Hyper-V Contract Job Trends in Preston

Microsoft Hyper-V
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Hyper-V skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 4.88% - -
As % of the System Software category 45.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £244 - -
25th Percentile £295 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £313 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £300 - -

All System Software Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 22 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 10.73% 7.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 19 4 0
10th Percentile £185 - -
25th Percentile £270 £146 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £429 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.70% - -
75th Percentile £431 £700 -
90th Percentile £498 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £325 £400 £525
% change year-on-year -18.75% -23.81% -15.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.25 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 £41.94 -
Median % change year-on-year +99.09% - -
75th Percentile £89.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £65.31 £41.94 £23.34
% change year-on-year +55.72% +79.69% -45.85%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Hyper-V job vacancy trend in Preston

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in Preston over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Hyper-V in Preston

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Hyper-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) NetScaler
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix Engineer
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (60.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) ITIL
2 8 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 8 (80.00%) User Experience
3 6 (60.00%) Defect Management
4 4 (40.00%) Analytics
4 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (40.00%) Proactive Management
4 4 (40.00%) Service Management
5 2 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 10 (100.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 10 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (40.00%) XenApp
2 4 (40.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Citrix
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (80.00%) Nexthink
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft