Hyper-V Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 222 214
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +2
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 179 248 364
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.88% 1.08% 1.20%
As % of the System Software category 7.47% 7.11% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 198 279
10th Percentile £250 £286 £198
25th Percentile £319 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% +9.09% +8.55%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £484
90th Percentile £608 £700 £588
UK median daily rate £450 £485 £425
% change year-on-year -7.22% +14.12% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 18
10th Percentile £32.88 £16.70 £12.25
25th Percentile £50.31 £17.38 £12.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.00 £14.43
Median % change year-on-year +242.11% +31.67% +11.17%
75th Percentile £76.25 £19.75 £17.21
90th Percentile £78.50 £19.90 £19.30
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £19.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +22.05% +21.88% +23.27%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,397 3,487 4,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.80% 15.18% 15.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,627 2,493 3,288
10th Percentile £178 £181 £158
25th Percentile £300 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +6.51%
75th Percentile £587 £588 £554
90th Percentile £650 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 175 235
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.16 £16.58 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.18 £46.11 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.41% +163.46% -4.21%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £23.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.50 £49.20
UK median hourly rate £22.40 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.52% +170.00% -8.05%

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 17 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hyper-V in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 17 May 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
South East +27 68 £525 +16.67% 62
North of England +31 36 £350 +7.69% 95
Scotland +56 29 £325 -39.18% 6
North West +25 24 £338 +1.89% 50
Midlands -21 23 £338 -35.71% 45
West Midlands +4 13 £275 -42.11% 26
South West -24 13 £521 +15.83% 35
Yorkshire +7 10 £371 +16.02% 35
East Midlands -14 10 £338 -47.27% 19
East of England -9 7 £550 +29.41% 36
Wales - 3 £220 - 4
North East - 2 £613 - 11
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 19 (10.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.03%) IIS
3 6 (3.35%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.23%) Confluence
5 2 (1.12%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 16 (8.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.23%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 77 (43.02%) Azure
2 44 (24.58%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (13.41%) AWS
4 19 (10.61%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.82%) OCI
6 10 (5.59%) PaaS
7 7 (3.91%) GCP
7 7 (3.91%) IaaS
7 7 (3.91%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (2.23%) Nutanix
9 4 (2.23%) SaaS
10 3 (1.68%) Azure API Management
10 3 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.68%) Azure Event Grid
10 3 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.68%) GitHub
10 3 (1.68%) iPaaS
10 3 (1.68%) WhatsApp
11 2 (1.12%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 56 (31.28%) Firewall
2 43 (24.02%) DNS
3 41 (22.91%) DHCP
4 24 (13.41%) VPN
5 23 (12.85%) SAN
6 20 (11.17%) WAN
7 19 (10.61%) LAN
8 14 (7.82%) Wireless
9 10 (5.59%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (5.03%) VLAN
10 9 (5.03%) VSAN
11 7 (3.91%) Ethernet
11 7 (3.91%) OSPF
11 7 (3.91%) Wireless Security
12 6 (3.35%) VoIP
13 5 (2.79%) MPLS
13 5 (2.79%) Network Security
13 5 (2.79%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (2.79%) SMTP
14 4 (2.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.91%) Amazon RDS
1 7 (3.91%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.23%) MySQL
3 3 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.12%) CouchDB
4 2 (1.12%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.12%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.79%) Bitbucket
1 5 (2.79%) GitLab
2 4 (2.23%) JIRA
3 3 (1.68%) Git
3 3 (1.68%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.68%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (1.12%) Snyk
4 2 (1.12%) SonarQube
General
1 65 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.61%) Public Sector
3 9 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.03%) Finance
4 7 (3.91%) Banking
5 6 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.23%) Marketing
7 3 (1.68%) Billing
7 3 (1.68%) Front Office
7 3 (1.68%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.56%) Advertising
9 1 (0.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 51 (28.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (8.94%) Wintel Engineer
3 15 (8.38%) Server Engineer
4 14 (7.82%) Support Engineer
5 13 (7.26%) Senior
6 11 (6.15%) Network Engineer
7 10 (5.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 10 (5.59%) IT Engineer
7 10 (5.59%) Storage Engineer
8 9 (5.03%) Architect
9 8 (4.47%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 8 (4.47%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (4.47%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (4.47%) Analyst
9 8 (4.47%) VMware Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.15%) .NET
2 6 (3.35%) Web Services
3 5 (2.79%) LDAP
4 3 (1.68%) J2EE
4 3 (1.68%) React
4 3 (1.68%) Vue
5 2 (1.12%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.12%) ADSI
5 2 (1.12%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.12%) CSS
5 2 (1.12%) HTML
5 2 (1.12%) Node.js
6 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.56%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.56%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (19.55%) Data Centre
2 17 (9.50%) PKI
3 16 (8.94%) Clustering
4 7 (3.91%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.79%) Client/Server
5 5 (2.79%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.23%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.68%) NHS
7 3 (1.68%) N-Tier
8 2 (1.12%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.56%) CCTV
9 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.56%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.56%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.56%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 118 (65.92%) Windows
2 80 (44.69%) Windows Server
3 57 (31.84%) Linux
4 38 (21.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 35 (19.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 33 (18.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 31 (17.32%) Windows 10
8 14 (7.82%) Windows XP
9 13 (7.26%) Windows Server 2008
10 9 (5.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (4.47%) Mac OS
11 8 (4.47%) Unix
12 6 (3.35%) CentOS
12 6 (3.35%) Debian
12 6 (3.35%) Solaris
12 6 (3.35%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (2.79%) VMS
14 4 (2.23%) Ubuntu
15 3 (1.68%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (32.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 53 (29.61%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (18.44%) ITIL
4 21 (11.73%) Disaster Recovery
5 18 (10.06%) Server Management
6 17 (9.50%) Customer Service
6 17 (9.50%) Migration
7 16 (8.94%) Project Management
7 16 (8.94%) Storage Management
8 14 (7.82%) Break/Fix
8 14 (7.82%) Converged Infrastructure
8 14 (7.82%) Performance Monitoring
8 14 (7.82%) Performance Tuning
8 14 (7.82%) Proactive Monitoring
9 11 (6.15%) High Availability
9 11 (6.15%) Project Delivery
10 10 (5.59%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (5.03%) Computer Science
11 9 (5.03%) Decision-Making
11 9 (5.03%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (26.26%) PowerShell
2 12 (6.70%) Python
3 8 (4.47%) Bash
4 6 (3.35%) Shell Script
5 5 (2.79%) C#
5 5 (2.79%) Java
5 5 (2.79%) SQL
6 3 (1.68%) C++
6 3 (1.68%) PHP
6 3 (1.68%) Ruby
6 3 (1.68%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.12%) Bicep
7 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 80 (44.69%) Security Cleared
2 49 (27.37%) DV Cleared
3 45 (25.14%) SC Cleared
4 37 (20.67%) Degree
5 27 (15.08%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (13.97%) CCNA
7 17 (9.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (8.94%) CCNP
9 12 (6.70%) MCSE
10 7 (3.91%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (3.35%) DBS Check
11 6 (3.35%) MCSA
11 6 (3.35%) RHCT
11 6 (3.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (2.79%) Azure Certification
13 4 (2.23%) A+ Certification
13 4 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (2.23%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (1.12%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.26%) SLA
2 6 (3.35%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (2.23%) QA
4 3 (1.68%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 3 (1.68%) PMO
5 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 124 (69.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 97 (54.19%) Active Directory
3 32 (17.88%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (7.82%) VMware NSX
5 13 (7.26%) vSphere
6 12 (6.70%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (6.15%) KVM
8 7 (3.91%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (3.35%) Docker
10 5 (2.79%) BitLocker
10 5 (2.79%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (2.79%) Terminal Services
11 3 (1.68%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (1.12%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (21.23%) SCCM
2 32 (17.88%) vCenter Server
3 26 (14.53%) WSUS
4 19 (10.61%) SCOM
5 15 (8.38%) Ansible
6 14 (7.82%) EMC NetWorker
6 14 (7.82%) Kubernetes
6 14 (7.82%) NetBackup
7 11 (6.15%) vMotion
8 10 (5.59%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (5.03%) Failover Clustering
9 9 (5.03%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (3.35%) Autotask
10 6 (3.35%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (3.35%) vRealize
11 5 (2.79%) Rancher
11 5 (2.79%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (2.79%) Tivoli Identity Manager
12 4 (2.23%) Terraform
13 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 151 (84.36%) VMware
2 86 (48.04%) Microsoft
3 31 (17.32%) Cisco
4 28 (15.64%) Dell
5 23 (12.85%) HP
6 22 (12.29%) Veeam
7 18 (10.06%) Citrix
7 18 (10.06%) Red Hat
8 16 (8.94%) 3PAR
8 16 (8.94%) Juniper
8 16 (8.94%) Symantec
9 15 (8.38%) Oracle
10 14 (7.82%) EMC
10 14 (7.82%) Extreme Networks
10 14 (7.82%) Palo Alto
11 6 (3.35%) Apple
11 6 (3.35%) Datto
11 6 (3.35%) IBM
12 5 (2.79%) Google
12 5 (2.79%) Infoblox