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 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 192 278 390
Rank change year-on-year +86 +112 -161
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 1,521 1,311 1,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.53% 1.30% 0.94%
As % of the System Software category 12.62% 8.46% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 942 1,168
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 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,355 £66,625
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 12,052 15,490 28,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.15% 15.33% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,552 10,272 15,625
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
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 10 May 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +109 1,443 £40,000 -5.88% 301
UK excluding London +73 1,368 £39,000 -2.50% 279
Work from Home +119 511 £42,500 -10.53% 132
South East +110 402 £40,000 -5.88% 57
North of England +52 321 £37,500 -6.25% 87
Midlands +76 261 £40,000 -7.78% 58
South West +1 171 £42,000 +12.75% 34
Yorkshire +89 169 £38,500 +6.94% 27
West Midlands +100 165 £41,500 +7.10% 34
East of England +63 157 £37,500 -11.76% 38
London -22 137 £53,500 +1.90% 32
North West -3 116 £37,500 -11.76% 52
East Midlands -4 95 £40,000 -23.81% 24
North East +13 36 £32,500 -17.72% 9
Scotland -65 35 £42,500 +4.29% 5
Wales -5 14 £41,500 -24.55% 4
Northern Ireland +6 5 £40,000 -20.00% 3
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
1 433 (28.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 265 (17.42%) SharePoint
3 41 (2.70%) OpenStack
4 31 (2.04%) IIS
5 11 (0.72%) SharePoint 2010
5 11 (0.72%) SharePoint 2013
6 8 (0.53%) CMS
6 8 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (0.26%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (0.26%) Site Server
9 3 (0.20%) Apache
9 3 (0.20%) WordPress
10 2 (0.13%) SAS
10 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.066%) Confluence
11 1 (0.066%) JOnAS
Applications
1 159 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.13%) CATIA
3 2 (0.13%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.26%) Epicor Tropos
2 4 (0.26%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 907 (59.63%) Azure
2 885 (58.19%) Microsoft 365
3 273 (17.95%) AWS
4 252 (16.57%) Entra ID
5 76 (5.00%) SaaS
6 70 (4.60%) OneDrive
7 64 (4.21%) GCP
8 43 (2.83%) OpenShift
9 39 (2.56%) Serverless
10 37 (2.43%) IaaS
11 33 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
11 33 (2.17%) Google Workspace
12 32 (2.10%) Mimecast
13 31 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
14 30 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
15 24 (1.58%) Power Automate
16 23 (1.51%) Power Platform
17 22 (1.45%) PaaS
18 16 (1.05%) Nutanix
19 14 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 608 (39.97%) Firewall
2 410 (26.96%) DNS
3 388 (25.51%) DHCP
4 272 (17.88%) WAN
5 242 (15.91%) TCP/IP
6 234 (15.38%) VPN
7 218 (14.33%) LAN
8 204 (13.41%) SAN
9 173 (11.37%) VLAN
10 122 (8.02%) VoIP
11 97 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
12 94 (6.18%) Wireless
13 72 (4.73%) NAS
14 67 (4.40%) SD-WAN
15 66 (4.34%) Remote Desktop
16 60 (3.94%) MPLS
17 41 (2.70%) Network Security
18 37 (2.43%) HTTP
19 36 (2.37%) Internet
20 30 (1.97%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 88 (5.79%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.10%) NoSQL
5 20 (1.31%) MySQL
6 18 (1.18%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.59%) DB2
7 9 (0.59%) Power BI
8 8 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.39%) Big Data
9 6 (0.39%) InfluxDB
9 6 (0.39%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.33%) Redis
11 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
14 1 (0.066%) BusinessObjects
14 1 (0.066%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 50 (3.29%) Jenkins
2 49 (3.22%) Git
3 14 (0.92%) 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
1 468 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 103 (6.77%) Finance
3 96 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (5.59%) Telecoms
5 61 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (3.68%) Public Sector
7 50 (3.29%) Manufacturing
8 48 (3.16%) Legal
9 35 (2.30%) Aerospace
10 34 (2.24%) Law
10 34 (2.24%) Retail
11 33 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (1.25%) Marketing
13 18 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.05%) Games
15 12 (0.79%) Back Office
16 11 (0.72%) Automotive
16 11 (0.72%) Electronics
17 9 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 350 (23.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 312 (20.51%) Support Engineer
3 293 (19.26%) IT Engineer
4 242 (15.91%) IT Support
5 226 (14.86%) Senior
6 165 (10.85%) IT Support Engineer
7 134 (8.81%) 3rd Line Support
8 115 (7.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 110 (7.23%) 2nd Line Support
10 87 (5.72%) Systems Engineer
11 79 (5.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 78 (5.13%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 69 (4.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 68 (4.47%) Analyst
15 61 (4.01%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 60 (3.94%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 60 (3.94%) Lead
16 60 (3.94%) Network Engineer
17 57 (3.75%) IT Manager
18 52 (3.42%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.10%) Elastic Stack
2 31 (2.04%) AngularJS
2 31 (2.04%) Node.js
2 31 (2.04%) REST
2 31 (2.04%) Spring
2 31 (2.04%) Spring Boot
3 29 (1.91%) Apache Camel
3 29 (1.91%) JSON
3 29 (1.91%) Web Services
4 27 (1.78%) XML
5 10 (0.66%) Middleware
6 9 (0.59%) .NET
7 7 (0.46%) HTML
8 6 (0.39%) LAMP
9 5 (0.33%) LDAP
10 3 (0.20%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.20%) SAML
10 3 (0.20%) WSH
11 2 (0.13%) ADO
11 2 (0.13%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 136 (8.94%) Driving Licence
2 121 (7.96%) Data Centre
3 55 (3.62%) Public Cloud
4 53 (3.48%) Clustering
4 53 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
5 52 (3.42%) Management Information System
6 48 (3.16%) Replication
7 45 (2.96%) Onboarding
8 32 (2.10%) Operational Technology
9 25 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (1.58%) Client/Server
10 24 (1.58%) IoT
11 22 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
11 22 (1.45%) PKI
12 20 (1.31%) iPad
13 17 (1.12%) CCTV
14 16 (1.05%) SCADA
15 14 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (0.92%) Private Cloud
16 13 (0.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1,129 (74.23%) Windows
2 840 (55.23%) Windows Server
3 272 (17.88%) Linux
4 236 (15.52%) Windows 10
5 187 (12.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 153 (10.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 138 (9.07%) Windows Server 2012
8 63 (4.14%) Mac OS
9 61 (4.01%) Windows 8
10 53 (3.48%) Windows 7
11 52 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 42 (2.76%) Windows Server 2008
13 37 (2.43%) Apple iOS
14 35 (2.30%) Unix
15 24 (1.58%) Android
16 18 (1.18%) Windows XP
17 16 (1.05%) Mac OS X
17 16 (1.05%) VMS
18 14 (0.92%) CentOS
19 10 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (27.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 315 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
3 289 (19.00%) ITIL
4 223 (14.66%) Customer Service
5 151 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
6 127 (8.35%) Project Management
7 121 (7.96%) DevOps
8 117 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
9 87 (5.72%) Agile
10 86 (5.65%) Migration
11 75 (4.93%) Server Management
12 70 (4.60%) Incident Management
12 70 (4.60%) Project Delivery
13 69 (4.54%) Mentoring
14 63 (4.14%) Proactive Monitoring
15 62 (4.08%) Time Management
16 61 (4.01%) Presales
17 59 (3.88%) Continuous Improvement
18 58 (3.81%) Line Management
19 57 (3.75%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 306 (20.12%) PowerShell
2 184 (12.10%) SQL
3 105 (6.90%) Python
4 73 (4.80%) Java
5 57 (3.75%) Bash
6 31 (2.04%) JavaScript
7 20 (1.31%) C#
8 13 (0.85%) VBScript
9 9 (0.59%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.33%) Perl
11 3 (0.20%) R
12 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.066%) C
13 1 (0.066%) Go
13 1 (0.066%) VB
Qualifications
1 196 (12.89%) Security Cleared
2 155 (10.19%) Degree
3 148 (9.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 128 (8.42%) SC Cleared
5 120 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
6 110 (7.23%) CCNA
7 89 (5.85%) DV Cleared
8 80 (5.26%) MCSE
9 55 (3.62%) Azure Certification
10 35 (2.30%) MCP
11 31 (2.04%) AWS Certification
12 25 (1.64%) MCSA
13 23 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 21 (1.38%) A+ Certification
15 20 (1.31%) DBS Check
16 18 (1.18%) CCNP
16 18 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
17 17 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
18 16 (1.05%) APMP
18 16 (1.05%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (4.87%) SLA
2 53 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (2.83%) GDPR
4 17 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.59%) COSHH
6 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.46%) QA
7 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.26%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
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
1 926 (60.88%) Active Directory
2 821 (53.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (7.56%) Docker
4 99 (6.51%) VMware ESXi
5 71 (4.67%) Virtual Machines
6 67 (4.40%) XenApp
7 66 (4.34%) XenDesktop
8 48 (3.16%) VirtualBox
9 38 (2.50%) vSphere
10 23 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
11 22 (1.45%) pfSense
12 18 (1.18%) NFS
13 16 (1.05%) Firmware
13 16 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
14 14 (0.92%) VMware Workstation
15 13 (0.85%) Terminal Services
16 12 (0.79%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 9 (0.59%) Forefront TMG
18 8 (0.53%) KVM
19 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 242 (15.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 161 (10.59%) SCCM
3 115 (7.56%) Ansible
4 102 (6.71%) Kubernetes
5 59 (3.88%) Terraform
5 59 (3.88%) WSUS
6 57 (3.75%) FortiGate
7 52 (3.42%) Puppet
8 48 (3.16%) SCOM
9 36 (2.37%) Failover Clustering
10 27 (1.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 24 (1.58%) Grafana
12 21 (1.38%) SmoothWall
13 20 (1.31%) vCenter Server
14 19 (1.25%) NetBackup
14 19 (1.25%) ZABBIX
15 17 (1.12%) Autotask
15 17 (1.12%) EMC NetWorker
15 17 (1.12%) SCDPM
15 17 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1,053 (69.23%) VMware
2 889 (58.45%) Microsoft
3 249 (16.37%) Cisco
4 206 (13.54%) Citrix
5 196 (12.89%) Veeam
6 137 (9.01%) HP
7 112 (7.36%) Dell
8 75 (4.93%) Google
9 72 (4.73%) Aruba
10 68 (4.47%) Meraki
11 58 (3.81%) Red Hat
12 57 (3.75%) Fortinet
13 52 (3.42%) Juniper
13 52 (3.42%) Sophos
14 45 (2.96%) Apple
15 44 (2.89%) SonicWALL
16 42 (2.76%) Datto
17 32 (2.10%) Draytek
18 31 (2.04%) Symantec
19 30 (1.97%) McAfee