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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 420 525
Rank change year-on-year +28 +105 -1
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 272 308 236
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.58% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.31% 1.56% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 196 113 165
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +2.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,000 £94,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,641
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.22% -13.56%

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 20,829 19,764 22,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.63% 37.20% 36.31%
Number of salaries quoted 10,491 9,228 16,641
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,064
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year -13.64% +5.26% -5.00%

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 22 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 22 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 +15 232 £72,500 +3.57% 164
London +87 138 £90,000 +12.50% 32
UK excluding London -67 104 £62,500 +4.17% 148
Work from Home +48 86 £80,000 +24.84% 51
North of England -29 32 £63,076 -3.39% 31
South East -3 17 £70,000 +40.00% 47
East of England +10 16 £38,500 -35.83% 17
Midlands +25 14 £63,076 -9.89% 20
North West -23 14 £62,861 -12.68% 16
Yorkshire -13 13 £57,788 -2.88% 12
West Midlands +34 12 £71,538 +2.20% 6
Wales - 12 £55,000 - 4
Northern Ireland -4 9 - - 3
North East +3 5 £63,076 -1.57% 4
South West -10 5 £73,750 +13.46% 27
Scotland -21 3 £45,000 -18.18% 4
East Midlands - 2 £49,000 - 12

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 (5.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.04%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.68%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.47%) Confluence
5 3 (1.10%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.74%) Documentum
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.37%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 180 (66.18%) Azure
2 100 (36.76%) AWS
3 57 (20.96%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (16.91%) Entra ID
5 36 (13.24%) Nutanix
6 28 (10.29%) GCP
7 26 (9.56%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (7.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 20 (7.35%) PaaS
9 19 (6.99%) SaaS
10 17 (6.25%) Power Platform
11 15 (5.51%) IaaS
12 12 (4.41%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (4.04%) PowerApps
14 10 (3.68%) Amazon EMR
14 10 (3.68%) GitHub
15 8 (2.94%) Amazon EKS
16 7 (2.57%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (2.57%) Serverless
17 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 52 (19.12%) DNS
2 43 (15.81%) DHCP
3 39 (14.34%) Firewall
4 31 (11.40%) VPN
5 16 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
6 13 (4.78%) Network Security
6 13 (4.78%) WAN
7 11 (4.04%) VoIP
7 11 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (3.68%) Internet
8 10 (3.68%) LAN
9 8 (2.94%) TCP/IP
9 8 (2.94%) VLAN
10 7 (2.57%) BGP
11 6 (2.21%) SAN
12 5 (1.84%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.47%) SSL
14 3 (1.10%) Unified Communications
14 3 (1.10%) Wireless
15 2 (0.74%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (13.97%) SQL Server
2 21 (7.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (4.78%) MySQL
4 11 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (3.68%) Apache Cassandra
5 10 (3.68%) Big Data
5 10 (3.68%) DataStage
5 10 (3.68%) DynamoDB
5 10 (3.68%) Hadoop
5 10 (3.68%) MongoDB
5 10 (3.68%) Neo4j
5 10 (3.68%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.68%) Pentaho
5 10 (3.68%) RDBMS
5 10 (3.68%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.84%) Power BI
7 4 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.47%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.10%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 25 (9.19%) Octopus Deploy
2 21 (7.72%) TeamCity
3 12 (4.41%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.84%) JIRA
5 4 (1.47%) Git
5 4 (1.47%) GitLab
6 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 103 (37.87%) Social Skills
2 71 (26.10%) Finance
3 33 (12.13%) Law
4 27 (9.93%) Banking
5 25 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (7.35%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.68%) Retail
8 9 (3.31%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.21%) Back Office
11 5 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.10%) Billing
12 3 (1.10%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.74%) Automotive
13 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.74%) Legal
13 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 43 (15.81%) Architect
2 30 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (10.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 28 (10.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 22 (8.09%) Senior
5 19 (6.99%) Infrastructure Architect
6 15 (5.51%) Lead
7 13 (4.78%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.04%) Administrator
8 11 (4.04%) Consultant
8 11 (4.04%) Infrastructure Manager
8 11 (4.04%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.68%) IT Security Specialist
9 10 (3.68%) Principal Engineer
9 10 (3.68%) Security Specialist
10 9 (3.31%) 1st Line Support
10 9 (3.31%) Cloud Consultant
10 9 (3.31%) IT Manager
11 8 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (2.94%) Senior Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (11.03%) .NET
2 5 (1.84%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.47%) OpenTelemetry
3 4 (1.47%) RESTful
4 2 (0.74%) DPDK
4 2 (0.74%) eBPF
4 2 (0.74%) Middleware
4 2 (0.74%) OpenID
4 2 (0.74%) REST
4 2 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.74%) Streamlit
5 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.37%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.37%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.37%) CSS
5 1 (0.37%) HTML
5 1 (0.37%) JMS
5 1 (0.37%) SOAP
5 1 (0.37%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.91%) Data Centre
2 36 (13.24%) Public Cloud
3 34 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (9.19%) Virtual Team
5 22 (8.09%) Cloud Native
6 18 (6.62%) Onboarding
7 17 (6.25%) Management Information System
8 16 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (5.15%) Private Cloud
10 13 (4.78%) Security Posture
11 10 (3.68%) Product Ownership
12 9 (3.31%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (3.31%) Low-Code
13 8 (2.94%) Driving Licence
14 7 (2.57%) iPad
15 6 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
16 5 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
17 4 (1.47%) ARM Cortex
17 4 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
18 3 (1.10%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 75 (27.57%) Windows
2 58 (21.32%) Windows Server
3 27 (9.93%) Linux
4 11 (4.04%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.57%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.10%) CentOS
7 3 (1.10%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.74%) Rocky
8 2 (0.74%) Unix
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (26.47%) CI/CD
2 71 (26.10%) Infrastructure as Code
3 70 (25.74%) DevOps
4 61 (22.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
7 47 (17.28%) Cloud Security
8 45 (16.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 43 (15.81%) ITIL
10 41 (15.07%) Roadmaps
11 39 (14.34%) Analytics
11 39 (14.34%) Migration
12 37 (13.60%) Agile
13 35 (12.87%) AI
13 35 (12.87%) Mentoring
14 34 (12.50%) ITSM
15 33 (12.13%) Vulnerability Management
16 31 (11.40%) Business Continuity
17 30 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (24.63%) PowerShell
2 58 (21.32%) Python
3 45 (16.54%) SQL
4 17 (6.25%) Bicep
4 17 (6.25%) Java
5 8 (2.94%) Bash
5 8 (2.94%) VBA
6 5 (1.84%) Go
7 4 (1.47%) C#
7 4 (1.47%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.10%) PHP
8 3 (1.10%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.74%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.74%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 33 (12.13%) Security Cleared
2 23 (8.46%) Azure Certification
3 17 (6.25%) AWS Certification
4 16 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.51%) Degree
6 13 (4.78%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.41%) CEH
8 11 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (3.31%) CISSP
10 8 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (2.57%) CISM
12 6 (2.21%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (1.47%) CCSP
14 4 (1.47%) CESG Certified Professional
14 4 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (1.10%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (11.40%) NIST
3 19 (6.99%) SLA
4 16 (5.88%) GDPR
5 13 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (4.41%) ISO 22301
7 9 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (2.94%) PCI DSS
8 8 (2.94%) QA
9 7 (2.57%) NCSC
10 6 (2.21%) SOC 2
11 4 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (1.10%) Basel III
12 3 (1.10%) COBIT
12 3 (1.10%) MiFID
13 2 (0.74%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
System Software
1 62 (22.79%) Active Directory
2 40 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (9.93%) Hyper-V
4 12 (4.41%) Docker
5 7 (2.57%) Firmware
6 5 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.84%) vSphere
7 4 (1.47%) KVM
7 4 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.74%) NFS
8 2 (0.74%) QEMU
9 1 (0.37%) iptables
9 1 (0.37%) vCloud
9 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 75 (27.57%) Terraform
2 28 (10.29%) Ansible
3 23 (8.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (8.09%) Kubernetes
5 12 (4.41%) SCCM
6 9 (3.31%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.21%) Grafana
8 5 (1.84%) SCOM
9 3 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.74%) Autotask
10 2 (0.74%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.74%) Suricata
10 2 (0.74%) VxRail
11 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 82 (30.15%) Microsoft
2 77 (28.31%) VMware
3 23 (8.46%) Dell
4 21 (7.72%) Cisco
5 18 (6.62%) Commvault
6 16 (5.88%) Dell Compellent
6 16 (5.88%) HP
6 16 (5.88%) Nimble Storage
6 16 (5.88%) Oracle
7 11 (4.04%) Juniper
8 10 (3.68%) Informatica
8 10 (3.68%) Talend
9 9 (3.31%) Apple
9 9 (3.31%) Datto
9 9 (3.31%) Freshdesk
9 9 (3.31%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.31%) Splunk
10 7 (2.57%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.57%) Veeam
11 6 (2.21%) Adobe