Hyper-V Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Hyper-V skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Hyper-V over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 155 151
Rank change year-on-year +51 -4 -21
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 29 17 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.27% 0.59% 0.61%
As % of the System Software category 9.15% 3.97% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 13
10th Percentile - £473 £159
25th Percentile £313 £511 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £530 £390
Median % change year-on-year -38.68% +35.90% +4.00%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £475
90th Percentile £538 £585 £568
UK median daily rate £438 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -7.89% +11.76% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £17.50
UK median hourly rate £22.30 £20.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year +11.50% +25.00% +23.27%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

Hyper-V is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 317 428 392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.91% 14.76% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 319 275
10th Percentile £190 £205 £155
25th Percentile £350 £375 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £538
90th Percentile £700 £615 £638
UK median daily rate £486 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.43% - +9.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 18
10th Percentile - £16.76 £17.20
25th Percentile £60.00 £18.27 £18.13
Median hourly rate £60.50 £23.86 £42.25
Median % change year-on-year +153.56% -43.53% -35.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £42.84 £48.75
90th Percentile - £52.39 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.00% +150.00% -

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +40 10 £500 - 3
Renfrewshire +2 10 £525 -1.75%
Glasgow +13 9 £325 -39.81% 3
Hyper-V
UK

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (20.69%) IIS
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 12 (41.38%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (10.34%) IaaS
4 3 (10.34%) iPaaS
4 3 (10.34%) PaaS
4 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
5 2 (6.90%) AWS
5 2 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) Firewall
2 7 (24.14%) DHCP
2 7 (24.14%) DNS
3 6 (20.69%) VSAN
4 5 (17.24%) SMTP
4 5 (17.24%) VPN
5 3 (10.34%) LAN
5 3 (10.34%) SSL
5 3 (10.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) Amazon RDS
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.34%) Banking
3 3 (10.34%) Billing
3 3 (10.34%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (13.79%) Senior
3 3 (10.34%) Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) Security Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) Technical Architect
4 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Data Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Data Migration Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Migration Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Technical Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) VMware Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) LDAP
2 3 (10.34%) .NET
2 3 (10.34%) J2EE
2 3 (10.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) PKI
2 8 (27.59%) Data Centre
3 7 (24.14%) Clustering
4 3 (10.34%) Client/Server
4 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (10.34%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 17 (58.62%) Windows
1 17 (58.62%) Windows Server
2 6 (20.69%) CentOS
2 6 (20.69%) Debian
2 6 (20.69%) Linux
2 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2012
2 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (17.24%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Project Delivery
2 8 (27.59%) High Availability
3 5 (17.24%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (17.24%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (13.79%) Email Filtering
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (13.79%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (13.79%) Security Operations
5 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) Data Migration
5 3 (10.34%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (10.34%) Innovative Thinking
5 3 (10.34%) Migration
5 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) Security Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (10.34%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (44.83%) DV Cleared
1 13 (44.83%) Security Cleared
2 9 (31.03%) MCSE
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (20.69%) MCSA
3 6 (20.69%) RHCT
4 5 (17.24%) Degree
4 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
5 3 (10.34%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (10.34%) PMO
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 17 (58.62%) Active Directory
2 14 (48.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (34.48%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (27.59%) VMware NSX
5 6 (20.69%) KVM
6 5 (17.24%) BitLocker
6 5 (17.24%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (17.24%) Terminal Services
6 5 (17.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (44.83%) vCenter Server
2 11 (37.93%) vMotion
3 6 (20.69%) vRealize
4 4 (13.79%) SCCM
5 2 (6.90%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 26 (89.66%) VMware
2 13 (44.83%) Citrix
2 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
3 6 (20.69%) Red Hat
4 5 (17.24%) Infoblox
5 3 (10.34%) Cisco
5 3 (10.34%) Dell
6 2 (6.90%) HP
6 2 (6.90%) McAfee
6 2 (6.90%) Symantec
6 2 (6.90%) Veritas