The first table below looks at the demand for Hyper-V skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Hyper-V over the 3 months to 17 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Hyper-V
Rank 175 159 188
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +29
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 73 96 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.024% 1.362% 0.772%
As % of the System Software category 14.40% 13.48% 8.848%
Number of salaries quoted 63 91 50
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,950 £28,400 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -5.88%
All System Software
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
507 712 599
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 7.111% 10.10% 8.728%
Number of salaries quoted 391 653 506
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Hyper-V
England

Hyper-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Hyper-V Jobs Demand Trend

Hyper-V
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Hyper-V across the North West region.

North West Hyper-V Salary Trend

Hyper-V
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Hyper-V across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Hyper-V Salary Histogram

Hyper-V
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -10 42 £35,000 +8.52%
Cheshire -13 19 £37,500 +2.04%
Merseyside +7 5 £45,000 +5.88%
Lancashire +4 3 £40,000 +14.28%
Hyper-V
England

Hyper-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Hyper-V.

1 105 (76.64%) Windows
2 103 (75.18%) VMware
3 91 (66.42%) Microsoft
4 78 (56.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 67 (48.91%) MS Exchange
6 54 (39.42%) Citrix
7 53 (38.69%) Windows Server 2008
8 51 (37.23%) Active Directory
9 50 (36.50%) MS Excel
10 43 (31.39%) Windows Server 2003
11 41 (29.93%) SAN
12 34 (24.82%) SQL Server
13 33 (24.09%) SQL
14 32 (23.36%) SCOM
15 31 (22.63%) WAN
16 29 (21.17%) Windows 7
17 28 (20.44%) DNS
18 27 (19.71%) TCP/IP
18 27 (19.71%) Exchange Server 2010
19 25 (18.25%) IIS
20 24 (17.52%) SCCM
20 24 (17.52%) XenApp
21 23 (16.79%) LAN
21 23 (16.79%) Microsoft Certification
22 22 (16.06%) Firewall
22 22 (16.06%) SharePoint
23 20 (14.60%) Cisco
23 20 (14.60%) MCSE
24 19 (13.87%) SQL Server 2008
25 18 (13.14%) NAS

Hyper-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Hyper-V. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (3.650%) SOAP
1 5 (3.650%) Web Services
1 5 (3.650%) .NET
2 4 (2.920%) XML
3 3 (2.190%) XSLT
3 3 (2.190%) EDI
3 3 (2.190%) CGI
3 3 (2.190%) Ajax
3 3 (2.190%) COM
3 3 (2.190%) JSP
4 2 (1.460%) RESTful
5 1 (0.730%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 67 (48.91%) MS Exchange
2 27 (19.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 25 (18.25%) IIS
4 22 (16.06%) SharePoint
5 15 (10.95%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (7.299%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (6.569%) Lync
8 7 (5.109%) SharePoint 2010
9 6 (4.380%) Apache
10 4 (2.920%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.730%) SAS
Applications
1 50 (36.50%) MS Excel
2 9 (6.569%) MS Office
3 4 (2.920%) Google Apps
3 4 (2.920%) Office 365
4 3 (2.190%) MS Project
5 2 (1.460%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (7.299%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (5.839%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.730%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 41 (29.93%) SAN
2 31 (22.63%) WAN
3 28 (20.44%) DNS
4 27 (19.71%) TCP/IP
5 23 (16.79%) LAN
6 22 (16.06%) Firewall
7 18 (13.14%) NAS
8 13 (9.489%) DHCP
9 9 (6.569%) VoIP
10 8 (5.839%) Internet
11 6 (4.380%) iSCSI
11 6 (4.380%) Unified Communications
12 5 (3.650%) Fibre Channel
12 5 (3.650%) SSL
13 4 (2.920%) FTP
13 4 (2.920%) SMTP
14 3 (2.190%) Ethernet
14 3 (2.190%) SNMP
14 3 (2.190%) VPN
14 3 (2.190%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (24.82%) SQL Server
2 19 (13.87%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (8.759%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (5.839%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (5.839%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 8 (5.839%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (5.109%) MySQL
6 4 (2.920%) SQL Server 2000
6 4 (2.920%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 3 (2.190%) Subversion
1 3 (2.190%) Git (software)
General
1 10 (7.299%) Finance
2 5 (3.650%) Telecoms
3 3 (2.190%) Marketing
3 3 (2.190%) Law
4 1 (0.730%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 21 (15.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 20 (14.60%) Consultant
3 19 (13.87%) Analyst
4 18 (13.14%) Systems Engineer
5 17 (12.41%) Architect
6 14 (10.22%) Support Analyst
7 11 (8.029%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (8.029%) Administrator
7 11 (8.029%) Network Administrator
8 10 (7.299%) 2nd Line Support
9 9 (6.569%) Support Engineer
10 7 (5.109%) Technical Consultant
11 5 (3.650%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 5 (3.650%) IT Support Analyst
11 5 (3.650%) Pre Sales Consultant
11 5 (3.650%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 5 (3.650%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 5 (3.650%) IT Support
12 4 (2.920%) Team Leader
12 4 (2.920%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.569%) Statistics
2 5 (3.650%) iPhone
3 4 (2.920%) Clustering
3 4 (2.920%) Blackberry
4 3 (2.190%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.460%) Open Source
5 2 (1.460%) EqualLogic
5 2 (1.460%) iPad
5 2 (1.460%) HP StorageWorks
5 2 (1.460%) Replication
5 2 (1.460%) CLARiiON
5 2 (1.460%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.460%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.460%) Celerra
6 1 (0.730%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.730%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 105 (76.64%) Windows
2 53 (38.69%) Windows Server 2008
3 43 (31.39%) Windows Server 2003
4 29 (21.17%) Windows 7
5 16 (11.68%) Windows XP
6 15 (10.95%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (8.029%) Linux
7 11 (8.029%) Windows Vista
8 10 (7.299%) Windows 8
9 5 (3.650%) Android
9 5 (3.650%) UNIX
10 3 (2.190%) Windows NT
11 2 (1.460%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (13.14%) ITIL
2 11 (8.029%) Load Balancing
3 10 (7.299%) CRM
4 8 (5.839%) Project Management
5 7 (5.109%) PRINCE2
5 7 (5.109%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (5.109%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (2.920%) Service Management
6 4 (2.920%) Service Delivery
7 3 (2.190%) Business Continuity
7 3 (2.190%) Network Design
7 3 (2.190%) Network Management
7 3 (2.190%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (2.190%) WAN Optimisation
7 3 (2.190%) Project Planning
7 3 (2.190%) Test Scripting
8 2 (1.460%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (1.460%) Integration Testing
8 2 (1.460%) Infrastructure Management
8 2 (1.460%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 33 (24.09%) SQL
2 8 (5.839%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.650%) C++
3 5 (3.650%) Java
3 5 (3.650%) Perl
4 4 (2.920%) VBScript
4 4 (2.920%) C
4 4 (2.920%) X++
5 3 (2.190%) ActionScript 2.0
5 3 (2.190%) Bash shell
5 3 (2.190%) ActionScript
5 3 (2.190%) Python
6 2 (1.460%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.730%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (16.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (14.60%) MCSE
3 14 (10.22%) MCITP
4 13 (9.489%) Citrix Certification
5 11 (8.029%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (6.569%) MCP
7 8 (5.839%) CCEE
8 7 (5.109%) MCTS
9 6 (4.380%) CCIA
9 6 (4.380%) CCA
10 5 (3.650%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (2.920%) MCSA
11 4 (2.920%) CCNA
11 4 (2.920%) Degree
12 3 (2.190%) A+ Certification
12 3 (2.190%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (2.190%) CCEA
12 3 (2.190%) VCAP
12 3 (2.190%) VCDX
12 3 (2.190%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.380%) SLA
2 1 (0.730%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 78 (56.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 51 (37.23%) Active Directory
3 24 (17.52%) XenApp
4 16 (11.68%) XenDesktop
5 13 (9.489%) XenServer
6 12 (8.759%) vSphere
7 9 (6.569%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (2.920%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 4 (2.920%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (2.190%) Terminal Services
9 3 (2.190%) Samba
9 3 (2.190%) VMware ESX
10 2 (1.460%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.730%) NFS
11 1 (0.730%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 32 (23.36%) SCOM
2 24 (17.52%) SCCM
3 13 (9.489%) WSUS
4 7 (5.109%) Backup Exec
4 7 (5.109%) SCVMM
5 4 (2.920%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 3 (2.190%) MOM
7 2 (1.460%) Nagios
8 1 (0.730%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 103 (75.18%) VMware
2 91 (66.42%) Microsoft
3 54 (39.42%) Citrix
4 20 (14.60%) Cisco
5 18 (13.14%) NetApp
6 11 (8.029%) HP
7 9 (6.569%) Dell
7 9 (6.569%) Symantec
8 8 (5.839%) F5
9 7 (5.109%) IronPort
9 7 (5.109%) Websense
10 5 (3.650%) EMC
10 5 (3.650%) IBM
11 4 (2.920%) Google
11 4 (2.920%) WatchGuard
12 3 (2.190%) SonicWALL
12 3 (2.190%) Brocade
12 3 (2.190%) Exinda
12 3 (2.190%) Sophos
13 2 (1.460%) CommVault
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Leading a team that functions as second line escalation of problems, with an unknown underlying cause and incidents that have not been successfully rectified by the Service Desk...
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