Hyper-V Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Hyper-V skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Hyper-V over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category.

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.

Microsoft Hyper-V
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012		Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank336408456
Rank change year-on-year
Up+72Up+48
Matching contract IT job ads25817480
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.436 %0.284 %0.145 %
As % of the System Software category5.647 %3.937 %2.672 %
Number of daily rates quoted1259525
Average daily rate£350£400£225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %+77.77 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£240£241£172
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£550£725
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£350£225
% change year-on-year
-5.71 %+55.55 %
Number of hourly rates quoted102212
Average hourly rate£20.50£13.50£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.85 %-66.25 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.00£12.00£40.00
% change year-on-year
+83.33 %-70.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategoryAll System Software
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		456944202994
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK7.720 %7.203 %5.438 %
Number of daily rates quoted219819301162
Average daily rate£340£350£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85 %+7.69 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£195£200£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£460£475£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£308£275
% change year-on-year
+5.69 %+11.81 %
Number of hourly rates quoted623651539
Average hourly rate£17.50£17.50£18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--5.40 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.38£35.00£35.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£17.50£17.49
% change year-on-year
-5.71 %+0.05 %

Hyper-V
Demand Trend

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

Hyper-V Demand Trend

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Hyper-V within the UK.

Hyper-V Daily Rate Trend

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Hyper-V Daily Rate Histogram

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Hyper-V within the UK.

Hyper-V Hourly Rate Trend

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Hyper-V Hourly Rate Histogram

Hyper-V
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+76236£350-12.50 %
LondonUp+71118£400-5.88 %
South EastUp+1341£340-15.00 %
City of LondonUp+4833£380-9.25 %
North WestUp+220£375+22.95 %
West MidlandsDown-919£265-31.61 %
SurreyUp+1315£280-9.67 %
East of EnglandNo change015£305-6.15 %
ScotlandUp+413£275-8.33 %
South WestDown-1512£324-7.42 %
Milton KeynesUp+28--
BuckinghamshireNo change08--
BirminghamDown-68£265-34.56 %
East MidlandsUp+27£341-
GloucestershireNew entry-7£400-
GlasgowNew entry-7£350-
CheshireUp+36£324+5.79 %
SuffolkNo change06--
HertfordshireDown-66£305+31.18 %
DerbyUp+35£331-
DerbyshireUp+25£331-
West SussexDown-25£400-
ManchesterDown-205£325+44.44 %
GloucesterNew entry-5--
TelfordNew entry-5£265-
ShropshireNew entry-5£265-
HampshireUp+54£425-20.18 %
YorkshireDown-114£350-9.67 %
LancashireNew entry-4£450-
StaffordshireNew entry-4--

Hyper-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1373 (75.51 %)Windows
2304 (61.54 %)VMware
3255 (51.62 %)Active Directory
4246 (49.80 %)VMware Infrastructure
5243 (49.19 %)Microsoft
6242 (48.99 %)Windows Server 2008
7173 (35.02 %)MS Exchange
8147 (29.76 %)Citrix
9144 (29.15 %)Windows Server 2003
10141 (28.54 %)SAN
11117 (23.68 %)HP
12115 (23.28 %)Windows 7
12115 (23.28 %)Exchange Server 2010
13106 (21.46 %)SQL Server
14100 (20.24 %)DNS
1596 (19.43 %)Security Cleared
1686 (17.41 %)Clustering
1782 (16.60 %)Finance
1881 (16.40 %)Exchange Server 2007
1980 (16.19 %)SQL
2078 (15.79 %)DHCP
2078 (15.79 %)Cisco
2175 (15.18 %)MS Excel
2274 (14.98 %)Firewall
2373 (14.78 %)vSphere
2471 (14.37 %)Migration
2471 (14.37 %)Microsoft Certification
2562 (12.55 %)Linux
2660 (12.15 %)SC Cleared
2759 (11.94 %)Windows XP

Hyper-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
138 (7.692 %)Application Packaging
230 (6.073 %)WSH
319 (3.846 %)XML
418 (3.644 %).NET
59 (1.822 %)SOAP
68 (1.619 %)JMS
77 (1.417 %)Forefront TMG
85 (1.012 %)RSS
85 (1.012 %)XSLT
85 (1.012 %)CSS
85 (1.012 %)HTML
85 (1.012 %)JSON
94 (0.810 %).NET Framework
94 (0.810 %)Web Services
103 (0.607 %)COM
103 (0.607 %)Qt
103 (0.607 %)REST
112 (0.405 %)WPF
121 (0.202 %)LAMP
121 (0.202 %)Middleware
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1173 (35.02 %)MS Exchange
2115 (23.28 %)Exchange Server 2010
381 (16.40 %)Exchange Server 2007
458 (11.74 %)SharePoint
552 (10.53 %)IIS
645 (9.109 %)Exchange Server 2003
722 (4.453 %)Lync
820 (4.049 %)SharePoint 2010
918 (3.644 %)Office Communications Server
1013 (2.632 %)Apache
1110 (2.024 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
129 (1.822 %)BizTalk Server
129 (1.822 %)Lotus Notes
134 (0.810 %)SharePoint Server
143 (0.607 %)Lotus Domino
152 (0.405 %)Exchange Server 2000
152 (0.405 %)Moodle
152 (0.405 %)SAS
161 (0.202 %)CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
175 (15.18 %)MS Excel
213 (2.632 %)MS Office
38 (1.619 %)Office 365
45 (1.012 %)MATLAB
54 (0.810 %)MS Visio
63 (0.607 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.012 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (0.405 %)Dynamics GP
22 (0.405 %)Dynamics NAV
22 (0.405 %)Maximo
31 (0.202 %)SAP PM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1141 (28.54 %)SAN
2100 (20.24 %)DNS
378 (15.79 %)DHCP
474 (14.98 %)Firewall
555 (11.13 %)NAS
651 (10.32 %)TCP/IP
744 (8.907 %)LAN
842 (8.502 %)WAN
939 (7.895 %)iSCSI
1020 (4.049 %)VPN
1020 (4.049 %)SMTP
1119 (3.846 %)Cisco ASA
1218 (3.644 %)Internet
1317 (3.441 %)NetScaler
1414 (2.834 %)Fibre Channel
1513 (2.632 %)Unified Communications
169 (1.822 %)MPLS
177 (1.417 %)Wireless
177 (1.417 %)SMS
177 (1.417 %)VoIP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1106 (21.46 %)SQL Server
234 (6.883 %)SQL Server 2008
323 (4.656 %)SQL Server 2005
420 (4.049 %)Oracle 8/8i
56 (1.215 %)Oracle 11g
56 (1.215 %)SQL Server 2000
65 (1.012 %)GIS
72 (0.405 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.202 %)SQL Server 7
81 (0.202 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
132 (6.478 %)MSI
230 (6.073 %)Wise Package Studio
37 (1.417 %)Team Foundation Server
44 (0.810 %)InstallShield
53 (0.607 %)Moq
53 (0.607 %)Selenium
53 (0.607 %)Cucumber
62 (0.405 %)MSBuild
62 (0.405 %)NUnit
62 (0.405 %)MSTest
62 (0.405 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.202 %)LoadRunner
71 (0.202 %)Mercurial
71 (0.202 %)JIRA
71 (0.202 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
182 (16.60 %)Finance
216 (3.239 %)Banking
310 (2.024 %)Telecoms
47 (1.417 %)Investment Banking
56 (1.215 %)Electronics
56 (1.215 %)Military
64 (0.810 %)Financial Institution
64 (0.810 %)Automotive
64 (0.810 %)Games
73 (0.607 %)Law
73 (0.607 %)Retail
82 (0.405 %)Marketing
82 (0.405 %)Online Betting
82 (0.405 %)Back Office
91 (0.202 %)Dutch Language
91 (0.202 %)French Language
91 (0.202 %)Retail Banking
91 (0.202 %)International Banking
91 (0.202 %)Private Banking
91 (0.202 %)Multimedia
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
158 (11.74 %)Architect
257 (11.54 %)Consultant
345 (9.109 %)Infrastructure Engineer
440 (8.097 %)Analyst
530 (6.073 %)Applications Packager
530 (6.073 %)Server Engineer
627 (5.466 %)Administrator
725 (5.061 %)Technical Architect
823 (4.656 %)Project Manager
922 (4.453 %)Systems Administrator
1019 (3.846 %)Support Analyst
1019 (3.846 %)3rd Line Support
1019 (3.846 %)Technical Consultant
1117 (3.441 %)Support Engineer
1117 (3.441 %)Systems Engineer
1117 (3.441 %)Network Engineer
1117 (3.441 %)Technical Manager
1216 (3.239 %)Wintel Engineer
1315 (3.036 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1315 (3.036 %)Storage Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
186 (17.41 %)Clustering
224 (4.858 %)PKI
323 (4.656 %)Client/Server
415 (3.036 %)Computer Science
59 (1.822 %)Blackberry
59 (1.822 %)Thin Client
59 (1.822 %)Fat Client
68 (1.619 %)Hedge funds
68 (1.619 %)Management Information System
77 (1.417 %)Cloud Computing
77 (1.417 %)EqualLogic
77 (1.417 %)Mathematics
77 (1.417 %)Cryptography
86 (1.215 %)CMDB
86 (1.215 %)SaaS
86 (1.215 %)HP StorageWorks
95 (1.012 %)CLARiiON
95 (1.012 %)Web 2.0
95 (1.012 %)CESG
104 (0.810 %)RMADS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1373 (75.51 %)Windows
2242 (48.99 %)Windows Server 2008
3144 (29.15 %)Windows Server 2003
4115 (23.28 %)Windows 7
562 (12.55 %)Linux
659 (11.94 %)Windows XP
745 (9.109 %)UNIX
820 (4.049 %)Solaris
918 (3.644 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1017 (3.441 %)Windows NT
1111 (2.227 %)NetWare
1111 (2.227 %)Windows 2000
1111 (2.227 %)Windows 2000 Server
128 (1.619 %)Windows Vista
136 (1.215 %)Ubuntu
145 (1.012 %)CentOS
153 (0.607 %)VMS
153 (0.607 %)Apple iOS
162 (0.405 %)Android
162 (0.405 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
171 (14.37 %)Migration
240 (8.097 %)ITIL
334 (6.883 %)Project Management
422 (4.453 %)PRINCE2
519 (3.846 %)Disaster Recovery
614 (2.834 %)Service Management
712 (2.429 %)Change Management
811 (2.227 %)Problem Management
910 (2.024 %)Load Balancing
910 (2.024 %)Business Continuity
109 (1.822 %)OO
109 (1.822 %)High Availability
118 (1.619 %)Information Management
118 (1.619 %)Stakeholder Management
127 (1.417 %)Capacity Management
136 (1.215 %)Software Testing
136 (1.215 %)Incident Management
145 (1.012 %)Risk Management
145 (1.012 %)CRM
145 (1.012 %)Capacity Planning
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
180 (16.19 %)SQL
247 (9.514 %)PowerShell
338 (7.692 %)VB
431 (6.275 %)C
521 (4.251 %)VBScript
618 (3.644 %)Perl
717 (3.441 %)C#
811 (2.227 %)Shell Script
811 (2.227 %)Python
910 (2.024 %)Java
109 (1.822 %)VB.NET
115 (1.012 %)PHP
115 (1.012 %)Bash shell
121 (0.202 %)JavaScript
121 (0.202 %)Korn
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
196 (19.43 %)Security Cleared
271 (14.37 %)Microsoft Certification
360 (12.15 %)SC Cleared
452 (10.53 %)MCSE
525 (5.061 %)MCITP
525 (5.061 %)DV Cleared
624 (4.858 %)Cisco Certification
624 (4.858 %)Citrix Certification
721 (4.251 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
820 (4.049 %)CCNA
919 (3.846 %)Degree
1015 (3.036 %)CCA
1110 (2.024 %)CTC Cleared
1110 (2.024 %)CCNP
1110 (2.024 %)CCEA
128 (1.619 %)MCTS
128 (1.619 %)ITIL Certification
137 (1.417 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
146 (1.215 %)CCIA
155 (1.012 %)Novell Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (3.441 %)SLA
25 (1.012 %)QA
31 (0.202 %)ISO 9001
31 (0.202 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1255 (51.62 %)Active Directory
2246 (49.80 %)VMware Infrastructure
373 (14.78 %)vSphere
450 (10.12 %)XenApp
546 (9.312 %)VMware ESX
640 (8.097 %)XenDesktop
732 (6.478 %)XenServer
827 (5.466 %)Xen
913 (2.632 %)VMware ESXi
1011 (2.227 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1110 (2.024 %)NFS
129 (1.822 %)Citrix Presentation Server
129 (1.822 %)UAG
137 (1.417 %)Terminal Server
146 (1.215 %)vCloud
155 (1.012 %)ISA Server
164 (0.810 %)Oracle RAC
164 (0.810 %)Veritas Cluster Server
164 (0.810 %)Xsan
173 (0.607 %)DFS Replication
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
155 (11.13 %)SCCM
237 (7.490 %)SCOM
320 (4.049 %)SCVMM
419 (3.846 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
516 (3.239 %)OpenView
615 (3.036 %)WMI
714 (2.834 %)Backup Exec
813 (2.632 %)NetBackup
99 (1.822 %)OpenView Configuration Management
107 (1.417 %)WSUS
116 (1.215 %)vCenter
116 (1.215 %)ZENworks
125 (1.012 %)Norton AntiVirus
134 (0.810 %)HP SIM
143 (0.607 %)EMC NetWorker
143 (0.607 %)AppDNA
152 (0.405 %)HP Data Protector
152 (0.405 %)WhatsUp Gold
152 (0.405 %)McAfee ePO
152 (0.405 %)CiscoWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1304 (61.54 %)VMware
2243 (49.19 %)Microsoft
3147 (29.76 %)Citrix
4117 (23.68 %)HP
578 (15.79 %)Cisco
648 (9.717 %)NetApp
736 (7.287 %)Symantec
833 (6.680 %)Oracle
927 (5.466 %)Red Hat
1022 (4.453 %)Dell
1120 (4.049 %)EMC
1219 (3.846 %)Sun
1317 (3.441 %)Novell
1317 (3.441 %)StorageTek
1317 (3.441 %)Veritas
1416 (3.239 %)IBM
1512 (2.429 %)CommVault
1610 (2.024 %)AppSense
179 (1.822 %)Lotus
188 (1.619 %)CheckPoint
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