Microsoft Hyper-V
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Hyper-V skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Hyper-V over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 259 407
Rank change year-on-year +66 +148 -174
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 1,507 1,381 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.49% 1.40% 0.90%
As % of the System Software category 12.56% 9.00% 4.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,322 937 1,151
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £43,150
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.51% +1.53%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £54,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -

All System Software Skills
UK

Hyper-V is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11,994 15,343 30,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.88% 15.58% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,423 10,001 15,538
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Hyper-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V.

Salary trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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 +87 1,429 £40,000 -5.88% 327
UK excluding London +62 1,360 £39,000 -2.50% 297
Work from Home +128 506 £42,500 -10.53% 114
South East +101 388 £40,000 - 82
North of England +42 319 £37,500 -6.25% 91
Midlands +53 260 £40,000 -5.88% 36
South West -4 177 £42,000 +12.00% 41
Yorkshire +63 168 £40,000 +14.29% 32
West Midlands +100 163 £40,000 +4.92% 20
East of England +49 158 £37,500 -11.76% 40
London -37 133 £52,500 - 58
North West -9 115 £37,500 -11.76% 53
East Midlands -9 96 £41,250 -21.43% 16
Scotland -66 37 £42,500 +6.25% 6
North East +13 36 £32,500 -17.72% 7
Wales -3 14 £41,500 -30.83% 5
Northern Ireland +7 5 £40,000 -20.00% 1
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 426 (28.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 263 (17.45%) SharePoint
3 40 (2.65%) OpenStack
4 34 (2.26%) IIS
5 13 (0.86%) SharePoint 2010
5 13 (0.86%) SharePoint 2013
6 8 (0.53%) CMS
6 8 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (0.27%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (0.20%) Apache
9 3 (0.20%) Site Server
9 3 (0.20%) WordPress
10 2 (0.13%) Confluence
10 2 (0.13%) SAS
10 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.066%) JOnAS
Applications
1 159 (10.55%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.13%) CATIA
3 2 (0.13%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.27%) Epicor Tropos
2 4 (0.27%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 905 (60.05%) Azure
2 870 (57.73%) Microsoft 365
3 273 (18.12%) AWS
4 251 (16.66%) Entra ID
5 79 (5.24%) SaaS
6 72 (4.78%) OneDrive
7 66 (4.38%) GCP
8 46 (3.05%) OpenShift
9 38 (2.52%) Serverless
10 34 (2.26%) IaaS
11 33 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
12 32 (2.12%) Google Workspace
13 31 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
14 30 (1.99%) Mimecast
15 29 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
16 24 (1.59%) Power Automate
16 24 (1.59%) Power Platform
17 20 (1.33%) PaaS
18 18 (1.19%) Nutanix
19 14 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 606 (40.21%) Firewall
2 408 (27.07%) DNS
3 387 (25.68%) DHCP
4 274 (18.18%) WAN
5 243 (16.12%) TCP/IP
6 226 (15.00%) VPN
7 220 (14.60%) LAN
8 202 (13.40%) SAN
9 171 (11.35%) VLAN
10 116 (7.70%) VoIP
11 98 (6.50%) Wi-Fi
12 93 (6.17%) Wireless
13 70 (4.64%) NAS
14 67 (4.45%) Remote Desktop
15 65 (4.31%) SD-WAN
16 64 (4.25%) MPLS
17 40 (2.65%) HTTP
18 39 (2.59%) Network Security
19 36 (2.39%) Internet
20 32 (2.12%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (7.10%) SQL Server
2 87 (5.77%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (2.19%) NoSQL
5 19 (1.26%) MySQL
6 18 (1.19%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.66%) Power BI
8 9 (0.60%) DB2
9 8 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.40%) Big Data
10 6 (0.40%) Redis
11 5 (0.33%) InfluxDB
11 5 (0.33%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
15 1 (0.066%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.066%) MongoDB
15 1 (0.066%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 50 (3.32%) Jenkins
2 49 (3.25%) Git
3 15 (1.00%) JIRA
4 10 (0.66%) Trac
5 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.27%) Hudson
6 3 (0.20%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.20%) git-flow
6 3 (0.20%) GitLab
6 3 (0.20%) JUnit
6 3 (0.20%) Selenium
6 3 (0.20%) Subversion
6 3 (0.20%) TestNG
6 3 (0.20%) Travis CI
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.066%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 465 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 101 (6.70%) Finance
3 97 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (5.77%) Telecoms
5 58 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (3.72%) Public Sector
7 51 (3.38%) Manufacturing
8 47 (3.12%) Legal
9 40 (2.65%) Aerospace
10 34 (2.26%) Retail
11 33 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
12 32 (2.12%) Law
13 19 (1.26%) Marketing
14 18 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (1.06%) Games
16 12 (0.80%) Back Office
17 11 (0.73%) Automotive
17 11 (0.73%) Electronics
18 9 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
18 9 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 354 (23.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 317 (21.04%) Support Engineer
3 288 (19.11%) IT Engineer
4 240 (15.93%) IT Support
5 221 (14.66%) Senior
6 166 (11.02%) IT Support Engineer
7 134 (8.89%) 3rd Line Support
8 118 (7.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 110 (7.30%) 2nd Line Support
10 85 (5.64%) Systems Engineer
11 81 (5.37%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 80 (5.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 72 (4.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 65 (4.31%) Analyst
15 63 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 62 (4.11%) Lead
17 58 (3.85%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 58 (3.85%) Network Engineer
18 56 (3.72%) IT Manager
19 52 (3.45%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.12%) Elastic Stack
2 31 (2.06%) AngularJS
2 31 (2.06%) Node.js
2 31 (2.06%) REST
2 31 (2.06%) Spring
2 31 (2.06%) Spring Boot
3 29 (1.92%) Apache Camel
3 29 (1.92%) JSON
3 29 (1.92%) Web Services
4 27 (1.79%) XML
5 10 (0.66%) Middleware
6 9 (0.60%) .NET
7 6 (0.40%) LAMP
8 5 (0.33%) HTML
8 5 (0.33%) LDAP
9 3 (0.20%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.20%) Flask
9 3 (0.20%) SAML
10 2 (0.13%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (0.13%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.29%) Driving Licence
2 122 (8.10%) Data Centre
3 57 (3.78%) Public Cloud
4 53 (3.52%) Clustering
5 52 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 52 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 49 (3.25%) Replication
7 44 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 32 (2.12%) Operational Technology
9 27 (1.79%) IoT
10 25 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.53%) Enterprise Storage
12 22 (1.46%) Client/Server
13 20 (1.33%) iPad
14 19 (1.26%) PKI
15 17 (1.13%) CCTV
16 16 (1.06%) SCADA
17 14 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
17 14 (0.93%) Private Cloud
17 14 (0.93%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1,107 (73.46%) Windows
2 816 (54.15%) Windows Server
3 281 (18.65%) Linux
4 228 (15.13%) Windows 10
5 180 (11.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 150 (9.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 136 (9.02%) Windows Server 2012
8 62 (4.11%) Mac OS
9 55 (3.65%) Windows 8
10 54 (3.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 50 (3.32%) Windows 7
12 41 (2.72%) Windows Server 2008
13 38 (2.52%) Apple iOS
14 35 (2.32%) Unix
15 27 (1.79%) Android
16 18 (1.19%) Windows XP
17 16 (1.06%) VMS
18 15 (1.00%) Mac OS X
19 14 (0.93%) CentOS
20 11 (0.73%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (28.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 316 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
3 283 (18.78%) ITIL
4 226 (15.00%) Customer Service
5 146 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
6 126 (8.36%) Project Management
7 123 (8.16%) DevOps
8 112 (7.43%) Disaster Recovery
9 94 (6.24%) Agile
10 82 (5.44%) Migration
11 73 (4.84%) Mentoring
11 73 (4.84%) Server Management
12 70 (4.64%) Project Delivery
13 66 (4.38%) Incident Management
14 64 (4.25%) Presales
15 63 (4.18%) Proactive Monitoring
16 61 (4.05%) Time Management
17 58 (3.85%) Line Management
18 57 (3.78%) Continuous Improvement
19 56 (3.72%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 306 (20.31%) PowerShell
2 180 (11.94%) SQL
3 108 (7.17%) Python
4 77 (5.11%) Java
5 59 (3.92%) Bash
6 32 (2.12%) JavaScript
7 19 (1.26%) C#
8 12 (0.80%) VBScript
9 9 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.33%) Perl
11 3 (0.20%) R
12 2 (0.13%) C
12 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.066%) C++
13 1 (0.066%) Go
13 1 (0.066%) VB
Qualifications
1 197 (13.07%) Security Cleared
2 155 (10.29%) Degree
3 151 (10.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 133 (8.83%) SC Cleared
5 121 (8.03%) Cisco Certification
6 113 (7.50%) CCNA
7 90 (5.97%) DV Cleared
8 82 (5.44%) MCSE
9 54 (3.58%) Azure Certification
10 37 (2.46%) MCP
11 31 (2.06%) AWS Certification
12 27 (1.79%) MCSA
13 25 (1.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 21 (1.39%) A+ Certification
14 21 (1.39%) DBS Check
15 19 (1.26%) CCNP
16 18 (1.19%) MCITP
17 17 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
18 16 (1.06%) APMP
18 16 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (4.98%) SLA
2 54 (3.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (2.85%) GDPR
4 15 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.60%) COSHH
6 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.46%) QA
7 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.27%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.066%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.066%) NCSC
10 1 (0.066%) NIST
10 1 (0.066%) PMO
System Software
1 913 (60.58%) Active Directory
2 810 (53.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (7.76%) Docker
4 102 (6.77%) VMware ESXi
5 72 (4.78%) Virtual Machines
6 68 (4.51%) XenApp
7 67 (4.45%) XenDesktop
8 45 (2.99%) VirtualBox
9 42 (2.79%) vSphere
10 22 (1.46%) pfSense
10 22 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
11 18 (1.19%) NFS
12 16 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
13 15 (1.00%) Firmware
14 14 (0.93%) Terminal Services
14 14 (0.93%) VMware Workstation
15 11 (0.73%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 11 (0.73%) KVM
16 9 (0.60%) Forefront TMG
17 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 244 (16.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 157 (10.42%) SCCM
3 119 (7.90%) Ansible
4 107 (7.10%) Kubernetes
5 60 (3.98%) WSUS
6 57 (3.78%) Terraform
7 55 (3.65%) FortiGate
7 55 (3.65%) Puppet
8 49 (3.25%) SCOM
9 37 (2.46%) Failover Clustering
10 25 (1.66%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 23 (1.53%) Grafana
12 21 (1.39%) vCenter Server
13 20 (1.33%) SmoothWall
14 19 (1.26%) NetBackup
14 19 (1.26%) ZABBIX
15 17 (1.13%) Autotask
15 17 (1.13%) EMC NetWorker
15 17 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
16 16 (1.06%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 1,041 (69.08%) VMware
2 868 (57.60%) Microsoft
3 247 (16.39%) Cisco
4 208 (13.80%) Citrix
5 198 (13.14%) Veeam
6 143 (9.49%) HP
7 115 (7.63%) Dell
8 76 (5.04%) Google
9 68 (4.51%) Aruba
10 65 (4.31%) Meraki
11 63 (4.18%) Red Hat
12 56 (3.72%) Fortinet
13 50 (3.32%) Juniper
14 49 (3.25%) Sophos
15 45 (2.99%) Apple
16 42 (2.79%) SonicWALL
17 41 (2.72%) Datto
18 35 (2.32%) Symantec
19 32 (2.12%) Draytek
20 31 (2.06%) McAfee