The first table below looks at the demand for Hyper-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Hyper-V over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Hyper-V
Rank 48 63 46
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -17
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 2 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.388% 0.120% 0.619%
As % of the System Software category 5.556% 2.273% 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
Average daily rate £450 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £366 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
+10.98% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.50 £12.75
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +84.31%
All System Software
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
36 44 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 6.977% 5.263% 6.811%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 15
Average daily rate £349 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.25% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £134 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £415 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 11
Average hourly rate £17.00 £21.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.04% +44.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £17.85 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £94.50 £21.35 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Hyper-V
South West

Hyper-V
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Hyper-V across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Bristol Hyper-V Jobs Demand Trend

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Hyper-V across the Bristol region.

Bristol Hyper-V Daily Rate Trend

Hyper-V
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Hyper-V also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Hyper-V.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) SCOM
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) PBX
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) SAN
3 1 (33.33%) Lotus
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) NAS
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office

Hyper-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Hyper-V also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Hyper-V. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) PBX
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
1 1 (33.33%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) Security Management
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Lotus
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