The first table below looks at the demand for Hyper-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Hyper-V over the 3 months to 22 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 Northamptonshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Hyper-V
Rank 23 41 32
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -9
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 4 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.619% 0.238% 0.370%
As % of the System Software category 17.39% 5.556% 4.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £319 £240 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.81% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.25 £23.50 £12.00
% change year-on-year
+11.70% +95.83%
All System Software
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
23 18 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 9.312% 4.286% 8.148%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 6
Average daily rate £225 £245 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.16% -7.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £93 £124 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £250 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 8
Average hourly rate £11.50 £14.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.68% -14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.40 £14.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.46 £14.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Hyper-V
East Midlands

Hyper-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Northamptonshire Hyper-V Daily Rate Histogram

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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Northampton +7 2 £225 -6.25%
Hyper-V
East Midlands

Hyper-V
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) Middleware
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Xen
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Apache
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) IaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software

Hyper-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) Apache
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Server Support
1 1 (25.00%) Support Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (25.00%) Server Support Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Server Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Designer
1 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
1 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Open Source
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
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