Head of Hybrid Cloud Services
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Sponsorship likelihood
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£86,000 – £103,000 / year
Salary
Within the market range
£86,000
Going rate
Offer clears by 1.0×
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 1137 (70% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £86,000, and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Likely 1137 (Information technology directors) · 70% match
- Likely 2132 (IT managers) · 26% match
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1137 Information technology directors Most likely code | £60,200 Clears | £68,800 Clears | £77,400 Clears | £86,000 Clears |
2132 IT managers Also possible | £38,500 Clears | £44,000 Clears | £49,500 Clears | £55,000 Clears |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. A mark is for the top of the advertised pay. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
DWP is looking to fill a role in the Digital Technology Services Directorate in either Blackpool or Manchester.
Would you like to lead the cloud services powering the UK's largest welfare system, supporting 22 million customers and driving the future of Government digital infrastructure? We want to hear from you!
The Head of Hybrid Cloud Services (HCS) will play a critical role in the design, build and operation of the Department’s strategic hosting environments in hyper-scale public cloud, as well as its on-premises hosting infrastructure.
They will do this in partnership with senior colleagues within DWP and other Government Departments.
They will lead a function of circa 200 people, which is focussed on providing a portfolio of hosting products and services to support the operation and transformation of DWP applications underpinning the delivery of the Department’s services.
Hybrid Cloud Services supports workloads for over 22 million customers, 84,000 employees and 2000 engineers.
Role Responsibilities:
- Providing strategic leadership and management for Hybrid Cloud Services.
- Providing thought leadership and setting vision and direction for Hybrid Cloud Services product and engineering teams.
- Working closely with associated tooling and platform owners and architects across DWP Digital to ensure a consistent, secure, automated and cost-effective platform approach for internal consumers of services.
- Identifying underlying infrastructure service requirements to support business platform capability.
- Continuous performance improvement and live operation of Hybrid Cloud ensuring the provision of DWP services.
- Delivering a portfolio of services for the wider DWP business to consume, with service descriptions, Operational Level Agreements (OLA’s), with appropriate contracts in place with 3rd party providers as required.
- Responsible for the £80m Profit and Loss (P&L) portfolio of services across Hybrid Cloud Services.
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Where this offer sits in the market
Information technology directors (SOC 1137) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~63k in sample- Offer £86,000–103,000
- Middle half £71,656–119,860
- Median £93,236
- Going rate £86,000
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £60,200–77,400
The range sits inside the market's middle half (£71,656–119,860), so this is typical pay for the occupation.
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Not necessarily. Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 1137 going rate of £86,000. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.