Hyper-V Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 317 427
Rank change year-on-year +21 +110 -87
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 51 151 202
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.60% 0.46%
As % of the System Software category 3.54% 4.86% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 114 172
10th Percentile £319 £320 £278
25th Percentile £395 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £496 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +16.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £527
90th Percentile £631 £704 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - - £15.52
25th Percentile £21.25 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +127.27% -
75th Percentile £23.75 £57.50 £17.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +19.00% +23.08% +25.19%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,440 3,105 5,418
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.57% 12.39% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,062 2,222 4,025
10th Percentile £271 £300 £322
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £631 £625
90th Percentile £683 £724 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 100 102
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.90 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.88 £47.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £43.32 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% +165.31% -38.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £53.44
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 £65.95
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -6.98%

Hyper-V
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Hyper-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Hyper-V trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Hyper-V over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.88%) IIS
3 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 29 (56.86%) Azure
2 20 (39.22%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (19.61%) AWS
4 7 (13.73%) Entra ID
5 6 (11.76%) PaaS
6 4 (7.84%) GCP
7 3 (5.88%) IaaS
8 2 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (3.92%) Azure AKS
8 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.92%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (3.92%) GitHub
8 2 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (3.92%) Nutanix
8 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
8 2 (3.92%) SaaS
9 1 (1.96%) Azure API Management
9 1 (1.96%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.96%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (25.49%) Firewall
2 9 (17.65%) DHCP
3 8 (15.69%) DNS
4 6 (11.76%) SAN
5 4 (7.84%) NAS
5 4 (7.84%) WAN
6 3 (5.88%) LAN
6 3 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (5.88%) VPN
7 2 (3.92%) Network Security
7 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
7 2 (3.92%) VLAN
7 2 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.96%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) GitLab
1 2 (3.92%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.92%) Snyk
1 2 (3.92%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (27.45%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
3 6 (11.76%) Finance
4 4 (7.84%) Banking
5 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Billing
6 2 (3.92%) Front Office
6 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.96%) Electronics
7 1 (1.96%) Marketing
7 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (29.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (21.57%) Cloud Engineer
3 8 (15.69%) Consultant
4 7 (13.73%) Senior
5 6 (11.76%) IT Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Server Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) VMware Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Active Directory Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Windows Server Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Hyper-V Consultant
9 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Operations Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) .NET
2 2 (3.92%) ADSI
2 2 (3.92%) Web Services
3 1 (1.96%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Clustering
1 3 (5.88%) NHS
1 3 (5.88%) PKI
2 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
2 2 (3.92%) Replication
3 1 (1.96%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.96%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (56.86%) Windows
2 14 (27.45%) Windows Server
3 8 (15.69%) Linux
4 5 (9.80%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (5.88%) Unix
7 2 (3.92%) Ubuntu
7 2 (3.92%) VMS
7 2 (3.92%) Windows 10
7 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.96%) Android
8 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.96%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.96%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (23.53%) Migration
3 9 (17.65%) Cost Optimisation
3 9 (17.65%) DevSecOps
4 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (13.73%) ITIL
6 5 (9.80%) Customer Service
6 5 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (7.84%) Computer Science
7 4 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (7.84%) High Availability
8 3 (5.88%) Data Migration
8 3 (5.88%) DevOps
8 3 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (5.88%) Process Improvement
8 3 (5.88%) Resource Management
8 3 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (5.88%) Security Hardening
8 3 (5.88%) Service Delivery
8 3 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.92%) Bicep
2 2 (3.92%) C++
2 2 (3.92%) VB.NET
3 1 (1.96%) C#
3 1 (1.96%) Java
3 1 (1.96%) PHP
3 1 (1.96%) Python
3 1 (1.96%) Ruby
3 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Azure Certification
2 6 (11.76%) Degree
3 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.92%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.96%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.96%) CCNA
7 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.96%) MCSE
7 1 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) SLA
2 3 (5.88%) PMO
3 2 (3.92%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (3.92%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.96%) GDPR
4 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 28 (54.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (47.06%) Active Directory
3 9 (17.65%) Docker
4 7 (13.73%) vSphere
5 6 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (7.84%) VMware NSX
7 3 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (3.92%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (3.92%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (1.96%) KVM
9 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.96%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.96%) vCloud
9 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (25.49%) Kubernetes
2 11 (21.57%) Terraform
3 8 (15.69%) SCCM
4 2 (3.92%) Argo
4 2 (3.92%) SCOM
4 2 (3.92%) SCVMM
4 2 (3.92%) vCenter Server
4 2 (3.92%) WSUS
5 1 (1.96%) Ansible
5 1 (1.96%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.96%) Nagios
5 1 (1.96%) Nessus
5 1 (1.96%) SCOrch
5 1 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.96%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 41 (80.39%) VMware
2 32 (62.75%) Microsoft
3 6 (11.76%) Citrix
3 6 (11.76%) Veeam
4 5 (9.80%) Cisco
5 3 (5.88%) Dell
6 2 (3.92%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (3.92%) Google
6 2 (3.92%) HP
6 2 (3.92%) Meraki
7 1 (1.96%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.96%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.96%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (1.96%) Qualys
7 1 (1.96%) SAP
7 1 (1.96%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.96%) Supermicro
7 1 (1.96%) Varonis