Hyper-V Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Hyper-V skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hyper-V over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 100 145
Rank change year-on-year -3 +45 +4
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 13 29 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.80% 1.31% 0.63%
As % of the System Software category 7.07% 9.42% 4.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 16
10th Percentile £370 - £473
25th Percentile £431 £313 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £325 £534
Median % change year-on-year +76.92% -39.18% +37.01%
75th Percentile £600 £488 £575
90th Percentile £611 £538 £584
UK median daily rate £538 £444 £475
% change year-on-year +21.13% -6.58% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate £200.00 £23.80 £20.00
% change year-on-year +740.34% +19.00% +23.08%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 184 308 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.32% 13.89% 15.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 190 326
10th Percentile £221 £192 £194
25th Percentile £410 £324 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £579 £538
90th Percentile £589 £650 £629
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 2
10th Percentile - - £24.34
25th Percentile - £60.00 £29.66
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.50 £40.68
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% +48.72% -8.58%
75th Percentile - £60.75 £50.80
90th Percentile - - £55.57
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Edinburgh +2 8 £550 +15.79% 4
Glasgow 0 5 £594 +82.69% 2
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 1 (7.69%) IIS
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (38.46%) Power Platform
4 3 (23.08%) AWS
5 1 (7.69%) IaaS
5 1 (7.69%) PaaS
5 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) SSL
3 1 (7.69%) DNS
3 1 (7.69%) HTTP
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security
3 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (61.54%) Public Sector
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Security Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (7.69%) ICT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) LDAP
1 3 (23.08%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) PKI
2 4 (30.77%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
3 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
4 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Windows Server
3 5 (38.46%) Linux
3 5 (38.46%) Unix
4 3 (23.08%) Mac OS
5 2 (15.38%) AIX
6 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Email Filtering
2 5 (38.46%) Kalman Filter
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (30.77%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (23.08%) Business Continuity
4 3 (23.08%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (23.08%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Information Security
4 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 3 (23.08%) Line Management
4 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
4 3 (23.08%) Security Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Static Application Security Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Storage Management
4 3 (23.08%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
2 3 (23.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
3 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) MCSE
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (23.08%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 4 (30.77%) Docker
3 3 (23.08%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (7.69%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) SCCM
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (23.08%) Ansible
4 2 (15.38%) Progress Chef
4 2 (15.38%) Puppet
5 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
5 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) VMware
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Commvault
3 1 (7.69%) Dell
3 1 (7.69%) SonicWALL