Microsoft Hyper-V
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Hyper-V skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Hyper-V over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 283 375
Rank change year-on-year +95 +92 -159
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 1,551 1,285 1,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.58% 1.24% 0.97%
As % of the System Software category 12.66% 8.07% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,369 953 1,210
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,100 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £66,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% - -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,248 15,925 28,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.48% 15.31% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,714 10,514 15,799
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +111 1,472 £40,000 -5.88% 325
UK excluding London +88 1,385 £39,500 -1.25% 305
Work from Home +134 512 £44,000 -7.37% 93
South East +118 408 £40,000 - 68
North of England +49 323 £37,500 -6.25% 92
Midlands +94 263 £41,500 +0.24% 66
South West +4 178 £45,000 +20.00% 36
Yorkshire +95 174 £38,000 +1.33% 29
West Midlands +119 165 £41,500 +12.93% 45
East of England +67 157 £37,500 -6.25% 38
London +2 149 £55,000 +4.76% 30
North West +6 115 £39,250 -7.65% 55
East Midlands +14 97 £41,250 -21.43% 21
Scotland -62 35 £42,500 - 7
North East +12 34 £32,500 -13.91% 9
Wales +2 14 £41,500 -27.83% 2
Northern Ireland +12 5 £40,000 -20.00% 3
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -

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
1 441 (28.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 265 (17.09%) SharePoint
3 41 (2.64%) OpenStack
4 31 (2.00%) IIS
5 13 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (0.52%) CMS
6 8 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.45%) SharePoint 2010
7 7 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
8 6 (0.39%) Site Server
9 5 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
10 4 (0.26%) CloudStack
10 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
11 3 (0.19%) Apache
11 3 (0.19%) WordPress
12 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.064%) Confluence
13 1 (0.064%) JOnAS
13 1 (0.064%) SAS
Applications
1 156 (10.06%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.13%) CATIA
3 2 (0.13%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.064%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.26%) Epicor Tropos
2 4 (0.26%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 926 (59.70%) Azure
2 900 (58.03%) Microsoft 365
3 274 (17.67%) AWS
4 258 (16.63%) Entra ID
5 76 (4.90%) SaaS
6 67 (4.32%) OneDrive
7 59 (3.80%) GCP
8 44 (2.84%) OpenShift
9 41 (2.64%) IaaS
9 41 (2.64%) Mimecast
10 39 (2.51%) Serverless
11 37 (2.39%) Google Workspace
12 33 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
13 31 (2.00%) Amazon ECS
14 30 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
15 29 (1.87%) Power Automate
16 23 (1.48%) Power Platform
17 22 (1.42%) PaaS
18 15 (0.97%) Nutanix
19 14 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 622 (40.10%) Firewall
2 422 (27.21%) DNS
3 399 (25.73%) DHCP
4 276 (17.79%) WAN
5 247 (15.93%) VPN
6 246 (15.86%) TCP/IP
7 224 (14.44%) LAN
8 209 (13.48%) SAN
9 190 (12.25%) VLAN
10 124 (7.99%) VoIP
11 101 (6.51%) Wi-Fi
12 97 (6.25%) Wireless
13 81 (5.22%) NAS
14 69 (4.45%) SD-WAN
15 68 (4.38%) Remote Desktop
16 61 (3.93%) MPLS
17 43 (2.77%) Network Security
18 38 (2.45%) HTTP
19 36 (2.32%) Internet
20 31 (2.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (6.58%) SQL Server
2 90 (5.80%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.06%) NoSQL
5 20 (1.29%) MySQL
6 18 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.58%) DB2
7 9 (0.58%) Power BI
8 8 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.39%) Big Data
9 6 (0.39%) InfluxDB
9 6 (0.39%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.32%) Redis
11 4 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.064%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.064%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 52 (3.35%) Jenkins
2 49 (3.16%) Git
3 15 (0.97%) JIRA
4 10 (0.64%) Trac
5 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.26%) Hudson
6 3 (0.19%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.19%) git-flow
6 3 (0.19%) GitLab
6 3 (0.19%) JUnit
6 3 (0.19%) Selenium
6 3 (0.19%) Subversion
6 3 (0.19%) TestNG
6 3 (0.19%) Travis CI
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.064%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.064%) TeamCity
General
1 475 (30.63%) Social Skills
2 105 (6.77%) Finance
3 93 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (5.35%) Telecoms
5 63 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (3.61%) Public Sector
7 47 (3.03%) Legal
8 46 (2.97%) Manufacturing
9 36 (2.32%) Law
10 35 (2.26%) Retail
11 33 (2.13%) Aerospace
12 31 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (1.23%) Marketing
14 18 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (1.03%) Games
16 12 (0.77%) Back Office
16 12 (0.77%) Electronics
17 11 (0.71%) Automotive
18 9 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
19 7 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 359 (23.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 301 (19.41%) Support Engineer
3 298 (19.21%) IT Engineer
4 254 (16.38%) Senior
5 235 (15.15%) IT Support
6 159 (10.25%) IT Support Engineer
7 131 (8.45%) 3rd Line Support
8 110 (7.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 105 (6.77%) 2nd Line Support
10 83 (5.35%) Systems Engineer
11 76 (4.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 74 (4.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 74 (4.77%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 67 (4.32%) Analyst
14 63 (4.06%) Network Engineer
15 61 (3.93%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 59 (3.80%) Lead
17 57 (3.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 57 (3.68%) IT Manager
18 52 (3.35%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.06%) AngularJS
1 32 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
2 31 (2.00%) Node.js
2 31 (2.00%) REST
2 31 (2.00%) Spring
2 31 (2.00%) Spring Boot
3 29 (1.87%) Apache Camel
3 29 (1.87%) JSON
3 29 (1.87%) Web Services
4 27 (1.74%) XML
5 10 (0.64%) .NET
5 10 (0.64%) Middleware
6 9 (0.58%) HTML
7 6 (0.39%) LAMP
8 5 (0.32%) LDAP
9 4 (0.26%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.19%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.19%) SAML
11 2 (0.13%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.13%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 132 (8.51%) Driving Licence
2 125 (8.06%) Data Centre
3 58 (3.74%) Public Cloud
4 57 (3.68%) Clustering
5 54 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (3.22%) Management Information System
7 47 (3.03%) Onboarding
7 47 (3.03%) Replication
8 32 (2.06%) Operational Technology
9 27 (1.74%) PKI
10 25 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.55%) Client/Server
12 22 (1.42%) IoT
13 21 (1.35%) Enterprise Storage
14 20 (1.29%) iPad
15 17 (1.10%) CCTV
16 16 (1.03%) SCADA
17 15 (0.97%) Private Cloud
18 14 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
19 13 (0.84%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1,158 (74.66%) Windows
2 868 (55.96%) Windows Server
3 279 (17.99%) Linux
4 236 (15.22%) Windows 10
5 190 (12.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 155 (9.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 141 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 67 (4.32%) Mac OS
9 65 (4.19%) Windows 8
10 55 (3.55%) Windows 7
11 53 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 45 (2.90%) Windows Server 2008
13 37 (2.39%) Unix
14 36 (2.32%) Apple iOS
15 20 (1.29%) Android
16 18 (1.16%) Mac OS X
16 18 (1.16%) Windows XP
17 17 (1.10%) VMS
18 14 (0.90%) CentOS
19 10 (0.64%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (27.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 318 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
3 291 (18.76%) ITIL
4 225 (14.51%) Customer Service
5 147 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
6 130 (8.38%) Project Management
7 126 (8.12%) DevOps
8 123 (7.93%) Disaster Recovery
9 90 (5.80%) Migration
10 88 (5.67%) Agile
11 81 (5.22%) Incident Management
12 74 (4.77%) Server Management
13 71 (4.58%) Project Delivery
14 68 (4.38%) Mentoring
15 66 (4.26%) Time Management
16 64 (4.13%) Proactive Monitoring
17 61 (3.93%) Presales
18 60 (3.87%) Continuous Improvement
19 59 (3.80%) Kalman Filter
19 59 (3.80%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 331 (21.34%) PowerShell
2 190 (12.25%) SQL
3 106 (6.83%) Python
4 74 (4.77%) Java
5 62 (4.00%) Bash
6 32 (2.06%) JavaScript
7 20 (1.29%) C#
8 11 (0.71%) VBScript
9 9 (0.58%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.32%) Perl
11 3 (0.19%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.13%) Bicep
12 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.064%) C
13 1 (0.064%) C++
13 1 (0.064%) Go
13 1 (0.064%) R
13 1 (0.064%) VB
Qualifications
1 203 (13.09%) Security Cleared
2 156 (10.06%) Degree
3 143 (9.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 136 (8.77%) SC Cleared
5 119 (7.67%) Cisco Certification
6 109 (7.03%) CCNA
7 99 (6.38%) DV Cleared
8 77 (4.96%) MCSE
9 56 (3.61%) Azure Certification
10 33 (2.13%) MCP
11 31 (2.00%) AWS Certification
12 25 (1.61%) MCSA
13 22 (1.42%) DBS Check
14 21 (1.35%) A+ Certification
14 21 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 18 (1.16%) CCNP
15 18 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
15 18 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
16 16 (1.03%) APMP
17 11 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (4.90%) SLA
2 54 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (2.77%) GDPR
4 19 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.58%) COSHH
5 9 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (0.45%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.45%) QA
7 4 (0.26%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.064%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.064%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.064%) NCSC
9 1 (0.064%) NIST
9 1 (0.064%) PMO
System Software
1 945 (60.93%) Active Directory
2 843 (54.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (7.61%) Docker
4 100 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
5 76 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
6 61 (3.93%) XenApp
7 60 (3.87%) XenDesktop
8 50 (3.22%) VirtualBox
9 39 (2.51%) vSphere
10 24 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
11 22 (1.42%) pfSense
12 19 (1.23%) NFS
13 18 (1.16%) Firmware
13 18 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
14 14 (0.90%) VMware Workstation
15 13 (0.84%) Terminal Services
16 12 (0.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 9 (0.58%) Forefront TMG
18 7 (0.45%) KVM
18 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 252 (16.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 168 (10.83%) SCCM
3 117 (7.54%) Ansible
4 105 (6.77%) Kubernetes
5 65 (4.19%) WSUS
6 61 (3.93%) Terraform
7 58 (3.74%) FortiGate
8 55 (3.55%) Puppet
9 50 (3.22%) SCOM
10 42 (2.71%) Failover Clustering
11 32 (2.06%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 26 (1.68%) Grafana
13 22 (1.42%) SmoothWall
14 20 (1.29%) vCenter Server
14 20 (1.29%) ZABBIX
15 19 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
15 19 (1.23%) NetBackup
16 17 (1.10%) Autotask
16 17 (1.10%) SCDPM
16 17 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1,077 (69.44%) VMware
2 908 (58.54%) Microsoft
3 257 (16.57%) Cisco
4 201 (12.96%) Citrix
5 197 (12.70%) Veeam
6 131 (8.45%) HP
7 112 (7.22%) Dell
8 82 (5.29%) Meraki
9 76 (4.90%) Aruba
10 74 (4.77%) Google
11 57 (3.68%) Red Hat
12 55 (3.55%) Juniper
12 55 (3.55%) Sophos
13 54 (3.48%) Fortinet
14 50 (3.22%) Apple
15 46 (2.97%) SonicWALL
16 43 (2.77%) Datto
17 31 (2.00%) Draytek
17 31 (2.00%) WatchGuard
18 30 (1.93%) McAfee