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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 328 317
Rank change year-on-year -125 -11 -8
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 374 421 709
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.84% 0.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.33% 2.04% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 293 181 205
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -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 28,144 20,627 27,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.95% 41.21% 32.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,647 10,422 15,600
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,750 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,944 £41,675
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,047
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.09% -9.01%

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 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 24 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 -120 352 £70,000 -0.07% 97
UK excluding London -68 284 £62,500 -3.85% 73
Work from Home -7 111 £70,000 -12.50% 49
North of England +3 91 £57,500 -11.54% 18
London -92 86 £83,250 +14.83% 28
South East -48 71 £70,000 -17.65% 34
South West -68 56 £62,500 -21.88% 11
North West +15 54 £65,288 +18.71% 8
Midlands -26 45 £70,000 -12.50% 8
West Midlands +11 44 £70,000 -12.50% 6
Yorkshire -28 23 £51,500 -20.77% 7
East of England -27 20 £50,500 -15.83% 2
North East - 14 £47,000 - 3
Scotland +12 8 £77,500 +67.57% 1
Wales -67 6 £54,085 -19.87%
Channel Islands - 2 £75,000 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
East Midlands -37 1 £77,500 +56.57% 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 28 (7.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (6.42%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.14%) Confluence
4 5 (1.34%) IIS
5 4 (1.07%) SAS
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 242 (64.71%) Azure
2 135 (36.10%) AWS
3 96 (25.67%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (20.05%) Entra ID
5 36 (9.63%) Amazon EKS
6 33 (8.82%) GCP
7 31 (8.29%) Azure AKS
7 31 (8.29%) PaaS
8 30 (8.02%) IaaS
9 27 (7.22%) AWS CloudFormation
9 27 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (6.68%) Serverless
11 20 (5.35%) Amazon EC2
11 20 (5.35%) Amazon S3
12 19 (5.08%) SaaS
12 19 (5.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 18 (4.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 18 (4.81%) Amazon ECS
14 17 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (4.55%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 95 (25.40%) Firewall
2 57 (15.24%) VPN
3 52 (13.90%) DNS
4 50 (13.37%) WAN
5 42 (11.23%) DHCP
5 42 (11.23%) Network Security
6 41 (10.96%) LAN
7 22 (5.88%) SD-WAN
8 19 (5.08%) Wireless
9 17 (4.55%) TCP/IP
10 14 (3.74%) Cisco Firepower
10 14 (3.74%) VLAN
11 12 (3.21%) Software-Defined Networking
12 11 (2.94%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (2.67%) SAN
14 9 (2.41%) BGP
14 9 (2.41%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (2.41%) Unified Communications
14 9 (2.41%) WebEx
14 9 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (3.48%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (2.14%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.80%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.80%) Flink
6 3 (0.80%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.53%) Power BI
7 2 (0.53%) Redis
8 1 (0.27%) Big Data
8 1 (0.27%) DataStage
8 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.27%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.27%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.42%) GitLab
2 18 (4.81%) Jenkins
3 17 (4.55%) Git
4 12 (3.21%) JIRA
5 8 (2.14%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.53%) rollup.js
6 2 (0.53%) Terragrunt
General
1 91 (24.33%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.30%) Finance
3 28 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.22%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.95%) Retail
6 20 (5.35%) Law
7 18 (4.81%) Telecoms
8 16 (4.28%) Aerospace
9 14 (3.74%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.67%) Banking
11 9 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.41%) Marketing
12 7 (1.87%) Automotive
12 7 (1.87%) Electronics
13 5 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.07%) Local Government
15 2 (0.53%) Aviation
15 2 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (16.31%) Architect
2 57 (15.24%) Cloud Engineer
3 54 (14.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 51 (13.64%) Lead
5 43 (11.50%) Senior
6 25 (6.68%) Network Engineer
7 23 (6.15%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (5.35%) Consultant
8 20 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (5.08%) AWS Engineer
10 18 (4.81%) IT Engineer
11 17 (4.55%) Analyst
11 17 (4.55%) Azure Architect
11 17 (4.55%) Support Engineer
12 15 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (4.01%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (3.74%) Cloud Consultant
14 13 (3.48%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
14 13 (3.48%) IT Support
14 13 (3.48%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (32.09%) Terraform
2 14 (3.74%) Kafka
3 12 (3.21%) ARM Templates
4 9 (2.41%) XMPP
5 8 (2.14%) Keycloak
6 6 (1.60%) YAML
7 5 (1.34%) 802.1X
7 5 (1.34%) boto
8 3 (0.80%) OpenID
9 2 (0.53%) .NET
9 2 (0.53%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.53%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.53%) Loki
9 2 (0.53%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.53%) OAuth
9 2 (0.53%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
10 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.27%) SAML
10 1 (0.27%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.82%) Data Centre
2 30 (8.02%) Cloud Native
3 26 (6.95%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.81%) Security Posture
5 17 (4.55%) Public Cloud
6 16 (4.28%) Private Cloud
7 15 (4.01%) PKI
8 12 (3.21%) Linux Command Line
9 11 (2.94%) Replication
10 9 (2.41%) FlexPod
10 9 (2.41%) Management Information System
10 9 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (2.14%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (1.60%) Enterprise Storage
14 5 (1.34%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 125 (33.42%) Windows
2 106 (28.34%) Windows Server
3 61 (16.31%) Linux
4 7 (1.87%) Android
4 7 (1.87%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.34%) VMS
7 4 (1.07%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.80%) CentOS
8 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.53%) AIX
9 2 (0.53%) Unix
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.27%) SUSE
10 1 (0.27%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (33.69%) Infrastructure as Code
2 103 (27.54%) CI/CD
3 102 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 91 (24.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 86 (22.99%) DevOps
6 80 (21.39%) Cloud Security
7 72 (19.25%) ITIL
8 65 (17.38%) Disaster Recovery
9 64 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (16.04%) Migration
11 54 (14.44%) Cybersecurity
11 54 (14.44%) Roadmaps
12 51 (13.64%) Agile
13 46 (12.30%) Mentoring
14 40 (10.70%) Infrastructure Automation
15 39 (10.43%) Analytics
15 39 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 35 (9.36%) AI
16 35 (9.36%) High Availability
16 35 (9.36%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 74 (19.79%) Python
2 72 (19.25%) PowerShell
3 39 (10.43%) Bash
4 33 (8.82%) Bicep
5 21 (5.61%) SQL
6 16 (4.28%) Go
7 10 (2.67%) Java
8 8 (2.14%) Clojure
9 4 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.07%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.80%) C#
11 2 (0.53%) Korn
12 1 (0.27%) C++
12 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 73 (19.52%) Security Cleared
2 46 (12.30%) SC Cleared
3 39 (10.43%) Azure Certification
4 32 (8.56%) DV Cleared
5 30 (8.02%) AWS Certification
6 29 (7.75%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (5.61%) Degree
9 17 (4.55%) CCNP
10 16 (4.28%) ISTQB
11 12 (3.21%) CCNA
12 11 (2.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 10 (2.67%) RHCE
13 10 (2.67%) RHCSA
14 9 (2.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (2.14%) CISSP
15 8 (2.14%) OSCP
16 6 (1.60%) MCSE
16 6 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (1.34%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (5.61%) NIST
3 18 (4.81%) SLA
4 8 (2.14%) NCSC
5 7 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.60%) GDPR
6 6 (1.60%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.60%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.53%) GRC
8 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 108 (28.88%) Active Directory
2 78 (20.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (10.70%) Docker
4 27 (7.22%) Hyper-V
5 26 (6.95%) vSphere
6 16 (4.28%) VMware NSX
7 9 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 8 (2.14%) Squid
8 8 (2.14%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.53%) Firmware
11 2 (0.53%) KVM
12 1 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 68 (18.18%) Ansible
2 60 (16.04%) Kubernetes
3 38 (10.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (4.81%) Grafana
5 10 (2.67%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.41%) Cisco CUCM
6 9 (2.41%) SCCM
6 9 (2.41%) ZABBIX
7 8 (2.14%) FortiGate
7 8 (2.14%) Packer
8 7 (1.87%) Puppet
9 5 (1.34%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.34%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.07%) Nagios
10 4 (1.07%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.80%) Istio
11 3 (0.80%) linkerd
12 2 (0.53%) Argo
12 2 (0.53%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 154 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 105 (28.07%) VMware
3 45 (12.03%) Cisco
4 24 (6.42%) Palo Alto
5 22 (5.88%) Splunk
6 20 (5.35%) Veeam
7 18 (4.81%) Oracle
8 16 (4.28%) Fortinet
8 16 (4.28%) Red Hat
9 13 (3.48%) Meraki
10 12 (3.21%) Google
11 8 (2.14%) Dell
11 8 (2.14%) IFS
12 7 (1.87%) Aruba
12 7 (1.87%) Tenable
13 6 (1.60%) Dell Compellent
13 6 (1.60%) HP
13 6 (1.60%) NetApp
13 6 (1.60%) Nimble Storage
13 6 (1.60%) Ubiquiti