra ID
5 31 (8.49%) Amazon EKS
5 31 (8.49%) GCP
5 31 (8.49%) IaaS
6 29 (7.95%) Azure AKS
6 29 (7.95%) PaaS
7 28 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (6.85%) Nutanix
9 22 (6.03%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (5.75%) Serverless
11 19 (5.21%) SaaS
12 16 (4.38%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (4.38%) Amazon S3
13 15 (4.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 14 (3.84%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (3.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (3.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 92 (25.21%) Firewall
2 52 (14.25%) DNS
3 50 (13.70%) VPN
4 48 (13.15%) WAN
5 42 (11.51%) DHCP
6 40 (10.96%) Network Security
7 39 (10.68%) LAN
8 17 (4.66%) SD-WAN
8 17 (4.66%) Wireless
9 16 (4.38%) VLAN
10 15 (4.11%) Cisco Firepower
10 15 (4.11%) TCP/IP
11 12 (3.29%) Software-Defined Networking
12 11 (3.01%) SAN
12 11 (3.01%) Unified Communications
12 11 (3.01%) WebEx
13 10 (2.74%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (2.47%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (2.47%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.56%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.19%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.82%) Flink
7 2 (0.55%) Power BI
7 2 (0.55%) Redis
7 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.27%) Big Data
8 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.27%) MySQL
8 1 (0.27%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.27%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.58%) GitLab
2 18 (4.93%) Git
2 18 (4.93%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.29%) JIRA
4 8 (2.19%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.55%) rollup.js
5 2 (0.55%) Terragrunt
General
1 91 (24.93%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.60%) Finance
3 29 (7.95%) Public Sector
4 28 (7.67%) Retail
5 24 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.21%) Law
7 17 (4.66%) Telecoms
8 16 (4.38%) Aerospace
9 14 (3.84%) Manufacturing
10 12 (3.29%) Banking
11 10 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.74%) Marketing
12 7 (1.92%) Automotive
12 7 (1.92%) Electronics
13 5 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.10%) Local Government
15 3 (0.82%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 60 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 58 (15.89%) Cloud Engineer
3 55 (15.07%) Architect
4 52 (14.25%) Lead
5 42 (11.51%) Senior
6 26 (7.12%) Network Engineer
7 20 (5.48%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (5.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (4.93%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
10 17 (4.66%) Analyst
10 17 (4.66%) Consultant
10 17 (4.66%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (4.38%) IT Engineer
12 15 (4.11%) AWS Engineer
12 15 (4.11%) Azure Architect
12 15 (4.11%) Support Engineer
13 13 (3.56%) Cloud Consultant
14 12 (3.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.01%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.29%) ARM Templates
1 12 (3.29%) Kafka
2 11 (3.01%) XMPP
3 6 (1.64%) Keycloak
3 6 (1.64%) YAML
4 5 (1.37%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.37%) boto
5 3 (0.82%) OpenID
6 2 (0.55%) .NET
6 2 (0.55%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.55%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.55%) Loki
6 2 (0.55%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.55%) OAuth
6 2 (0.55%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.55%) WAMP
7 1 (0.27%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.27%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.49%) Cloud Native
1 31 (8.49%) Data Centre
2 28 (7.67%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.48%) Public Cloud
4 19 (5.21%) Security Posture
5 16 (4.38%) PKI
5 16 (4.38%) Replication
6 14 (3.84%) Private Cloud
7 11 (3.01%) FlexPod
7 11 (3.01%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.01%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.92%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
10 7 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 127 (34.79%) Windows
2 107 (29.32%) Windows Server
3 64 (17.53%) Linux
4 7 (1.92%) Android
4 7 (1.92%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.37%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.37%) VMS
7 4 (1.10%) CentOS
7 4 (1.10%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) AIX
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.27%) SUSE
8 1 (0.27%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (32.88%) Infrastructure as Code
2 100 (27.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 97 (26.58%) CI/CD
4 91 (24.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 82 (22.47%) DevOps
6 73 (20.00%) Cloud Security
7 72 (19.73%) ITIL
8 70 (19.18%) Disaster Recovery
9 60 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (14.52%) Agile
10 53 (14.52%) Migration
11 52 (14.25%) Roadmaps
12 51 (13.97%) Cybersecurity
13 46 (12.60%) Mentoring
14 39 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 35 (9.59%) Technical Leadership
16 34 (9.32%) Business Continuity
16 34 (9.32%) High Availability
16 34 (9.32%) Infrastructure Automation
17 33 (9.04%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 74 (20.27%) PowerShell
2 69 (18.90%) Python
3 33 (9.04%) Bash
4 30 (8.22%) Bicep
5 21 (5.75%) SQL
6 13 (3.56%) Go
7 12 (3.29%) Java
8 8 (2.19%) Clojure
9 4 (1.10%) C#
9 4 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.55%) C++
11 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.27%) Korn
12 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 70 (19.18%) Security Cleared
2 43 (11.78%) SC Cleared
3 32 (8.77%) Azure Certification
4 30 (8.22%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (7.67%) DV Cleared
6 27 (7.40%) AWS Certification
7 25 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (5.75%) Degree
9 18 (4.93%) CCNP
10 16 (4.38%) ISTQB
11 14 (3.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 12 (3.29%) CCNA
13 9 (2.47%) MCSE
13 9 (2.47%) RHCE
13 9 (2.47%) RHCSA
14 8 (2.19%) OSCP
15 7 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (1.92%) CISSP
16 6 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (1.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.30%) NIST
3 20 (5.48%) SLA
4 8 (2.19%) NCSC
5 7 (1.92%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.92%) SOC 2
6 6 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.64%) GDPR
7 4 (1.10%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 104 (28.49%) Active Directory
2 82 (22.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (9.86%) Docker
4 28 (7.67%) Hyper-V
4 28 (7.67%) vSphere
5 16 (4.38%) VMware NSX
6 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 9 (2.47%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (2.19%) Squid
8 7 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.37%) KVM
10 4 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 113 (30.96%) Terraform
2 67 (18.36%) Ansible
3 61 (16.71%) Kubernetes
4 37 (10.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (5.21%) Grafana
6 11 (3.01%) Cisco CUCM
7 9 (2.47%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.47%) SCCM
7 9 (2.47%) ZABBIX
8 8 (2.19%) FortiGate
8 8 (2.19%) Packer
9 5 (1.37%) Puppet
10 4 (1.10%) Nagios
10 4 (1.10%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.10%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.82%) Istio
11 3 (0.82%) linkerd
11 3 (0.82%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.55%) Argo
12 2 (0.55%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 147 (40.27%) Microsoft
2 108 (29.59%) VMware
3 44 (12.05%) Cisco
4 26 (7.12%) Palo Alto
5 24 (6.58%) Splunk
5 24 (6.58%) Veeam
6 19 (5.21%) Red Hat
7 18 (4.93%) Fortinet
7 18 (4.93%) Oracle
8 13 (3.56%) Meraki
9 12 (3.29%) Google
10 11 (3.01%) Dell
11 9 (2.47%) Dell Compellent
11 9 (2.47%) HP
11 9 (2.47%) Nimble Storage
12 8 (2.19%) Commvault
12 8 (2.19%) IFS
12 8 (2.19%) NetApp
13 7 (1.92%) Tenable
13 7 (1.92%) Zerto