Hyper-V Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Hyper-V
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Hyper-V skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 114 130
Rank change year-on-year +8 +16 +20
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 18 14 16
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.94% 0.65% 0.61%
As % of the System Software category 7.96% 4.35% 4.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 14
10th Percentile - £353 £180
25th Percentile £219 £446 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £267 £605 £288
Median % change year-on-year -55.87% +110.43% -47.73%
75th Percentile £400 £608 £669
90th Percentile £488 £632 £700
South East median daily rate £269 £550 £313
% change year-on-year -51.18% +76.00% -24.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £69.38 -
South East median hourly rate - £69.38 -

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 226 322 343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.83% 14.98% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 210 252
10th Percentile £200 £312 £163
25th Percentile £255 £400 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £512 £478
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +7.19% -4.50%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £591
90th Percentile £610 £657 £640
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 9
10th Percentile £72.86 £47.76 £19.19
25th Percentile £75.66 £55.87 £19.25
Median hourly rate £83.32 £56.75 £25.12
Median % change year-on-year +46.82% +125.94% +20.40%
75th Percentile £87.97 £58.49 £67.25
90th Percentile £88.97 £62.97 £68.63
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £58.49 £57.50
% change year-on-year +38.49% +1.72% +98.28%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hyper-V job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Hyper-V.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Hyper-V

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Hyper-V in the Thames Valley

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Hyper-V.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Hyper-V

Hyper-V
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Berkshire +3 17 £259 -57.27% 21
Oxfordshire - 1 £400 - 10
Hyper-V
South East

Hyper-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (94.44%) Azure
2 15 (83.33%) AWS
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) DHCP
1 12 (66.67%) DNS
1 12 (66.67%) VLAN
2 11 (61.11%) TCP/IP
3 2 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (5.56%) Network Security
4 1 (5.56%) VSAN
General
1 12 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 12 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) Infrastructure Support
2 11 (61.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Coordinator
5 1 (5.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Support
5 1 (5.56%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Project Coordinator
5 1 (5.56%) VMware Architect
5 1 (5.56%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.56%) Clustering
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) PKI
2 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Linux
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (72.22%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 11 (61.11%) ITIL
4 11 (61.11%) Preventative Maintenance
4 11 (61.11%) Service Management
4 11 (61.11%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
5 3 (16.67%) Time Management
6 2 (11.11%) SIEM
7 1 (5.56%) Change Management
7 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (5.56%) Ethical Hacking
7 1 (5.56%) Incident Response
7 1 (5.56%) Migration
7 1 (5.56%) Project Management
7 1 (5.56%) Risk Management
7 1 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (5.56%) Security Architecture
7 1 (5.56%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) Azure Certification
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (61.11%) Network+ Certification
2 11 (61.11%) Server+ Certification
3 10 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) CCNA
4 1 (5.56%) CEH
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.56%) CISSP
4 1 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (5.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 17 (94.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.56%) VMware NSX
3 1 (5.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (5.56%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) VMware
2 16 (88.89%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) FireEye
3 1 (5.56%) Intel
3 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.56%) Tanium