The first table below looks at the demand for Hyper-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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 29 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.149% 0.375% -
As % of the System Software category 12.50% 1.587% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.25 £23.50 £12.00
% change year-on-year
+11.70% +95.83%
All System Software
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
24 63 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 9.195% 23.60% 8.681%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 28 6
Average daily rate £363 £235 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.25% -14.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 9
Average hourly rate £12.00 £19.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.84% +22.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £11.03 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £32.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Hyper-V
Yorkshire

Hyper-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Hyper-V Daily 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 South Yorkshire 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
Doncaster - 1 - -
Sheffield - 1 £300 -
Hyper-V
Yorkshire

Hyper-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (66.67%) VMware
4 3 (50.00%) DNS
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (50.00%) WSUS
5 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds
5 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (33.33%) CA
5 2 (33.33%) Terminal Server
5 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 2 (33.33%) VoIP
5 2 (33.33%) MCSE
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) IIS
5 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
5 2 (33.33%) MCDST
5 2 (33.33%) MCITP
5 2 (33.33%) McAfee
6 1 (16.67%) Advertising
6 1 (16.67%) Clustering
6 1 (16.67%) MCP
6 1 (16.67%) Windows XP

Hyper-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) Server Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) MCSE
2 2 (33.33%) MCDST
2 2 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (16.67%) MCP
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (33.33%) Terminal Server
2 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
3 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) WSUS
2 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (16.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 2 (33.33%) CA
2 2 (33.33%) McAfee
3 1 (16.67%) Siemens