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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 306 416
Rank change year-on-year +8 +110 -54
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 51 154 220
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.64% 0.50%
As % of the System Software category 3.56% 5.18% 4.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 116 191
10th Percentile £319 £325 £300
25th Percentile £399 £409 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +10.39%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £500
90th Percentile £643 £706 £588
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
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 1,434 2,974 5,378
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.79% 12.27% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,068 2,112 4,007
10th Percentile £290 £295 £319
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £631 £625
90th Percentile £684 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 109 86
10th Percentile - £17.72 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £17.95
Median hourly rate £43.32 £65.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% +154.90% +4.08%
75th Percentile £66.25 £70.00 £56.56
90th Percentile £85.23 £75.90 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.92 £19.00
% change year-on-year -55.97% +189.03% -5.00%

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 2 June 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 11 (21.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.88%) IIS
2 3 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 30 (58.82%) Azure
2 21 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (19.61%) AWS
4 8 (15.69%) Entra ID
5 5 (9.80%) PaaS
6 4 (7.84%) GCP
7 3 (5.88%) IaaS
8 2 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (3.92%) Azure AKS
8 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.92%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (3.92%) GitHub
8 2 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.96%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.96%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.96%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (25.49%) Firewall
2 8 (15.69%) DHCP
2 8 (15.69%) DNS
3 5 (9.80%) SAN
4 4 (7.84%) WAN
5 3 (5.88%) LAN
5 3 (5.88%) NAS
5 3 (5.88%) VLAN
5 3 (5.88%) VPN
6 2 (3.92%) Network Security
6 2 (3.92%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.96%) FTP
7 1 (1.96%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.96%) SSL
7 1 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) GitLab
1 2 (3.92%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.92%) Snyk
1 2 (3.92%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (27.45%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
3 5 (9.80%) Finance
4 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Banking
4 3 (5.88%) Billing
5 2 (3.92%) Front Office
5 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.96%) Electronics
6 1 (1.96%) Marketing
6 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (29.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (21.57%) Cloud Engineer
3 7 (13.73%) Consultant
4 6 (11.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Senior
5 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) IT Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) Server Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) VMware Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) Windows Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Active Directory Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Lead
7 3 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Windows Server Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Hyper-V Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) .NET
2 2 (3.92%) ADSI
2 2 (3.92%) Web Services
3 1 (1.96%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) NHS
1 3 (5.88%) PKI
2 2 (3.92%) Clustering
2 2 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (3.92%) Replication
3 1 (1.96%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.96%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (56.86%) Windows
2 16 (31.37%) Windows Server
3 7 (13.73%) Linux
4 6 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (9.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (5.88%) Unix
6 3 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (3.92%) Ubuntu
7 2 (3.92%) VMS
7 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.96%) Android
8 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.96%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (19.61%) Migration
3 9 (17.65%) Cost Optimisation
3 9 (17.65%) DevSecOps
4 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (11.76%) ITIL
6 5 (9.80%) Customer Service
6 5 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (7.84%) High Availability
8 3 (5.88%) Computer Science
8 3 (5.88%) Data Migration
8 3 (5.88%) DevOps
8 3 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (5.88%) Process Improvement
8 3 (5.88%) Resource Management
8 3 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (5.88%) Security Hardening
8 3 (5.88%) Service Delivery
8 3 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.53%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.92%) Bicep
2 2 (3.92%) C++
2 2 (3.92%) VB.NET
3 1 (1.96%) C#
3 1 (1.96%) Java
3 1 (1.96%) PHP
3 1 (1.96%) Python
3 1 (1.96%) Ruby
3 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Azure Certification
2 6 (11.76%) Degree
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.92%) MCSE
6 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.96%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.96%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.96%) MCSA
6 1 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) SLA
2 3 (5.88%) PMO
3 2 (3.92%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (3.92%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.96%) GDPR
4 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (54.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (45.10%) Active Directory
3 9 (17.65%) Docker
4 7 (13.73%) vSphere
5 6 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (7.84%) VMware NSX
7 2 (3.92%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (3.92%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.96%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (1.96%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.96%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.96%) vCloud
8 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (1.96%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.96%) XenApp
8 1 (1.96%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (25.49%) Kubernetes
2 11 (21.57%) Terraform
3 9 (17.65%) SCCM
4 3 (5.88%) SCVMM
4 3 (5.88%) WSUS
5 2 (3.92%) Argo
5 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (3.92%) SCOM
6 1 (1.96%) Ansible
6 1 (1.96%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.96%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.96%) HP SIM
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (1.96%) Nagios
6 1 (1.96%) Nessus
6 1 (1.96%) SCDPM
6 1 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.96%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (1.96%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.96%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 41 (80.39%) VMware
2 34 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (15.69%) Citrix
4 6 (11.76%) Veeam
5 5 (9.80%) Cisco
6 3 (5.88%) Dell
6 3 (5.88%) HP
7 2 (3.92%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (3.92%) Google
7 2 (3.92%) Meraki
8 1 (1.96%) Apple
8 1 (1.96%) Commvault
8 1 (1.96%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.96%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.96%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (1.96%) Okta
8 1 (1.96%) Qualys
8 1 (1.96%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.96%) Varonis
8 1 (1.96%) Veritas