Microsoft Hyper-V
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 369 392
Rank change year-on-year +20 +23 -26
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 260 394 585
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.66% 0.66%
As % of the System Software category 5.59% 4.99% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 301 456
10th Percentile £250 £275 £213
25th Percentile £314 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +11.76% +3.03%
75th Percentile £560 £625 £574
90th Percentile £640 £715 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £444 £469 £425
% change year-on-year -5.33% +10.29% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 20
10th Percentile £22.00 £17.38 £10.49
25th Percentile £22.08 £18.88 £12.25
Median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% +23.08% +25.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.13 £19.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £57.50 £50.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £19.50 £15.86
% change year-on-year +233.33% +22.95% +22.19%

All System Software Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,653 7,900 12,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.75% 13.21% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,179 5,646 8,623
10th Percentile £197 £205 £200
25th Percentile £331 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £485 £450
% change year-on-year -5.13% +7.75% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 284 318
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.83 £13.21
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £53.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.14% +168.75% -
75th Percentile £60.19 £66.00 £44.07
90th Percentile £77.95 £75.35 £60.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £44.93 £18.12
% change year-on-year -52.15% +148.01% +2.06%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hyper-V over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 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
England +16 217 £450 -2.96% 320
UK excluding London +13 178 £444 -5.33% 299
London +62 68 £450 -17.81% 31
South East +24 56 £500 +3.09% 67
Work from Home +36 53 £438 -11.17% 91
North of England +45 44 £350 +12.00% 87
Scotland +44 29 £325 -39.18% 8
Midlands -25 28 £338 -35.71% 63
North West +25 26 £350 +12.00% 53
West Midlands +11 18 £350 -26.32% 44
Yorkshire +20 15 £363 +14.17% 26
South West +3 13 £500 +11.11% 37
East Midlands -13 10 £338 -43.75% 19
East of England -5 5 £425 - 37
North East - 3 £600 - 9
Wales - 3 £220 - 1

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 32 (12.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.00%) IIS
4 4 (1.54%) Confluence
4 4 (1.54%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.38%) Apache
6 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (8.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.15%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.38%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 130 (50.00%) Azure
2 72 (27.69%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (19.62%) AWS
4 26 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 15 (5.77%) PaaS
6 13 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
6 13 (5.00%) GCP
6 13 (5.00%) Nutanix
6 13 (5.00%) OCI
7 8 (3.08%) IaaS
8 6 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (2.31%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.31%) WhatsApp
9 4 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (1.54%) Datadog
9 4 (1.54%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.54%) SaaS
10 3 (1.15%) GitHub
10 3 (1.15%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 70 (26.92%) Firewall
2 66 (25.38%) DNS
3 58 (22.31%) DHCP
4 41 (15.77%) VPN
5 35 (13.46%) SAN
6 33 (12.69%) WAN
7 32 (12.31%) LAN
8 20 (7.69%) Wireless
9 16 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (5.38%) NAS
11 12 (4.62%) VLAN
11 12 (4.62%) VSAN
12 9 (3.46%) OSPF
12 9 (3.46%) TCP/IP
12 9 (3.46%) VoIP
13 8 (3.08%) Ethernet
13 8 (3.08%) Wireless Security
14 7 (2.69%) Network Security
15 6 (2.31%) Cisco Nexus
15 6 (2.31%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.46%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.54%) MySQL
3 4 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.15%) Power BI
5 2 (0.77%) CouchDB
5 2 (0.77%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.38%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.38%) MS Access
6 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.92%) Bitbucket
1 5 (1.92%) GitLab
2 4 (1.54%) Git
2 4 (1.54%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.54%) JIRA
3 2 (0.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (0.77%) Snyk
3 2 (0.77%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio
General
1 96 (36.92%) Social Skills
2 22 (8.46%) Public Sector
3 16 (6.15%) Finance
4 12 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.08%) Banking
6 6 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.31%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.31%) Marketing
7 5 (1.92%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.54%) Front Office
8 4 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.15%) Billing
9 3 (1.15%) Electronics
10 2 (0.77%) Automotive
10 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.77%) Retail
11 1 (0.38%) Advertising
11 1 (0.38%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 66 (25.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (8.85%) Support Engineer
3 17 (6.54%) IT Engineer
3 17 (6.54%) Senior
4 16 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
5 15 (5.77%) Consultant
5 15 (5.77%) Network Engineer
6 14 (5.38%) Analyst
6 14 (5.38%) Server Engineer
6 14 (5.38%) Wintel Engineer
7 12 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support
7 12 (4.62%) Architect
7 12 (4.62%) IT Support
8 11 (4.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 11 (4.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 11 (4.23%) VMware Engineer
9 10 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 10 (3.85%) Storage Engineer
10 8 (3.08%) Data Centre Engineer
10 8 (3.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.15%) LDAP
2 14 (5.38%) .NET
3 6 (2.31%) Web Services
4 5 (1.92%) JSON
5 3 (1.15%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.15%) J2EE
5 3 (1.15%) Node.js
5 3 (1.15%) React
5 3 (1.15%) Vue
6 2 (0.77%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.77%) ADSI
6 2 (0.77%) CSS
6 2 (0.77%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.77%) HTML
6 2 (0.77%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.38%) Spring
7 1 (0.38%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.38%) XML
7 1 (0.38%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (21.15%) Data Centre
2 25 (9.62%) Clustering
3 23 (8.85%) PKI
4 10 (3.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 7 (2.69%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.69%) NHS
6 6 (2.31%) Client/Server
6 6 (2.31%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.54%) Fat Client
7 4 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.54%) Thin Client
8 3 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.15%) N-Tier
9 2 (0.77%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.77%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) Replication
9 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 173 (66.54%) Windows
2 110 (42.31%) Windows Server
3 74 (28.46%) Linux
4 44 (16.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 43 (16.54%) Windows Server 2012
6 37 (14.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 36 (13.85%) Windows 10
8 16 (6.15%) Unix
8 16 (6.15%) Windows Server 2008
9 13 (5.00%) Mac OS
9 13 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (5.00%) Windows XP
10 11 (4.23%) Windows Server 2003
11 6 (2.31%) CentOS
11 6 (2.31%) Debian
12 5 (1.92%) Solaris
12 5 (1.92%) Windows 7
13 4 (1.54%) Ubuntu
13 4 (1.54%) VMS
14 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (31.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 68 (26.15%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (14.62%) ITIL
4 26 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 25 (9.62%) Server Management
6 24 (9.23%) Migration
7 21 (8.08%) Customer Service
8 19 (7.31%) High Availability
9 18 (6.92%) Project Management
10 17 (6.54%) Computer Science
11 15 (5.77%) Converged Infrastructure
11 15 (5.77%) Performance Monitoring
11 15 (5.77%) Project Delivery
11 15 (5.77%) Storage Management
12 14 (5.38%) Mobile Device Management
13 13 (5.00%) Break/Fix
13 13 (5.00%) Identity Access Management
13 13 (5.00%) Performance Tuning
13 13 (5.00%) Proactive Monitoring
14 12 (4.62%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 70 (26.92%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.54%) Python
3 12 (4.62%) Bash
4 8 (3.08%) C#
4 8 (3.08%) SQL
5 7 (2.69%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.92%) Java
7 3 (1.15%) C++
7 3 (1.15%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.15%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.77%) Bicep
8 2 (0.77%) PHP
8 2 (0.77%) Ruby
8 2 (0.77%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 79 (30.38%) Security Cleared
2 52 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 43 (16.54%) Degree
4 42 (16.15%) DV Cleared
5 33 (12.69%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (10.38%) CCNA
7 23 (8.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (7.69%) CCNP
9 16 (6.15%) Azure Certification
10 11 (4.23%) MCSE
11 10 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (3.08%) DBS Check
13 7 (2.69%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (2.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (2.31%) MCSA
14 6 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (2.31%) RHCT
15 5 (1.92%) A+ Certification
15 5 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
16 2 (0.77%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.92%) SLA
2 6 (2.31%) Disclosure Scotland
3 5 (1.92%) QA
4 3 (1.15%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 3 (1.15%) PMO
5 2 (0.77%) GDPR
5 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 161 (61.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 129 (49.62%) Active Directory
3 36 (13.85%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (8.08%) KVM
4 21 (8.08%) vSphere
5 17 (6.54%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (6.54%) VMware NSX
6 13 (5.00%) Docker
7 8 (3.08%) BitLocker
7 8 (3.08%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (2.69%) Terminal Services
9 6 (2.31%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.92%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (1.54%) NFS
12 2 (0.77%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.38%) vCloud
13 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 56 (21.54%) SCCM
2 37 (14.23%) vCenter Server
3 28 (10.77%) SCOM
4 26 (10.00%) Kubernetes
5 20 (7.69%) Ansible
5 20 (7.69%) WSUS
6 19 (7.31%) Terraform
7 16 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (6.15%) NetBackup
8 14 (5.38%) Failover Clustering
9 13 (5.00%) EMC NetWorker
9 13 (5.00%) vMotion
10 9 (3.46%) SCVMM
11 8 (3.08%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (3.08%) Red Hat Satellite
12 7 (2.69%) Microsoft Clustering
12 7 (2.69%) vRealize
13 6 (2.31%) Autotask
14 4 (1.54%) Rancher
14 4 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 211 (81.15%) VMware
2 132 (50.77%) Microsoft
3 40 (15.38%) Cisco
4 35 (13.46%) Dell
5 30 (11.54%) HP
6 29 (11.15%) Citrix
7 27 (10.38%) Veeam
8 21 (8.08%) Red Hat
9 18 (6.92%) Juniper
10 17 (6.54%) Symantec
11 16 (6.15%) EMC
12 15 (5.77%) 3PAR
13 14 (5.38%) Oracle
13 14 (5.38%) Palo Alto
14 13 (5.00%) Extreme Networks
15 11 (4.23%) Google
16 8 (3.08%) Datto
17 6 (2.31%) Apple
17 6 (2.31%) Infoblox
18 5 (1.92%) Dynatrace