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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 340 409
Rank change year-on-year +4 +69 -41
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 257 392 536
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.69% 0.61%
As % of the System Software category 5.62% 5.30% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 304 418
10th Percentile £251 £289 £213
25th Percentile £320 £350 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £485 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +14.12% +5.59%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £538
90th Percentile £629 £715 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £410
% change year-on-year +5.44% +9.76% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 20
10th Percentile £22.08 £16.93 £12.25
25th Percentile £22.24 £17.94 £13.00
Median hourly rate £23.80 £19.50 £15.93
Median % change year-on-year +22.05% +22.41% +22.73%
75th Percentile £60.00 £20.00 £17.50
90th Percentile £76.50 - £26.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £19.00 £14.43
% change year-on-year +294.74% +31.67% +11.17%

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 4,573 7,400 11,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.78% 13.07% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,178 5,247 8,408
10th Percentile £200 £203 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 261 308
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £23.15 £54.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.13% +184.21% -11.63%
75th Percentile £60.75 £66.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.99 £57.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £46.11 £17.50
% change year-on-year -52.28% +163.46% -4.21%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +8 220 £463 +2.78% 290
UK excluding London -3 178 £475 +5.44% 257
South East +27 71 £525 +20.00% 55
London +60 69 £450 -18.18% 41
Work from Home +25 49 £450 -10.00% 95
North of England +37 35 £350 +7.69% 92
Scotland +49 26 £325 -39.66% 5
North West +27 23 £338 +1.89% 53
Midlands -24 23 £338 -35.71% 40
South West -14 14 £543 +20.56% 37
West Midlands +3 13 £275 -42.11% 19
Yorkshire +9 10 £371 +16.02% 32
East Midlands -21 10 £338 -47.27% 21
East of England -10 6 £550 +29.41% 29
Wales - 3 £220 - 4
North East - 2 £613 - 8

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 28 (10.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.45%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.67%) IIS
4 4 (1.56%) Confluence
4 4 (1.56%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
Applications
1 22 (8.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.56%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 129 (50.19%) Azure
2 64 (24.90%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (19.07%) AWS
4 22 (8.56%) Entra ID
5 15 (5.84%) PaaS
6 14 (5.45%) OCI
7 13 (5.06%) GCP
8 12 (4.67%) Nutanix
9 11 (4.28%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (3.50%) IaaS
11 8 (3.11%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.95%) WhatsApp
14 4 (1.56%) OneDrive
14 4 (1.56%) SaaS
15 3 (1.17%) GitHub
15 3 (1.17%) iPaaS
15 3 (1.17%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 71 (27.63%) Firewall
2 58 (22.57%) DNS
3 49 (19.07%) DHCP
4 37 (14.40%) VPN
5 35 (13.62%) SAN
6 29 (11.28%) WAN
7 28 (10.89%) LAN
8 19 (7.39%) Wireless
9 16 (6.23%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (5.06%) VLAN
11 12 (4.67%) NAS
12 10 (3.89%) VoIP
13 9 (3.50%) Network Security
13 9 (3.50%) OSPF
14 8 (3.11%) Ethernet
14 8 (3.11%) TCP/IP
14 8 (3.11%) VSAN
14 8 (3.11%) Wireless Security
15 7 (2.72%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (2.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.89%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.56%) MySQL
3 4 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.17%) Power BI
5 2 (0.78%) CouchDB
5 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.39%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.72%) GitLab
2 5 (1.95%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.56%) Git
3 4 (1.56%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.56%) JIRA
4 3 (1.17%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.78%) Snyk
5 2 (0.78%) SonarQube
General
1 83 (32.30%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.51%) Public Sector
3 13 (5.06%) Finance
4 12 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.72%) Banking
6 6 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.33%) Marketing
7 5 (1.95%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.95%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.56%) Front Office
9 3 (1.17%) Billing
9 3 (1.17%) Electronics
10 2 (0.78%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.39%) Advertising
11 1 (0.39%) Legal
11 1 (0.39%) Local Government
11 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (26.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (8.56%) Support Engineer
3 19 (7.39%) Wintel Engineer
4 18 (7.00%) Server Engineer
5 16 (6.23%) Cloud Engineer
6 15 (5.84%) Consultant
6 15 (5.84%) IT Engineer
6 15 (5.84%) Network Engineer
7 14 (5.45%) Senior
8 13 (5.06%) Analyst
9 11 (4.28%) Architect
9 11 (4.28%) Storage Engineer
9 11 (4.28%) VMware Engineer
10 10 (3.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 9 (3.50%) 2nd Line Support
11 9 (3.50%) Systems Administrator
11 9 (3.50%) Windows Engineer
12 8 (3.11%) 3rd Line Support
12 8 (3.11%) IT Support
12 8 (3.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.23%) .NET
2 9 (3.50%) LDAP
3 7 (2.72%) Web Services
4 5 (1.95%) JSON
5 3 (1.17%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.17%) J2EE
5 3 (1.17%) Node.js
5 3 (1.17%) React
5 3 (1.17%) Vue
6 2 (0.78%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.78%) ADSI
6 2 (0.78%) CSS
6 2 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.78%) HTML
6 2 (0.78%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.39%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.39%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.39%) REST
7 1 (0.39%) Spring
7 1 (0.39%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (19.84%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.56%) PKI
3 21 (8.17%) Clustering
4 8 (3.11%) NHS
5 7 (2.72%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.72%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.33%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.95%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.56%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.56%) Thin Client
9 3 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.17%) N-Tier
9 3 (1.17%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.78%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.78%) Replication
10 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 168 (65.37%) Windows
2 108 (42.02%) Windows Server
3 77 (29.96%) Linux
4 43 (16.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 42 (16.34%) Windows Server 2012
6 39 (15.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 35 (13.62%) Windows 10
8 16 (6.23%) Unix
9 15 (5.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (5.84%) Windows Server 2008
10 14 (5.45%) Mac OS
10 14 (5.45%) Windows XP
11 8 (3.11%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (2.33%) CentOS
12 6 (2.33%) Debian
12 6 (2.33%) Solaris
13 5 (1.95%) VMS
14 4 (1.56%) Ubuntu
14 4 (1.56%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (31.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 71 (27.63%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (15.56%) ITIL
4 26 (10.12%) Disaster Recovery
4 26 (10.12%) Server Management
5 21 (8.17%) Migration
6 18 (7.00%) Customer Service
6 18 (7.00%) Project Management
6 18 (7.00%) Storage Management
7 17 (6.61%) High Availability
8 16 (6.23%) Converged Infrastructure
9 15 (5.84%) Computer Science
9 15 (5.84%) Performance Monitoring
10 14 (5.45%) Break/Fix
10 14 (5.45%) Decision-Making
10 14 (5.45%) Performance Tuning
10 14 (5.45%) Proactive Monitoring
11 13 (5.06%) Identity Access Management
11 13 (5.06%) Mobile Device Management
12 12 (4.67%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 73 (28.40%) PowerShell
2 20 (7.78%) Python
3 12 (4.67%) Bash
4 11 (4.28%) Shell Script
5 9 (3.50%) C#
6 8 (3.11%) SQL
7 6 (2.33%) Java
8 3 (1.17%) C++
8 3 (1.17%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.17%) PHP
8 3 (1.17%) Ruby
8 3 (1.17%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.78%) Bicep
10 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 86 (33.46%) Security Cleared
2 51 (19.84%) SC Cleared
3 48 (18.68%) DV Cleared
4 43 (16.73%) Degree
5 33 (12.84%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (10.51%) CCNA
7 22 (8.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (8.17%) CCNP
9 17 (6.61%) Azure Certification
10 14 (5.45%) MCSE
11 8 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (3.11%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (3.11%) MCSA
12 7 (2.72%) DBS Check
13 6 (2.33%) RHCT
13 6 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (1.56%) A+ Certification
15 4 (1.56%) AWS Certification
15 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.61%) SLA
2 6 (2.33%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (1.56%) QA
4 3 (1.17%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 3 (1.17%) PMO
5 2 (0.78%) GDPR
5 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 170 (66.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 132 (51.36%) Active Directory
3 33 (12.84%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (8.17%) vSphere
5 20 (7.78%) KVM
6 18 (7.00%) Docker
7 16 (6.23%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (5.84%) VMware NSX
9 9 (3.50%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (2.72%) BitLocker
10 7 (2.72%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (2.33%) Terminal Services
12 4 (1.56%) NFS
12 4 (1.56%) VMware Workstation
13 3 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.78%) VirtualBox
14 2 (0.78%) XenApp
14 2 (0.78%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.39%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 56 (21.79%) SCCM
2 30 (11.67%) vCenter Server
3 29 (11.28%) Kubernetes
4 27 (10.51%) SCOM
4 27 (10.51%) WSUS
5 24 (9.34%) Ansible
6 19 (7.39%) Terraform
7 16 (6.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (6.23%) NetBackup
8 14 (5.45%) EMC NetWorker
8 14 (5.45%) Failover Clustering
9 12 (4.67%) Red Hat Satellite
10 8 (3.11%) Jamf Pro
10 8 (3.11%) SCVMM
10 8 (3.11%) vMotion
11 6 (2.33%) Autotask
12 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Clustering
12 5 (1.95%) Rancher
12 5 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.95%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 210 (81.71%) VMware
2 128 (49.81%) Microsoft
3 40 (15.56%) Cisco
4 36 (14.01%) Dell
5 30 (11.67%) HP
6 27 (10.51%) Citrix
6 27 (10.51%) Red Hat
7 26 (10.12%) Veeam
8 19 (7.39%) Juniper
9 16 (6.23%) 3PAR
9 16 (6.23%) EMC
9 16 (6.23%) Symantec
10 15 (5.84%) Oracle
10 15 (5.84%) Palo Alto
11 14 (5.45%) Extreme Networks
12 10 (3.89%) Google
13 8 (3.11%) Datto
14 6 (2.33%) Apple
14 6 (2.33%) IBM
15 5 (1.95%) SolarWinds