Hyper-V Job Trends in England

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Hyper-V skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 205 181
Rank change year-on-year -75 -24 +95
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 548 671 1,404
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 1.70% 1.50%
As % of the System Software category 11.92% 12.51% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 410 358 1,226
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,350 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,656 £31,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £41,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% +3.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £73,250 £60,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +1.25% -5.88%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,598 5,365 10,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.57% 13.60% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,367 3,341 8,488
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Hyper-V job vacancy trend in England

Hyper-V
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Hyper-V

Hyper-V
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Hyper-V in England

Hyper-V
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the England region over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +13 150 £43,750 +5.42% 43
South West +31 120 £40,000 - 19
North of England -171 85 £40,750 +16.43% 28
Midlands -11 72 £42,500 +13.33% 29
London -21 67 £42,500 -22.73% 13
East of England -3 54 £41,000 -4.09% 12
East Midlands -17 42 £42,500 +10.39% 12
North West -137 37 £37,500 - 17
Yorkshire -52 33 £37,500 +15.38% 8
West Midlands -19 30 £40,500 +24.62% 17
North East -34 15 £42,500 +32.81% 4
Hyper-V
UK

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 198 (36.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 93 (16.97%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.19%) IIS
4 6 (1.09%) Confluence
5 3 (0.55%) SAS
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.18%) Site Server
Applications
1 47 (8.58%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 406 (74.09%) Microsoft 365
2 386 (70.44%) Azure
3 145 (26.46%) Entra ID
4 98 (17.88%) AWS
5 29 (5.29%) Google Workspace
6 23 (4.20%) GCP
7 21 (3.83%) Nutanix
8 14 (2.55%) OneDrive
9 12 (2.19%) IaaS
9 12 (2.19%) Mimecast
10 9 (1.64%) Cloudflare
10 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (1.64%) PaaS
11 8 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (1.28%) SaaS
13 4 (0.73%) Power Platform
13 4 (0.73%) Rubrik
14 3 (0.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 3 (0.55%) OpenShift
15 2 (0.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 255 (46.53%) DNS
2 231 (42.15%) DHCP
3 224 (40.88%) Firewall
4 134 (24.45%) VPN
5 108 (19.71%) WAN
6 95 (17.34%) LAN
7 85 (15.51%) TCP/IP
8 71 (12.96%) Wi-Fi
9 70 (12.77%) VLAN
10 50 (9.12%) VoIP
11 28 (5.11%) SAN
12 27 (4.93%) Network Security
13 18 (3.28%) Remote Desktop
14 17 (3.10%) NAS
15 16 (2.92%) Internet
15 16 (2.92%) Wireless
16 12 (2.19%) SD-WAN
16 12 (2.19%) WLAN
17 8 (1.46%) IPsec
18 6 (1.09%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (13.87%) Amazon RDS
2 30 (5.47%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.73%) Crystal Reports
4 4 (0.73%) MySQL
5 1 (0.18%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.18%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.18%) Power BI
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (1.64%) JIRA
2 7 (1.28%) Git
2 7 (1.28%) GitLab
3 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
General
1 228 (41.61%) Social Skills
2 77 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (5.29%) Finance
4 23 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (3.65%) Telecoms
6 16 (2.92%) Manufacturing
7 15 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.64%) Law
9 8 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.46%) Legal
9 8 (1.46%) Retail
10 6 (1.09%) Advertising
11 4 (0.73%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.73%) Aviation
12 3 (0.55%) Games
12 3 (0.55%) Military
12 3 (0.55%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.18%) German Language
13 1 (0.18%) Marketing
13 1 (0.18%) Police
Job Titles
1 168 (30.66%) IT Support
2 159 (29.01%) IT Engineer
3 155 (28.28%) Support Engineer
4 127 (23.18%) IT Support Engineer
5 105 (19.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 90 (16.42%) Systems Engineer
7 52 (9.49%) 2nd Line Support
8 45 (8.21%) Senior
9 41 (7.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 38 (6.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 36 (6.57%) Administrator
12 31 (5.66%) Analyst
13 29 (5.29%) 3rd Line Support
14 28 (5.11%) Infrastructure Support
14 28 (5.11%) Systems Administrator
15 27 (4.93%) Support Technician
16 23 (4.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 22 (4.01%) Cloud Engineer
18 21 (3.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 19 (3.47%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.09%) Apache NiFi
1 6 (1.09%) Keycloak
2 5 (0.91%) .NET
2 5 (0.91%) HTML
3 4 (0.73%) JSON
4 3 (0.55%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.55%) Middleware
5 2 (0.36%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.36%) SAML
6 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.18%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.59%) Driving Licence
2 66 (12.04%) Legacy Systems
3 38 (6.93%) Data Centre
4 28 (5.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 26 (4.74%) Replication
6 22 (4.01%) Clustering
7 21 (3.83%) PKI
8 17 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (3.10%) Public Cloud
9 15 (2.74%) Enterprise Storage
10 14 (2.55%) Client/Server
10 14 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (2.37%) Onboarding
11 13 (2.37%) Security Posture
12 12 (2.19%) iSeries
13 5 (0.91%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.91%) Operational Technology
14 4 (0.73%) Cloud Native
14 4 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.73%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 407 (74.27%) Windows
2 363 (66.24%) Windows Server
3 165 (30.11%) Linux
4 113 (20.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 56 (10.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 46 (8.39%) Windows 10
7 41 (7.48%) Mac OS
8 32 (5.84%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (2.19%) Android
9 12 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (1.46%) Apple iOS
10 8 (1.46%) Windows 7
11 7 (1.28%) Windows 8
11 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (1.09%) CentOS
13 4 (0.73%) CoreOS
14 3 (0.55%) VMS
15 1 (0.18%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (43.80%) Problem-Solving
2 166 (30.29%) Customer Service
3 131 (23.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 127 (23.18%) ITIL
5 112 (20.44%) Disaster Recovery
6 90 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 85 (15.51%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 84 (15.33%) Cybersecurity
9 77 (14.05%) Migration
10 75 (13.69%) Kalman Filter
11 72 (13.14%) Customer Experience
12 71 (12.96%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 68 (12.41%) Web Filtering
14 64 (11.68%) Email Filtering
15 61 (11.13%) Service Delivery
16 58 (10.58%) Mentoring
17 45 (8.21%) High Availability
18 37 (6.75%) Server Management
19 35 (6.39%) Project Delivery
20 32 (5.84%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 124 (22.63%) PowerShell
2 61 (11.13%) SQL
3 36 (6.57%) Python
4 22 (4.01%) Bash
5 14 (2.55%) C
5 14 (2.55%) C++
5 14 (2.55%) Rust
6 8 (1.46%) Bicep
6 8 (1.46%) VBA
7 5 (0.91%) C#
8 2 (0.36%) Java
9 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 104 (18.98%) Security Cleared
2 82 (14.96%) SC Cleared
3 60 (10.95%) Degree
4 51 (9.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (4.01%) CCNA
5 22 (4.01%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (3.65%) Azure Certification
6 20 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.74%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.82%) MCSA
9 9 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (1.64%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (0.91%) CCNP
12 4 (0.73%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.73%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.73%) CISSP
13 3 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (17.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 68 (12.41%) PCI DSS
3 46 (8.39%) SLA
4 33 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (2.92%) QA
6 13 (2.37%) GDPR
7 10 (1.82%) NIST
8 8 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.73%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.73%) GxP
10 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) NCSC
11 1 (0.18%) TickIT
System Software
1 411 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 252 (45.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (11.50%) Terminal Server
4 25 (4.56%) KVM
5 13 (2.37%) Firmware
5 13 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (1.82%) vSphere
8 8 (1.46%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.46%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (1.09%) Docker
10 5 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.73%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 96 (17.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (3.65%) SCCM
3 19 (3.47%) Terraform
4 18 (3.28%) Proxmox
5 15 (2.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 14 (2.55%) Ansible
7 13 (2.37%) FortiGate
7 13 (2.37%) WSUS
8 12 (2.19%) Kubernetes
8 12 (2.19%) VxRail
9 10 (1.82%) ZABBIX
10 9 (1.64%) Backup Exec
10 9 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (1.46%) Autotask
11 8 (1.46%) Graylog
12 6 (1.09%) Prometheus
12 6 (1.09%) SCOM
13 5 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
13 5 (0.91%) Tivoli Identity Manager
14 4 (0.73%) Grafana
Vendors
1 421 (76.82%) Microsoft
2 365 (66.61%) VMware
3 157 (28.65%) Veeam
4 78 (14.23%) Nimble Storage
5 67 (12.23%) SolarWinds
6 66 (12.04%) Splunk
7 64 (11.68%) Brocade
7 64 (11.68%) Cisco
8 63 (11.50%) Tanium
9 47 (8.58%) HP
10 37 (6.75%) Google
11 35 (6.39%) Dell
12 33 (6.02%) Meraki
13 26 (4.74%) SonicWALL
14 22 (4.01%) Commvault
15 21 (3.83%) Fortinet
15 21 (3.83%) IBM
16 18 (3.28%) Citrix
17 14 (2.55%) Palo Alto
18 13 (2.37%) Dell Compellent