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 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 343 370
Rank change year-on-year -89 +27 -25
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 336 359 753
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.81% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.44% 1.88% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 242 129 260
10th Percentile £38,320 £50,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,500 £56,250 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £78,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £112,750 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,996 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.97% +9.22% -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 23,343 19,092 36,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.21% 43.13% 34.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,822 8,957 23,473
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,211
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,524
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -82 305 £65,000 -7.17% 83
UK excluding London -48 225 £62,500 -11.97% 66
Work from Home +40 122 £65,288 -9.31% 40
London -47 88 £79,000 +12.78% 29
North of England +4 83 £64,038 -11.05% 14
South East -63 49 £65,000 -23.53% 25
North West +39 48 £70,000 -2.77% 7
South West -74 37 £55,000 - 10
Midlands -17 28 £54,500 -29.68% 6
West Midlands -6 27 £51,000 -34.19% 5
Yorkshire -42 19 £63,076 -2.96% 7
North East - 16 £44,000 -
East of England -23 9 £30,500 -46.96% 7
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 3
Scotland +13 6 £45,000 -2.70% 2
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Wales -41 1 £55,000 -31.25% 1
East Midlands -44 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 24 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.57%) Confluence
4 4 (1.19%) Documentum
4 4 (1.19%) IIS
5 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 205 (61.01%) Azure
2 119 (35.42%) AWS
3 78 (23.21%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (13.99%) Entra ID
5 46 (13.69%) Nutanix
6 28 (8.33%) Amazon EKS
7 25 (7.44%) PaaS
8 24 (7.14%) Power Platform
9 23 (6.85%) GCP
10 22 (6.55%) IaaS
10 22 (6.55%) SaaS
11 21 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (5.06%) PowerApps
13 16 (4.76%) Azure AKS
14 15 (4.46%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (4.46%) GitHub
15 12 (3.57%) Serverless
16 10 (2.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 9 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
18 7 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 72 (21.43%) Firewall
2 60 (17.86%) DNS
3 50 (14.88%) DHCP
4 38 (11.31%) WAN
5 30 (8.93%) LAN
6 28 (8.33%) VPN
7 21 (6.25%) Network Security
8 20 (5.95%) Remote Desktop
9 14 (4.17%) VLAN
10 13 (3.87%) Wireless
11 11 (3.27%) TCP/IP
12 10 (2.98%) SAN
12 10 (2.98%) Unified Communications
12 10 (2.98%) VoIP
12 10 (2.98%) WebEx
13 9 (2.68%) BGP
13 9 (2.68%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (2.68%) Cisco Firepower
13 9 (2.68%) SD-WAN
13 9 (2.68%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.38%) Oracle Database
3 6 (1.79%) Power BI
4 5 (1.49%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.60%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) DataStage
8 1 (0.30%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.30%) MySQL
8 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.30%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (5.95%) GitLab
2 17 (5.06%) Git
3 14 (4.17%) Jenkins
4 12 (3.57%) JIRA
5 8 (2.38%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.38%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (1.49%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.60%) rollup.js
7 2 (0.60%) Terragrunt
General
1 96 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.48%) Finance
3 40 (11.90%) Public Sector
4 38 (11.31%) Retail
5 21 (6.25%) Law
6 17 (5.06%) Banking
7 16 (4.76%) Aerospace
8 14 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (3.57%) Telecoms
11 11 (3.27%) Analytical Skills
12 9 (2.68%) Automotive
12 9 (2.68%) Marketing
13 8 (2.38%) Financial Institution
14 7 (2.08%) Electronics
15 6 (1.79%) Back Office
16 5 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.60%) Front Office
17 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (20.54%) Cloud Engineer
2 55 (16.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 48 (14.29%) Senior
4 44 (13.10%) Lead
5 37 (11.01%) Architect
6 26 (7.74%) Network Engineer
7 20 (5.95%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (5.06%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
8 17 (5.06%) Consultant
8 17 (5.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (4.46%) Analyst
10 14 (4.17%) Administrator
10 14 (4.17%) Cloud Consultant
10 14 (4.17%) Digital Project Manager
10 14 (4.17%) Project Manager
10 14 (4.17%) Senior Digital Project Manager
10 14 (4.17%) Senior Manager
10 14 (4.17%) Senior Project Manager
11 13 (3.87%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (3.27%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.98%) XMPP
2 9 (2.68%) ARM Templates
3 8 (2.38%) .NET
4 5 (1.49%) boto
4 5 (1.49%) YAML
5 4 (1.19%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.19%) Kafka
6 3 (0.89%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.89%) OpenID
7 2 (0.60%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.60%) OAuth
7 2 (0.60%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.60%) Streamlit
7 2 (0.60%) WAMP
8 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.30%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.30%) Node.js
8 1 (0.30%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.30%) REST
8 1 (0.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.23%) Public Cloud
2 30 (8.93%) Cloud Native
3 26 (7.74%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (7.44%) Onboarding
5 19 (5.65%) Data Centre
6 16 (4.76%) Private Cloud
7 15 (4.46%) Low-Code
8 14 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
9 13 (3.87%) PKI
10 12 (3.57%) Replication
10 12 (3.57%) Security Posture
11 11 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (2.98%) FlexPod
12 10 (2.98%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (2.68%) Management Information System
14 8 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (2.08%) Enterprise Storage
15 7 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
16 6 (1.79%) Blog
17 5 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 120 (35.71%) Windows
2 102 (30.36%) Windows Server
3 58 (17.26%) Linux
4 7 (2.08%) Android
4 7 (2.08%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.49%) CentOS
5 5 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.49%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.19%) VMS
7 3 (0.89%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (29.17%) Infrastructure as Code
2 85 (25.30%) CI/CD
2 85 (25.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 83 (24.70%) ITIL
4 76 (22.62%) DevOps
5 74 (22.02%) Agile
6 64 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
7 59 (17.56%) Mentoring
8 53 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
9 52 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (13.69%) Cloud Security
11 44 (13.10%) Roadmaps
12 43 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
13 41 (12.20%) Coaching
14 40 (11.90%) Migration
15 37 (11.01%) Business Continuity
16 36 (10.71%) High Availability
17 33 (9.82%) AI
18 30 (8.93%) ITSM
19 27 (8.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 72 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 65 (19.35%) Python
3 27 (8.04%) SQL
4 24 (7.14%) Bicep
5 23 (6.85%) Bash
6 18 (5.36%) Java
7 14 (4.17%) VBA
8 10 (2.98%) Go
9 8 (2.38%) Clojure
9 8 (2.38%) JavaScript
10 7 (2.08%) C#
11 3 (0.89%) C++
11 3 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.89%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 41 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 28 (8.33%) AWS Certification
3 26 (7.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 22 (6.55%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (5.95%) Degree
7 16 (4.76%) ISTQB
8 14 (4.17%) SC Cleared
9 11 (3.27%) CCNA
10 10 (2.98%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.68%) MCSE
12 8 (2.38%) CCNP
12 8 (2.38%) CEH
12 8 (2.38%) OSCP
12 8 (2.38%) RHCE
12 8 (2.38%) RHCSA
13 7 (2.08%) CISSP
13 7 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (1.79%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (11.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (8.04%) SLA
3 25 (7.44%) NIST
4 11 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (3.27%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.38%) ISO 22301
5 8 (2.38%) SOC 2
6 6 (1.79%) NCSC
7 5 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.49%) GDPR
8 4 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.60%) QA
10 1 (0.30%) COBIT
10 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 97 (28.87%) Active Directory
2 77 (22.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (10.12%) Hyper-V
4 25 (7.44%) Docker
4 25 (7.44%) vSphere
5 9 (2.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 9 (2.68%) Virtual Servers
5 9 (2.68%) VMware NSX
6 8 (2.38%) Squid
7 5 (1.49%) KVM
8 4 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 101 (30.06%) Terraform
2 57 (16.96%) Ansible
3 52 (15.48%) Kubernetes
4 32 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (6.25%) Grafana
6 12 (3.57%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.98%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (2.68%) ZABBIX
9 8 (2.38%) FortiGate
9 8 (2.38%) Packer
9 8 (2.38%) Proxmox
10 7 (2.08%) SCCM
11 4 (1.19%) Nagios
11 4 (1.19%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.60%) Nessus
13 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.30%) Kibana
14 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 132 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 113 (33.63%) VMware
3 35 (10.42%) Cisco
4 23 (6.85%) Splunk
4 23 (6.85%) Veeam
5 22 (6.55%) Dell
6 21 (6.25%) HP
7 20 (5.95%) Dell Compellent
7 20 (5.95%) Nimble Storage
8 18 (5.36%) Oracle
8 18 (5.36%) Red Hat
9 16 (4.76%) Palo Alto
10 14 (4.17%) Commvault
10 14 (4.17%) Fortinet
11 9 (2.68%) Meraki
12 8 (2.38%) Google
12 8 (2.38%) IFS
12 8 (2.38%) ServiceNow
13 7 (2.08%) NetApp
13 7 (2.08%) SolarWinds