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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 422 366
Rank change year-on-year -5 -56 -5
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 325 253 709
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.58% 0.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.27% 1.42% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 219 114 249
10th Percentile £36,250 £48,625 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £115,000 £112,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.96% -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 25,526 17,877 34,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.92% 40.92% 36.03%
Number of salaries quoted 13,341 9,300 23,066
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £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 £112,500 £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 7 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 7 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 -22 287 £65,576 -6.32% 112
UK excluding London -45 183 £63,076 -2.96% 86
London +22 114 £85,000 +17.24% 29
Work from Home +48 113 £65,576 -8.91% 44
North of England -29 60 £63,076 -12.38% 33
South East -23 45 £65,000 -23.53% 22
North West -4 33 £65,576 -8.91% 26
South West -63 25 £55,000 +15.79% 16
Midlands -33 16 £62,538 -10.66% 10
West Midlands -17 15 £62,000 -11.43% 10
East of England -12 14 £27,000 -55.00% 2
Yorkshire -58 14 £63,076 -2.96% 4
North East - 13 £63,076 - 3
Northern Ireland -26 12 - -
Scotland -11 6 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
East Midlands -44 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 (6.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.31%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.46%) Confluence
4 5 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.23%) Documentum
6 2 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.62%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 190 (58.46%) Azure
2 125 (38.46%) AWS
3 76 (23.38%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (18.15%) Nutanix
5 41 (12.62%) Entra ID
6 26 (8.00%) Power Platform
7 24 (7.38%) GCP
8 21 (6.46%) Amazon EKS
9 19 (5.85%) PowerApps
10 16 (4.92%) SaaS
11 14 (4.31%) GitHub
12 13 (4.00%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (4.00%) PaaS
13 12 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (3.69%) IaaS
14 9 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (2.46%) Azure AKS
15 8 (2.46%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 64 (19.69%) DNS
1 64 (19.69%) Firewall
2 55 (16.92%) DHCP
3 28 (8.62%) WAN
4 27 (8.31%) Remote Desktop
4 27 (8.31%) VPN
5 23 (7.08%) LAN
6 14 (4.31%) Network Security
7 12 (3.69%) TCP/IP
8 11 (3.38%) VLAN
9 10 (3.08%) Unified Communications
9 10 (3.08%) VoIP
9 10 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (2.77%) SAN
10 9 (2.77%) WebEx
11 8 (2.46%) BGP
11 8 (2.46%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (2.46%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (1.54%) Internet
12 5 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.38%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.77%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.15%) Power BI
5 6 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.54%) Apache Cassandra
6 5 (1.54%) Big Data
6 5 (1.54%) DataStage
6 5 (1.54%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.54%) Hadoop
6 5 (1.54%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.54%) MySQL
6 5 (1.54%) Neo4j
6 5 (1.54%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.54%) Pentaho
6 5 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.54%) RDBMS
6 5 (1.54%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.23%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 14 (4.31%) GitLab
2 12 (3.69%) Git
3 11 (3.38%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.77%) JIRA
4 9 (2.77%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (1.85%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.23%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.62%) rollup.js
General
1 99 (30.46%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.77%) Finance
3 36 (11.08%) Retail
4 33 (10.15%) Public Sector
5 26 (8.00%) Law
6 22 (6.77%) Banking
7 16 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (4.31%) Manufacturing
9 13 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (3.69%) Aerospace
11 10 (3.08%) Financial Institution
12 9 (2.77%) Automotive
13 8 (2.46%) Marketing
13 8 (2.46%) Telecoms
14 7 (2.15%) Back Office
14 7 (2.15%) Electronics
15 5 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.92%) Front Office
18 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (21.85%) Cloud Engineer
2 52 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 51 (15.69%) Senior
4 31 (9.54%) Architect
4 31 (9.54%) Lead
5 22 (6.77%) Network Engineer
6 21 (6.46%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (4.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (4.62%) Project Manager
9 14 (4.31%) Administrator
9 14 (4.31%) Consultant
9 14 (4.31%) Digital Project Manager
9 14 (4.31%) Senior Digital Project Manager
9 14 (4.31%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.31%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (3.69%) Analyst
10 12 (3.69%) IT Security Specialist
10 12 (3.69%) Security Specialist
11 11 (3.38%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
11 11 (3.38%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.08%) .NET
2 9 (2.77%) XMPP
3 6 (1.85%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.54%) OpenID
5 4 (1.23%) YAML
6 3 (0.92%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.92%) Kafka
7 2 (0.62%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.62%) OAuth
7 2 (0.62%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.62%) REST
7 2 (0.62%) Streamlit
7 2 (0.62%) WAMP
8 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.31%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.31%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.31%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.31%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.31%) RESTful
8 1 (0.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (12.62%) Public Cloud
2 29 (8.92%) Onboarding
3 26 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
4 24 (7.38%) Data Centre
5 22 (6.77%) Cloud Native
6 18 (5.54%) Private Cloud
7 16 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (4.62%) Low-Code
9 14 (4.31%) Legacy Applications
9 14 (4.31%) Management Information System
10 11 (3.38%) Replication
11 9 (2.77%) FlexPod
11 9 (2.77%) PKI
11 9 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (2.77%) Video Conferencing
12 7 (2.15%) Enterprise Storage
12 7 (2.15%) Renewable Energy
12 7 (2.15%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.85%) Blog
14 5 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 107 (32.92%) Windows
2 87 (26.77%) Windows Server
3 46 (14.15%) Linux
4 9 (2.77%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.15%) Android
6 5 (1.54%) CentOS
6 5 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.54%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.23%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.31%) VMS
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (28.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 81 (24.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 78 (24.00%) CI/CD
4 74 (22.77%) ITIL
5 71 (21.85%) Disaster Recovery
6 69 (21.23%) DevOps
7 64 (19.69%) Agile
8 59 (18.15%) Mentoring
9 56 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (14.77%) Cybersecurity
12 47 (14.46%) Coaching
13 43 (13.23%) Business Continuity
13 43 (13.23%) Cloud Security
14 40 (12.31%) High Availability
15 38 (11.69%) ITSM
15 38 (11.69%) Roadmaps
16 34 (10.46%) Storage Management
17 33 (10.15%) AI
18 30 (9.23%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 76 (23.38%) Python
2 72 (22.15%) PowerShell
3 30 (9.23%) SQL
4 22 (6.77%) Bicep
5 20 (6.15%) Bash
5 20 (6.15%) Java
6 14 (4.31%) VBA
7 9 (2.77%) Go
7 9 (2.77%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.15%) C#
9 6 (1.85%) Clojure
9 6 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.92%) C++
11 2 (0.62%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.31%) PHP
12 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (11.69%) Security Cleared
2 23 (7.08%) AWS Certification
3 22 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (5.85%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (5.23%) Azure Certification
5 17 (5.23%) Degree
6 12 (3.69%) CEH
6 12 (3.69%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.38%) SC Cleared
8 10 (3.08%) ISTQB
9 8 (2.46%) CCNP
9 8 (2.46%) MCSE
10 7 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.15%) CCNA
11 6 (1.85%) CISSP
11 6 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.54%) CISM
12 5 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.54%) OSCP
13 4 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (9.85%) SLA
3 27 (8.31%) NIST
4 12 (3.69%) ISO 22301
5 11 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (3.38%) PCI DSS
6 9 (2.77%) SOC 2
7 8 (2.46%) GDPR
8 5 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.54%) NCSC
9 4 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.92%) QA
11 2 (0.62%) Basel III
11 2 (0.62%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.62%) MiFID
12 1 (0.31%) COBIT
12 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 81 (24.92%) Active Directory
2 68 (20.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (9.85%) Hyper-V
4 20 (6.15%) Docker
5 19 (5.85%) vSphere
6 8 (2.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 8 (2.46%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (1.85%) KVM
8 4 (1.23%) Squid
8 4 (1.23%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.92%) Firmware
10 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.31%) iptables
11 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 93 (28.62%) Terraform
2 55 (16.92%) Ansible
3 47 (14.46%) Kubernetes
4 31 (9.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (6.15%) Grafana
6 10 (3.08%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.77%) Cisco CUCM
7 9 (2.77%) SCCM
8 8 (2.46%) Proxmox
9 6 (1.85%) FortiGate
10 5 (1.54%) vCenter Server
10 5 (1.54%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.23%) Packer
12 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.62%) Nagios
12 2 (0.62%) Nessus
12 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.31%) VxRail
Vendors
1 114 (35.08%) VMware
2 105 (32.31%) Microsoft
3 30 (9.23%) Cisco
4 29 (8.92%) Dell
5 28 (8.62%) HP
6 27 (8.31%) Dell Compellent
6 27 (8.31%) Nimble Storage
7 22 (6.77%) Splunk
8 19 (5.85%) Commvault
8 19 (5.85%) Oracle
9 17 (5.23%) Palo Alto
10 16 (4.92%) Veeam
11 14 (4.31%) Red Hat
12 12 (3.69%) ServiceNow
13 11 (3.38%) Fortinet
14 10 (3.08%) Juniper
15 7 (2.15%) SolarWinds
16 6 (1.85%) IFS
16 6 (1.85%) NetApp
16 6 (1.85%) Ubiquiti