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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 329 322
Rank change year-on-year -120 -7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 354 402 788
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.82% 0.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.37% 1.99% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 265 167 267
10th Percentile £36,550 £44,000 £42,238
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £84,625
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% - -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 25,799 20,211 31,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.79% 41.08% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 16,442 10,061 19,771
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,251 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% - -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 21 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 21 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 -85 329 £65,576 -6.32% 138
UK excluding London -52 257 £63,076 -2.96% 86
Work from Home +7 116 £65,576 -18.03% 66
London -57 86 £84,500 +16.55% 59
North of England +10 83 £65,000 - 31
South East -57 64 £70,000 -17.65% 29
South West -63 50 £60,250 -24.69% 10
North West +22 49 £70,000 -2.77% 18
Midlands -24 38 £62,538 -21.83% 6
West Midlands +4 37 £62,000 -22.50% 4
Yorkshire -41 21 £57,500 -11.54% 11
North East - 13 £42,500 - 2
East of England -17 12 £28,750 -50.00% 3
Scotland +16 6 £68,750 +48.65% 3
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Wales -61 4 £55,000 -31.25% 4
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
East Midlands -35 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 26 (7.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (5.93%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.82%) Confluence
4 5 (1.41%) IIS
5 4 (1.13%) SAS
6 2 (0.56%) Documentum
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.28%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 232 (65.54%) Azure
2 121 (34.18%) AWS
3 93 (26.27%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (18.64%) Entra ID
5 32 (9.04%) Nutanix
6 29 (8.19%) Amazon EKS
7 28 (7.91%) Azure AKS
7 28 (7.91%) PaaS
8 27 (7.63%) GCP
8 27 (7.63%) IaaS
9 25 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (5.93%) SaaS
11 18 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
12 16 (4.52%) Serverless
13 15 (4.24%) GitHub
14 14 (3.95%) Power Platform
15 10 (2.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (2.54%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 91 (25.71%) Firewall
2 58 (16.38%) DNS
3 47 (13.28%) VPN
4 46 (12.99%) DHCP
5 45 (12.71%) WAN
6 38 (10.73%) LAN
7 37 (10.45%) Network Security
8 15 (4.24%) SD-WAN
8 15 (4.24%) VLAN
9 14 (3.95%) Cisco Firepower
9 14 (3.95%) TCP/IP
9 14 (3.95%) Wireless
10 12 (3.39%) Remote Desktop
11 10 (2.82%) SAN
11 10 (2.82%) Software-Defined Networking
11 10 (2.82%) Unified Communications
11 10 (2.82%) WebEx
12 9 (2.54%) BGP
12 9 (2.54%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (2.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.24%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.26%) Oracle Database
3 7 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.85%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.85%) Flink
6 3 (0.85%) Power BI
7 2 (0.56%) Redis
7 2 (0.56%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.28%) Big Data
8 1 (0.28%) DataStage
8 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.28%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.28%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.28%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (6.50%) GitLab
2 17 (4.80%) Git
2 17 (4.80%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.95%) JIRA
4 8 (2.26%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.56%) rollup.js
5 2 (0.56%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 98 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.56%) Finance
3 34 (9.60%) Public Sector
4 33 (9.32%) Retail
5 18 (5.08%) Law
6 17 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (4.24%) Aerospace
7 15 (4.24%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.95%) Banking
9 13 (3.67%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.54%) Marketing
12 7 (1.98%) Automotive
12 7 (1.98%) Electronics
13 5 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.41%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.85%) Back Office
14 3 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (16.10%) Cloud Engineer
2 55 (15.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 53 (14.97%) Senior
4 51 (14.41%) Lead
5 50 (14.12%) Architect
6 25 (7.06%) Network Engineer
7 20 (5.65%) DevOps Engineer
8 19 (5.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (5.08%) Analyst
9 18 (5.08%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (5.08%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
10 14 (3.95%) IT Engineer
10 14 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.67%) Azure Architect
11 13 (3.67%) Consultant
11 13 (3.67%) Support Engineer
12 12 (3.39%) Administrator
13 11 (3.11%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 11 (3.11%) IT Support
13 11 (3.11%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.39%) ARM Templates
2 10 (2.82%) Kafka
2 10 (2.82%) XMPP
3 6 (1.69%) YAML
4 5 (1.41%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.41%) boto
5 4 (1.13%) Keycloak
6 3 (0.85%) .NET
6 3 (0.85%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.85%) OpenID
7 2 (0.56%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.56%) OAuth
7 2 (0.56%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.56%) WAMP
8 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.28%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.28%) Loki
8 1 (0.28%) Node.js
8 1 (0.28%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.04%) Cloud Native
1 32 (9.04%) Data Centre
2 26 (7.34%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.93%) Public Cloud
4 19 (5.37%) Security Posture
5 18 (5.08%) PKI
6 17 (4.80%) Private Cloud
7 12 (3.39%) Replication
8 11 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.82%) FlexPod
9 10 (2.82%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (2.54%) Management Information System
11 8 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.98%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (1.69%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (1.69%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 130 (36.72%) Windows
2 109 (30.79%) Windows Server
3 63 (17.80%) Linux
4 10 (2.82%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.98%) Android
5 7 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.41%) VMS
7 4 (1.13%) CentOS
7 4 (1.13%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (30.79%) Infrastructure as Code
2 91 (25.71%) CI/CD
3 90 (25.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 82 (23.16%) DevOps
5 81 (22.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 76 (21.47%) ITIL
7 65 (18.36%) Agile
8 64 (18.08%) Disaster Recovery
9 61 (17.23%) Cloud Security
10 57 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
11 53 (14.97%) Roadmaps
12 49 (13.84%) Migration
13 48 (13.56%) Cybersecurity
14 47 (13.28%) Mentoring
15 37 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 32 (9.04%) High Availability
17 31 (8.76%) Business Continuity
18 30 (8.47%) Infrastructure Automation
19 29 (8.19%) Analytics
19 29 (8.19%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 77 (21.75%) PowerShell
2 67 (18.93%) Python
3 29 (8.19%) Bash
4 28 (7.91%) Bicep
5 24 (6.78%) SQL
6 15 (4.24%) Java
7 13 (3.67%) Go
8 8 (2.26%) Clojure
9 6 (1.69%) C#
9 6 (1.69%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.69%) VBA
10 4 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.85%) C++
12 2 (0.56%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 57 (16.10%) Security Cleared
2 30 (8.47%) SC Cleared
3 28 (7.91%) AWS Certification
3 28 (7.91%) Azure Certification
3 28 (7.91%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (6.21%) DV Cleared
6 21 (5.93%) Degree
7 16 (4.52%) CCNP
7 16 (4.52%) ISTQB
8 13 (3.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 12 (3.39%) CCNA
10 9 (2.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (2.54%) MCSE
11 8 (2.26%) OSCP
11 8 (2.26%) RHCE
11 8 (2.26%) RHCSA
12 7 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (1.69%) CEH
14 5 (1.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (7.34%) NIST
3 24 (6.78%) SLA
4 9 (2.54%) PCI DSS
4 9 (2.54%) SOC 2
5 8 (2.26%) NCSC
6 7 (1.98%) GDPR
7 6 (1.69%) ISO 22301
8 5 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 110 (31.07%) Active Directory
2 78 (22.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (8.47%) Docker
4 29 (8.19%) Hyper-V
5 25 (7.06%) vSphere
6 15 (4.24%) VMware NSX
7 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 9 (2.54%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (2.26%) Squid
9 5 (1.41%) KVM
10 4 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 108 (30.51%) Terraform
2 65 (18.36%) Ansible
3 60 (16.95%) Kubernetes
4 38 (10.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (5.37%) Grafana
6 10 (2.82%) Cisco CUCM
6 10 (2.82%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.54%) FortiGate
7 9 (2.54%) ZABBIX
8 8 (2.26%) Packer
8 8 (2.26%) SCCM
9 6 (1.69%) Proxmox
10 4 (1.13%) Nagios
10 4 (1.13%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.85%) Puppet
12 2 (0.56%) Istio
12 2 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.56%) linkerd
12 2 (0.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 148 (41.81%) Microsoft
2 111 (31.36%) VMware
3 42 (11.86%) Cisco
4 25 (7.06%) Palo Alto
5 24 (6.78%) Splunk
6 22 (6.21%) Veeam
7 18 (5.08%) Oracle
8 17 (4.80%) Red Hat
9 16 (4.52%) Fortinet
10 13 (3.67%) Dell
10 13 (3.67%) HP
11 12 (3.39%) Dell Compellent
11 12 (3.39%) Nimble Storage
12 11 (3.11%) Commvault
12 11 (3.11%) Meraki
13 10 (2.82%) Google
14 8 (2.26%) IFS
15 7 (1.98%) NetApp
16 6 (1.69%) TP-LINK
16 6 (1.69%) Ubiquiti