Hyper-V Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 216 213 219
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +5
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 186 256 377
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.89% 1.13% 1.23%
As % of the System Software category 7.43% 7.50% 8.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 199 291
10th Percentile £250 £280 £210
25th Percentile £320 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £415
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +8.43% +10.67%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £488
90th Percentile £608 £695 £588
UK median daily rate £463 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -2.63% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 18
10th Percentile £66.50 £16.70 £12.25
25th Percentile £68.75 £17.38 £13.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £19.00 £14.43
Median % change year-on-year +294.74% +31.67% +6.97%
75th Percentile £78.75 £19.75 £17.21
90th Percentile £79.50 £19.90 £19.30
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £19.50 £15.93
% change year-on-year +22.05% +22.41% +18.09%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,505 3,413 4,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.00% 15.12% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,708 2,404 3,291
10th Percentile £183 £181 £158
25th Percentile £313 £307 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% +6.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £552
90th Percentile £650 £688 £640
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 162 231
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £12.73
25th Percentile £14.16 £16.31 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.84 £48.12 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.30% +174.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £23.00
90th Percentile £79.80 £75.00 £49.52
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.83 £19.00
% change year-on-year -55.90% +188.58% -5.00%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Hyper-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Hyper-V in the UK excluding London

Hyper-V
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Hyper-V in the UK excluding London

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hyper-V in the UK excluding London

Hyper-V
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Hyper-V in the UK excluding London

Hyper-V
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
South East +45 79 £550 +22.22% 57
North of England +17 32 £350 +7.69% 69
Midlands -26 26 £338 -35.71% 27
Scotland +53 24 £325 -39.66% 8
North West +23 23 £338 - 38
South West -22 15 £521 +15.83% 33
West Midlands -5 13 £275 -40.54% 15
East Midlands -13 13 £418 -34.73% 12
Yorkshire +8 7 £363 +13.28% 22
East of England -14 7 £550 +29.41% 23
Wales - 3 £220 - 4
North East - 2 £613 - 10
Hyper-V
UK

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (10.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.84%) IIS
2 9 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.61%) Confluence
3 3 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.08%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.54%) nginx
5 1 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.61%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 77 (41.40%) Azure
2 42 (22.58%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (13.44%) AWS
4 19 (10.22%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.53%) OCI
6 10 (5.38%) PaaS
7 7 (3.76%) GCP
7 7 (3.76%) IaaS
8 6 (3.23%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.69%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.15%) Nutanix
10 4 (2.15%) SaaS
11 3 (1.61%) Azure API Management
11 3 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.61%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (1.61%) GitHub
11 3 (1.61%) iPaaS
11 3 (1.61%) WhatsApp
12 2 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 53 (28.49%) Firewall
2 39 (20.97%) DNS
3 36 (19.35%) DHCP
4 23 (12.37%) SAN
4 23 (12.37%) VPN
5 20 (10.75%) WAN
6 19 (10.22%) LAN
7 14 (7.53%) Wireless
8 10 (5.38%) VLAN
9 9 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (3.76%) Ethernet
10 7 (3.76%) OSPF
10 7 (3.76%) Wireless Security
11 6 (3.23%) VoIP
11 6 (3.23%) VSAN
12 5 (2.69%) MPLS
12 5 (2.69%) Network Security
12 5 (2.69%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (2.15%) NAS
13 4 (2.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.61%) MySQL
3 3 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.08%) CouchDB
4 2 (1.08%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (5.91%) GitLab
2 4 (2.15%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.61%) JIRA
3 3 (1.61%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.08%) Git
4 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.08%) Snyk
4 2 (1.08%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 62 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.75%) Public Sector
3 8 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.76%) Finance
5 6 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.69%) Banking
7 4 (2.15%) Marketing
8 3 (1.61%) Billing
8 3 (1.61%) Front Office
8 3 (1.61%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.54%) Advertising
10 1 (0.54%) Electronics
10 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (26.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (11.29%) Wintel Engineer
3 15 (8.06%) Server Engineer
3 15 (8.06%) Support Engineer
4 13 (6.99%) Senior
5 12 (6.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 11 (5.91%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 11 (5.91%) Network Engineer
6 11 (5.91%) Systems Administrator
7 10 (5.38%) 3rd Line Support
7 10 (5.38%) Architect
7 10 (5.38%) Storage Engineer
8 8 (4.30%) Analyst
8 8 (4.30%) IT Engineer
8 8 (4.30%) VMware Engineer
9 7 (3.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 7 (3.76%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (3.76%) Linux Engineer
9 7 (3.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (3.76%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.38%) .NET
2 6 (3.23%) Web Services
3 4 (2.15%) LDAP
4 3 (1.61%) J2EE
4 3 (1.61%) React
4 3 (1.61%) Vue
5 2 (1.08%) ADSI
5 2 (1.08%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.08%) CSS
5 2 (1.08%) HTML
5 2 (1.08%) Node.js
6 1 (0.54%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.54%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.54%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.54%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.28%) Data Centre
2 15 (8.06%) Clustering
2 15 (8.06%) PKI
3 11 (5.91%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (3.76%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.69%) Client/Server
5 5 (2.69%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.69%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.61%) NHS
6 3 (1.61%) N-Tier
6 3 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.08%) CCTV
7 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.08%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.54%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.54%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.54%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 119 (63.98%) Windows
2 82 (44.09%) Windows Server
3 63 (33.87%) Linux
4 37 (19.89%) Windows Server 2012
4 37 (19.89%) Windows Server 2019
5 35 (18.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 29 (15.59%) Windows 10
7 15 (8.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (7.53%) Windows XP
9 11 (5.91%) Windows Server 2008
10 9 (4.84%) Unix
11 8 (4.30%) Mac OS
12 7 (3.76%) Solaris
13 6 (3.23%) CentOS
13 6 (3.23%) Debian
13 6 (3.23%) VMS
14 4 (2.15%) Ubuntu
14 4 (2.15%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (1.08%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (30.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (16.67%) ITIL
4 22 (11.83%) Storage Management
5 21 (11.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 18 (9.68%) Server Management
7 17 (9.14%) Customer Service
8 16 (8.60%) Project Management
9 15 (8.06%) Migration
10 14 (7.53%) Break/Fix
10 14 (7.53%) Converged Infrastructure
10 14 (7.53%) Performance Monitoring
10 14 (7.53%) Performance Tuning
10 14 (7.53%) Proactive Monitoring
11 10 (5.38%) High Availability
11 10 (5.38%) Project Delivery
12 9 (4.84%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (4.84%) Decision-Making
12 9 (4.84%) Mobile Device Management
13 8 (4.30%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (24.73%) PowerShell
2 13 (6.99%) Shell Script
3 12 (6.45%) Python
4 8 (4.30%) Bash
5 5 (2.69%) C#
5 5 (2.69%) Java
5 5 (2.69%) SQL
6 3 (1.61%) C++
6 3 (1.61%) PHP
6 3 (1.61%) Ruby
6 3 (1.61%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.08%) Bicep
7 2 (1.08%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.54%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 90 (48.39%) Security Cleared
2 51 (27.42%) DV Cleared
3 49 (26.34%) SC Cleared
4 36 (19.35%) Degree
5 25 (13.44%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (12.37%) CCNA
7 16 (8.60%) CCNP
7 16 (8.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (5.91%) MCSE
9 6 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (3.23%) MCSA
9 6 (3.23%) RHCT
10 5 (2.69%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.69%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.08%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (1.08%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.99%) SLA
2 5 (2.69%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (1.61%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 3 (1.61%) PMO
4 2 (1.08%) QA
5 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 127 (68.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 97 (52.15%) Active Directory
3 30 (16.13%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (8.06%) vSphere
5 13 (6.99%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (6.45%) Docker
7 10 (5.38%) KVM
7 10 (5.38%) VMware NSX
8 6 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (2.15%) BitLocker
9 4 (2.15%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (2.15%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (1.08%) VirtualBox
10 2 (1.08%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.54%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 38 (20.43%) SCCM
2 32 (17.20%) WSUS
3 27 (14.52%) vCenter Server
4 21 (11.29%) Ansible
5 20 (10.75%) SCOM
6 17 (9.14%) Red Hat Satellite
7 15 (8.06%) Kubernetes
8 14 (7.53%) EMC NetWorker
8 14 (7.53%) NetBackup
9 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (4.84%) Failover Clustering
11 7 (3.76%) vMotion
12 6 (3.23%) Autotask
12 6 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (3.23%) Rancher
12 6 (3.23%) Tivoli Identity Manager
13 5 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Clustering
14 3 (1.61%) Terraform
14 3 (1.61%) vRealize
Vendors
1 150 (80.65%) VMware
2 87 (46.77%) Microsoft
3 31 (16.67%) Cisco
4 28 (15.05%) Dell
5 26 (13.98%) Red Hat
6 24 (12.90%) HP
7 22 (11.83%) Veeam
8 19 (10.22%) Citrix
9 17 (9.14%) Symantec
10 16 (8.60%) 3PAR
10 16 (8.60%) Juniper
10 16 (8.60%) Oracle
11 14 (7.53%) EMC
11 14 (7.53%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (7.53%) Palo Alto
12 7 (3.76%) Apple
12 7 (3.76%) IBM
13 6 (3.23%) Datto
14 5 (2.69%) Google
15 4 (2.15%) Infoblox