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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 441 362 368
Rank change year-on-year -79 +6 -19
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 317 344 707
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.78% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.30% 1.84% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 217 117 246
10th Percentile £37,000 £47,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £78,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £115,000 £118,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,861 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.29% -3.70% -3.57%

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 24,470 18,713 34,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.53% 42.61% 35.72%
Number of salaries quoted 13,862 9,069 23,011
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,800 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,450 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,763 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.41% +3.53% -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 May 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 21 May 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 -79 282 £65,000 -7.14% 120
UK excluding London -73 194 £62,861 -3.29% 85
Work from Home +65 109 £65,576 -8.91% 56
London -35 97 £78,000 +9.44% 42
North of England -13 65 £65,000 -9.71% 24
South East -60 45 £65,000 -23.53% 20
North West +22 39 £70,000 -2.77% 16
South West -73 31 £55,000 +15.79% 22
Midlands -31 21 £56,500 -19.29% 10
West Midlands -30 20 £52,000 -25.71% 8
Yorkshire -47 13 £63,076 -2.96% 5
North East - 13 £63,076 - 3
East of England -17 11 £27,000 -53.04% 3
Northern Ireland -30 10 - - 1
Scotland +1 6 £45,000 -37.93% 6
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
East Midlands -34 1 £77,500 - 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 23 (7.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.15%) Confluence
4 5 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.26%) Documentum
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.63%) IIS
7 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 189 (59.62%) Azure
2 118 (37.22%) AWS
3 74 (23.34%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (16.72%) Nutanix
5 43 (13.56%) Entra ID
6 26 (8.20%) Power Platform
7 24 (7.57%) Amazon EKS
8 23 (7.26%) GCP
9 19 (5.99%) PaaS
9 19 (5.99%) PowerApps
10 18 (5.68%) SaaS
11 16 (5.05%) IaaS
12 15 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (4.42%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (4.42%) GitHub
14 10 (3.15%) Azure AKS
15 9 (2.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 61 (19.24%) Firewall
2 60 (18.93%) DNS
3 51 (16.09%) DHCP
4 31 (9.78%) WAN
5 25 (7.89%) LAN
5 25 (7.89%) Remote Desktop
6 22 (6.94%) VPN
7 15 (4.73%) Network Security
8 11 (3.47%) Unified Communications
8 11 (3.47%) VLAN
9 10 (3.15%) WebEx
10 9 (2.84%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (2.84%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (2.84%) SAN
10 9 (2.84%) TCP/IP
10 9 (2.84%) VoIP
11 8 (2.52%) BGP
11 8 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (2.52%) Wireless
12 7 (2.21%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.57%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.21%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.21%) Power BI
4 6 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.58%) Apache Cassandra
5 5 (1.58%) Big Data
5 5 (1.58%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.58%) DataStage
5 5 (1.58%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.58%) Hadoop
5 5 (1.58%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.58%) MySQL
5 5 (1.58%) Neo4j
5 5 (1.58%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.58%) Pentaho
5 5 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.58%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.58%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 15 (4.73%) GitLab
2 14 (4.42%) Git
3 11 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.15%) JIRA
5 9 (2.84%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.89%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.89%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.63%) rollup.js
8 1 (0.32%) Terragrunt
General
1 93 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 50 (15.77%) Finance
3 36 (11.36%) Public Sector
3 36 (11.36%) Retail
4 23 (7.26%) Law
5 18 (5.68%) Banking
6 15 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (4.42%) Aerospace
7 14 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.42%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.84%) Automotive
8 9 (2.84%) Marketing
8 9 (2.84%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.52%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.21%) Electronics
11 6 (1.89%) Back Office
12 5 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.63%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 74 (23.34%) Cloud Engineer
2 48 (15.14%) Senior
3 47 (14.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (10.41%) Lead
5 32 (10.09%) Architect
6 24 (7.57%) Network Engineer
7 18 (5.68%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (5.05%) Consultant
8 16 (5.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (4.42%) Digital Project Manager
9 14 (4.42%) Project Manager
9 14 (4.42%) Senior Digital Project Manager
9 14 (4.42%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.42%) Senior Project Manager
10 13 (4.10%) Analyst
10 13 (4.10%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
11 12 (3.79%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (3.79%) Cloud Consultant
11 12 (3.79%) IT Manager
12 11 (3.47%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.15%) XMPP
2 9 (2.84%) .NET
3 5 (1.58%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.26%) YAML
5 3 (0.95%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.95%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.95%) Kafka
5 3 (0.95%) OpenID
6 2 (0.63%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.63%) boto
6 2 (0.63%) OAuth
6 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.63%) Streamlit
6 2 (0.63%) WAMP
7 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.32%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.32%) REST
7 1 (0.32%) SAML
7 1 (0.32%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.67%) Public Cloud
2 27 (8.52%) Legacy Systems
2 27 (8.52%) Onboarding
3 23 (7.26%) Cloud Native
4 19 (5.99%) Data Centre
5 16 (5.05%) Private Cloud
6 15 (4.73%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (4.73%) Low-Code
6 15 (4.73%) Management Information System
7 14 (4.42%) Legacy Applications
8 12 (3.79%) Replication
9 10 (3.15%) FlexPod
9 10 (3.15%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (2.84%) PKI
11 8 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (2.21%) Enterprise Storage
12 7 (2.21%) Renewable Energy
12 7 (2.21%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.89%) Blog
13 6 (1.89%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 107 (33.75%) Windows
2 90 (28.39%) Windows Server
3 48 (15.14%) Linux
4 7 (2.21%) Android
4 7 (2.21%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.58%) CentOS
5 5 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.58%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.32%) VMS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (28.08%) Infrastructure as Code
2 78 (24.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 78 (24.61%) ITIL
3 77 (24.29%) CI/CD
4 71 (22.40%) Agile
5 68 (21.45%) DevOps
6 63 (19.87%) Disaster Recovery
7 60 (18.93%) Mentoring
8 54 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (14.51%) Coaching
10 46 (14.51%) Cybersecurity
11 42 (13.25%) Business Continuity
12 41 (12.93%) Cloud Security
12 41 (12.93%) Roadmaps
13 39 (12.30%) High Availability
14 34 (10.73%) ITSM
15 33 (10.41%) AI
16 32 (10.09%) Storage Management
17 31 (9.78%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 65 (20.50%) PowerShell
1 65 (20.50%) Python
2 28 (8.83%) SQL
3 21 (6.62%) Bicep
4 20 (6.31%) Java
5 17 (5.36%) Bash
6 14 (4.42%) VBA
7 9 (2.84%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.52%) Go
9 7 (2.21%) C#
10 6 (1.89%) Clojure
11 3 (0.95%) C++
11 3 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.63%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (11.67%) Security Cleared
2 25 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (7.57%) AWS Certification
4 20 (6.31%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (5.68%) Azure Certification
5 18 (5.68%) Degree
6 12 (3.79%) ISTQB
7 11 (3.47%) SC Cleared
8 10 (3.15%) CEH
9 9 (2.84%) CCNA
9 9 (2.84%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.84%) MCSE
10 8 (2.52%) CCNP
11 7 (2.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (1.89%) CISSP
12 6 (1.89%) OSCP
12 6 (1.89%) RHCE
12 6 (1.89%) RHCSA
13 5 (1.58%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (9.46%) SLA
3 24 (7.57%) NIST
4 11 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (3.15%) ISO 22301
5 10 (3.15%) PCI DSS
6 8 (2.52%) SOC 2
7 6 (1.89%) GDPR
8 5 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.58%) NCSC
9 4 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.63%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.63%) QA
11 1 (0.32%) COBIT
11 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 87 (27.44%) Active Directory
2 72 (22.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (9.78%) Hyper-V
4 22 (6.94%) vSphere
5 20 (6.31%) Docker
6 9 (2.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 9 (2.84%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (2.21%) VMware NSX
8 6 (1.89%) Squid
9 5 (1.58%) KVM
10 3 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.63%) Firmware
11 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.32%) iptables
Systems Management
1 91 (28.71%) Terraform
2 55 (17.35%) Ansible
3 46 (14.51%) Kubernetes
4 34 (10.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (6.31%) Grafana
6 10 (3.15%) Cisco CUCM
6 10 (3.15%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.84%) SCCM
8 8 (2.52%) FortiGate
8 8 (2.52%) Proxmox
9 7 (2.21%) ZABBIX
10 6 (1.89%) Packer
11 4 (1.26%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.95%) Nagios
13 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.63%) Nessus
13 2 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.32%) Autotask
14 1 (0.32%) VxRail
Vendors
1 112 (35.33%) Microsoft
2 110 (34.70%) VMware
3 31 (9.78%) Cisco
4 27 (8.52%) Dell
5 26 (8.20%) HP
6 25 (7.89%) Dell Compellent
6 25 (7.89%) Nimble Storage
7 21 (6.62%) Splunk
8 19 (5.99%) Oracle
9 17 (5.36%) Palo Alto
9 17 (5.36%) Veeam
10 16 (5.05%) Red Hat
11 15 (4.73%) Commvault
12 10 (3.15%) Fortinet
13 9 (2.84%) ServiceNow
14 7 (2.21%) Juniper
14 7 (2.21%) NetApp
14 7 (2.21%) SolarWinds
15 6 (1.89%) Google
15 6 (1.89%) IFS