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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 337 305
Rank change year-on-year -117 -32 -2
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 370 418 724
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.84% 0.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 2.03% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 289 181 206
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 £82,188
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £103,737
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -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 28,057 20,565 27,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.10% 41.21% 32.74%
Number of salaries quoted 17,559 10,355 15,844
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,750 £30,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -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 20 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 20 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 -124 348 £70,000 -0.07% 114
UK excluding London -67 280 £62,500 -3.85% 87
Work from Home 0 110 £70,000 -12.50% 55
North of England +6 90 £57,500 -11.54% 22
London -100 86 £84,500 +16.55% 32
South East -52 69 £70,000 -17.65% 41
South West -71 55 £62,500 -21.88% 11
North West +15 53 £65,288 +18.71% 10
Midlands -15 43 £70,000 -12.50% 11
West Midlands -1 42 £70,000 -12.50% 7
Yorkshire -35 23 £51,500 -20.77% 9
East of England -20 20 £50,500 -15.83% 3
North East - 14 £47,000 - 3
Scotland +3 8 £77,500 +67.57% 1
Wales -71 6 £54,085 -32.39%
Channel Islands - 2 £75,000 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
East Midlands -40 1 £77,500 +56.57% 4

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 (7.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (6.49%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.16%) Confluence
4 5 (1.35%) IIS
5 4 (1.08%) SAS
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 240 (64.86%) Azure
2 132 (35.68%) AWS
3 96 (25.95%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (20.27%) Entra ID
5 35 (9.46%) Amazon EKS
6 33 (8.92%) GCP
7 31 (8.38%) PaaS
8 30 (8.11%) Azure AKS
8 30 (8.11%) IaaS
9 27 (7.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 27 (7.30%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (6.76%) Serverless
11 20 (5.41%) Amazon EC2
11 20 (5.41%) Amazon S3
12 19 (5.14%) SaaS
12 19 (5.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 18 (4.86%) Amazon ECS
13 18 (4.86%) Nutanix
14 17 (4.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (4.59%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 94 (25.41%) Firewall
2 54 (14.59%) VPN
3 52 (14.05%) DNS
4 50 (13.51%) WAN
5 42 (11.35%) DHCP
6 41 (11.08%) LAN
6 41 (11.08%) Network Security
7 21 (5.68%) SD-WAN
8 19 (5.14%) Wireless
9 17 (4.59%) TCP/IP
10 14 (3.78%) Cisco Firepower
10 14 (3.78%) VLAN
11 12 (3.24%) Software-Defined Networking
12 11 (2.97%) Cisco Nexus
12 11 (2.97%) SAN
13 9 (2.43%) BGP
13 9 (2.43%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (2.43%) Unified Communications
13 9 (2.43%) WebEx
13 9 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.78%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (3.51%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.16%) Oracle Database
5 7 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.81%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.81%) Flink
7 3 (0.81%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.54%) Power BI
8 2 (0.54%) Redis
9 1 (0.27%) Big Data
9 1 (0.27%) DataStage
9 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.27%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.27%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.49%) GitLab
2 19 (5.14%) Git
3 18 (4.86%) Jenkins
4 12 (3.24%) JIRA
5 8 (2.16%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.54%) rollup.js
6 2 (0.54%) Terragrunt
General
1 93 (25.14%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.43%) Finance
3 28 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (7.57%) Public Sector
4 25 (6.76%) Retail
5 21 (5.68%) Law
6 18 (4.86%) Telecoms
7 16 (4.32%) Aerospace
8 14 (3.78%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.70%) Banking
10 9 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.43%) Marketing
11 7 (1.89%) Automotive
11 7 (1.89%) Electronics
12 5 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.08%) Local Government
14 2 (0.54%) Aviation
14 2 (0.54%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 60 (16.22%) Architect
2 56 (15.14%) Cloud Engineer
3 53 (14.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 51 (13.78%) Lead
5 41 (11.08%) Senior
6 25 (6.76%) Network Engineer
7 22 (5.95%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (5.41%) Consultant
8 20 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (4.86%) AWS Engineer
10 17 (4.59%) Analyst
10 17 (4.59%) IT Engineer
11 16 (4.32%) Azure Architect
11 16 (4.32%) Support Engineer
12 15 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (4.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (3.78%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
13 14 (3.78%) Cloud Consultant
14 12 (3.24%) IT Support
14 12 (3.24%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (32.16%) Terraform
2 13 (3.51%) Kafka
3 12 (3.24%) ARM Templates
4 9 (2.43%) XMPP
5 7 (1.89%) Keycloak
6 6 (1.62%) YAML
7 5 (1.35%) 802.1X
7 5 (1.35%) boto
8 3 (0.81%) OpenID
9 2 (0.54%) .NET
9 2 (0.54%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.54%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.54%) Loki
9 2 (0.54%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.54%) OAuth
9 2 (0.54%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.54%) OpenTelemetry
10 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.27%) SAML
10 1 (0.27%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.92%) Data Centre
2 30 (8.11%) Cloud Native
3 26 (7.03%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.86%) Security Posture
5 17 (4.59%) Public Cloud
6 16 (4.32%) PKI
7 15 (4.05%) Private Cloud
8 12 (3.24%) Linux Command Line
9 11 (2.97%) Replication
10 9 (2.43%) FlexPod
10 9 (2.43%) Management Information System
10 9 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.43%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (2.16%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.89%) Enterprise Storage
12 7 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (1.35%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 125 (33.78%) Windows
2 107 (28.92%) Windows Server
3 60 (16.22%) Linux
4 7 (1.89%) Android
4 7 (1.89%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.35%) VMS
7 4 (1.08%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.81%) CentOS
8 3 (0.81%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.54%) AIX
9 2 (0.54%) Unix
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.27%) SUSE
10 1 (0.27%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (33.51%) Infrastructure as Code
2 102 (27.57%) CI/CD
3 101 (27.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 92 (24.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 85 (22.97%) DevOps
6 78 (21.08%) Cloud Security
7 71 (19.19%) ITIL
8 65 (17.57%) Disaster Recovery
8 65 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (16.22%) Migration
10 56 (15.14%) Roadmaps
11 54 (14.59%) Cybersecurity
12 52 (14.05%) Agile
13 47 (12.70%) Mentoring
14 39 (10.54%) Infrastructure Automation
15 38 (10.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 37 (10.00%) Analytics
17 35 (9.46%) High Availability
17 35 (9.46%) Identity Management
17 35 (9.46%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 75 (20.27%) PowerShell
2 74 (20.00%) Python
3 38 (10.27%) Bash
4 33 (8.92%) Bicep
5 21 (5.68%) SQL
6 14 (3.78%) Go
7 11 (2.97%) Java
8 8 (2.16%) Clojure
9 4 (1.08%) C#
9 4 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.08%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.54%) C++
10 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.54%) Korn
11 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 72 (19.46%) Security Cleared
2 45 (12.16%) SC Cleared
3 38 (10.27%) Azure Certification
4 30 (8.11%) DV Cleared
5 29 (7.84%) AWS Certification
5 29 (7.84%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (6.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (5.68%) Degree
8 17 (4.59%) CCNP
9 16 (4.32%) ISTQB
10 12 (3.24%) CCNA
11 11 (2.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 10 (2.70%) RHCE
12 10 (2.70%) RHCSA
13 9 (2.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (2.16%) CISSP
14 8 (2.16%) OSCP
15 6 (1.62%) MCSE
15 6 (1.62%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (1.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (5.95%) NIST
3 18 (4.86%) SLA
4 8 (2.16%) NCSC
5 7 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.62%) GDPR
6 6 (1.62%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.62%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.81%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.54%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.54%) GRC
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 107 (28.92%) Active Directory
2 77 (20.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (11.08%) Docker
4 28 (7.57%) Hyper-V
5 26 (7.03%) vSphere
6 16 (4.32%) VMware NSX
7 9 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 8 (2.16%) Squid
8 8 (2.16%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.54%) Firmware
11 2 (0.54%) KVM
12 1 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 68 (18.38%) Ansible
2 60 (16.22%) Kubernetes
3 39 (10.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (4.59%) Grafana
5 9 (2.43%) Cisco CUCM
5 9 (2.43%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.43%) SCCM
5 9 (2.43%) ZABBIX
6 8 (2.16%) FortiGate
6 8 (2.16%) Packer
7 7 (1.89%) Puppet
8 5 (1.35%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.08%) Nagios
9 4 (1.08%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.81%) Istio
10 3 (0.81%) linkerd
10 3 (0.81%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.54%) Argo
11 2 (0.54%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 151 (40.81%) Microsoft
2 104 (28.11%) VMware
3 45 (12.16%) Cisco
4 24 (6.49%) Palo Alto
5 22 (5.95%) Splunk
6 21 (5.68%) Veeam
7 18 (4.86%) Oracle
8 17 (4.59%) Red Hat
9 16 (4.32%) Fortinet
10 13 (3.51%) Meraki
11 12 (3.24%) Google
12 8 (2.16%) Dell
12 8 (2.16%) IFS
13 7 (1.89%) Aruba
13 7 (1.89%) Commvault
13 7 (1.89%) Tenable
14 6 (1.62%) Dell Compellent
14 6 (1.62%) HP
14 6 (1.62%) NetApp
14 6 (1.62%) Nimble Storage