Hyper-V Job Trends in Birmingham

Microsoft Hyper-V
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Hyper-V skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	112	82	101
Rank change year-on-year	-30	+19	-11
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V	22	11	23
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham	0.60%	0.92%	1.05%
As % of the System Software category	18.03%	9.02%	14.94%
Number of salaries quoted	16	11	12
10^th Percentile	£39,750	-	£26,750
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£29,000	£31,063
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£31,000	£39,500
Median % change year-on-year	+93.55%	-21.52%	+11.27%
75^th Percentile	-	£40,000	£47,250
90^th Percentile	-	£57,500	£53,175
West Midlands median annual salary	£46,000	£32,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+41.54%	-18.75%	-

All System Software Skills
Birmingham

Hyper-V falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Birmingham.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills	122	122	154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham	3.34%	10.23%	7.03%
Number of salaries quoted	75	101	78
10^th Percentile	£33,250	£29,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£44,343	£38,000	£35,313
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£57,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.35%	+4.55%	+29.41%
75^th Percentile	£66,250	£73,750	£68,000
90^th Percentile	£86,250	-	£73,868
West Midlands median annual salary	£50,981	£50,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+1.96%	-	+17.65%

Hyper-V Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Hyper-V Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Hyper-V.

Hyper-V Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Hyper-V in Birmingham

Hyper-V Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, job vacancies citing Hyper-V also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Hyper-V.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Active Directory	95.5%	21
2	Microsoft	86.4%	19
3	Azure	81.8%	18
3	Microsoft 365	81.8%	18
5	Microsoft Intune	77.3%	17
6	Continuous Improvement	68.2%	15
6	Entra ID	68.2%	15
6	Mentoring	68.2%	15
9	Service Delivery	63.6%	14
10	Problem-Solving	59.1%	13
10	Windows	59.1%	13
12	ISO/IEC 27001	54.5%	12
13	ITIL	50.0%	11
13	VMware	50.0%	11
13	VMware Infrastructure	50.0%	11
13	Windows Server	50.0%	11
17	Azure Certification	45.5%	10
17	Cyber Essentials	45.5%	10
17	SC Cleared	45.5%	10
17	Security Cleared	45.5%	10
21	Cybersecurity	40.9%	9
22	AI	36.4%	8
22	DHCP	36.4%	8
22	DNS	36.4%	8
22	Firewall	36.4%	8
22	Incident Management	36.4%	8
22	Microsoft Purview	36.4%	8
22	VPN	36.4%	8
29	Infrastructure Engineering	31.8%	7
29	Microsoft Exchange	31.8%	7

Hyper-V Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

System Software

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Active Directory	95.5%	21
2	VMware Infrastructure	50.0%	11
3	Virtual Desktop	4.5%	1