Hybrid Cloud Job Trends

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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 418 515
Rank change year-on-year +24 +97 +23
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 282 313 262
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.59% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.35% 1.59% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 204 119 190
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,438 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +0.36% -14.06%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,200 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,861 £60,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year +4.77% -4.43% -13.36%

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 20,957 19,637 24,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.41% 37.19% 36.19%
Number of salaries quoted 10,520 9,136 17,804
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,179 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,900
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.63% -10.92%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +7.84% -7.27%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 +23 243 £71,014 +1.45% 174
London +87 141 £87,500 +9.38% 38
UK excluding London -58 109 £62,861 +4.77% 151
Work from Home +38 94 £72,750 +13.53% 53
North of England -42 35 £63,076 -5.15% 34
South East -4 19 £70,000 +40.00% 50
East of England +11 16 £38,500 -35.83% 17
Midlands +20 15 £63,076 -9.89% 20
Yorkshire -15 15 £63,076 +6.01% 13
North West -35 14 £63,076 -12.38% 16
West Midlands +32 13 £63,076 -9.89% 5
Wales - 10 £55,000 - 4
Northern Ireland -4 9 - - 2
North East +1 6 £63,076 -1.57% 6
South West -25 4 £67,500 -3.57% 26
Scotland -28 3 £45,000 -18.18% 3
East Midlands - 2 £49,000 - 13

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 15 (5.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.55%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.13%) Confluence
5 4 (1.42%) Documentum
6 3 (1.06%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.35%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 180 (63.83%) Azure
2 106 (37.59%) AWS
3 59 (20.92%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (16.31%) Entra ID
5 37 (13.12%) Nutanix
6 28 (9.93%) GCP
7 25 (8.87%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (8.87%) Power Platform
8 23 (8.16%) SaaS
9 22 (7.80%) PaaS
10 19 (6.74%) Azure Sentinel
10 19 (6.74%) PowerApps
11 15 (5.32%) IaaS
12 14 (4.96%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (3.55%) Amazon EMR
13 10 (3.55%) GitHub
14 9 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (2.48%) Power Automate
15 7 (2.48%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 51 (18.09%) DNS
2 43 (15.25%) DHCP
3 39 (13.83%) Firewall
4 32 (11.35%) VPN
5 16 (5.67%) Remote Desktop
6 13 (4.61%) Network Security
6 13 (4.61%) WAN
7 11 (3.90%) VoIP
7 11 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (3.55%) Internet
8 10 (3.55%) LAN
9 8 (2.84%) TCP/IP
9 8 (2.84%) VLAN
10 6 (2.13%) BGP
10 6 (2.13%) SAN
11 5 (1.77%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.42%) SSL
13 3 (1.06%) Unified Communications
13 3 (1.06%) Wireless
14 2 (0.71%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (13.48%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (4.61%) MySQL
4 11 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (3.55%) Apache Cassandra
5 10 (3.55%) Big Data
5 10 (3.55%) DataStage
5 10 (3.55%) DynamoDB
5 10 (3.55%) Hadoop
5 10 (3.55%) MongoDB
5 10 (3.55%) Neo4j
5 10 (3.55%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.55%) Pentaho
5 10 (3.55%) RDBMS
5 10 (3.55%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.13%) Power BI
7 4 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.42%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.06%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 24 (8.51%) Octopus Deploy
2 20 (7.09%) TeamCity
3 12 (4.26%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.48%) JIRA
5 3 (1.06%) Git
5 3 (1.06%) GitLab
6 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (37.23%) Social Skills
2 72 (25.53%) Finance
3 35 (12.41%) Law
4 29 (10.28%) Banking
5 25 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.87%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.61%) Retail
7 12 (4.26%) Financial Institution
8 11 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.84%) Back Office
10 6 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Billing
12 3 (1.06%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.71%) Automotive
13 2 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Legal
13 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 45 (15.96%) Architect
2 31 (10.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (10.64%) Cloud Engineer
3 30 (10.64%) Senior
4 28 (9.93%) DevOps Engineer
5 19 (6.74%) Infrastructure Architect
6 17 (6.03%) Lead
6 17 (6.03%) Project Manager
7 14 (4.96%) Digital Project Manager
7 14 (4.96%) Senior Digital Project Manager
7 14 (4.96%) Senior Manager
7 14 (4.96%) Senior Project Manager
7 14 (4.96%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (4.26%) Consultant
9 11 (3.90%) Administrator
10 10 (3.55%) Infrastructure Manager
10 10 (3.55%) IT Security Specialist
10 10 (3.55%) Principal Engineer
10 10 (3.55%) Security Specialist
11 9 (3.19%) Cloud Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (10.64%) .NET
2 5 (1.77%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.42%) OpenTelemetry
3 4 (1.42%) RESTful
4 2 (0.71%) DPDK
4 2 (0.71%) eBPF
4 2 (0.71%) Middleware
4 2 (0.71%) OpenID
4 2 (0.71%) REST
4 2 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.71%) Streamlit
5 1 (0.35%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.35%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.35%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.35%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.35%) CSS
5 1 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.35%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.31%) Data Centre
2 39 (13.83%) Legacy Systems
3 35 (12.41%) Public Cloud
4 23 (8.16%) Cloud Native
4 23 (8.16%) Virtual Team
5 18 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (6.03%) Management Information System
6 17 (6.03%) Onboarding
7 15 (5.32%) Legacy Applications
7 15 (5.32%) Low-Code
8 14 (4.96%) Private Cloud
9 12 (4.26%) Security Posture
10 10 (3.55%) Product Ownership
11 8 (2.84%) Driving Licence
11 8 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (2.48%) iPad
13 5 (1.77%) Blog
13 5 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (1.42%) ARM Cortex
14 4 (1.42%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 73 (25.89%) Windows
2 56 (19.86%) Windows Server
3 26 (9.22%) Linux
4 11 (3.90%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.48%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.06%) CentOS
6 3 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.06%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.71%) Unix
8 1 (0.35%) Rocky
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (25.89%) Infrastructure as Code
2 72 (25.53%) DevOps
3 71 (25.18%) CI/CD
4 61 (21.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (17.02%) Disaster Recovery
7 47 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 47 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 46 (16.31%) Agile
8 46 (16.31%) Cloud Security
9 44 (15.60%) Roadmaps
10 43 (15.25%) ITIL
10 43 (15.25%) Migration
11 41 (14.54%) Analytics
11 41 (14.54%) Mentoring
12 36 (12.77%) AI
13 34 (12.06%) ITSM
14 33 (11.70%) Vulnerability Management
15 32 (11.35%) Business Continuity
16 31 (10.99%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.47%) PowerShell
2 63 (22.34%) Python
3 44 (15.60%) SQL
4 20 (7.09%) Java
5 17 (6.03%) Bicep
6 14 (4.96%) VBA
7 10 (3.55%) Bash
8 6 (2.13%) C#
8 6 (2.13%) Go
8 6 (2.13%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.06%) PHP
10 3 (1.06%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.71%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.71%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.35%) C++
12 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 33 (11.70%) Security Cleared
2 23 (8.16%) Azure Certification
3 21 (7.45%) AWS Certification
4 16 (5.67%) Degree
5 15 (5.32%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.61%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.26%) CEH
7 12 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (3.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 9 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (3.19%) CISSP
10 7 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (2.48%) CISM
11 6 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (2.13%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.77%) CITP
13 4 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.42%) CCSP
13 4 (1.42%) CESG Certified Professional
13 4 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (10.99%) NIST
3 19 (6.74%) SLA
4 16 (5.67%) GDPR
5 13 (4.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (4.26%) ISO 22301
7 10 (3.55%) PCI DSS
8 9 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (2.84%) SOC 2
10 7 (2.48%) NCSC
10 7 (2.48%) QA
11 4 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (1.06%) Basel III
12 3 (1.06%) COBIT
12 3 (1.06%) MiFID
13 2 (0.71%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
System Software
1 61 (21.63%) Active Directory
2 38 (13.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (9.22%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.61%) Docker
5 7 (2.48%) Firmware
6 5 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.77%) vSphere
7 4 (1.42%) KVM
7 4 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.71%) QEMU
9 1 (0.35%) iptables
9 1 (0.35%) NFS
9 1 (0.35%) vCloud
9 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 77 (27.30%) Terraform
2 28 (9.93%) Ansible
3 25 (8.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (7.80%) Kubernetes
5 12 (4.26%) SCCM
6 10 (3.55%) Prometheus
7 8 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (2.48%) Grafana
9 5 (1.77%) SCOM
10 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.06%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.71%) Autotask
11 2 (0.71%) Suricata
11 2 (0.71%) VxRail
12 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 87 (30.85%) Microsoft
2 77 (27.30%) VMware
3 21 (7.45%) Dell
4 20 (7.09%) Cisco
5 18 (6.38%) Commvault
6 16 (5.67%) Dell Compellent
6 16 (5.67%) HP
6 16 (5.67%) Nimble Storage
7 15 (5.32%) Oracle
8 11 (3.90%) Juniper
9 10 (3.55%) Informatica
9 10 (3.55%) Talend
10 9 (3.19%) Datto
10 9 (3.19%) Freshdesk
10 9 (3.19%) Palo Alto
10 9 (3.19%) ServiceNow
10 9 (3.19%) Splunk
11 8 (2.84%) Apple
12 7 (2.48%) Veeam
13 6 (2.13%) SAP