Hyper-V Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Hyper-V skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Hyper-V over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 147 149
Rank change year-on-year +45 +2 -16
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 29 18 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.31% 0.63% 0.63%
As % of the System Software category 9.54% 4.09% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 13
10th Percentile - £473 £159
25th Percentile £313 £512 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £534 £390
Median % change year-on-year -39.18% +37.01% +4.00%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £475
90th Percentile £538 £584 £568
UK median daily rate £444 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -6.58% +11.76% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £17.50
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +19.00% +23.08% +25.19%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 304 440 391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.77% 15.39% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 325 275
10th Percentile £188 £193 £158
25th Percentile £324 £379 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £576 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £629 £638
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 16
10th Percentile - £24.34 £17.50
25th Percentile £60.00 £29.66 £19.38
Median hourly rate £60.50 £40.68 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.72% -8.58% -31.01%
75th Percentile £60.75 £50.80 £49.26
90th Percentile - £55.57 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £53.35 £20.00
% change year-on-year -57.83% +166.75% -

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +46 11 £475 -13.64% 3
Renfrewshire +3 10 £525 -1.75%
Glasgow +3 8 £325 -39.81% 3
Hyper-V
UK

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (20.69%) IIS
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 12 (41.38%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (10.34%) AWS
4 3 (10.34%) IaaS
4 3 (10.34%) iPaaS
4 3 (10.34%) PaaS
4 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
5 2 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) Firewall
2 7 (24.14%) DHCP
2 7 (24.14%) DNS
3 5 (17.24%) SMTP
3 5 (17.24%) VPN
3 5 (17.24%) VSAN
4 3 (10.34%) LAN
4 3 (10.34%) SSL
4 3 (10.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) Amazon RDS
General
1 14 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Public Sector
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Banking
4 3 (10.34%) Billing
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (13.79%) Senior
3 3 (10.34%) Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Security Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) Technical Architect
4 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Data Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Data Migration Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Migration Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Technical Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) VMware Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) LDAP
2 3 (10.34%) .NET
2 3 (10.34%) J2EE
2 3 (10.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) PKI
2 8 (27.59%) Data Centre
3 7 (24.14%) Clustering
4 3 (10.34%) Client/Server
4 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (10.34%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 18 (62.07%) Windows
2 17 (58.62%) Windows Server
3 6 (20.69%) CentOS
3 6 (20.69%) Debian
3 6 (20.69%) Linux
3 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (17.24%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Project Delivery
2 8 (27.59%) High Availability
3 5 (17.24%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (17.24%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (13.79%) Email Filtering
4 4 (13.79%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (13.79%) Security Operations
5 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) Data Migration
5 3 (10.34%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (10.34%) Innovative Thinking
5 3 (10.34%) Migration
5 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (10.34%) Security Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (10.34%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (41.38%) DV Cleared
1 12 (41.38%) Security Cleared
2 9 (31.03%) MCSE
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (20.69%) MCSA
3 6 (20.69%) RHCT
4 5 (17.24%) Degree
4 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
5 3 (10.34%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (10.34%) PMO
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 17 (58.62%) Active Directory
2 14 (48.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (34.48%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (27.59%) VMware NSX
5 6 (20.69%) KVM
6 5 (17.24%) BitLocker
6 5 (17.24%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (17.24%) Terminal Services
6 5 (17.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (41.38%) vCenter Server
2 10 (34.48%) vMotion
3 5 (17.24%) vRealize
4 4 (13.79%) SCCM
5 2 (6.90%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 25 (86.21%) VMware
2 13 (44.83%) Citrix
2 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
3 6 (20.69%) Red Hat
4 5 (17.24%) Infoblox
5 3 (10.34%) Cisco
5 3 (10.34%) Dell
6 2 (6.90%) HP
6 2 (6.90%) McAfee
6 2 (6.90%) Symantec
6 2 (6.90%) Veritas
7 1 (3.45%) Dynatrace