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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 68 78
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 11 1 16
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.97% 0.17% 1.41%
As % of the System Software category 12.22% 1.39% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile £530 - -
25th Percentile £561 £638 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £605
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +7.44% -10.37%
75th Percentile £669 £663 £608
90th Percentile £688 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £460 £350 £605
% change year-on-year +31.43% -42.15% -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £62.09 - -
25th Percentile £62.62 - £69.06
Median hourly rate £67.00 - £69.38
75th Percentile £70.97 - £69.69
90th Percentile £71.24 - -
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 90 72 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 7.96% 12.00% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 46 94
10th Percentile £323 £319 £513
25th Percentile £420 £494 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £635 £605
Median % change year-on-year -13.77% +4.95% +15.24%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £647
90th Percentile £688 - £657
Berkshire median daily rate £465 £500 £605
% change year-on-year -7.00% -17.36% +21.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £62.62 - £59.55
25th Percentile £64.28 - £61.13
Median hourly rate £69.82 - £63.93
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.87%
75th Percentile £80.67 - £66.89
90th Percentile £84.38 - £68.57
Berkshire median hourly rate £67.61 - £58.49
% change year-on-year - - +7.20%

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 12 August 2026.

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 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) OpenShift
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (18.18%) Rubrik
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) DHCP
1 7 (63.64%) DNS
2 6 (54.55%) Firewall
3 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
3 5 (45.45%) VPN
4 2 (18.18%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (9.09%) DMVPN
5 1 (9.09%) LAN
5 1 (9.09%) MPLS
5 1 (9.09%) Network Security
5 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
5 1 (9.09%) TETRA
5 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Aerospace
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Police
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Senior
4 3 (27.27%) Citrix Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 2 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (9.09%) Architect
6 1 (9.09%) Data Integration Engineer
6 1 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (9.09%) Network Architect
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Architect
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (9.09%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Native
3 1 (9.09%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (9.09%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Linux
3 6 (54.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (45.45%) DevOps
2 5 (45.45%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (36.36%) Business Continuity
3 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Engineering
5 2 (18.18%) Cost Optimisation
5 2 (18.18%) FinOps
5 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Transformation
5 2 (18.18%) Observability
5 2 (18.18%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (18.18%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) PowerShell
2 6 (54.55%) Bash
3 4 (36.36%) Python
4 2 (18.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Certification
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) Docker
3 1 (9.09%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Ansible
1 5 (45.45%) Kubernetes
1 5 (45.45%) Terraform
2 2 (18.18%) Grafana
2 2 (18.18%) Istio
2 2 (18.18%) NetBackup
2 2 (18.18%) Prometheus
2 2 (18.18%) SCCM
2 2 (18.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) VMware
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
3 5 (45.45%) Citrix
4 2 (18.18%) CyberArk
4 2 (18.18%) Red Hat
4 2 (18.18%) SolarWinds
4 2 (18.18%) Splunk
5 1 (9.09%) Avaya
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco
5 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
5 1 (9.09%) IBM