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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 257 409
Rank change year-on-year +61 +152 -175
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 1,508 1,371 1,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.47% 1.41% 0.90%
As % of the System Software category 12.59% 9.01% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,317 927 1,168
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,000 £27,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.30% +2.35%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £55,000
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 11,977 15,223 30,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.67% 15.64% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,369 9,898 15,651
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 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £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 28 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 28 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 +77 1,430 £40,000 -5.88% 280
UK excluding London +62 1,365 £39,000 -2.50% 253
Work from Home +131 504 £42,500 -10.53% 95
South East +97 390 £40,000 - 68
North of England +34 321 £37,500 -6.25% 81
Midlands +65 261 £40,000 -0.37% 33
South West -8 176 £42,000 +12.00% 35
Yorkshire +62 168 £40,000 +12.68% 30
West Midlands +106 164 £40,000 +6.67% 19
East of England +46 159 £37,500 -11.76% 28
London -20 129 £52,500 - 38
North West +6 116 £37,500 -11.76% 45
East Midlands -17 96 £41,250 -21.43% 14
Scotland -63 38 £42,500 +6.25% 4
North East +15 37 £32,500 -14.47% 7
Wales -10 13 £40,500 -32.50% 8
Northern Ireland 0 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 (28.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 261 (17.31%) SharePoint
3 39 (2.59%) OpenStack
4 34 (2.25%) IIS
5 13 (0.86%) SharePoint 2010
5 13 (0.86%) SharePoint 2013
6 8 (0.53%) CMS
6 8 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
9 4 (0.27%) CloudStack
9 4 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
10 3 (0.20%) Apache
10 3 (0.20%) WordPress
11 2 (0.13%) Confluence
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) Site Server
11 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.066%) JOnAS
Applications
1 160 (10.61%) 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%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.20%) Epicor Tropos
4 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 908 (60.21%) Azure
2 872 (57.82%) Microsoft 365
3 273 (18.10%) AWS
4 250 (16.58%) Entra ID
5 79 (5.24%) SaaS
6 72 (4.77%) OneDrive
7 65 (4.31%) GCP
8 47 (3.12%) OpenShift
9 37 (2.45%) Serverless
10 36 (2.39%) IaaS
11 32 (2.12%) Amazon EKS
11 32 (2.12%) Google Workspace
12 30 (1.99%) Amazon ECS
13 29 (1.92%) Mimecast
14 28 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
15 24 (1.59%) Power Automate
16 23 (1.53%) Power Platform
17 20 (1.33%) Nutanix
17 20 (1.33%) PaaS
18 14 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 609 (40.38%) Firewall
2 408 (27.06%) DNS
3 389 (25.80%) DHCP
4 275 (18.24%) WAN
5 243 (16.11%) TCP/IP
6 225 (14.92%) VPN
7 220 (14.59%) LAN
8 203 (13.46%) SAN
9 170 (11.27%) VLAN
10 117 (7.76%) VoIP
11 97 (6.43%) Wi-Fi
12 94 (6.23%) Wireless
13 68 (4.51%) NAS
14 66 (4.38%) Remote Desktop
14 66 (4.38%) SD-WAN
15 64 (4.24%) MPLS
16 40 (2.65%) HTTP
17 39 (2.59%) Network Security
18 35 (2.32%) Internet
19 33 (2.19%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (7.03%) SQL Server
2 88 (5.84%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.12%) NoSQL
5 19 (1.26%) MySQL
6 17 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.60%) DB2
7 9 (0.60%) Power BI
8 8 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.40%) Big Data
9 6 (0.40%) Redis
10 5 (0.33%) InfluxDB
10 5 (0.33%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.066%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.066%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.066%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 49 (3.25%) Jenkins
2 48 (3.18%) Git
3 15 (0.99%) 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
1 464 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 103 (6.83%) Finance
3 98 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (5.77%) Telecoms
5 58 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
6 54 (3.58%) Public Sector
7 50 (3.32%) Manufacturing
8 47 (3.12%) Legal
9 41 (2.72%) Aerospace
10 34 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
11 33 (2.19%) Retail
12 32 (2.12%) Law
13 18 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (1.19%) Marketing
14 16 (1.06%) Games
15 12 (0.80%) Back Office
16 11 (0.73%) Automotive
17 10 (0.66%) Electronics
18 9 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
18 9 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 361 (23.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 316 (20.95%) Support Engineer
3 285 (18.90%) IT Engineer
4 239 (15.85%) IT Support
5 219 (14.52%) Senior
6 166 (11.01%) IT Support Engineer
7 135 (8.95%) 3rd Line Support
8 121 (8.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 110 (7.29%) 2nd Line Support
10 84 (5.57%) Systems Engineer
11 82 (5.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 82 (5.44%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 73 (4.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 64 (4.24%) Lead
14 63 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 63 (4.18%) Analyst
15 58 (3.85%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 58 (3.85%) Network Engineer
16 54 (3.58%) IT Manager
17 52 (3.45%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
2 30 (1.99%) AngularJS
2 30 (1.99%) Node.js
2 30 (1.99%) REST
2 30 (1.99%) Spring
2 30 (1.99%) Spring Boot
3 28 (1.86%) Apache Camel
3 28 (1.86%) Web Services
4 27 (1.79%) JSON
5 26 (1.72%) XML
6 10 (0.66%) Middleware
7 8 (0.53%) .NET
8 6 (0.40%) LAMP
9 4 (0.27%) HTML
9 4 (0.27%) LDAP
10 3 (0.20%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.20%) Flask
10 3 (0.20%) SAML
11 2 (0.13%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.13%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 141 (9.35%) Driving Licence
2 123 (8.16%) Data Centre
3 58 (3.85%) Public Cloud
4 55 (3.65%) Clustering
5 53 (3.51%) Management Information System
6 52 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
7 48 (3.18%) Replication
8 44 (2.92%) Onboarding
9 32 (2.12%) Operational Technology
10 28 (1.86%) IoT
11 24 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.59%) 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 15 (0.99%) Private Cloud
18 14 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
18 14 (0.93%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1,106 (73.34%) Windows
2 813 (53.91%) Windows Server
3 282 (18.70%) Linux
4 229 (15.19%) Windows 10
5 180 (11.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 151 (10.01%) Windows Server 2019
7 137 (9.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 63 (4.18%) Mac OS
9 55 (3.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 55 (3.65%) Windows 8
10 50 (3.32%) Windows 7
11 41 (2.72%) Windows Server 2008
12 38 (2.52%) Apple iOS
13 35 (2.32%) Unix
14 27 (1.79%) Android
15 18 (1.19%) Windows XP
16 16 (1.06%) VMS
17 14 (0.93%) CentOS
17 14 (0.93%) Mac OS X
18 11 (0.73%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (28.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 317 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
3 284 (18.83%) ITIL
4 228 (15.12%) Customer Service
5 146 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
6 126 (8.36%) Project Management
7 122 (8.09%) DevOps
8 110 (7.29%) Disaster Recovery
9 93 (6.17%) Agile
10 83 (5.50%) Migration
11 75 (4.97%) Mentoring
12 74 (4.91%) Server Management
13 70 (4.64%) Project Delivery
14 66 (4.38%) Incident Management
15 63 (4.18%) Presales
15 63 (4.18%) Proactive Monitoring
16 62 (4.11%) Time Management
17 58 (3.85%) Line Management
18 57 (3.78%) Continuous Improvement
19 55 (3.65%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 303 (20.09%) PowerShell
2 179 (11.87%) SQL
3 108 (7.16%) Python
4 77 (5.11%) Java
5 59 (3.91%) Bash
6 31 (2.06%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.13%) C#
8 12 (0.80%) VBScript
9 8 (0.53%) 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%) Bicep
13 1 (0.066%) C++
13 1 (0.066%) Go
13 1 (0.066%) VB
Qualifications
1 196 (13.00%) Security Cleared
2 155 (10.28%) Degree
3 151 (10.01%) Microsoft Certification
4 133 (8.82%) SC Cleared
5 120 (7.96%) Cisco Certification
6 112 (7.43%) CCNA
7 89 (5.90%) DV Cleared
8 81 (5.37%) MCSE
9 55 (3.65%) Azure Certification
10 37 (2.45%) MCP
11 31 (2.06%) AWS Certification
12 27 (1.79%) MCSA
13 26 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 21 (1.39%) A+ Certification
15 20 (1.33%) DBS Check
16 19 (1.26%) CCNP
17 18 (1.19%) MCITP
18 16 (1.06%) APMP
18 16 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
19 15 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (4.97%) SLA
2 54 (3.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (2.85%) GDPR
4 15 (0.99%) 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
1 914 (60.61%) Active Directory
2 812 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (7.76%) Docker
4 103 (6.83%) VMware ESXi
5 71 (4.71%) Virtual Machines
6 68 (4.51%) XenApp
7 67 (4.44%) XenDesktop
8 45 (2.98%) VirtualBox
9 44 (2.92%) vSphere
10 22 (1.46%) pfSense
11 21 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
12 17 (1.13%) NFS
13 16 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
14 15 (0.99%) Firmware
15 14 (0.93%) Terminal Services
15 14 (0.93%) VMware Workstation
16 11 (0.73%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 11 (0.73%) KVM
17 9 (0.60%) Forefront TMG
18 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 245 (16.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 156 (10.34%) SCCM
3 119 (7.89%) Ansible
4 107 (7.10%) Kubernetes
5 58 (3.85%) WSUS
6 56 (3.71%) FortiGate
6 56 (3.71%) Puppet
6 56 (3.71%) Terraform
7 50 (3.32%) SCOM
8 38 (2.52%) Failover Clustering
9 26 (1.72%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 23 (1.53%) Grafana
11 21 (1.39%) vCenter Server
12 19 (1.26%) NetBackup
12 19 (1.26%) SmoothWall
12 19 (1.26%) ZABBIX
13 18 (1.19%) Autotask
14 17 (1.13%) EMC NetWorker
14 17 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
15 16 (1.06%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 1,043 (69.16%) VMware
2 864 (57.29%) Microsoft
3 247 (16.38%) Cisco
4 209 (13.86%) Citrix
5 201 (13.33%) Veeam
6 145 (9.62%) HP
7 115 (7.63%) Dell
8 75 (4.97%) Google
9 69 (4.58%) Aruba
10 64 (4.24%) Meraki
10 64 (4.24%) Red Hat
11 56 (3.71%) Fortinet
12 51 (3.38%) Sophos
13 49 (3.25%) Juniper
14 45 (2.98%) Apple
15 43 (2.85%) SonicWALL
16 41 (2.72%) Datto
17 35 (2.32%) Symantec
18 31 (2.06%) Draytek
18 31 (2.06%) McAfee