Hyper-V Contracts

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 340 400
Rank change year-on-year +4 +60 -36
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 272 399 553
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.72% 0.63%
As % of the System Software category 5.76% 5.48% 4.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 309 434
10th Percentile £252 £281 £213
25th Percentile £320 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £525
90th Percentile £617 £715 £592
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £420
% change year-on-year +11.11% +7.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 18
10th Percentile £22.08 £18.80 £12.25
25th Percentile £22.30 £19.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £14.43
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% +38.60% +6.97%
75th Percentile £55.00 - £17.50
90th Percentile £76.00 - £31.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £19.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +284.62% +50.00% -3.63%

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 4,725 7,280 11,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.91% 13.07% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,274 5,128 8,363
10th Percentile £205 £200 £200
25th Percentile £356 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £478 £450
% change year-on-year -0.52% +6.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 250 288
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.19 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £24.18 £54.70 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.79% +173.48% -
75th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £45.06
90th Percentile £79.20 £75.53 £61.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £48.12 £17.88
% change year-on-year -42.85% +169.14% -2.15%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +6 236 £487 +8.11% 250
UK excluding London -10 188 £500 +11.11% 218
South East +27 80 £550 +22.22% 58
London +52 73 £450 -18.18% 37
Work from Home +13 51 £450 -10.00% 95
North of England +25 33 £350 +7.69% 73
Midlands -27 26 £338 -35.71% 28
Scotland +46 24 £325 -39.66% 5
North West +24 23 £338 - 38
South West -19 15 £521 +15.83% 33
West Midlands -10 13 £275 -38.89% 15
East Midlands -12 13 £418 -34.73% 13
Yorkshire +6 7 £363 +13.28% 26
East of England -15 7 £550 +29.41% 20
North East - 3 £600 - 11
Wales - 3 £220 - 5

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 30 (11.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (6.99%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.78%) IIS
4 4 (1.47%) IBM Domino
5 3 (1.10%) Confluence
5 3 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.37%) nginx
6 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (8.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 130 (47.79%) Azure
2 67 (24.63%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (18.38%) AWS
4 24 (8.82%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.15%) OCI
5 14 (5.15%) PaaS
6 13 (4.78%) GCP
6 13 (4.78%) Nutanix
7 10 (3.68%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (3.31%) IaaS
9 7 (2.57%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (2.57%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.84%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.84%) WhatsApp
11 4 (1.47%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.47%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.47%) SaaS
12 3 (1.10%) GitHub
12 3 (1.10%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (26.10%) Firewall
2 57 (20.96%) DNS
3 48 (17.65%) DHCP
4 38 (13.97%) SAN
4 38 (13.97%) VPN
5 31 (11.40%) LAN
5 31 (11.40%) WAN
6 21 (7.72%) Wireless
7 17 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (5.51%) VLAN
9 13 (4.78%) NAS
10 11 (4.04%) VoIP
11 9 (3.31%) Network Security
11 9 (3.31%) OSPF
12 8 (2.94%) Ethernet
12 8 (2.94%) VSAN
12 8 (2.94%) Wireless Security
13 7 (2.57%) TCP/IP
14 6 (2.21%) Internet
14 6 (2.21%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.10%) MySQL
4 3 (1.10%) Power BI
5 2 (0.74%) CouchDB
5 2 (0.74%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.37%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (4.04%) GitLab
2 4 (1.47%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.10%) Git
3 3 (1.10%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.10%) JIRA
3 3 (1.10%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.74%) Snyk
4 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 80 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 25 (9.19%) Public Sector
3 11 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (3.68%) Finance
5 7 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.84%) Banking
6 5 (1.84%) Marketing
7 4 (1.47%) Front Office
7 4 (1.47%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.47%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.10%) Billing
9 2 (0.74%) Electronics
9 2 (0.74%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.74%) Local Government
10 1 (0.37%) Advertising
10 1 (0.37%) Legal
10 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 26 (9.56%) Support Engineer
3 23 (8.46%) Wintel Engineer
4 18 (6.62%) Server Engineer
5 15 (5.51%) IT Engineer
5 15 (5.51%) Network Engineer
6 14 (5.15%) Analyst
6 14 (5.15%) Cloud Engineer
6 14 (5.15%) Consultant
6 14 (5.15%) Senior
7 13 (4.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 13 (4.78%) Architect
7 13 (4.78%) Systems Administrator
8 12 (4.41%) Storage Engineer
9 11 (4.04%) 3rd Line Support
9 11 (4.04%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 11 (4.04%) VMware Engineer
10 10 (3.68%) IT Support
11 9 (3.31%) 2nd Line Support
11 9 (3.31%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.15%) .NET
2 7 (2.57%) LDAP
2 7 (2.57%) Web Services
3 4 (1.47%) JSON
4 3 (1.10%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.10%) J2EE
4 3 (1.10%) Node.js
4 3 (1.10%) React
4 3 (1.10%) Software Packaging
4 3 (1.10%) Vue
5 2 (0.74%) ADSI
5 2 (0.74%) CSS
5 2 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.74%) HTML
6 1 (0.37%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Camel
6 1 (0.37%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.37%) REST
6 1 (0.37%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (19.12%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.72%) Clustering
2 21 (7.72%) PKI
3 11 (4.04%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (2.94%) Driving Licence
4 8 (2.94%) NHS
5 6 (2.21%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.84%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.84%) Fat Client
6 5 (1.84%) Thin Client
6 5 (1.84%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.10%) N-Tier
7 3 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.74%) CCTV
8 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.74%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.74%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 178 (65.44%) Windows
2 116 (42.65%) Windows Server
3 81 (29.78%) Linux
4 45 (16.54%) Windows Server 2012
5 43 (15.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 43 (15.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 35 (12.87%) Windows 10
7 19 (6.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (6.62%) Unix
9 16 (5.88%) Mac OS
10 14 (5.15%) Windows XP
11 13 (4.78%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (2.57%) Solaris
13 6 (2.21%) CentOS
13 6 (2.21%) Debian
13 6 (2.21%) VMS
13 6 (2.21%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (1.47%) Ubuntu
15 3 (1.10%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (30.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 69 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (15.44%) ITIL
4 28 (10.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 27 (9.93%) Server Management
6 22 (8.09%) Storage Management
7 19 (6.99%) Migration
8 18 (6.62%) Customer Service
8 18 (6.62%) Project Management
9 17 (6.25%) Converged Infrastructure
9 17 (6.25%) High Availability
10 16 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
11 15 (5.51%) Decision-Making
11 15 (5.51%) Performance Monitoring
12 14 (5.15%) Break/Fix
12 14 (5.15%) Performance Tuning
12 14 (5.15%) Proactive Monitoring
13 13 (4.78%) Computer Science
13 13 (4.78%) Identity Access Management
14 12 (4.41%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 74 (27.21%) PowerShell
2 19 (6.99%) Python
3 15 (5.51%) Shell Script
4 12 (4.41%) Bash
5 8 (2.94%) C#
5 8 (2.94%) SQL
6 6 (2.21%) Java
7 3 (1.10%) C++
7 3 (1.10%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.10%) PHP
7 3 (1.10%) Ruby
7 3 (1.10%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.74%) Bicep
9 1 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 97 (35.66%) Security Cleared
2 54 (19.85%) SC Cleared
3 53 (19.49%) DV Cleared
4 42 (15.44%) Degree
5 31 (11.40%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (9.19%) CCNA
7 21 (7.72%) CCNP
7 21 (7.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (5.51%) Azure Certification
9 13 (4.78%) MCSE
10 8 (2.94%) MCSA
11 7 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.57%) DBS Check
11 7 (2.57%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (2.21%) RHCT
13 5 (1.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (1.47%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
16 2 (0.74%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.62%) SLA
2 5 (1.84%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (1.10%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 3 (1.10%) PMO
4 2 (0.74%) GDPR
4 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.74%) QA
5 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 179 (65.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 140 (51.47%) Active Directory
3 33 (12.13%) VMware ESXi
4 22 (8.09%) vSphere
5 20 (7.35%) Docker
6 19 (6.99%) KVM
7 17 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (5.15%) VMware NSX
9 11 (4.04%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (2.94%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (2.57%) BitLocker
12 5 (1.84%) Terminal Services
13 4 (1.47%) XenApp
13 4 (1.47%) XenDesktop
14 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (1.10%) NFS
14 3 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
14 3 (1.10%) VMware Workstation
15 2 (0.74%) VirtualBox
16 1 (0.37%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 61 (22.43%) SCCM
2 33 (12.13%) WSUS
3 29 (10.66%) SCOM
4 28 (10.29%) Ansible
4 28 (10.29%) Kubernetes
4 28 (10.29%) vCenter Server
5 19 (6.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (6.25%) NetBackup
6 17 (6.25%) Red Hat Satellite
7 16 (5.88%) Terraform
8 15 (5.51%) Failover Clustering
9 14 (5.15%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (4.04%) SCVMM
11 9 (3.31%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (2.57%) Autotask
12 7 (2.57%) vMotion
13 6 (2.21%) Rancher
13 6 (2.21%) Tivoli Identity Manager
14 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Clustering
14 5 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 217 (79.78%) VMware
2 130 (47.79%) Microsoft
3 41 (15.07%) Cisco
4 37 (13.60%) Dell
5 33 (12.13%) HP
6 32 (11.76%) Red Hat
7 30 (11.03%) Citrix
8 28 (10.29%) Veeam
9 20 (7.35%) Juniper
10 17 (6.25%) EMC
10 17 (6.25%) Symantec
11 16 (5.88%) 3PAR
11 16 (5.88%) Oracle
12 15 (5.51%) Palo Alto
13 14 (5.15%) Extreme Networks
14 11 (4.04%) Google
15 9 (3.31%) Datto
16 7 (2.57%) Apple
16 7 (2.57%) IBM
16 7 (2.57%) SolarWinds