Hyper-V Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 229 226 236
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 -28
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 107 180 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.84% 0.87% 1.02%
As % of the System Software category 5.90% 7.32% 6.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 118 195
10th Percentile £263 £241 £279
25th Percentile £352 £313 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £444 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.94% -6.58% +11.76%
75th Percentile £611 £560 £600
90th Percentile £657 £608 £698
UK median daily rate £538 £444 £475
% change year-on-year +21.13% -6.58% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile - £32.88 £16.93
25th Percentile - £50.31 £17.94
Median hourly rate £200.00 £65.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +207.69% +233.33% +22.95%
75th Percentile - £76.25 £29.38
90th Percentile - £78.50 £46.25
UK median hourly rate £200.00 £23.80 £20.00
% change year-on-year +740.34% +19.00% +23.08%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,814 2,460 3,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.21% 11.84% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,249 1,649 2,640
10th Percentile £190 £175 £181
25th Percentile £325 £275 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £460 £483
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% -4.69% +7.26%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £588
90th Percentile £662 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 191 192
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £14.16 £16.77
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 £41.88
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -47.46% +131.16%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £86.60 £78.00 £70.00
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Hyper-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Hyper-V in the UK excluding London

Hyper-V
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Hyper-V in the UK excluding London

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Hyper-V in the UK excluding London

Hyper-V
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Hyper-V in the UK excluding London

Hyper-V
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South West +70 37 £588 +17.50% 26
South East +10 22 £575 +15.00% 87
Scotland -3 13 £575 +76.92% 9
North of England -12 13 £338 -3.57% 61
East of England +35 10 £450 +5.88% 25
Midlands +3 9 £400 +18.52% 44
North West -1 8 £325 -7.14% 36
East Midlands +6 6 £300 -11.11% 27
Wales +3 5 £225 +2.27% 7
Yorkshire -2 5 £351 -3.31% 16
West Midlands -1 3 £550 +57.14% 15
Hyper-V
UK

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (15.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (9.35%) SharePoint
3 9 (8.41%) IIS
4 6 (5.61%) Skype for Business
5 4 (3.74%) Confluence
6 2 (1.87%) Apache
7 1 (0.93%) WinCC
Applications
1 10 (9.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.87%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 48 (44.86%) Azure
2 38 (35.51%) AWS
3 23 (21.50%) OpenShift
4 18 (16.82%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (8.41%) GCP
5 9 (8.41%) IaaS
5 9 (8.41%) PaaS
6 6 (5.61%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.74%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.74%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.87%) Cohesity
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.93%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (45.79%) DNS
2 40 (37.38%) DHCP
3 25 (23.36%) Firewall
4 18 (16.82%) TCP/IP
5 17 (15.89%) VPN
6 16 (14.95%) HTTP
7 9 (8.41%) Skype
8 8 (7.48%) SMTP
9 6 (5.61%) Unified Communications
10 5 (4.67%) LAN
10 5 (4.67%) SAN
10 5 (4.67%) WAN
11 4 (3.74%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (3.74%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (3.74%) Network Security
11 4 (3.74%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (3.74%) SSL
12 3 (2.80%) NAS
12 3 (2.80%) VLAN
12 3 (2.80%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.48%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (7.48%) Big Data
1 8 (7.48%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.87%) MySQL
5 1 (0.93%) Power BI
5 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Bitbucket
1 4 (3.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 25 (23.36%) Public Sector
2 21 (19.63%) Social Skills
3 10 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.80%) Finance
4 3 (2.80%) Legal
4 3 (2.80%) Military
5 2 (1.87%) Banking
5 2 (1.87%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.93%) Marketing
6 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (40.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (10.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 10 (9.35%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (9.35%) 3rd Line Support
3 10 (9.35%) Administrator
4 9 (8.41%) Support Engineer
5 8 (7.48%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (6.54%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 7 (6.54%) Infrastructure Support
6 7 (6.54%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 7 (6.54%) VMWare Administrator
6 7 (6.54%) Wintel Administrator
7 5 (4.67%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (4.67%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (4.67%) IT Support
8 4 (3.74%) Analyst
8 4 (3.74%) Architect
8 4 (3.74%) Security Specialist
8 4 (3.74%) Senior
9 3 (2.80%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.74%) LDAP
2 3 (2.80%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.93%) .NET
3 1 (0.93%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.93%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.93%) React
3 1 (0.93%) SOAP
3 1 (0.93%) Vue
3 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.43%) PKI
2 16 (14.95%) Clustering
3 12 (11.21%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.67%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.74%) Replication
6 3 (2.80%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.80%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.87%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.87%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.87%) Smartcard
7 2 (1.87%) YubiKey
8 1 (0.93%) CESG
8 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.93%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 92 (85.98%) Windows
2 76 (71.03%) Windows Server
3 40 (37.38%) Linux
4 21 (19.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 20 (18.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (16.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (15.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (11.21%) Windows 10
9 7 (6.54%) Unix
10 5 (4.67%) Mac OS
11 4 (3.74%) AIX
11 4 (3.74%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (2.80%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (1.87%) Solaris
14 1 (0.93%) Android
14 1 (0.93%) Rocky
14 1 (0.93%) VMS
14 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (45.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (17.76%) ITIL
4 18 (16.82%) Service Management
5 16 (14.95%) Containerisation
6 14 (13.08%) Agile
6 14 (13.08%) DevOps
7 11 (10.28%) Root Cause Analysis
8 10 (9.35%) Patch Management
8 10 (9.35%) Software Deployment
9 9 (8.41%) Customer Service
10 8 (7.48%) Artificial Intelligence
10 8 (7.48%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (7.48%) High Availability
10 8 (7.48%) Incident Management
10 8 (7.48%) Machine Learning
11 7 (6.54%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (6.54%) Risk Assessment
11 7 (6.54%) Task Automation
12 6 (5.61%) Email Filtering
Programming Languages
1 46 (42.99%) PowerShell
2 20 (18.69%) Python
3 17 (15.89%) Bash
4 16 (14.95%) Java
5 13 (12.15%) SQL
6 8 (7.48%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.93%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 67 (62.62%) Security Cleared
2 39 (36.45%) DV Cleared
3 33 (30.84%) SC Cleared
4 20 (18.69%) Degree
5 6 (5.61%) DBS Check
5 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (4.67%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.80%) MCSE
8 2 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.87%) RHCE
8 2 (1.87%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.93%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.93%) CISSP
9 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.93%) MCP
9 1 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.74%) NIST
1 4 (3.74%) SLA
2 3 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (2.80%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.87%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.93%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.93%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.93%) PMO
4 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 61 (57.01%) Active Directory
1 61 (57.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (32.71%) Docker
3 17 (15.89%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (8.41%) Terminal Services
4 9 (8.41%) vSphere
5 8 (7.48%) BitLocker
5 8 (7.48%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (7.48%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (4.67%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (3.74%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.93%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.93%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 31 (28.97%) Ansible
2 29 (27.10%) Kubernetes
3 27 (25.23%) Puppet
4 23 (21.50%) SCCM
5 19 (17.76%) vCenter Server
6 16 (14.95%) Terraform
7 14 (13.08%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (13.08%) WSUS
8 12 (11.21%) vMotion
9 8 (7.48%) Nagios
10 7 (6.54%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Clustering
11 5 (4.67%) Podman
12 4 (3.74%) NetApp OnCommand
12 4 (3.74%) Progress Chef
13 3 (2.80%) Norton AntiVirus
14 2 (1.87%) Nessus
14 2 (1.87%) PowerCLI
14 2 (1.87%) SELinux
15 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 74 (69.16%) VMware
2 43 (40.19%) Microsoft
3 20 (18.69%) Red Hat
4 12 (11.21%) Cisco
5 11 (10.28%) Citrix
5 11 (10.28%) HP
5 11 (10.28%) Symantec
6 9 (8.41%) Google
7 8 (7.48%) Veeam
8 4 (3.74%) Atlassian
8 4 (3.74%) LogicMonitor
8 4 (3.74%) Oracle
9 3 (2.80%) Meraki
9 3 (2.80%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.87%) Dell
10 2 (1.87%) Juniper
10 2 (1.87%) NETGEAR
10 2 (1.87%) Remedy
10 2 (1.87%) Tenable
10 2 (1.87%) TP-LINK