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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 343 358
Rank change year-on-year -92 +15 -34
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 372 391 774
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.80% 0.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.46% 1.95% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 273 159 276
10th Percentile £36,400 £47,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,047 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% +0.07% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,500 £111,250
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 25,414 20,066 34,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.01% 41.17% 33.95%
Number of salaries quoted 16,205 9,877 22,486
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £28,498
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £99,946
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,709 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.42% - -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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -80 343 £65,000 -9.71% 102
UK excluding London -47 259 £63,076 -2.96% 83
Work from Home +29 126 £65,000 -18.75% 46
London -51 94 £81,250 +12.07% 33
North of England -2 85 £63,076 -12.38% 27
South East -63 62 £70,000 -17.65% 26
North West +19 48 £70,000 -2.77% 21
South West -65 47 £60,000 -25.00% 14
Midlands -18 38 £62,538 -21.83% 2
West Midlands +2 37 £62,000 -22.50% 1
Yorkshire -37 22 £60,288 -7.25% 6
East of England -18 15 £30,500 -46.96% 2
North East - 15 £44,000 -
Scotland +9 5 £60,000 +29.73% 8
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 2
Wales -52 4 £55,000 -31.25% 3
East Midlands -40 1 £77,500 - 1

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 (7.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (5.11%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.23%) Confluence
4 5 (1.34%) IIS
5 4 (1.08%) Documentum
5 4 (1.08%) SAS
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 233 (62.63%) Azure
2 130 (34.95%) AWS
3 93 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (17.20%) Entra ID
5 38 (10.22%) Nutanix
6 30 (8.06%) PaaS
7 29 (7.80%) Amazon EKS
8 27 (7.26%) GCP
8 27 (7.26%) IaaS
9 26 (6.99%) Azure AKS
10 24 (6.45%) SaaS
11 23 (6.18%) Power Platform
12 22 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (4.57%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (4.57%) GitHub
14 16 (4.30%) PowerApps
15 14 (3.76%) Serverless
16 11 (2.96%) GitHub Actions
17 10 (2.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 10 (2.69%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 92 (24.73%) Firewall
2 63 (16.94%) DNS
3 51 (13.71%) DHCP
4 47 (12.63%) VPN
5 45 (12.10%) WAN
6 37 (9.95%) LAN
7 35 (9.41%) Network Security
8 16 (4.30%) VLAN
9 15 (4.03%) Remote Desktop
9 15 (4.03%) Wireless
10 14 (3.76%) SD-WAN
10 14 (3.76%) TCP/IP
11 12 (3.23%) Cisco Firepower
12 11 (2.96%) SAN
13 10 (2.69%) Software-Defined Networking
13 10 (2.69%) Unified Communications
13 10 (2.69%) VoIP
13 10 (2.69%) WebEx
14 9 (2.42%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.15%) Oracle Database
3 6 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.34%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.34%) Power BI
5 3 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.54%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.54%) Flink
6 2 (0.54%) Redis
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.27%) DataStage
7 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.27%) MySQL
7 1 (0.27%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.91%) GitLab
2 18 (4.84%) Git
3 17 (4.57%) Jenkins
4 16 (4.30%) JIRA
5 8 (2.15%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.54%) rollup.js
6 2 (0.54%) Terragrunt
General
1 109 (29.30%) Social Skills
2 52 (13.98%) Finance
3 43 (11.56%) Public Sector
4 36 (9.68%) Retail
5 17 (4.57%) Law
6 16 (4.30%) Aerospace
6 16 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (4.03%) Banking
8 14 (3.76%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.49%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.42%) Automotive
11 9 (2.42%) Marketing
12 7 (1.88%) Electronics
13 6 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.61%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.08%) Back Office
14 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.54%) Front Office
15 2 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 62 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
2 60 (16.13%) Senior
3 58 (15.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 52 (13.98%) Architect
5 49 (13.17%) Lead
6 25 (6.72%) Network Engineer
7 19 (5.11%) DevOps Engineer
7 19 (5.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (4.84%) Analyst
8 18 (4.84%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
9 17 (4.57%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (4.03%) Consultant
10 15 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
11 14 (3.76%) Administrator
11 14 (3.76%) Digital Project Manager
11 14 (3.76%) IT Engineer
11 14 (3.76%) Project Manager
11 14 (3.76%) Senior Digital Project Manager
11 14 (3.76%) Senior Manager
11 14 (3.76%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.23%) ARM Templates
2 10 (2.69%) XMPP
3 8 (2.15%) Kafka
4 6 (1.61%) YAML
5 5 (1.34%) 802.1X
5 5 (1.34%) boto
6 3 (0.81%) .NET
6 3 (0.81%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.81%) Keycloak
6 3 (0.81%) OpenID
7 2 (0.54%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.54%) OAuth
7 2 (0.54%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.54%) Streamlit
7 2 (0.54%) WAMP
8 1 (0.27%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.27%) Node.js
8 1 (0.27%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.27%) REST
8 1 (0.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.41%) Cloud Native
2 29 (7.80%) Data Centre
3 28 (7.53%) Onboarding
4 26 (6.99%) Public Cloud
5 21 (5.65%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (5.11%) Security Posture
7 18 (4.84%) PKI
7 18 (4.84%) Private Cloud
8 15 (4.03%) Low-Code
9 14 (3.76%) Legacy Applications
10 13 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (3.23%) Replication
12 10 (2.69%) FlexPod
12 10 (2.69%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (2.42%) Management Information System
14 7 (1.88%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (1.88%) Renewable Energy
15 6 (1.61%) Driving Licence
16 5 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 134 (36.02%) Windows
2 112 (30.11%) Windows Server
3 67 (18.01%) Linux
4 11 (2.96%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.88%) Android
5 7 (1.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.34%) CentOS
6 5 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.34%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.34%) VMS
7 4 (1.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (29.57%) Infrastructure as Code
2 93 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 90 (24.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 83 (22.31%) DevOps
5 80 (21.51%) ITIL
6 79 (21.24%) Agile
7 78 (20.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 65 (17.47%) Disaster Recovery
9 62 (16.67%) Cloud Security
10 59 (15.86%) Mentoring
11 57 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
12 56 (15.05%) Roadmaps
13 52 (13.98%) Migration
14 47 (12.63%) Cybersecurity
15 39 (10.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 37 (9.95%) Coaching
17 34 (9.14%) Business Continuity
17 34 (9.14%) High Availability
18 32 (8.60%) Analytics
19 31 (8.33%) AI
Programming Languages
1 78 (20.97%) PowerShell
2 71 (19.09%) Python
3 29 (7.80%) Bash
4 27 (7.26%) Bicep
5 25 (6.72%) SQL
6 16 (4.30%) Java
7 14 (3.76%) Go
7 14 (3.76%) VBA
8 8 (2.15%) Clojure
9 7 (1.88%) C#
9 7 (1.88%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.81%) C++
11 3 (0.81%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 59 (15.86%) Security Cleared
2 32 (8.60%) AWS Certification
3 28 (7.53%) Azure Certification
3 28 (7.53%) SC Cleared
4 27 (7.26%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (6.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (6.45%) Degree
7 20 (5.38%) DV Cleared
8 16 (4.30%) ISTQB
9 14 (3.76%) CCNP
10 12 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (3.23%) CCNA
11 11 (2.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (2.42%) MCSE
13 8 (2.15%) OSCP
13 8 (2.15%) RHCE
13 8 (2.15%) RHCSA
13 8 (2.15%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (1.61%) CEH
14 6 (1.61%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (11.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (7.53%) NIST
3 27 (7.26%) SLA
4 10 (2.69%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.69%) SOC 2
5 8 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.15%) NCSC
6 7 (1.88%) GDPR
7 6 (1.61%) ISO 22301
8 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.54%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.54%) QA
11 1 (0.27%) COBIT
11 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 112 (30.11%) Active Directory
2 81 (21.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (8.60%) Hyper-V
4 27 (7.26%) Docker
5 26 (6.99%) vSphere
6 13 (3.49%) VMware NSX
7 9 (2.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 9 (2.42%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (2.15%) Squid
9 5 (1.34%) KVM
10 4 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 107 (28.76%) Terraform
2 65 (17.47%) Ansible
3 61 (16.40%) Kubernetes
4 36 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (5.65%) Grafana
6 12 (3.23%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.69%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (2.42%) FortiGate
8 9 (2.42%) SCCM
8 9 (2.42%) ZABBIX
9 8 (2.15%) Packer
9 8 (2.15%) Proxmox
10 4 (1.08%) Nagios
10 4 (1.08%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.54%) Istio
11 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.54%) linkerd
11 2 (0.54%) Nessus
11 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.54%) Puppet
Vendors
1 154 (41.40%) Microsoft
2 117 (31.45%) VMware
3 42 (11.29%) Cisco
4 26 (6.99%) Splunk
5 25 (6.72%) Veeam
6 23 (6.18%) Palo Alto
7 18 (4.84%) Oracle
7 18 (4.84%) Red Hat
8 17 (4.57%) Dell
9 16 (4.30%) Fortinet
9 16 (4.30%) HP
10 15 (4.03%) Dell Compellent
10 15 (4.03%) Nimble Storage
11 12 (3.23%) Commvault
11 12 (3.23%) Meraki
12 10 (2.69%) Google
13 8 (2.15%) IFS
13 8 (2.15%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.88%) Freshdesk
14 7 (1.88%) SolarWinds