Hyper-V Contract Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Hyper-V
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Hyper-V skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 83 81
Rank change year-on-year +13 -2 +5
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 5 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.68% 0.21% 0.50%
As % of the System Software category 5.32% 1.55% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £349 £416 -
25th Percentile £386 £450 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £563 £605
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% -7.02% -10.37%
75th Percentile £536 £638 £634
90th Percentile £578 £649 £681
Berkshire median daily rate £250 £565 £640
% change year-on-year -55.75% -11.72% -2.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £71.20 - -
25th Percentile £73.00 - -
Median hourly rate £79.50 - -
75th Percentile £84.50 - -
90th Percentile £85.40 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £79.50 - -

All System Software Skills
Reading

Hyper-V falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 94 129 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 12.84% 13.52% 14.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 79 121
10th Percentile £255 £399 £205
25th Percentile £313 £429 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% +13.64% +14.58%
75th Percentile £599 £650 £615
90th Percentile £626 £690 £638
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -9.52% +9.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £74.80 - £59.38
25th Percentile £82.00 - £60.31
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +71.89%
75th Percentile £100.00 - £64.06
90th Percentile £103.30 - £64.63
Berkshire median hourly rate £90.00 £56.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +58.60% -12.70% -7.14%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Hyper-V relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Hyper-V job vacancy trend in Reading

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Hyper-V.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Hyper-V

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V in Reading over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Hyper-V in Reading

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Hyper-V.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Hyper-V

Hyper-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) DHCP
2 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) PKI
2 1 (20.00%) Clustering
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (80.00%) DevSecOps
2 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Platform Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (60.00%) Feasibility Study
3 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (60.00%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Bash
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) AWS Certification
2 3 (60.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) CEH
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (80.00%) Docker
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Ansible
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (80.00%) Terraform
2 1 (20.00%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) FireEye
2 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (20.00%) Tanium