Hyper-V Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Hyper-V
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Hyper-V skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 165 105
Rank change year-on-year -50 -60 +132
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 47 61 263
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.36% 1.20% 2.25%
As % of the System Software category 10.40% 9.49% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 38 57 240
10th Percentile £28,025 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,594 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -14.11% -4.12%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £51,125 £53,480 £58,750
England median annual salary £42,000 £42,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +5.63% -5.88%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 452 643 1,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.50% 12.67% 11.81%
Number of salaries quoted 353 477 1,187
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,910 £67,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Hyper-V job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Hyper-V
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Hyper-V.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Hyper-V

Hyper-V
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Hyper-V in the Midlands

Hyper-V
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
East Midlands -26 29 £42,500 +27.82% 8
West Midlands -45 18 £33,375 -11.00% 17
Hyper-V
England

Hyper-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 18 (38.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (34.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (91.49%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (42.55%) Entra ID
3 12 (25.53%) Azure
4 7 (14.89%) Mimecast
5 3 (6.38%) AWS
6 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.13%) Cloudflare
6 1 (2.13%) IaaS
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.13%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.13%) PaaS
6 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (44.68%) DNS
2 20 (42.55%) Firewall
3 17 (36.17%) DHCP
3 17 (36.17%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (34.04%) Internet
5 13 (27.66%) Network Security
6 8 (17.02%) SAN
7 5 (10.64%) LAN
7 5 (10.64%) WAN
8 4 (8.51%) TCP/IP
9 3 (6.38%) VoIP
9 3 (6.38%) VPN
10 2 (4.26%) VLAN
11 1 (2.13%) DMZ
11 1 (2.13%) NAS
11 1 (2.13%) SD-WAN
11 1 (2.13%) SSL
11 1 (2.13%) VSAN
11 1 (2.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Power BI
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.13%) Finance
4 1 (2.13%) Law
4 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.13%) Marketing
4 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (46.81%) IT Engineer
2 16 (34.04%) Support Engineer
3 14 (29.79%) IT Support
4 12 (25.53%) Administrator
4 12 (25.53%) IT Support Engineer
4 12 (25.53%) Systems Administrator
5 10 (21.28%) IT Administrator
5 10 (21.28%) IT Systems Administrator
6 8 (17.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (12.77%) Field Engineer
7 6 (12.77%) Field Service Engineer
7 6 (12.77%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (10.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 5 (10.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (10.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (10.64%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (10.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (6.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (6.38%) Network Engineer
10 2 (4.26%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.66%) Clustering
2 6 (12.77%) iPad
2 6 (12.77%) PMI
3 5 (10.64%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.38%) Driving Licence
5 2 (4.26%) CCTV
5 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.26%) PKI
6 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (68.09%) Windows
2 26 (55.32%) Windows Server
3 8 (17.02%) Linux
4 5 (10.64%) Android
4 5 (10.64%) Apple iOS
5 4 (8.51%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Server Management
2 12 (25.53%) Customer Service
2 12 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 9 (19.15%) Patch Management
4 7 (14.89%) Mobile Device Management
4 7 (14.89%) Storage Management
5 6 (12.77%) ITIL
5 6 (12.77%) Preventative Maintenance
6 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
6 5 (10.64%) Service Delivery
7 4 (8.51%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (8.51%) ITSM
8 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (6.38%) High Availability
8 3 (6.38%) Technology Roadmap
9 2 (4.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (4.26%) SIEM
9 2 (4.26%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 17 (36.17%) SQL
2 11 (23.40%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.13%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Degree
2 6 (12.77%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.26%) CCNA
3 2 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.13%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (6.38%) SLA
2 2 (4.26%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 47 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 19 (40.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.38%) vSphere
4 1 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (12.77%) WSUS
3 1 (2.13%) Ansible
3 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (59.57%) Microsoft
2 22 (46.81%) VMware
3 11 (23.40%) Veeam
4 9 (19.15%) Apple
5 7 (14.89%) SonicWALL
6 2 (4.26%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.13%) Autodesk
7 1 (2.13%) Commvault
7 1 (2.13%) SAP
7 1 (2.13%) Zerto