Microsoft Hyper-V
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 364 402
Rank change year-on-year +41 +38 -43
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 269 403 563
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.68% 0.63%
As % of the System Software category 5.73% 5.19% 4.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 314 441
10th Percentile £250 £280 £213
25th Percentile £319 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +5.59%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £569
90th Percentile £642 £714 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +8.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 20
10th Percentile £22.00 £17.38 £10.49
25th Percentile £22.08 £18.88 £12.44
Median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% +23.08% +25.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.13 £19.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £57.50 £50.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £19.50 £15.86
% change year-on-year +233.33% +22.95% +22.19%

All System Software Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,693 7,768 11,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.81% 13.15% 13.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,216 5,547 8,602
10th Percentile £200 £204 £200
25th Percentile £338 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -4.17% +6.67% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 277 321
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -
75th Percentile £60.75 £66.00 £45.75
90th Percentile £79.60 £75.20 £60.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.98 £44.93 £18.12
% change year-on-year -53.31% +148.01% +2.93%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hyper-V over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England +4 225 £450 - 356
UK excluding London +6 184 £450 - 334
London +76 71 £450 -17.43% 33
South East +27 63 £510 +6.25% 93
Work from Home +33 54 £425 -10.53% 138
North of England +33 42 £350 +12.00% 86
Scotland +51 30 £325 -39.18% 6
Midlands -15 28 £338 -35.71% 95
North West +32 26 £350 +12.00% 51
West Midlands +2 18 £350 -26.32% 39
Yorkshire +18 13 £380 +22.58% 27
South West 0 13 £500 +11.11% 41
East Midlands -10 10 £338 -45.56% 56
East of England -13 5 £425 - 40
North East - 3 £600 - 9
Wales - 3 £220 - 4

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 32 (11.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (5.95%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.83%) IIS
4 4 (1.49%) Confluence
4 4 (1.49%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.37%) Apache
6 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (8.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.37%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 132 (49.07%) Azure
2 70 (26.02%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (19.70%) AWS
4 26 (9.67%) Entra ID
5 16 (5.95%) PaaS
6 14 (5.20%) OCI
7 13 (4.83%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (4.83%) GCP
7 13 (4.83%) Nutanix
8 9 (3.35%) IaaS
9 6 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.23%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (2.23%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.23%) WhatsApp
10 5 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.86%) SaaS
11 4 (1.49%) Datadog
11 4 (1.49%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.12%) iPaaS
12 3 (1.12%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 72 (26.77%) Firewall
2 67 (24.91%) DNS
3 59 (21.93%) DHCP
4 43 (15.99%) VPN
5 38 (14.13%) SAN
6 33 (12.27%) WAN
7 32 (11.90%) LAN
8 20 (7.43%) Wireless
9 16 (5.95%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (5.58%) NAS
11 12 (4.46%) VLAN
11 12 (4.46%) VSAN
12 9 (3.35%) Network Security
12 9 (3.35%) OSPF
12 9 (3.35%) TCP/IP
12 9 (3.35%) VoIP
13 8 (2.97%) Ethernet
13 8 (2.97%) Wireless Security
14 6 (2.23%) Internet
14 6 (2.23%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.35%) Amazon RDS
1 9 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.49%) MySQL
2 4 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.12%) Power BI
4 2 (0.74%) CouchDB
4 2 (0.74%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.37%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.37%) MS Access
5 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.86%) Bitbucket
1 5 (1.86%) GitLab
2 4 (1.49%) Git
2 4 (1.49%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.49%) JIRA
3 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.74%) Snyk
4 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
General
1 97 (36.06%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.55%) Public Sector
3 16 (5.95%) Finance
4 12 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.97%) Banking
6 6 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.23%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.23%) Marketing
7 5 (1.86%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.49%) Front Office
8 4 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.12%) Billing
9 3 (1.12%) Electronics
10 2 (0.74%) Automotive
10 2 (0.74%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.74%) Legal
10 2 (0.74%) Retail
11 1 (0.37%) Advertising
11 1 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 69 (25.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (8.18%) Support Engineer
3 19 (7.06%) Wintel Engineer
4 17 (6.32%) IT Engineer
4 17 (6.32%) Senior
5 16 (5.95%) Cloud Engineer
5 16 (5.95%) Server Engineer
6 15 (5.58%) Consultant
6 15 (5.58%) Network Engineer
7 14 (5.20%) Analyst
8 12 (4.46%) Architect
8 12 (4.46%) IT Support
9 11 (4.09%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (4.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 11 (4.09%) Storage Engineer
9 11 (4.09%) VMware Engineer
10 9 (3.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 9 (3.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 8 (2.97%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 8 (2.97%) Data Centre Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.95%) .NET
1 16 (5.95%) LDAP
2 7 (2.60%) Web Services
3 5 (1.86%) JSON
4 3 (1.12%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.12%) J2EE
4 3 (1.12%) Node.js
4 3 (1.12%) React
4 3 (1.12%) Vue
5 2 (0.74%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.74%) ADSI
5 2 (0.74%) CSS
5 2 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.74%) HTML
5 2 (0.74%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.37%) Spring
6 1 (0.37%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.37%) XML
6 1 (0.37%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 57 (21.19%) Data Centre
2 26 (9.67%) Clustering
3 24 (8.92%) PKI
4 10 (3.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 7 (2.60%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.60%) NHS
5 7 (2.60%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.23%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.86%) Fat Client
7 5 (1.86%) Thin Client
8 4 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.12%) N-Tier
10 2 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.74%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.74%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.74%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.74%) Replication
10 2 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 181 (67.29%) Windows
2 118 (43.87%) Windows Server
3 76 (28.25%) Linux
4 45 (16.73%) Windows Server 2012
4 45 (16.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 41 (15.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 38 (14.13%) Windows 10
7 16 (5.95%) Unix
7 16 (5.95%) Windows Server 2008
8 14 (5.20%) Mac OS
8 14 (5.20%) Windows XP
9 13 (4.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (4.09%) Windows Server 2003
11 6 (2.23%) CentOS
11 6 (2.23%) Debian
12 5 (1.86%) Solaris
12 5 (1.86%) VMS
12 5 (1.86%) Windows 7
13 4 (1.49%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (30.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 69 (25.65%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (14.50%) ITIL
4 27 (10.04%) Disaster Recovery
4 27 (10.04%) Server Management
5 25 (9.29%) Migration
6 21 (7.81%) Customer Service
7 20 (7.43%) High Availability
8 19 (7.06%) Project Management
9 17 (6.32%) Computer Science
10 16 (5.95%) Converged Infrastructure
10 16 (5.95%) Performance Monitoring
10 16 (5.95%) Storage Management
11 15 (5.58%) Project Delivery
12 14 (5.20%) Break/Fix
12 14 (5.20%) Identity Access Management
12 14 (5.20%) Mobile Device Management
12 14 (5.20%) Performance Tuning
12 14 (5.20%) Proactive Monitoring
13 12 (4.46%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 74 (27.51%) PowerShell
2 18 (6.69%) Python
3 12 (4.46%) Bash
4 9 (3.35%) C#
4 9 (3.35%) SQL
5 8 (2.97%) Shell Script
6 6 (2.23%) Java
7 3 (1.12%) C++
7 3 (1.12%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.12%) PHP
7 3 (1.12%) Ruby
7 3 (1.12%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.74%) Bicep
8 2 (0.74%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 84 (31.23%) Security Cleared
2 53 (19.70%) SC Cleared
3 46 (17.10%) DV Cleared
4 44 (16.36%) Degree
5 34 (12.64%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (10.41%) CCNA
7 23 (8.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (7.81%) CCNP
9 17 (6.32%) Azure Certification
10 11 (4.09%) MCSE
11 10 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (2.97%) DBS Check
13 7 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (2.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (2.23%) MCSA
14 6 (2.23%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (2.23%) RHCT
15 5 (1.86%) A+ Certification
15 5 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
16 2 (0.74%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.69%) SLA
2 6 (2.23%) Disclosure Scotland
3 5 (1.86%) QA
4 3 (1.12%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 3 (1.12%) PMO
5 2 (0.74%) GDPR
5 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 169 (62.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 136 (50.56%) Active Directory
3 37 (13.75%) VMware ESXi
4 22 (8.18%) vSphere
5 21 (7.81%) KVM
6 18 (6.69%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (6.69%) VMware NSX
7 15 (5.58%) Docker
8 8 (2.97%) BitLocker
8 8 (2.97%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (2.60%) Terminal Services
9 7 (2.60%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.86%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (1.49%) NFS
12 2 (0.74%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.37%) vCloud
13 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 58 (21.56%) SCCM
2 38 (14.13%) vCenter Server
3 29 (10.78%) SCOM
4 28 (10.41%) Kubernetes
5 24 (8.92%) WSUS
6 21 (7.81%) Ansible
7 19 (7.06%) Terraform
8 17 (6.32%) NetBackup
9 16 (5.95%) Microsoft Intune
10 15 (5.58%) Failover Clustering
11 14 (5.20%) EMC NetWorker
12 13 (4.83%) vMotion
13 9 (3.35%) SCVMM
14 8 (2.97%) Jamf Pro
14 8 (2.97%) Microsoft Clustering
14 8 (2.97%) Red Hat Satellite
15 7 (2.60%) vRealize
16 6 (2.23%) Autotask
17 5 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
18 4 (1.49%) Rancher
Vendors
1 218 (81.04%) VMware
2 135 (50.19%) Microsoft
3 42 (15.61%) Cisco
4 36 (13.38%) Dell
5 31 (11.52%) HP
6 30 (11.15%) Citrix
7 28 (10.41%) Veeam
8 22 (8.18%) Red Hat
9 19 (7.06%) Juniper
10 18 (6.69%) Symantec
11 17 (6.32%) EMC
12 16 (5.95%) 3PAR
13 15 (5.58%) Oracle
13 15 (5.58%) Palo Alto
14 14 (5.20%) Extreme Networks
15 11 (4.09%) Google
16 8 (2.97%) Datto
17 6 (2.23%) Apple
17 6 (2.23%) Infoblox
18 5 (1.86%) SolarWinds