The first table below looks at the demand for Hyper-V skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Hyper-V over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Hyper-V
Rank 81 86 104
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +18
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 136 113 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.705% 2.479% 1.846%
As % of the System Software category 24.16% 25.98% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 116 84 70
Average salary £40,000 £35,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.67% -21.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £28,950 £29,800
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -5.88%
All System Software
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
563 435 429
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 11.20% 9.544% 10.28%
Number of salaries quoted 488 378 360
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £61,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Hyper-V Salary Trend

Hyper-V
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Hyper-V across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham -4 66 £45,000 +12.50%
Warwickshire +27 22 £35,000 -
Solihull -12 15 £35,500 -
Coventry -18 13 £40,000 -17.94%
Shropshire - 5 £32,750 -
Staffordshire -5 4 £32,500 -
Sutton Coldfield -10 4 £27,000 -32.50%
Wolverhampton - 4 £41,250 -
Worcestershire +5 3 £42,500 +30.76%
Wednesbury - 2 £35,000 -
Willenhall - 2 £35,000 -
Halesowen - 2 £35,000 -
Hyper-V
England

Hyper-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 185 (86.45%) VMware
2 158 (73.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 138 (64.49%) Windows
4 124 (57.94%) Microsoft
5 110 (51.40%) Windows Server 2008
6 101 (47.20%) Citrix
7 99 (46.26%) Active Directory
8 87 (40.65%) NetApp
9 83 (38.79%) Windows Server 2003
10 72 (33.64%) SCCM
11 67 (31.31%) MS Exchange
12 65 (30.37%) MS Excel
13 64 (29.91%) SCOM
14 62 (28.97%) XenDesktop
15 60 (28.04%) HP
16 59 (27.57%) vSphere
17 52 (24.30%) Cisco
18 51 (23.83%) Microsoft Certification
19 50 (23.36%) MCITP
20 47 (21.96%) SAN
21 46 (21.50%) Exchange Server 2010
22 40 (18.69%) MCSE
22 40 (18.69%) XenServer
23 39 (18.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
24 36 (16.82%) SharePoint
25 32 (14.95%) EMC
26 31 (14.49%) Firewall
26 31 (14.49%) XenApp
27 29 (13.55%) Exchange Server 2007
27 29 (13.55%) Symantec

Hyper-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (1.869%) COM
2 2 (0.935%) Application Packaging
3 1 (0.467%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 67 (31.31%) MS Exchange
2 46 (21.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 36 (16.82%) SharePoint
4 29 (13.55%) Exchange Server 2007
5 24 (11.21%) Lync
6 18 (8.411%) Exchange Server 2003
7 8 (3.738%) IIS
8 5 (2.336%) Lotus Notes
8 5 (2.336%) Lotus Domino
8 5 (2.336%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (1.402%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.467%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.467%) nginx
10 1 (0.467%) Apache
10 1 (0.467%) Tomcat
Applications
1 65 (30.37%) MS Excel
2 21 (9.813%) Office 365
3 13 (6.075%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.738%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 47 (21.96%) SAN
2 31 (14.49%) Firewall
3 29 (13.55%) DNS
4 26 (12.15%) DHCP
5 18 (8.411%) NAS
6 11 (5.140%) Internet
7 10 (4.673%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.804%) VoIP
8 6 (2.804%) Wireless
8 6 (2.804%) IP Telephony
9 5 (2.336%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.869%) WAN
10 4 (1.869%) LAN
11 3 (1.402%) iSCSI
11 3 (1.402%) SMTP
11 3 (1.402%) VPN
11 3 (1.402%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.935%) IPsec
12 2 (0.935%) Cisco PIX
12 2 (0.935%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.68%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.869%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (1.402%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (0.935%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (0.467%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.467%) Subversion
1 1 (0.467%) TeamCity
1 1 (0.467%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 15 (7.009%) Back Office
2 4 (1.869%) Advertising
3 2 (0.935%) Automotive
4 1 (0.467%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (25.23%) Consultant
2 52 (24.30%) Architect
3 44 (20.56%) Technical Architect
4 26 (12.15%) Technical Specialist
5 22 (10.28%) Virtualisation Architect
6 21 (9.813%) 3rd Line Support
7 19 (8.879%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
8 18 (8.411%) Technical Consultant
9 16 (7.477%) Administrator
9 16 (7.477%) Analyst
10 14 (6.542%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (5.140%) Virtualisation Engineer
11 11 (5.140%) Pre Sales Consultant
12 10 (4.673%) Support Analyst
12 10 (4.673%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (4.673%) Storage Specialist
13 9 (4.206%) Technical Solutions Architect
14 8 (3.738%) Microsoft Consultant
15 6 (2.804%) Network Engineer
15 6 (2.804%) Implementation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.346%) Enterprise Storage
2 10 (4.673%) SaaS
3 4 (1.869%) CLARiiON
3 4 (1.869%) CCTV
4 3 (1.402%) Celerra
4 3 (1.402%) EqualLogic
5 2 (0.935%) Thin Client
5 2 (0.935%) Clustering
5 2 (0.935%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.467%) iPhone
6 1 (0.467%) PaaS
6 1 (0.467%) Open Source
6 1 (0.467%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.467%) iPad
6 1 (0.467%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 138 (64.49%) Windows
2 110 (51.40%) Windows Server 2008
3 83 (38.79%) Windows Server 2003
4 17 (7.944%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (5.607%) Windows 7
6 11 (5.140%) Linux
7 10 (4.673%) UNIX
8 8 (3.738%) Solaris
8 8 (3.738%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.935%) Mac OS X Server
10 1 (0.467%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.467%) Android
10 1 (0.467%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.467%) CentOS
10 1 (0.467%) Windows NT
10 1 (0.467%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.467%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (10.28%) Technical Architecture
2 19 (8.879%) Service Delivery
3 15 (7.009%) ITIL
4 12 (5.607%) CRM
4 12 (5.607%) Data Protection
5 10 (4.673%) Business Development
6 7 (3.271%) Project Management
7 6 (2.804%) Problem Management
8 4 (1.869%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (1.869%) PRINCE2
8 4 (1.869%) Asset Management
9 3 (1.402%) Incident Management
10 2 (0.935%) High Availability
10 2 (0.935%) Capacity Management
10 2 (0.935%) Change Control
10 2 (0.935%) Benchmarking
10 2 (0.935%) Change Management
10 2 (0.935%) Practice Management
10 2 (0.935%) Load Balancing
11 1 (0.467%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 28 (13.08%) SQL
2 14 (6.542%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.804%) VBScript
4 3 (1.402%) C
5 1 (0.467%) Bash shell
5 1 (0.467%) Java
5 1 (0.467%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (23.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 50 (23.36%) MCITP
3 40 (18.69%) MCSE
4 39 (18.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 21 (9.813%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (8.879%) VCP5
7 17 (7.944%) CCNA
8 16 (7.477%) MCP
9 12 (5.607%) MCSA
9 12 (5.607%) Citrix Certification
10 11 (5.140%) CCEE
11 10 (4.673%) MCTS
12 9 (4.206%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (3.271%) VCDX
13 7 (3.271%) CCNP
13 7 (3.271%) VCP4
13 7 (3.271%) NCIE
13 7 (3.271%) VCAP
13 7 (3.271%) CCIA
14 6 (2.804%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.075%) SLA
System Software
1 158 (73.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 99 (46.26%) Active Directory
3 62 (28.97%) XenDesktop
4 59 (27.57%) vSphere
5 40 (18.69%) XenServer
6 31 (14.49%) XenApp
7 21 (9.813%) VMware ESX
8 16 (7.477%) UAG
9 13 (6.075%) Microsoft App-V
9 13 (6.075%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (4.673%) Forefront TMG
10 10 (4.673%) Xen
11 4 (1.869%) ISA Server
12 2 (0.935%) IAG
12 2 (0.935%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.467%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.467%) Shibboleth
13 1 (0.467%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 72 (33.64%) SCCM
2 64 (29.91%) SCOM
3 23 (10.75%) Norton AntiVirus
4 22 (10.28%) SCVMM
5 21 (9.813%) ARCserve
6 18 (8.411%) NetBackup
7 17 (7.944%) WSUS
8 10 (4.673%) Backup Exec
9 8 (3.738%) Tivoli
9 8 (3.738%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 5 (2.336%) WhatsUp Gold
10 5 (2.336%) Zenoss
11 3 (1.402%) MOM
12 2 (0.935%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
12 2 (0.935%) OpenView
12 2 (0.935%) Cacti
13 1 (0.467%) MAILsweeper
13 1 (0.467%) Splunk
Vendors
1 185 (86.45%) VMware
2 124 (57.94%) Microsoft
3 101 (47.20%) Citrix
4 87 (40.65%) NetApp
5 60 (28.04%) HP
6 52 (24.30%) Cisco
7 32 (14.95%) EMC
8 29 (13.55%) Symantec
9 22 (10.28%) 3PAR
10 15 (7.009%) McAfee
11 14 (6.542%) IBM
12 10 (4.673%) Juniper
13 9 (4.206%) Veritas
14 8 (3.738%) SAP
15 7 (3.271%) Dell
16 6 (2.804%) CheckPoint
17 5 (2.336%) Sophos
17 5 (2.336%) Lotus
17 5 (2.336%) CommVault
18 4 (1.869%) Novell
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Windows | Hyper-V/VMware | SQL , South Birmingham... The Senior Infrastructure Skills will include (to 3rd Line): Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory administration, SQL Server...
Venturi
Salary: £32000 - £35000.00 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They are looking for somebody that has good working knowledge within a Systems Admin position... Spring Technology is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Spring Technology
Salary: £32000.00 - £39000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oswestry, West Midlands
Your success is driven by your proven track record in 2nd and 3rd line support - ideally with an emphasis on installing, configuring, supporting & maintaining; Server 2008/R2, Server...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Skills required (to 3rd line): - Windows 2003/2008 - Active Directory administration - SQL Server 2005/2008 admin - Hyper-V/VMware/Virtualisation support - Good networking knowledge Desirable skills: - Citrix The...
Venturi
Salary: £32000 - £35000.00 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
MS Exchange Server 2003/2007/2010, especially Exchange 2010), Anti-virus solutions (e.g. McAfee, Symantec,Trend), Active Directory, Backup solutions (e.g. Veritas, ARCServe), Virtualisation technologies (e...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 32,000 - 39,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Skill Set: Windows XP / 7 Server 2003 / 2008 Exchange 2003 / 2007 Active Directory Sharepoint SQL VMware / Hyper V IIS This is an excellent opportunity where you will work...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £34000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
This role will be broken down as follows: Technical Architecture - 40% (e.g... maintenance of documentation and processes) Knowledge & Experience: You must have good experience of providing Virtualisation...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £55K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
This role will be broken down as follows: Technical Architecture - 40% (e.g... maintenance of documentation and processes) Knowledge & Experience: You must have good experience of providing Virtualisation...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £55K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Telford, Shropshire
This role will be broken down as follows: Technical Architecture - 40% (e.g... maintenance of documentation and processes) Knowledge & Experience: You must have good experience of providing Virtualisation...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £55K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Based in Birmingham my client is looking for an experienced HP EVA Storage Technical Specialist to join their thriving data centre division... maintenance of documentation and processes) Skills,...
Monarch Recruitment
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
Main Duties: As a Technical architect your main duties will include: - Providing support to clients - Help and support with design on projects - Work with the business development team -...
Intapeople
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Car allowance and Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
West Midlands
A highly successful global Managed Services and IT solutions Provider with a solid reputation seeks a high-calibre Software and Virtualisation Pre-sales Consultant for a home based...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP55 to GBP65 per annum + Benefits: plus car allowance, bonus and benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
West Midlands
Virtualisation Technologies (Hyper-V, Vmware) Windows Enterprise Domain Environments... AD, SCCM, DPM, WDS, WSUS... Experience of the following would be advantageous: EMC Clarion. Microsoft Lync. OSX server/client...
Experis IT
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Car - Home Based
Posted: 23 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
This will include IT infrastructure support both remotely and on-site, as well as that you will be responsible for design and delivery of small to large scale...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum + Benfits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
PSTN Gateway... HP Data protector / Arcserve... Microsoft Exchange 2003 / 2007 / 2010, Symantec Enterprise Vault. ActiveSync, Bes, MobileIron. Active Directory, GPO, DNS, DHCP, Windows 2003/ 2008 servers/ infrastructures... Win...
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum dep on exp, plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Microsoft Exchange 2003/ 2007/ 2010,BES & ActiveSync... Firewalls (ISA, TMG, CheckPoint, PIX, ASA, UAG/ IAG) Cisco (routers & switches) Network monitoring tools (Cacti, Solarwinds or similar) WSUS, SCCM and...
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £34,000 to £42,000 per annum dep on exp, plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Candidates will possess a significant number of the following key technology skills and certifications: Microsoft Hyper-V - Certified to MCSE, MCITP Level. Microsoft App-V, SCVMM, SCCM, SCOM,...
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £45,000 to £75,000 per annum (dep on exp), bonus & benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Citrix XenDesktop, XenApp - Certified to CCA, CCAA, CCEA, CCEE, CCIA level. Microsoft Hyper-V, App-V, SCVMM, SCCM - Certified to MCSE, MCITP Level... In addition, we also deliver...
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £35,000 to £65,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits package
Posted: 22 May 2013