Hyper-V Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Hyper-V
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Hyper-V skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hyper-V over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 310 415
Rank change year-on-year +19 +105 -58
Contract jobs citing Hyper-V 50 148 215
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.62% 0.49%
As % of the System Software category 3.49% 5.03% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 111 188
10th Percentile £319 £325 £300
25th Percentile £398 £408 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £500
90th Percentile £654 £713 £586
UK median daily rate £468 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -1.58% +11.76% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £15.40
25th Percentile - - £15.95
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -67.62%
75th Percentile - - £17.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £15.86
% change year-on-year +19.00% +26.10% +17.57%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,433 2,944 5,279
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.71% 12.33% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 2,081 3,926
10th Percentile £293 £285 £319
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £633 £625
90th Percentile £686 £715 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 113 87
10th Percentile - £18.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £18.55
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +136.36% +13.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £59.84
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.60 £66.40
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

Hyper-V
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Hyper-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Hyper-V trend for jobs with a WFH option

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Hyper-V.

Hyper-V daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Hyper-V
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Hyper-V over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hyper-V daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Hyper-V
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Hyper-V.

Hyper-V hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.00%) IIS
2 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 27 (54.00%) Azure
2 20 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (20.00%) AWS
4 8 (16.00%) Entra ID
5 5 (10.00%) PaaS
6 4 (8.00%) GCP
7 3 (6.00%) IaaS
8 2 (4.00%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (4.00%) Azure AKS
8 2 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (4.00%) GitHub
8 2 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
9 1 (2.00%) Azure API Management
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (26.00%) Firewall
2 9 (18.00%) DHCP
2 9 (18.00%) DNS
3 5 (10.00%) SAN
4 4 (8.00%) WAN
5 3 (6.00%) LAN
5 3 (6.00%) NAS
5 3 (6.00%) VLAN
5 3 (6.00%) VPN
6 2 (4.00%) NetScaler
6 2 (4.00%) Network Security
6 2 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (4.00%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.00%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (2.00%) FTP
7 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.00%) SSL
7 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.00%) GitLab
1 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (4.00%) Snyk
1 2 (4.00%) SonarQube
2 1 (2.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (10.00%) Finance
4 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Banking
4 3 (6.00%) Billing
5 2 (4.00%) Front Office
5 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.00%) Electronics
6 1 (2.00%) Marketing
6 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (32.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (18.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) Consultant
3 6 (12.00%) Senior
4 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) IT Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Lead
5 4 (8.00%) Server Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) VMware Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Windows Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Active Directory Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Windows Server Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) .NET
2 2 (4.00%) ADSI
2 2 (4.00%) Web Services
3 1 (2.00%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) NHS
1 3 (6.00%) PKI
2 2 (4.00%) Clustering
2 2 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (4.00%) Replication
3 1 (2.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.00%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (60.00%) Windows
2 17 (34.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (14.00%) Linux
4 6 (12.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (6.00%) Unix
6 3 (6.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (4.00%) Ubuntu
7 2 (4.00%) VMS
7 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (2.00%) Android
8 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
8 1 (2.00%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.00%) Windows 10
8 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (18.00%) Migration
3 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (14.00%) Cost Optimisation
4 7 (14.00%) DevSecOps
5 5 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (10.00%) ITIL
6 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (8.00%) High Availability
7 3 (6.00%) Application Packaging
7 3 (6.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (6.00%) Data Migration
7 3 (6.00%) DevOps
7 3 (6.00%) Process Improvement
7 3 (6.00%) Resource Management
7 3 (6.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (6.00%) Security Hardening
7 3 (6.00%) Service Delivery
7 3 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.00%) Bicep
2 2 (4.00%) C++
2 2 (4.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (2.00%) C#
3 1 (2.00%) Java
3 1 (2.00%) PHP
3 1 (2.00%) Python
3 1 (2.00%) Ruby
3 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.00%) Azure Certification
2 6 (12.00%) Degree
3 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.00%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.00%) MCSE
7 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.00%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (2.00%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.00%) MCSA
7 1 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) SLA
2 3 (6.00%) PMO
3 2 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (4.00%) ISO 9001
3 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.00%) GDPR
4 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (56.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (46.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (14.00%) Docker
3 7 (14.00%) vSphere
4 6 (12.00%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (8.00%) VMware NSX
6 3 (6.00%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (4.00%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (4.00%) XenApp
7 2 (4.00%) XenDesktop
8 1 (2.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (2.00%) Terminal Services
8 1 (2.00%) vCloud
8 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (2.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (22.00%) Kubernetes
2 9 (18.00%) Terraform
3 8 (16.00%) SCCM
4 3 (6.00%) SCVMM
4 3 (6.00%) WSUS
5 2 (4.00%) Argo
5 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (4.00%) SCOM
6 1 (2.00%) Ansible
6 1 (2.00%) Backup Exec
6 1 (2.00%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (2.00%) Nagios
6 1 (2.00%) Nessus
6 1 (2.00%) SCDPM
6 1 (2.00%) SCOrch
6 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (2.00%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 40 (80.00%) VMware
2 31 (62.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (18.00%) Citrix
4 6 (12.00%) Veeam
5 5 (10.00%) Cisco
6 4 (8.00%) HP
7 3 (6.00%) Dell
8 2 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (4.00%) Google
8 2 (4.00%) Meraki
9 1 (2.00%) Commvault
9 1 (2.00%) CyberArk
9 1 (2.00%) Dynatrace
9 1 (2.00%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (2.00%) Okta
9 1 (2.00%) Oracle
9 1 (2.00%) Qualys
9 1 (2.00%) SAP
9 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds
9 1 (2.00%) Varonis