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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 82 85
Rank change year-on-year +14 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 6 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.87% 0.64% 0.19%
As % of the System Software category 6.98% 4.79% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £374 £345 -
25th Percentile £447 £394 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £605 £675
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% -10.37% +12.50%
75th Percentile £634 £608 £713
90th Percentile £651 £637 -
Berkshire median daily rate £259 £605 £700
% change year-on-year -57.27% -13.57% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £71.20 - -
25th Percentile £73.00 £69.06 -
Median hourly rate £79.50 £69.38 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.59% - -
75th Percentile £84.50 £69.69 -
90th Percentile £85.40 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £79.50 £69.38 -
% change year-on-year +14.59% - -

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 86 146 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 12.54% 13.44% 12.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 87 107
10th Percentile - £400 £205
25th Percentile £255 £506 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +19.05% +8.81%
75th Percentile £590 £650 £615
90th Percentile £649 £680 £630
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £546 £490
% change year-on-year -13.04% +11.48% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £74.80 £59.55 £59.38
25th Percentile £82.00 £61.13 £60.31
Median hourly rate £90.00 £63.93 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.77% +2.29% +71.89%
75th Percentile £100.00 £66.89 £64.06
90th Percentile £103.30 £68.57 £64.63
Berkshire median hourly rate £90.00 £56.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +58.60% -12.70% +18.18%

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 29 November 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 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 4 (66.67%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 4 (66.67%) DHCP
2 4 (66.67%) DNS
2 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) VSAN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Senior
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Support
2 1 (16.67%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Architect
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Clustering
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) SIEM
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 4 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Platform Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
3 3 (50.00%) IT Strategy
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Bash
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) AWS Certification
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (50.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CCNA
4 1 (16.67%) CEH
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CISSP
4 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (66.67%) Docker
3 1 (16.67%) VMware NSX
3 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Ansible
1 4 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 4 (66.67%) Terraform
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (16.67%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) FireEye
2 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
2 1 (16.67%) Tanium