Hyper-V Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 315 413
Rank change year-on-year +19 +98 -62
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 49 144 216
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.59% 0.49%
As % of the System Software category 3.46% 4.77% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 109 186
10th Percentile £319 £324 £300
25th Percentile £399 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £525
90th Percentile £643 £706 £621
UK median daily rate £450 £485 £425
% change year-on-year -7.22% +14.12% +5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - - £15.52
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - +21.21% -68.57%
75th Percentile - - £17.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £19.50 £15.93
% change year-on-year +22.05% +22.41% +22.73%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,415 3,018 5,456
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.63% 12.31% 12.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,048 2,158 4,062
10th Percentile £274 £300 £319
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £631 £625
90th Percentile £683 £716 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 105 94
10th Percentile - £18.42 £14.55
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +165.31% -24.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £53.44
90th Percentile £85.08 £77.80 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +184.21% -11.63%

Hyper-V
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Hyper-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Hyper-V trend for jobs with a WFH option

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Hyper-V.

Hyper-V daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Hyper-V over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hyper-V daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Hyper-V.

Hyper-V hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (20.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.12%) IIS
3 2 (4.08%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 28 (57.14%) Azure
2 19 (38.78%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (20.41%) AWS
4 7 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 5 (10.20%) PaaS
6 4 (8.16%) GCP
7 3 (6.12%) IaaS
8 2 (4.08%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (4.08%) Azure AKS
8 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (4.08%) GitHub
8 2 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
9 1 (2.04%) Azure API Management
9 1 (2.04%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.04%) iPaaS
9 1 (2.04%) Nutanix
9 1 (2.04%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (26.53%) Firewall
2 8 (16.33%) DHCP
2 8 (16.33%) DNS
3 5 (10.20%) SAN
4 4 (8.16%) WAN
5 3 (6.12%) LAN
5 3 (6.12%) NAS
5 3 (6.12%) VPN
6 2 (4.08%) Network Security
6 2 (4.08%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.08%) VLAN
7 1 (2.04%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (2.04%) NetScaler
7 1 (2.04%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.04%) SSL
7 1 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) GitLab
1 2 (4.08%) Jenkins
1 2 (4.08%) Snyk
1 2 (4.08%) SonarQube
2 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 5 (10.20%) Finance
4 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Banking
4 3 (6.12%) Billing
5 2 (4.08%) Front Office
5 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.04%) Electronics
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
6 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (22.45%) Cloud Engineer
3 7 (14.29%) Consultant
4 6 (12.24%) Senior
5 5 (10.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) IT Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Server Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) VMware Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Windows Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Active Directory Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Lead
7 3 (6.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Windows Server Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Hyper-V Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) Operations Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) .NET
2 2 (4.08%) ADSI
2 2 (4.08%) Web Services
3 1 (2.04%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) NHS
1 3 (6.12%) PKI
2 2 (4.08%) Clustering
2 2 (4.08%) Replication
3 1 (2.04%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.04%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (57.14%) Windows
2 15 (30.61%) Windows Server
3 7 (14.29%) Linux
4 5 (10.20%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (8.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (6.12%) Unix
7 2 (4.08%) Ubuntu
7 2 (4.08%) VMS
7 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (2.04%) Android
8 1 (2.04%) Apple iOS
8 1 (2.04%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (20.41%) Migration
3 9 (18.37%) Cost Optimisation
3 9 (18.37%) DevSecOps
4 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.24%) ITIL
6 5 (10.20%) Customer Service
6 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.16%) High Availability
8 3 (6.12%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.12%) Data Migration
8 3 (6.12%) DevOps
8 3 (6.12%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (6.12%) Process Improvement
8 3 (6.12%) Resource Management
8 3 (6.12%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (6.12%) Security Hardening
8 3 (6.12%) Service Delivery
8 3 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.49%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.08%) Bicep
2 2 (4.08%) C++
2 2 (4.08%) VB.NET
3 1 (2.04%) C#
3 1 (2.04%) Java
3 1 (2.04%) PHP
3 1 (2.04%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) Ruby
3 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) Azure Certification
2 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (10.20%) Degree
4 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.12%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.08%) MCSE
7 1 (2.04%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.04%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (2.04%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.04%) MCSA
7 1 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) SLA
2 3 (6.12%) PMO
3 2 (4.08%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (4.08%) ISO 9001
3 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.04%) GDPR
4 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (55.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (44.90%) Active Directory
3 9 (18.37%) Docker
4 7 (14.29%) vSphere
5 5 (10.20%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (8.16%) VMware NSX
7 2 (4.08%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (4.08%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (2.04%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (2.04%) Terminal Services
8 1 (2.04%) vCloud
8 1 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (2.04%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (2.04%) XenApp
8 1 (2.04%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (26.53%) Kubernetes
2 11 (22.45%) Terraform
3 7 (14.29%) SCCM
4 2 (4.08%) Argo
4 2 (4.08%) SCOM
4 2 (4.08%) SCVMM
4 2 (4.08%) WSUS
5 1 (2.04%) Ansible
5 1 (2.04%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.04%) Nagios
5 1 (2.04%) Nessus
5 1 (2.04%) SCOrch
5 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.04%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.04%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 40 (81.63%) VMware
2 32 (65.31%) Microsoft
3 7 (14.29%) Citrix
4 5 (10.20%) Cisco
4 5 (10.20%) Veeam
5 3 (6.12%) Dell
6 2 (4.08%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (4.08%) HP
6 2 (4.08%) Meraki
7 1 (2.04%) CyberArk
7 1 (2.04%) Dynatrace
7 1 (2.04%) Google
7 1 (2.04%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (2.04%) Qualys
7 1 (2.04%) SAP
7 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.04%) Varonis