Hyper-V Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Hyper-V
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Hyper-V skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 119 150
Rank change year-on-year -4 +31 +47
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 4 11 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.21% 0.47% 0.40%
As % of the System Software category 2.33% 3.82% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 11
10th Percentile - £294 -
25th Percentile £500 £363 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £503
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.54% +3.18%
75th Percentile £623 £564 £653
90th Percentile £624 £644 £683
London median daily rate £513 £450 £503
% change year-on-year +13.89% -10.54% +3.18%

All System Software Skills
Central London

Hyper-V falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 172 288 413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.82% 12.41% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 203 282
10th Percentile £265 £314 £238
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £669 £709
90th Percentile £688 £760 £825
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £22.89 - £23.88
25th Percentile £24.23 £77.50 £27.81
Median hourly rate £26.45 £85.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -68.88% +134.48% +76.83%
75th Percentile £28.35 £92.50 £45.31
90th Percentile £29.49 - £49.63
London median hourly rate £25.58 £23.80 £60.00
% change year-on-year +7.46% -60.33% +41.18%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Hyper-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Hyper-V in Central London

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Hyper-V.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Hyper-V

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Hyper-V.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Hyper-V

Hyper-V
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
City of London +8 4 £550 +22.22% 4
Hyper-V
London

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Front Office
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Operations Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Storage Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Subject Matter Expert
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (25.00%) HP Storage
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (25.00%) E-business
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Runbook
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) MCSA
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) CyberArk
3 1 (25.00%) Dell
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Infoblox
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto