The first table below looks at the demand for Hyper-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Hyper-V over the 3 months to 17 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 East of England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Hyper-V
Rank 76 114 122
Rank change year-on-year
+38 +8
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 39 15 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.811% 0.509% 0.381%
As % of the System Software category 13.49% 5.051% 3.546%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 3 4
Average daily rate £245 £305 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.67% -6.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £301 £153
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £321 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
+10.60% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £42.00 - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £12.00
% change year-on-year
+13.63% +83.33%
All System Software
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
289 297 282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 13.42% 10.08% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 117 109
Average daily rate £293 £308 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.87% +6.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £116 £160 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 61 78
Average hourly rate £16.38 £17.43 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.05% +2.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.85 £11.11 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £38.50 £33.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Hyper-V
England

Hyper-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Hyper-V Daily Rate Trend

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Hyper-V across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England Hyper-V Daily Rate Histogram

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Hyper-V across the East of England region.

East of England Hyper-V Hourly Rate Trend

Hyper-V
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire +14 15 £413 +35.24%
Cambridgeshire +19 9 £225 -28.00%
Essex +4 7 £240 -
Norfolk - 6 £225 -
Suffolk +3 2 £250 -
Hyper-V
England

Hyper-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 54 (68.35%) Windows
2 46 (58.23%) VMware
3 36 (45.57%) Microsoft
4 34 (43.04%) Active Directory
4 34 (43.04%) MS Exchange
5 33 (41.77%) Exchange Server 2010
6 31 (39.24%) Windows Server 2008
7 27 (34.18%) VMware Infrastructure
8 25 (31.65%) ITIL
8 25 (31.65%) SQL Server
9 23 (29.11%) HP
10 21 (26.58%) Cisco
11 18 (22.78%) SQL
11 18 (22.78%) Migration
12 17 (21.52%) Exchange Server 2003
12 17 (21.52%) Exchange Server 2007
13 16 (20.25%) vSphere
13 16 (20.25%) Citrix
13 16 (20.25%) Windows Server 2003
14 15 (18.99%) Firewall
15 14 (17.72%) MCITP
15 14 (17.72%) Windows 7
16 13 (16.46%) Windows XP
16 13 (16.46%) DNS
16 13 (16.46%) WAN
17 12 (15.19%) IIS
17 12 (15.19%) XenApp
17 12 (15.19%) PowerShell
18 11 (13.92%) SQL Server 2008
18 11 (13.92%) Disaster Recovery

Hyper-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 Development
1 6 (7.595%) LAMP
2 2 (2.532%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 34 (43.04%) MS Exchange
2 33 (41.77%) Exchange Server 2010
3 17 (21.52%) Exchange Server 2003
3 17 (21.52%) Exchange Server 2007
4 12 (15.19%) IIS
5 7 (8.861%) Lync
6 3 (3.797%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.266%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.266%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (1.266%) Windows Azure
7 1 (1.266%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (2.532%) MS Office
2 1 (1.266%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.99%) Firewall
2 13 (16.46%) DNS
2 13 (16.46%) WAN
3 9 (11.39%) Wireless
3 9 (11.39%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (8.861%) Internet
4 7 (8.861%) TCP/IP
5 6 (7.595%) Kerberos
5 6 (7.595%) iSCSI
6 5 (6.329%) Unified Communications
6 5 (6.329%) Intranet
7 4 (5.063%) SAN
7 4 (5.063%) NAS
8 3 (3.797%) VPN
8 3 (3.797%) DHCP
9 2 (2.532%) HTTP
9 2 (2.532%) LAN
9 2 (2.532%) VoIP
9 2 (2.532%) Cisco PIX
10 1 (1.266%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (31.65%) SQL Server
2 11 (13.92%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (6.329%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (2.532%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Subversion
2 6 (7.595%) Git (software)
3 2 (2.532%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.532%) TeamCity
3 2 (2.532%) WiX
3 2 (2.532%) MSBuild
3 2 (2.532%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.532%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (1.266%) Hudson
General
1 4 (5.063%) Telecoms
1 4 (5.063%) Finance
2 2 (2.532%) Retail
3 1 (1.266%) Local Government
3 1 (1.266%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (16.46%) Consultant
2 10 (12.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (10.13%) Support Engineer
4 7 (8.861%) 3rd Line Support
4 7 (8.861%) Analyst
5 6 (7.595%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (7.595%) Linux Engineer
5 6 (7.595%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (5.063%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 4 (5.063%) Migration Engineer
7 3 (3.797%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (3.797%) Wintel Engineer
7 3 (3.797%) SQL Server Consultant
7 3 (3.797%) Exchange Engineer
8 2 (2.532%) Build Manager
8 2 (2.532%) Architect
8 2 (2.532%) Technical Consultant
8 2 (2.532%) Systems Support
8 2 (2.532%) 1st Line Support
8 2 (2.532%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.595%) Clustering
2 5 (6.329%) NHS
3 4 (5.063%) Thin Client
3 4 (5.063%) Fat Client
4 3 (3.797%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.532%) Replication
6 1 (1.266%) SaaS
6 1 (1.266%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 54 (68.35%) Windows
2 31 (39.24%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (20.25%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (17.72%) Windows 7
5 13 (16.46%) Windows XP
6 10 (12.66%) Windows 8
7 7 (8.861%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (8.861%) Linux
8 6 (7.595%) Debian
8 6 (7.595%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (3.797%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (2.532%) Windows Vista
10 2 (2.532%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.65%) ITIL
2 18 (22.78%) Migration
3 11 (13.92%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (11.39%) PRINCE2
4 9 (11.39%) Capacity Planning
5 8 (10.13%) PRINCE
6 6 (7.595%) Change Control
6 6 (7.595%) Build Automation
7 4 (5.063%) Release Management
7 4 (5.063%) Load Balancing
8 2 (2.532%) Integration Testing
8 2 (2.532%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (2.532%) Service Delivery
9 1 (1.266%) Project Management
9 1 (1.266%) E-Commerce
9 1 (1.266%) ERP
9 1 (1.266%) Network Load Balancing
9 1 (1.266%) Programme Office Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.78%) SQL
2 12 (15.19%) PowerShell
3 6 (7.595%) Bash shell
3 6 (7.595%) Python
3 6 (7.595%) Perl
4 2 (2.532%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (17.72%) MCITP
2 10 (12.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 8 (10.13%) VCP5
3 8 (10.13%) ITIL Certification
3 8 (10.13%) MCSE
3 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (7.595%) RHCE
5 3 (3.797%) Citrix Certification
5 3 (3.797%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.797%) RHCT
5 3 (3.797%) CCEE
5 3 (3.797%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.532%) Degree
7 1 (1.266%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.266%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.329%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (43.04%) Active Directory
2 27 (34.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (20.25%) vSphere
4 12 (15.19%) XenApp
5 10 (12.66%) Forefront TMG
5 10 (12.66%) XenDesktop
5 10 (12.66%) UAG
6 9 (11.39%) XenServer
7 6 (7.595%) Postfix
7 6 (7.595%) Sendmail
8 5 (6.329%) VMware ESX
9 4 (5.063%) IAG
10 2 (2.532%) Terminal Services
10 2 (2.532%) Xen
11 1 (1.266%) NFS
11 1 (1.266%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (10.13%) SCOM
2 6 (7.595%) Puppet
2 6 (7.595%) Red Hat Satellite
2 6 (7.595%) Nagios
3 5 (6.329%) Backup Exec
4 2 (2.532%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (1.266%) WSUS
5 1 (1.266%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 46 (58.23%) VMware
2 36 (45.57%) Microsoft
3 23 (29.11%) HP
4 21 (26.58%) Cisco
5 16 (20.25%) Citrix
6 8 (10.13%) AppSense
7 7 (8.861%) Altiris
7 7 (8.861%) Wyse
8 6 (7.595%) Red Hat
9 5 (6.329%) Riverbed
9 5 (6.329%) Exinda
10 3 (3.797%) Sophos
11 2 (2.532%) Veeam
11 2 (2.532%) Apple
11 2 (2.532%) CheckPoint
11 2 (2.532%) Symantec
11 2 (2.532%) McAfee
11 2 (2.532%) 3PAR
12 1 (1.266%) Brocade
12 1 (1.266%) LANDesk
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