Microsoft Hyper-V
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Hyper-V skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Hyper-V over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 253 418
Rank change year-on-year +57 +165 -184
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 1,514 1,371 1,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.44% 1.45% 0.88%
As % of the System Software category 12.59% 9.43% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,314 932 1,155
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,030 14,544 31,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.46% 15.37% 18.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9,345 9,733 15,551
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,625 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +74 1,434 £40,000 -5.88% 246
UK excluding London +49 1,364 £39,000 -2.50% 220
Work from Home +111 503 £42,500 -10.53% 88
South East +86 384 £40,000 -5.88% 56
North of England +36 319 £37,500 -5.06% 74
Midlands +48 262 £40,750 +1.88% 28
South West -7 178 £42,000 +12.00% 30
West Midlands +83 166 £40,750 +8.67% 15
Yorkshire +55 164 £40,000 +15.11% 28
East of England +45 161 £37,500 -12.79% 24
London -29 134 £52,500 - 34
North West +2 118 £37,500 -11.76% 39
East Midlands -18 96 £41,250 -21.43% 13
Scotland -74 38 £42,500 +6.25% 7
North East +12 37 £32,500 -9.72% 8
Wales -2 15 £41,500 -27.83% 5
Northern Ireland +1 5 £40,000 -20.00% 1
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -

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
1 429 (28.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 264 (17.44%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.31%) OpenStack
4 34 (2.25%) IIS
5 14 (0.92%) SharePoint 2010
5 14 (0.92%) SharePoint 2013
6 9 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
7 8 (0.53%) CMS
8 7 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
10 4 (0.26%) CloudStack
10 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
11 3 (0.20%) Apache
11 3 (0.20%) WordPress
12 2 (0.13%) Confluence
12 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 2 (0.13%) Site Server
12 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.066%) nginx
Applications
1 161 (10.63%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.13%) CATIA
3 2 (0.13%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.26%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.20%) Epicor Tropos
4 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 909 (60.04%) Azure
2 878 (57.99%) Microsoft 365
3 270 (17.83%) AWS
4 252 (16.64%) Entra ID
5 79 (5.22%) SaaS
6 72 (4.76%) OneDrive
7 69 (4.56%) GCP
8 47 (3.10%) OpenShift
9 34 (2.25%) IaaS
10 32 (2.11%) Google Workspace
10 32 (2.11%) Serverless
11 29 (1.92%) Mimecast
12 28 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
13 27 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
14 25 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
15 24 (1.59%) Power Automate
16 23 (1.52%) Power Platform
17 20 (1.32%) Nutanix
17 20 (1.32%) PaaS
18 14 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 616 (40.69%) Firewall
2 409 (27.01%) DNS
3 393 (25.96%) DHCP
4 276 (18.23%) WAN
5 245 (16.18%) TCP/IP
6 224 (14.80%) LAN
7 222 (14.66%) VPN
8 208 (13.74%) SAN
9 172 (11.36%) VLAN
10 117 (7.73%) VoIP
11 97 (6.41%) Wi-Fi
12 94 (6.21%) Wireless
13 71 (4.69%) NAS
14 67 (4.43%) Remote Desktop
15 64 (4.23%) MPLS
16 61 (4.03%) SD-WAN
17 40 (2.64%) HTTP
18 39 (2.58%) Network Security
19 35 (2.31%) Internet
20 33 (2.18%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (7.00%) SQL Server
2 87 (5.75%) Amazon RDS
3 31 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (1.85%) NoSQL
5 19 (1.25%) MySQL
6 13 (0.86%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.59%) DB2
7 9 (0.59%) Power BI
8 8 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.40%) Big Data
9 6 (0.40%) Redis
10 5 (0.33%) InfluxDB
10 5 (0.33%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.066%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.066%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.066%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 44 (2.91%) Jenkins
2 43 (2.84%) Git
3 15 (0.99%) JIRA
4 10 (0.66%) Trac
5 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.26%) Hudson
6 3 (0.20%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.20%) git-flow
6 3 (0.20%) GitLab
6 3 (0.20%) JUnit
6 3 (0.20%) Selenium
6 3 (0.20%) Subversion
6 3 (0.20%) TestNG
6 3 (0.20%) Travis CI
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.066%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 462 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 102 (6.74%) Finance
3 97 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (5.81%) Telecoms
5 58 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
6 53 (3.50%) Public Sector
7 51 (3.37%) Manufacturing
8 47 (3.10%) Legal
9 41 (2.71%) Aerospace
10 34 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
11 33 (2.18%) Retail
12 30 (1.98%) Law
13 18 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (1.19%) Marketing
14 16 (1.06%) Games
15 12 (0.79%) Back Office
16 11 (0.73%) Automotive
17 10 (0.66%) Electronics
18 9 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
18 9 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 366 (24.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 318 (21.00%) Support Engineer
3 283 (18.69%) IT Engineer
4 239 (15.79%) IT Support
5 219 (14.46%) Senior
6 165 (10.90%) IT Support Engineer
7 134 (8.85%) 3rd Line Support
8 121 (7.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 114 (7.53%) 2nd Line Support
10 83 (5.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 83 (5.48%) Systems Engineer
11 82 (5.42%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 74 (4.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 66 (4.36%) Analyst
14 65 (4.29%) Lead
15 64 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 58 (3.83%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 58 (3.83%) Network Engineer
17 54 (3.57%) IT Manager
18 53 (3.50%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.78%) Elastic Stack
2 25 (1.65%) AngularJS
2 25 (1.65%) Node.js
2 25 (1.65%) REST
2 25 (1.65%) Spring
2 25 (1.65%) Spring Boot
2 25 (1.65%) Web Services
3 24 (1.59%) Apache Camel
4 23 (1.52%) JSON
5 22 (1.45%) XML
6 10 (0.66%) Middleware
7 8 (0.53%) .NET
8 6 (0.40%) LAMP
9 4 (0.26%) LDAP
10 3 (0.20%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.20%) Flask
10 3 (0.20%) HTML
10 3 (0.20%) SAML
11 2 (0.13%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.13%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 142 (9.38%) Driving Licence
2 123 (8.12%) Data Centre
3 58 (3.83%) Public Cloud
4 54 (3.57%) Clustering
4 54 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (3.30%) Replication
7 44 (2.91%) Onboarding
8 32 (2.11%) Operational Technology
9 28 (1.85%) IoT
10 24 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
11 22 (1.45%) Client/Server
12 21 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
13 20 (1.32%) iPad
14 18 (1.19%) PKI
15 17 (1.12%) CCTV
16 16 (1.06%) SCADA
17 15 (0.99%) Private Cloud
17 15 (0.99%) Smartphone
18 14 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1,109 (73.25%) Windows
2 812 (53.63%) Windows Server
3 281 (18.56%) Linux
4 229 (15.13%) Windows 10
5 179 (11.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 151 (9.97%) Windows Server 2019
7 137 (9.05%) Windows Server 2012
8 63 (4.16%) Mac OS
9 55 (3.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 54 (3.57%) Windows 8
11 51 (3.37%) Windows 7
12 41 (2.71%) Apple iOS
12 41 (2.71%) Windows Server 2008
13 35 (2.31%) Unix
14 30 (1.98%) Android
15 18 (1.19%) Windows XP
16 17 (1.12%) VMS
17 14 (0.92%) CentOS
17 14 (0.92%) Mac OS X
18 12 (0.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (29.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 314 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
3 285 (18.82%) ITIL
4 233 (15.39%) Customer Service
5 148 (9.78%) Cybersecurity
6 125 (8.26%) Project Management
7 117 (7.73%) DevOps
8 109 (7.20%) Disaster Recovery
9 88 (5.81%) Agile
10 83 (5.48%) Migration
11 75 (4.95%) Mentoring
11 75 (4.95%) Server Management
12 70 (4.62%) Project Delivery
13 69 (4.56%) Incident Management
14 65 (4.29%) Presales
15 63 (4.16%) Proactive Monitoring
15 63 (4.16%) Time Management
16 58 (3.83%) Line Management
17 56 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
18 55 (3.63%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 305 (20.15%) PowerShell
2 178 (11.76%) SQL
3 105 (6.94%) Python
4 72 (4.76%) Java
5 59 (3.90%) Bash
6 26 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.06%) C#
8 12 (0.79%) VBScript
9 7 (0.46%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.33%) Perl
11 3 (0.20%) R
12 2 (0.13%) C
12 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.066%) Bicep
13 1 (0.066%) C++
13 1 (0.066%) Go
13 1 (0.066%) VB
Qualifications
1 193 (12.75%) Security Cleared
2 160 (10.57%) Degree
3 155 (10.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 130 (8.59%) SC Cleared
5 120 (7.93%) Cisco Certification
6 113 (7.46%) CCNA
7 90 (5.94%) DV Cleared
8 82 (5.42%) MCSE
9 54 (3.57%) Azure Certification
10 39 (2.58%) MCP
11 29 (1.92%) AWS Certification
12 28 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 27 (1.78%) MCSA
14 22 (1.45%) A+ Certification
15 21 (1.39%) DBS Check
15 21 (1.39%) MCITP
16 19 (1.25%) CCNP
17 16 (1.06%) APMP
17 16 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
18 15 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (5.09%) SLA
2 57 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (2.84%) GDPR
4 16 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.59%) COSHH
6 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.46%) QA
7 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.26%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.066%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.066%) NCSC
10 1 (0.066%) NIST
10 1 (0.066%) PMO
System Software
1 915 (60.44%) Active Directory
2 817 (53.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 112 (7.40%) Docker
4 103 (6.80%) VMware ESXi
5 72 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
5 72 (4.76%) XenApp
6 71 (4.69%) XenDesktop
7 49 (3.24%) vSphere
8 44 (2.91%) VirtualBox
9 22 (1.45%) pfSense
10 21 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
11 17 (1.12%) NFS
12 16 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
13 15 (0.99%) VMware Workstation
14 14 (0.92%) Firmware
14 14 (0.92%) Terminal Services
15 11 (0.73%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 11 (0.73%) KVM
16 9 (0.59%) Forefront TMG
17 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 247 (16.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 158 (10.44%) SCCM
3 115 (7.60%) Ansible
4 102 (6.74%) Kubernetes
5 57 (3.76%) WSUS
6 56 (3.70%) Puppet
7 55 (3.63%) FortiGate
8 53 (3.50%) Terraform
9 49 (3.24%) SCOM
10 37 (2.44%) Failover Clustering
11 25 (1.65%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 22 (1.45%) Grafana
13 21 (1.39%) vCenter Server
14 19 (1.25%) NetBackup
14 19 (1.25%) SmoothWall
14 19 (1.25%) ZABBIX
15 18 (1.19%) Autotask
16 17 (1.12%) EMC NetWorker
16 17 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
17 16 (1.06%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 1,054 (69.62%) VMware
2 870 (57.46%) Microsoft
3 244 (16.12%) Cisco
4 214 (14.13%) Citrix
5 203 (13.41%) Veeam
6 149 (9.84%) HP
7 118 (7.79%) Dell
8 79 (5.22%) Google
9 69 (4.56%) Aruba
10 65 (4.29%) Red Hat
11 64 (4.23%) Meraki
12 56 (3.70%) Fortinet
13 52 (3.43%) Sophos
14 48 (3.17%) Juniper
15 45 (2.97%) Apple
16 43 (2.84%) SonicWALL
17 42 (2.77%) Datto
18 38 (2.51%) Symantec
19 31 (2.05%) McAfee
19 31 (2.05%) Oracle