Hyper-V Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 263 292 331
Rank change year-on-year +29 +39 +83
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 41 53 147
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.41% 0.35% 0.57%
As % of the System Software category 3.51% 3.65% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 28 110
10th Percentile £260 £320 £325
25th Percentile £350 £398 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £496
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -11.84% +11.83%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £588
90th Percentile £610 £609 £706
UK median daily rate £538 £444 £475
% change year-on-year +21.13% -6.58% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year - -40.00% +127.27%
75th Percentile - £23.75 £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £200.00 £23.80 £20.00
% change year-on-year +740.34% +19.00% +23.08%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,169 1,452 3,207
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.80% 9.46% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 868 1,058 2,296
10th Percentile £358 £263 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -3.84% -
75th Percentile £625 £618 £633
90th Percentile £775 £677 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 34 101
10th Percentile £25.25 £15.50 £19.00
25th Percentile £52.44 £15.88 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.50 £43.32 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.20% -33.35% +165.31%
75th Percentile £79.38 £65.00 £70.25
90th Percentile £92.50 £84.57 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

Hyper-V
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Hyper-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Hyper-V trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Hyper-V.

Hyper-V daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Hyper-V over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hyper-V daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Hyper-V.

Hyper-V hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (7.32%) IIS
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (7.32%) Skype for Business
2 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.44%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 18 (43.90%) Azure
2 6 (14.63%) AWS
2 6 (14.63%) Entra ID
3 5 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (4.88%) GCP
4 2 (4.88%) IaaS
5 1 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.44%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.44%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.44%) PaaS
5 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.44%) Rubrik
5 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (34.15%) DNS
2 13 (31.71%) DHCP
3 8 (19.51%) Firewall
4 7 (17.07%) VPN
5 6 (14.63%) Network Security
6 5 (12.20%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (7.32%) SAN
8 2 (4.88%) Skype
8 2 (4.88%) Unified Communications
9 1 (2.44%) LAN
9 1 (2.44%) SSL
9 1 (2.44%) VLAN
9 1 (2.44%) VRRP
9 1 (2.44%) VSAN
9 1 (2.44%) WAN
9 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) MySQL
1 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.44%) Power BI
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.88%) Law
3 2 (4.88%) Retail
4 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Banking
4 1 (2.44%) Finance
4 1 (2.44%) Legal
4 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Architect
3 7 (17.07%) Administrator
4 6 (14.63%) Technical Architect
5 5 (12.20%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (12.20%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 4 (9.76%) Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Senior
6 4 (9.76%) VMWare Administrator
6 4 (9.76%) Wintel Administrator
7 3 (7.32%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (4.88%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) VMware Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Windows Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) ICT Analyst
9 1 (2.44%) SQL Analyst
9 1 (2.44%) Technical Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) LDAP
1 3 (7.32%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.20%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (12.20%) Private Cloud
3 3 (7.32%) PKI
3 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Replication
4 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (65.85%) Windows
2 21 (51.22%) Windows Server
3 9 (21.95%) Linux
4 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (17.07%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (14.63%) Unix
7 3 (7.32%) AIX
7 3 (7.32%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Migration
2 12 (29.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (24.39%) Root Cause Analysis
4 8 (19.51%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (17.07%) Patch Management
6 6 (14.63%) High Availability
7 5 (12.20%) ITIL
7 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (12.20%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (9.76%) Business Continuity
8 4 (9.76%) Configuration Management
8 4 (9.76%) Information Security
8 4 (9.76%) Network Architecture
8 4 (9.76%) Task Automation
9 3 (7.32%) Capacity Planning
9 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Automation
9 3 (7.32%) Line Management
9 3 (7.32%) Project Management
9 3 (7.32%) Server Virtualisation
9 3 (7.32%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.95%) PowerShell
2 5 (12.20%) SQL
3 3 (7.32%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.44%) C
4 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (43.90%) Security Cleared
2 12 (29.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) Degree
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.44%) CCNA
5 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.44%) MCSA
5 1 (2.44%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) NIST
2 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (4.88%) GDPR
3 2 (4.88%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (56.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (53.66%) Active Directory
3 8 (19.51%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (14.63%) Docker
4 6 (14.63%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (12.20%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (4.88%) vSphere
7 1 (2.44%) Firmware
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (2.44%) Terminal Services
7 1 (2.44%) VMware NSX
7 1 (2.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (21.95%) SCCM
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (12.20%) Ansible
3 5 (12.20%) vCenter Server
4 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
4 3 (7.32%) Progress Chef
4 3 (7.32%) Puppet
5 2 (4.88%) SCOM
5 2 (4.88%) WSUS
6 1 (2.44%) Backup Exec
6 1 (2.44%) Grafana
6 1 (2.44%) NetBackup
6 1 (2.44%) Opsgenie
6 1 (2.44%) Prometheus
6 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (63.41%) VMware
2 19 (46.34%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.20%) Fortinet
3 5 (12.20%) Veeam
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco
4 3 (7.32%) HP
4 3 (7.32%) NetApp
5 2 (4.88%) Citrix
5 2 (4.88%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.44%) Commvault
6 1 (2.44%) Dell
6 1 (2.44%) Google
6 1 (2.44%) IBM
6 1 (2.44%) Intel
6 1 (2.44%) New Relic
6 1 (2.44%) Oracle
6 1 (2.44%) Remedy
6 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.44%) SonicWALL