Hyper-V Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Hyper-V
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Hyper-V skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 82 97
Rank change year-on-year -21 +15 +1
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 16 14 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.67% 1.05% 0.40%
As % of the System Software category 6.11% 7.78% 4.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 3
10th Percentile - £290 £530
25th Percentile £425 £364 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £475 £488 £588
90th Percentile £613 £538 £595
England median daily rate £475 £400 £520
% change year-on-year +18.75% -23.08% +18.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £56.90 - -
25th Percentile £81.86 - -
Median hourly rate £92.11 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £85.00 £34.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +150.00% +42.86% -45.60%

All System Software Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 262 180 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 10.92% 13.49% 9.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 84 61
10th Percentile £163 £198 £185
25th Percentile £240 £283 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £340
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +47.06% -31.31%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £525
90th Percentile £707 £617 £600
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 39 17
10th Percentile £61.40 £14.99 -
25th Percentile £68.75 £15.50 £14.16
Median hourly rate £70.50 £61.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.63% +105.00% -53.85%
75th Percentile £74.32 £88.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £88.69 £91.50 £75.95
England median hourly rate £63.31 £34.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +83.50% +15.00% -34.91%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Hyper-V relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Hyper-V job vacancy trend in the East of England

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Hyper-V.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Hyper-V

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Hyper-V in the East of England

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Hyper-V.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Hyper-V

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hyper-V in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Hyper-V in the East of England

Hyper-V
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 5 October 2026. 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
Hertfordshire -11 13 £450 -2.70% 9
Cambridgeshire -3 2 - - 6
Norfolk - 1 - - 1
Hyper-V
England

Hyper-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (43.75%) IIS
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Cohesity
2 2 (12.50%) OpenShift
3 1 (6.25%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) DNS
2 7 (43.75%) HTTP
3 5 (31.25%) Skype
4 3 (18.75%) DHCP
4 3 (18.75%) Firewall
4 3 (18.75%) Network Security
5 1 (6.25%) LAN
5 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
5 1 (6.25%) WAN
General
1 6 (37.50%) Back Office
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Security Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Technician
4 1 (6.25%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) JSON
1 7 (43.75%) LDAP
1 7 (43.75%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (31.25%) Smartcard
2 5 (31.25%) YubiKey
3 2 (12.50%) CSOC
3 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (6.25%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (56.25%) Windows Server
3 3 (18.75%) Linux
4 1 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 9 (56.25%) Root Cause Analysis
2 7 (43.75%) AI
2 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) Machine Learning
2 7 (43.75%) Network Packet Capture
2 7 (43.75%) SIEM
2 7 (43.75%) Threat Detection
3 6 (37.50%) Data Modelling
3 6 (37.50%) Red Team
3 6 (37.50%) Roadmaps
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Agile
5 2 (12.50%) Change Management
5 2 (12.50%) Load Balancing
5 2 (12.50%) Problem Management
5 2 (12.50%) Runbook
5 2 (12.50%) Security Operations
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) PowerShell
1 9 (56.25%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) DV Cleared
1 11 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) Degree
3 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 14 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 11 (68.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (43.75%) NFS
3 7 (43.75%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (18.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) SCCM
2 5 (31.25%) Nessus
2 5 (31.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) VMware
2 5 (31.25%) Tenable
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.25%) McAfee
4 1 (6.25%) Red Hat