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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 157 139
Rank change year-on-year -33 -18 +123
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 433 635 759
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.02% 1.77% 2.20%
As % of the System Software category 15.65% 14.63% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 277 362 684
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £42,500 £42,920
Median % change year-on-year -15.29% -0.98% +7.30%
75th Percentile £44,000 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,850 £58,625 £62,125
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +5.88%

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 2,767 4,341 5,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.53% 12.08% 16.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,936 2,468 4,569
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,704 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £62,125 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 West +36 137 £42,500 +21.43% 25
South East -25 102 £37,500 -16.67% 59
North of England -24 101 £32,000 -24.71% 37
Yorkshire -4 54 £34,000 -24.44% 18
Midlands -48 54 £31,500 -21.25% 24
East Midlands -33 28 £31,500 -2.33% 9
North West -23 26 £31,000 -25.30% 16
West Midlands -31 26 £31,750 -25.29% 14
North East +11 21 £30,250 -15.97% 4
Wales +19 16 £80,000 +45.45% 3
East of England -12 14 £39,000 -13.33% 14
Scotland -13 9 £40,000 +6.67% 4
Northern Ireland - 9 - - 3
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
1 196 (45.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (12.70%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.08%) IIS
4 7 (1.62%) WinCC
5 4 (0.92%) Confluence
5 4 (0.92%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.46%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 22 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.92%) CATIA
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.69%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.69%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.23%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 349 (80.60%) Microsoft 365
2 329 (75.98%) Azure
3 83 (19.17%) Entra ID
4 64 (14.78%) AWS
5 20 (4.62%) Nutanix
6 15 (3.46%) Google Workspace
7 14 (3.23%) SaaS
8 11 (2.54%) IaaS
9 10 (2.31%) OneDrive
10 7 (1.62%) PaaS
11 6 (1.39%) iPaaS
12 4 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.92%) Azure Stack
12 4 (0.92%) GCP
13 3 (0.69%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.69%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
15 1 (0.23%) Azure AKS
15 1 (0.23%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 243 (56.12%) DNS
2 241 (55.66%) DHCP
3 172 (39.72%) Firewall
4 104 (24.02%) VLAN
5 99 (22.86%) TCP/IP
6 90 (20.79%) VPN
7 55 (12.70%) WAN
8 50 (11.55%) Wi-Fi
9 47 (10.85%) LAN
10 45 (10.39%) Wireless
11 37 (8.55%) SAN
12 36 (8.31%) VoIP
13 27 (6.24%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (5.08%) Network Security
15 10 (2.31%) NAS
16 9 (2.08%) Internet
16 9 (2.08%) SD-WAN
17 7 (1.62%) IP Telephony
17 7 (1.62%) IPsec
17 7 (1.62%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (25.87%) Amazon RDS
2 16 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.92%) MySQL
4 2 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.46%) Power BI
5 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (1.62%) JIRA
2 4 (0.92%) Git
3 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.23%) GitLab
3 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 281 (64.90%) Social Skills
2 112 (25.87%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (6.00%) Telecoms
4 24 (5.54%) Manufacturing
5 19 (4.39%) Law
5 19 (4.39%) Retail
6 15 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.54%) Advertising
8 11 (2.54%) Finance
8 11 (2.54%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.85%) Legal
9 8 (1.85%) Marketing
10 5 (1.15%) Electronics
11 3 (0.69%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 108 (24.94%) IT Support
2 105 (24.25%) Systems Engineer
3 97 (22.40%) Support Engineer
4 68 (15.70%) IT Engineer
5 57 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support
6 55 (12.70%) 3rd Line Support
7 51 (11.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 49 (11.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 46 (10.62%) Technical Support
10 43 (9.93%) Support Technician
11 37 (8.55%) Senior
12 36 (8.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 34 (7.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 25 (5.77%) IT Technician
15 23 (5.31%) IT Support Technician
15 23 (5.31%) Technical Engineer
16 21 (4.85%) Technical Support Engineer
17 19 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
18 18 (4.16%) Senior Support Technician
18 18 (4.16%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.69%) Itk
2 1 (0.23%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 103 (23.79%) Legacy Systems
2 75 (17.32%) Driving Licence
3 33 (7.62%) Data Centre
4 26 (6.00%) Onboarding
5 22 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (4.62%) Clustering
8 18 (4.16%) Public Cloud
9 15 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (3.00%) Replication
11 9 (2.08%) CCTV
12 8 (1.85%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.85%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.85%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.62%) SCADA
14 6 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (1.39%) Cloud Native
14 6 (1.39%) iPad
14 6 (1.39%) PMI
14 6 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 376 (86.84%) Windows
2 333 (76.91%) Windows Server
3 157 (36.26%) Linux
4 126 (29.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 58 (13.39%) Windows 10
6 23 (5.31%) Mac OS
7 16 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (3.00%) Android
9 8 (1.85%) Apple iOS
10 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.92%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.69%) CentOS
12 3 (0.69%) Rocky
12 3 (0.69%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.23%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.23%) Unix
13 1 (0.23%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (50.35%) Problem-Solving
2 177 (40.88%) Customer Service
3 113 (26.10%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 112 (25.87%) Migration
5 102 (23.56%) Kalman Filter
6 100 (23.09%) Web Filtering
7 98 (22.63%) Email Filtering
7 98 (22.63%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 97 (22.40%) Customer Experience
8 97 (22.40%) ITIL
9 71 (16.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 64 (14.78%) Mentoring
11 54 (12.47%) Disaster Recovery
12 51 (11.78%) ITSM
13 49 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
14 35 (8.08%) Business Continuity
15 34 (7.85%) High Availability
16 33 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (7.62%) Server Management
17 32 (7.39%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 58 (13.39%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.70%) SQL
3 15 (3.46%) Python
4 8 (1.85%) Bash
5 3 (0.69%) C++
5 3 (0.69%) Tcl
6 2 (0.46%) C
6 2 (0.46%) Ladder Logic
6 2 (0.46%) Rust
6 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 121 (27.94%) Security Cleared
2 109 (25.17%) SC Cleared
3 38 (8.78%) Degree
3 38 (8.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (3.93%) MCP
5 14 (3.23%) CCNA
5 14 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.77%) MCSA
7 11 (2.54%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (2.31%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.31%) MCSE
8 10 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (1.85%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.85%) CCNP
10 8 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.85%) HND
11 7 (1.62%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.39%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (27.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 97 (22.40%) PCI DSS
3 24 (5.54%) SLA
4 22 (5.08%) GDPR
5 19 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (2.08%) QA
7 7 (1.62%) IEC 61508
8 5 (1.15%) IEC 61131
8 5 (1.15%) NIST
9 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 339 (78.29%) Active Directory
2 197 (45.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 96 (22.17%) Terminal Server
4 20 (4.62%) vSphere
5 14 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.62%) Docker
7 4 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.92%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (0.69%) KVM
8 3 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.46%) Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) pfSense
10 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 81 (18.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.70%) FortiGate
3 15 (3.46%) SCCM
4 11 (2.54%) Terraform
5 10 (2.31%) Kubernetes
6 9 (2.08%) Ansible
6 9 (2.08%) Failover Clustering
6 9 (2.08%) WSUS
7 7 (1.62%) Autotask
8 5 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.15%) SCVMM
9 4 (0.92%) McAfee ePO
9 4 (0.92%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.46%) Plesk
11 2 (0.46%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.23%) Grafana
12 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.23%) Puppet
12 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 330 (76.21%) VMware
2 328 (75.75%) Microsoft
3 152 (35.10%) Veeam
4 112 (25.87%) Nimble Storage
5 102 (23.56%) SolarWinds
6 99 (22.86%) Splunk
7 96 (22.17%) Brocade
7 96 (22.17%) Tanium
8 48 (11.09%) Cisco
9 33 (7.62%) Dell
10 32 (7.39%) HP
11 31 (7.16%) SonicWALL
12 20 (4.62%) Meraki
12 20 (4.62%) WatchGuard
13 18 (4.16%) Apple
14 16 (3.70%) Dell Compellent
14 16 (3.70%) Google
15 13 (3.00%) Citrix
16 11 (2.54%) Fortinet
16 11 (2.54%) Palo Alto