Hyper-V Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Hyper-V skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Hyper-V over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 148 156
Rank change year-on-year +50 +8 -22
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 29 18 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.34% 0.66% 0.52%
As % of the System Software category 9.51% 4.26% 4.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 11
10th Percentile - £473 £165
25th Percentile £313 £512 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £534 £390
Median % change year-on-year -39.18% +37.01% +4.00%
75th Percentile £481 £575 £450
90th Percentile £534 £584 £575
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £17.50
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +19.00% +23.08% +25.19%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

Hyper-V is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 305 423 400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 14.07% 15.44% 11.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 306 279
10th Percentile £188 £188 £158
25th Percentile £313 £375 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £516 £538 £538
90th Percentile £646 £626 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 16
10th Percentile - £24.34 £17.50
25th Percentile £60.00 £29.66 £19.38
Median hourly rate £60.50 £40.68 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.72% -8.58% -31.01%
75th Percentile £60.75 £50.80 £49.26
90th Percentile - £55.57 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -6.98%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Hyper-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Hyper-V in Scotland

Hyper-V
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +43 12 £450 -18.18% 4
Renfrewshire +1 9 £525 -1.75%
Glasgow +14 8 £325 -39.81%
Hyper-V
UK

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (20.69%) IIS
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (10.34%) IaaS
4 3 (10.34%) iPaaS
4 3 (10.34%) PaaS
4 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
5 2 (6.90%) AWS
6 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) Firewall
2 6 (20.69%) DHCP
2 6 (20.69%) DNS
3 5 (17.24%) SMTP
3 5 (17.24%) VPN
3 5 (17.24%) VSAN
4 3 (10.34%) LAN
4 3 (10.34%) SSL
4 3 (10.34%) WAN
5 1 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Amazon RDS
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Public Sector
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Banking
4 3 (10.34%) Billing
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) Security Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) Senior
3 3 (10.34%) Technical Architect
4 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Data Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Data Migration Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Migration Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Technical Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) VMware Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) LDAP
2 3 (10.34%) .NET
2 3 (10.34%) J2EE
2 3 (10.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) PKI
2 7 (24.14%) Data Centre
3 6 (20.69%) Clustering
4 3 (10.34%) Client/Server
4 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (10.34%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 18 (62.07%) Windows
2 17 (58.62%) Windows Server
3 6 (20.69%) CentOS
3 6 (20.69%) Debian
3 6 (20.69%) Linux
3 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Project Delivery
2 8 (27.59%) High Availability
3 5 (17.24%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (17.24%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (13.79%) Email Filtering
4 4 (13.79%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (13.79%) Security Operations
5 3 (10.34%) Agile
5 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) Data Migration
5 3 (10.34%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (10.34%) Migration
5 3 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (10.34%) Security Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) DV Cleared
1 11 (37.93%) Security Cleared
2 9 (31.03%) MCSE
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (20.69%) MCSA
3 6 (20.69%) RHCT
4 5 (17.24%) Degree
4 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
5 3 (10.34%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (10.34%) PMO
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (55.17%) Active Directory
2 14 (48.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (31.03%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (27.59%) VMware NSX
5 6 (20.69%) KVM
6 5 (17.24%) BitLocker
6 5 (17.24%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (17.24%) Terminal Services
7 4 (13.79%) vSphere
8 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (37.93%) vCenter Server
2 10 (34.48%) vMotion
3 5 (17.24%) vRealize
4 4 (13.79%) SCCM
5 1 (3.45%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 24 (82.76%) VMware
2 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
3 12 (41.38%) Citrix
4 6 (20.69%) Red Hat
5 5 (17.24%) Infoblox
6 4 (13.79%) Cisco
7 3 (10.34%) Dell
8 1 (3.45%) Dynatrace
8 1 (3.45%) HP
8 1 (3.45%) McAfee
8 1 (3.45%) Meraki
8 1 (3.45%) Symantec
8 1 (3.45%) Veritas