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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 61 86
Rank change year-on-year -19 +25 -5
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 12 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.10% 0.34% 0.92%
As % of the System Software category 12.00% 2.63% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £519 £356 £487
25th Percentile £535 £403 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £571 £488 £605
Median % change year-on-year +17.18% -19.42% -10.37%
75th Percentile £610 £578 £608
90th Percentile £626 £629 -
Berkshire median daily rate £460 £238 £605
% change year-on-year +93.28% -60.66% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.74 - £69.06
Median hourly rate £67.00 - £69.38
75th Percentile £70.50 - £69.69
90th Percentile £71.06 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.24 - £69.38

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 100 76 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 9.18% 12.84% 12.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 42 85
10th Percentile £412 £195 £505
25th Percentile £500 £288 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £605
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -17.36% +12.56%
75th Percentile £619 £596 £650
90th Percentile £650 £663 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £605
% change year-on-year +5.26% -21.49% +20.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £61.74 - £59.55
25th Percentile £64.25 - £61.13
Median hourly rate £69.82 - £63.93
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.24%
75th Percentile £84.69 - £66.89
90th Percentile £93.75 - £68.57
Berkshire median hourly rate £68.11 - £58.49
% change year-on-year - - +11.88%

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
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 8 (66.67%) Azure
2 7 (58.33%) OpenShift
3 3 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (16.67%) Rubrik
5 1 (8.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) DHCP
1 9 (75.00%) DNS
2 8 (66.67%) Firewall
3 7 (58.33%) TCP/IP
3 7 (58.33%) VPN
4 3 (25.00%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 7 (58.33%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Senior
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Citrix Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Data Integration Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) Terraform
2 3 (25.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (16.67%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 9 (75.00%) Linux
3 8 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (58.33%) DevOps
2 7 (58.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 6 (50.00%) Business Continuity
3 6 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (50.00%) ITIL
4 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 4 (33.33%) Change Management
5 4 (33.33%) Data Integration
5 4 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Engineering
6 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
6 3 (25.00%) FinOps
6 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
6 3 (25.00%) Observability
6 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (66.67%) Bash
3 6 (50.00%) Python
4 3 (25.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (25.00%) Docker
3 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (8.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) Ansible
1 7 (58.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (25.00%) Grafana
2 3 (25.00%) Istio
2 3 (25.00%) Prometheus
3 2 (16.67%) NetBackup
3 2 (16.67%) SCCM
3 2 (16.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) VMware
2 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Citrix
4 3 (25.00%) Red Hat
5 2 (16.67%) CyberArk
5 2 (16.67%) SolarWinds
5 2 (16.67%) Splunk