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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 385 492
Rank change year-on-year -18 +107 +43
Permanent jobs citing Hybrid Cloud 260 346 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.65% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.26% 1.74% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 187 113 165
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,028 £69,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.15% -18.75%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,000 £91,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -12.14%

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 20,555 19,907 20,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.26% 37.20% 36.61%
Number of salaries quoted 10,326 9,320 14,805
10th Percentile £27,850 £33,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

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 14 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 14 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 -18 220 £74,000 +5.71% 112
London +90 134 £90,000 +12.50% 26
UK excluding London -83 99 £60,000 - 95
Work from Home +31 80 £80,000 +28.00% 43
North of England -60 28 £62,250 -2.86% 19
Midlands +29 15 £71,538 - 11
South East -18 15 £78,500 +57.00% 34
East of England +15 14 £41,000 -31.67% 11
North West -43 14 £62,573 +2.59% 11
Wales - 14 £55,000 - 2
West Midlands +25 12 £80,000 - 3
Yorkshire -13 10 £30,000 -49.58% 6
Northern Ireland -4 9 - - 2
South West -12 7 £79,500 +13.57% 16
North East +7 4 £63,076 -1.57% 2
Scotland -9 3 £45,000 -18.18% 3
East Midlands - 3 £49,500 - 7

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 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.85%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.15%) Confluence
4 3 (1.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.38%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.38%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 182 (70.00%) Azure
2 94 (36.15%) AWS
3 60 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (18.85%) Entra ID
5 34 (13.08%) Nutanix
6 27 (10.38%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (10.38%) GCP
7 22 (8.46%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (6.54%) PaaS
8 17 (6.54%) SaaS
9 14 (5.38%) IaaS
10 10 (3.85%) Amazon EMR
10 10 (3.85%) Power Platform
11 9 (3.46%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (3.46%) GitHub
12 8 (3.08%) Serverless
13 7 (2.69%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (1.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 51 (19.62%) DNS
2 42 (16.15%) DHCP
3 37 (14.23%) Firewall
4 29 (11.15%) VPN
5 16 (6.15%) Remote Desktop
6 13 (5.00%) WAN
7 12 (4.62%) Network Security
8 11 (4.23%) VoIP
8 11 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (3.85%) LAN
10 9 (3.46%) Internet
10 9 (3.46%) TCP/IP
11 8 (3.08%) VLAN
12 7 (2.69%) BGP
13 6 (2.31%) SAN
14 5 (1.92%) SD-WAN
15 4 (1.54%) SSL
15 4 (1.54%) Unified Communications
16 2 (0.77%) NAS
16 2 (0.77%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 22 (8.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (5.38%) MySQL
4 11 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (3.85%) Apache Cassandra
5 10 (3.85%) Big Data
5 10 (3.85%) DataStage
5 10 (3.85%) DynamoDB
5 10 (3.85%) Hadoop
5 10 (3.85%) MongoDB
5 10 (3.85%) Neo4j
5 10 (3.85%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.85%) Pentaho
5 10 (3.85%) RDBMS
5 10 (3.85%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.54%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.15%) Power BI
8 2 (0.77%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 26 (10.00%) Octopus Deploy
2 22 (8.46%) TeamCity
3 12 (4.62%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.54%) GitLab
4 4 (1.54%) JIRA
5 3 (1.15%) Git
6 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 100 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 71 (27.31%) Finance
3 32 (12.31%) Law
4 27 (10.38%) Banking
5 24 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (6.15%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.46%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.46%) Retail
9 7 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.31%) Back Office
11 4 (1.54%) Billing
11 4 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.15%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.15%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.77%) Legal
14 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.38%) Front Office
14 1 (0.38%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 39 (15.00%) Architect
2 32 (12.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (10.77%) DevOps Engineer
4 27 (10.38%) Cloud Engineer
5 19 (7.31%) Infrastructure Architect
6 16 (6.15%) Lead
7 14 (5.38%) Senior
8 13 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.23%) Infrastructure Manager
10 10 (3.85%) Principal Engineer
11 9 (3.46%) Administrator
11 9 (3.46%) Consultant
11 9 (3.46%) IT Manager
11 9 (3.46%) IT Security Specialist
11 9 (3.46%) Security Specialist
12 8 (3.08%) 1st Line Support
12 8 (3.08%) Cloud Consultant
13 7 (2.69%) Azure Engineer
13 7 (2.69%) Cloud Architect
13 7 (2.69%) IT Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (11.92%) .NET
2 6 (2.31%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.54%) OpenTelemetry
3 4 (1.54%) RESTful
4 3 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (0.77%) DPDK
5 2 (0.77%) eBPF
5 2 (0.77%) Middleware
5 2 (0.77%) OpenID
6 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.38%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.38%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.38%) CSS
6 1 (0.38%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.38%) HTML
6 1 (0.38%) JMS
6 1 (0.38%) REST
6 1 (0.38%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 48 (18.46%) Data Centre
2 36 (13.85%) Public Cloud
3 30 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (10.00%) Virtual Team
5 20 (7.69%) Cloud Native
6 18 (6.92%) Onboarding
7 17 (6.54%) Management Information System
8 16 (6.15%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (5.77%) Security Posture
10 12 (4.62%) Private Cloud
11 10 (3.85%) Product Ownership
12 8 (3.08%) Driving Licence
13 7 (2.69%) iPad
14 6 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
15 4 (1.54%) ARM Cortex
15 4 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
15 4 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
16 3 (1.15%) Blog
16 3 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
16 3 (1.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 80 (30.77%) Windows
2 61 (23.46%) Windows Server
3 25 (9.62%) Linux
4 10 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.69%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.15%) Rocky
8 2 (0.77%) CentOS
8 2 (0.77%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.77%) Unix
9 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (26.54%) Infrastructure as Code
2 65 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 64 (24.62%) DevOps
4 60 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (18.08%) Disaster Recovery
6 47 (18.08%) ITIL
7 46 (17.69%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (17.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 43 (16.54%) Cloud Security
9 39 (15.00%) Migration
9 39 (15.00%) Roadmaps
10 36 (13.85%) Analytics
11 34 (13.08%) ITSM
12 33 (12.69%) AI
13 32 (12.31%) Vulnerability Management
14 30 (11.54%) Business Continuity
15 29 (11.15%) Agile
16 28 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
17 27 (10.38%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 68 (26.15%) PowerShell
2 52 (20.00%) Python
3 47 (18.08%) SQL
4 17 (6.54%) Bicep
4 17 (6.54%) Java
5 6 (2.31%) Bash
6 4 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.15%) C#
7 3 (1.15%) Go
7 3 (1.15%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.77%) PHP
8 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.77%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.77%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.77%) VBA
9 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 30 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 18 (6.92%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.38%) AWS Certification
4 14 (5.38%) Degree
5 13 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.23%) CEH
6 11 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (3.08%) CISSP
9 6 (2.31%) CISM
10 5 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.92%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.15%) CCSP
12 3 (1.15%) GCIH
12 3 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (11.54%) NIST
3 18 (6.92%) GDPR
3 18 (6.92%) SLA
4 11 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (4.23%) ISO 22301
5 8 (3.08%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (2.31%) NCSC
7 6 (2.31%) QA
7 6 (2.31%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.15%) Basel III
8 3 (1.15%) MiFID
9 2 (0.77%) COBIT
9 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 64 (24.62%) Active Directory
2 42 (16.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (11.54%) Hyper-V
4 12 (4.62%) Docker
5 7 (2.69%) Firmware
6 5 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.54%) KVM
7 4 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.54%) vSphere
8 3 (1.15%) NFS
9 2 (0.77%) QEMU
10 1 (0.38%) iptables
10 1 (0.38%) vCloud
10 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 74 (28.46%) Terraform
2 27 (10.38%) Ansible
3 23 (8.85%) Kubernetes
3 23 (8.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (4.23%) SCCM
4 11 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.69%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.92%) SCOM
7 4 (1.54%) Grafana
8 3 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.15%) Autotask
9 2 (0.77%) Suricata
10 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.38%) VxRail
Vendors
1 81 (31.15%) Microsoft
2 75 (28.85%) VMware
3 23 (8.85%) Dell
4 22 (8.46%) Cisco
5 17 (6.54%) Commvault
6 16 (6.15%) Dell Compellent
6 16 (6.15%) HP
6 16 (6.15%) Nimble Storage
6 16 (6.15%) Oracle
7 11 (4.23%) Juniper
8 10 (3.85%) Datto
8 10 (3.85%) Informatica
8 10 (3.85%) Talend
9 9 (3.46%) Apple
9 9 (3.46%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.46%) Splunk
10 8 (3.08%) Freshdesk
11 6 (2.31%) Adobe
11 6 (2.31%) SAP
11 6 (2.31%) Veeam