Hyper-V Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Hyper-V skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 205 126
Rank change year-on-year -16 -79 +147
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 440 402 1,350
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.82% 1.46% 2.28%
As % of the System Software category 15.27% 11.40% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 299 304 1,212
10th Percentile £28,200 £29,225 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -
75th Percentile £47,750 £50,000 £51,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £59,000
UK median annual salary £39,000 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +2.41% -2.35%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,882 3,527 8,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.38% 12.79% 14.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,093 2,507 7,005
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,000 £60,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hyper-V job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Hyper-V
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Hyper-V.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Hyper-V

Hyper-V
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Hyper-V in the UK excluding London

Hyper-V
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 March 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 -14 125 £37,500 -16.67% 46
South West +34 113 £41,750 +15.97% 17
North of England -35 103 £32,000 -14.67% 29
Yorkshire -33 49 £33,500 -10.67% 6
Midlands -46 44 £32,500 -18.75% 19
North West -21 34 £30,000 -29.41% 21
East Midlands -37 29 £31,500 -10.00% 5
Wales +5 22 £40,000 -17.95% 3
North East -20 20 £31,500 -10.00% 4
East of England -25 17 £43,000 +2.38% 8
West Midlands -16 15 £32,500 -21.69% 14
Northern Ireland - 13 - -
Scotland -36 3 £40,000 +6.67% 13
Hyper-V
UK

Hyper-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 183 (41.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 67 (15.23%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.82%) IIS
4 2 (0.45%) Confluence
5 1 (0.23%) Apache
Applications
1 33 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.68%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.45%) CATIA
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 342 (77.73%) Microsoft 365
2 321 (72.95%) Azure
3 92 (20.91%) AWS
4 86 (19.55%) Entra ID
5 33 (7.50%) Nutanix
6 22 (5.00%) Google Workspace
7 17 (3.86%) GCP
7 17 (3.86%) OneDrive
8 7 (1.59%) IaaS
8 7 (1.59%) SaaS
9 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.68%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.68%) PaaS
10 3 (0.68%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.45%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.45%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.45%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.23%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.23%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 236 (53.64%) DNS
2 232 (52.73%) DHCP
3 176 (40.00%) Firewall
4 105 (23.86%) VPN
5 83 (18.86%) VLAN
6 80 (18.18%) TCP/IP
7 73 (16.59%) WAN
8 58 (13.18%) LAN
9 43 (9.77%) Wi-Fi
10 39 (8.86%) Wireless
11 37 (8.41%) Remote Desktop
12 32 (7.27%) VoIP
13 25 (5.68%) Network Security
14 20 (4.55%) SAN
15 14 (3.18%) SD-WAN
16 13 (2.95%) NAS
17 11 (2.50%) Internet
18 9 (2.05%) IPsec
19 7 (1.59%) IP Telephony
20 5 (1.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (18.86%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (2.95%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.14%) MySQL
4 3 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.68%) Power BI
5 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (1.14%) Git
1 5 (1.14%) GitLab
2 4 (0.91%) JIRA
3 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 244 (55.45%) Social Skills
2 86 (19.55%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
4 22 (5.00%) Telecoms
5 19 (4.32%) Finance
5 19 (4.32%) Retail
6 17 (3.86%) Manufacturing
7 15 (3.41%) Law
8 13 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.27%) Advertising
10 8 (1.82%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.59%) Legal
12 5 (1.14%) Marketing
13 4 (0.91%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.23%) Aviation
16 1 (0.23%) Electronics
16 1 (0.23%) Health Technology
16 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 132 (30.00%) IT Support
2 120 (27.27%) Support Engineer
3 94 (21.36%) IT Engineer
4 83 (18.86%) Systems Engineer
5 78 (17.73%) IT Support Engineer
6 53 (12.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 52 (11.82%) 2nd Line Support
8 44 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
9 39 (8.86%) Support Technician
10 37 (8.41%) Senior
11 32 (7.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 32 (7.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 31 (7.05%) Cloud Engineer
13 26 (5.91%) IT Technician
14 23 (5.23%) Technical Support
15 21 (4.77%) IT Support Technician
16 19 (4.32%) Infrastructure Support
17 18 (4.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 17 (3.86%) Senior Technician
19 16 (3.64%) 2nd Line Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.68%) Apache NiFi
1 3 (0.68%) Itk
1 3 (0.68%) Keycloak
2 1 (0.23%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 75 (17.05%) Legacy Systems
2 71 (16.14%) Driving Licence
3 31 (7.05%) Hybrid Cloud
4 29 (6.59%) Public Cloud
5 25 (5.68%) Onboarding
6 22 (5.00%) Data Centre
7 16 (3.64%) Client/Server
8 15 (3.41%) Replication
9 14 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (2.05%) CCTV
12 9 (2.05%) Clustering
13 6 (1.36%) iPad
13 6 (1.36%) PMI
14 4 (0.91%) Management Information System
14 4 (0.91%) NHS
14 4 (0.91%) PKI
14 4 (0.91%) Social Media
15 3 (0.68%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 369 (83.86%) Windows
2 325 (73.86%) Windows Server
3 123 (27.95%) Linux
4 102 (23.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 59 (13.41%) Windows 10
6 23 (5.23%) Mac OS
7 16 (3.64%) Android
7 16 (3.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (2.50%) Windows 8
9 10 (2.27%) Apple iOS
9 10 (2.27%) Windows 7
9 10 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.68%) CentOS
10 3 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.45%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.23%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.23%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.23%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (48.18%) Problem-Solving
2 160 (36.36%) Customer Service
3 126 (28.64%) ITIL
4 105 (23.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 86 (19.55%) Kalman Filter
6 84 (19.09%) Web Filtering
7 82 (18.64%) Migration
8 81 (18.41%) Customer Experience
9 74 (16.82%) Email Filtering
9 74 (16.82%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 72 (16.36%) Disaster Recovery
11 71 (16.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 70 (15.91%) Mentoring
13 61 (13.86%) ITSM
14 58 (13.18%) Cybersecurity
15 49 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
16 45 (10.23%) Server Management
17 44 (10.00%) Business Continuity
18 42 (9.55%) Knowledge Transfer
19 41 (9.32%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 80 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 25 (5.68%) Python
3 17 (3.86%) SQL
4 12 (2.73%) C
4 12 (2.73%) C++
4 12 (2.73%) Rust
5 11 (2.50%) Bash
6 3 (0.68%) Tcl
7 2 (0.45%) Bicep
7 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 104 (23.64%) Security Cleared
2 87 (19.77%) SC Cleared
3 47 (10.68%) Degree
4 33 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (5.23%) CCNA
5 23 (5.23%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (4.09%) MCSA
7 17 (3.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 14 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.73%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (2.50%) MCSE
11 10 (2.27%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.82%) CCNP
12 8 (1.82%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.82%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.59%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.59%) HND
13 7 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (1.36%) PMI Certification
15 5 (1.14%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 73 (16.59%) PCI DSS
3 46 (10.45%) SLA
4 15 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.95%) QA
6 11 (2.50%) GDPR
7 5 (1.14%) NIST
8 4 (0.91%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.91%) GxP
9 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 354 (80.45%) Active Directory
2 206 (46.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (16.36%) Terminal Server
4 14 (3.18%) KVM
5 13 (2.95%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (2.95%) vSphere
6 11 (2.50%) VMware Workstation
7 10 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.45%) Docker
9 2 (0.45%) Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) pfSense
10 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 68 (15.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (3.18%) SCCM
3 13 (2.95%) FortiGate
4 11 (2.50%) Ansible
5 10 (2.27%) Autotask
5 10 (2.27%) Proxmox
5 10 (2.27%) Terraform
6 9 (2.05%) Backup Exec
6 9 (2.05%) WSUS
7 6 (1.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (1.14%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.14%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.14%) SCVMM
8 5 (1.14%) VxRail
9 4 (0.91%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.68%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.45%) Plesk
12 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 330 (75.00%) VMware
2 316 (71.82%) Microsoft
3 139 (31.59%) Veeam
4 100 (22.73%) Nimble Storage
5 76 (17.27%) SolarWinds
6 75 (17.05%) Splunk
7 72 (16.36%) Brocade
7 72 (16.36%) Tanium
8 41 (9.32%) Cisco
8 41 (9.32%) HP
9 39 (8.86%) Dell
10 28 (6.36%) Dell Compellent
11 27 (6.14%) Google
12 21 (4.77%) Citrix
12 21 (4.77%) SonicWALL
13 20 (4.55%) Meraki
13 20 (4.55%) WatchGuard
14 14 (3.18%) Apple
15 11 (2.50%) Draytek
16 10 (2.27%) ESET