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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 380 372
Rank change year-on-year -54 -8 -26
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 317 312 707
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.71% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.31% 1.66% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 218 116 247
10th Percentile £37,000 £49,375 £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 £78,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £115,000 £118,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,647 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.62% -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 24,277 18,816 34,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.47% 42.57% 35.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13,709 9,202 23,020
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £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 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -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 18 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 18 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 -64 282 £65,000 -7.14% 112
UK excluding London -50 188 £62,647 -3.62% 86
Work from Home +83 111 £65,576 -8.91% 48
London -9 103 £82,500 +15.75% 35
North of England -19 62 £65,000 -9.71% 31
South East -41 44 £65,000 -23.53% 18
North West +22 36 £70,000 -2.77% 20
South West -74 29 £55,000 +15.79% 18
Midlands -34 21 £56,500 -19.29% 8
West Midlands -10 20 £52,000 -25.71% 8
Yorkshire -48 13 £63,076 -2.96% 6
North East - 13 £63,076 - 5
East of England -20 11 £27,000 -53.04% 3
Northern Ireland -29 10 - -
Scotland 0 6 £45,000 -37.93% 10
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
East Midlands -44 1 £77,500 -

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 22 (6.94%) 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
2 120 (37.85%) AWS
3 74 (23.34%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (17.35%) Nutanix
5 41 (12.93%) Entra ID
6 26 (8.20%) Power Platform
7 23 (7.26%) Amazon EKS
7 23 (7.26%) GCP
8 19 (5.99%) PowerApps
9 17 (5.36%) PaaS
9 17 (5.36%) SaaS
10 14 (4.42%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (4.42%) GitHub
10 14 (4.42%) IaaS
11 13 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (2.84%) Azure AKS
12 9 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 62 (19.56%) Firewall
2 60 (18.93%) DNS
3 52 (16.40%) DHCP
4 30 (9.46%) 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
10 9 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (2.52%) BGP
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 12 (3.79%) 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
General
1 92 (29.02%) Social Skills
2 50 (15.77%) Finance
3 36 (11.36%) Retail
4 35 (11.04%) Public Sector
5 24 (7.57%) Law
6 20 (6.31%) Banking
7 15 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (4.42%) Aerospace
8 14 (4.42%) Manufacturing
9 13 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.84%) Automotive
10 9 (2.84%) Marketing
10 9 (2.84%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.52%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.21%) Electronics
13 6 (1.89%) Back Office
14 5 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.63%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 72 (22.71%) Cloud Engineer
2 49 (15.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 49 (15.46%) Senior
3 33 (10.41%) Lead
4 31 (9.78%) Architect
5 24 (7.57%) Network Engineer
6 19 (5.99%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (5.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (4.73%) Consultant
8 15 (4.73%) Project Manager
9 14 (4.42%) Digital 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
12 11 (3.47%) Cloud Consultant
12 11 (3.47%) IT Security Specialist
12 11 (3.47%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.15%) XMPP
2 9 (2.84%) .NET
3 4 (1.26%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.26%) OpenID
3 4 (1.26%) YAML
4 3 (0.95%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.95%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.95%) Kafka
5 2 (0.63%) AWS CDK
5 2 (0.63%) boto
5 2 (0.63%) OAuth
5 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.63%) Streamlit
5 2 (0.63%) WAMP
6 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.32%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.32%) REST
6 1 (0.32%) SAML
6 1 (0.32%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.99%) Public Cloud
2 27 (8.52%) Legacy Systems
2 27 (8.52%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.94%) Cloud Native
4 21 (6.62%) Data Centre
5 17 (5.36%) Private Cloud
6 15 (4.73%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (4.73%) Low-Code
7 14 (4.42%) Legacy Applications
7 14 (4.42%) Management Information System
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
1 108 (34.07%) Windows
2 89 (28.08%) Windows Server
3 49 (15.46%) Linux
4 8 (2.52%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.21%) Android
6 5 (1.58%) CentOS
6 5 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.58%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.32%) VMS
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (28.71%) Infrastructure as Code
2 81 (25.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 77 (24.29%) CI/CD
4 75 (23.66%) ITIL
5 70 (22.08%) Agile
6 68 (21.45%) DevOps
7 65 (20.50%) Disaster Recovery
8 58 (18.30%) Mentoring
9 53 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (14.51%) Cybersecurity
12 45 (14.20%) Coaching
13 41 (12.93%) Business Continuity
14 40 (12.62%) Cloud Security
15 39 (12.30%) Roadmaps
16 37 (11.67%) High Availability
17 34 (10.73%) ITSM
18 32 (10.09%) AI
18 32 (10.09%) Storage Management
19 30 (9.46%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 69 (21.77%) PowerShell
1 69 (21.77%) Python
2 28 (8.83%) SQL
3 21 (6.62%) Bicep
4 20 (6.31%) Java
5 18 (5.68%) 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 4 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.95%) C++
13 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.63%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 38 (11.99%) 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
6 16 (5.05%) Degree
7 12 (3.79%) ISTQB
8 11 (3.47%) CEH
8 11 (3.47%) SC Cleared
9 10 (3.15%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.84%) CCNA
10 9 (2.84%) MCSE
11 8 (2.52%) CCNP
12 7 (2.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (1.89%) CISSP
13 6 (1.89%) OSCP
13 6 (1.89%) RHCE
13 6 (1.89%) RHCSA
14 5 (1.58%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (11.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (9.46%) SLA
3 25 (7.89%) NIST
4 11 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (3.47%) 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%) Basel III
11 1 (0.32%) COBIT
11 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.32%) MiFID
11 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 83 (26.18%) Active Directory
2 71 (22.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (9.46%) Hyper-V
4 22 (6.94%) vSphere
5 21 (6.62%) 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%) Firmware
11 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.32%) iptables
12 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 92 (29.02%) Terraform
2 56 (17.67%) Ansible
3 47 (14.83%) Kubernetes
4 31 (9.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (6.31%) Grafana
6 10 (3.15%) Cisco CUCM
6 10 (3.15%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.15%) SCCM
7 8 (2.52%) FortiGate
7 8 (2.52%) Proxmox
8 7 (2.21%) ZABBIX
9 6 (1.89%) Packer
10 4 (1.26%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.95%) Nagios
12 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.63%) Nessus
12 2 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.32%) VxRail
Vendors
1 112 (35.33%) VMware
2 107 (33.75%) Microsoft
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 22 (6.94%) Splunk
8 19 (5.99%) Oracle
9 18 (5.68%) Palo Alto
10 17 (5.36%) Commvault
10 17 (5.36%) Veeam
11 16 (5.05%) Red Hat
12 10 (3.15%) Fortinet
12 10 (3.15%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.52%) Juniper
14 7 (2.21%) NetApp
14 7 (2.21%) SolarWinds
15 6 (1.89%) IFS
15 6 (1.89%) Ubiquiti