Microsoft Hyper-V
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Hyper-V skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Hyper-V over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 270 406
Rank change year-on-year +69 +136 -175
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 1,506 1,347 1,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.51% 1.36% 0.92%
As % of the System Software category 12.57% 8.76% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,325 929 1,157
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +1.18%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £54,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -

All System Software Skills
UK

Hyper-V is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11,980 15,379 29,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.99% 15.51% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,464 10,075 15,564
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,860 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Hyper-V
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Hyper-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hyper-V.

Salary trend for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hyper-V over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hyper-V in the UK

Hyper-V
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hyper-V within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +90 1,428 £40,000 -5.88% 314
UK excluding London +66 1,356 £39,000 -2.50% 280
Work from Home +127 504 £42,500 -10.53% 100
South East +110 393 £40,000 -3.03% 64
North of England +43 319 £37,500 -6.25% 96
Midlands +69 261 £40,000 -5.88% 42
South West -11 171 £42,000 +12.00% 37
Yorkshire +72 167 £38,750 +9.15% 34
West Midlands +102 164 £40,750 +3.49% 22
East of England +54 155 £37,000 -12.94% 35
London -34 135 £53,500 +1.90% 48
North West -1 115 £37,500 -11.76% 52
East Midlands -7 96 £40,000 -23.81% 20
North East +13 37 £32,500 -17.72% 11
Scotland -71 36 £42,500 +6.25% 6
Wales -4 14 £41,500 -30.83% 4
Northern Ireland +3 5 £40,000 -20.00% 3
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -

Hyper-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 426 (28.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 262 (17.40%) SharePoint
3 41 (2.72%) OpenStack
4 32 (2.12%) IIS
5 12 (0.80%) SharePoint 2010
5 12 (0.80%) SharePoint 2013
6 8 (0.53%) CMS
6 8 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (0.27%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (0.20%) Apache
9 3 (0.20%) Site Server
9 3 (0.20%) WordPress
10 2 (0.13%) SAS
10 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.066%) Confluence
11 1 (0.066%) JOnAS
Applications
1 160 (10.62%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.13%) CATIA
3 2 (0.13%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.27%) Epicor Tropos
2 4 (0.27%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 903 (59.96%) Azure
2 875 (58.10%) Microsoft 365
3 270 (17.93%) AWS
4 253 (16.80%) Entra ID
5 77 (5.11%) SaaS
6 72 (4.78%) OneDrive
7 65 (4.32%) GCP
8 44 (2.92%) OpenShift
9 38 (2.52%) Serverless
10 35 (2.32%) IaaS
11 33 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
11 33 (2.19%) Google Workspace
12 32 (2.12%) Mimecast
13 31 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
14 29 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
15 24 (1.59%) Power Automate
16 23 (1.53%) Power Platform
17 20 (1.33%) PaaS
18 16 (1.06%) Nutanix
19 14 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 603 (40.04%) Firewall
2 407 (27.03%) DNS
3 386 (25.63%) DHCP
4 271 (17.99%) WAN
5 242 (16.07%) TCP/IP
6 228 (15.14%) VPN
7 217 (14.41%) LAN
8 204 (13.55%) SAN
9 173 (11.49%) VLAN
10 120 (7.97%) VoIP
11 98 (6.51%) Wi-Fi
12 93 (6.18%) Wireless
13 70 (4.65%) NAS
14 66 (4.38%) Remote Desktop
15 65 (4.32%) SD-WAN
16 61 (4.05%) MPLS
17 40 (2.66%) Network Security
18 38 (2.52%) HTTP
19 36 (2.39%) Internet
20 31 (2.06%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 89 (5.91%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.12%) NoSQL
5 20 (1.33%) MySQL
6 18 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.60%) DB2
7 9 (0.60%) Power BI
8 8 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.40%) Big Data
9 6 (0.40%) InfluxDB
9 6 (0.40%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.33%) Redis
11 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
14 1 (0.066%) BusinessObjects
14 1 (0.066%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 50 (3.32%) Jenkins
2 49 (3.25%) Git
3 14 (0.93%) JIRA
4 10 (0.66%) Trac
5 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.27%) Hudson
6 3 (0.20%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.20%) git-flow
6 3 (0.20%) GitLab
6 3 (0.20%) JUnit
6 3 (0.20%) Selenium
6 3 (0.20%) Subversion
6 3 (0.20%) TestNG
6 3 (0.20%) Travis CI
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.066%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 465 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 101 (6.71%) Finance
3 96 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (5.64%) Telecoms
5 60 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (3.72%) Public Sector
7 51 (3.39%) Manufacturing
8 48 (3.19%) Legal
9 38 (2.52%) Aerospace
10 35 (2.32%) Retail
11 34 (2.26%) Law
12 33 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (1.26%) Marketing
14 18 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (1.06%) Games
16 12 (0.80%) Back Office
17 11 (0.73%) Automotive
17 11 (0.73%) Electronics
18 9 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
19 8 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 349 (23.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 315 (20.92%) Support Engineer
3 292 (19.39%) IT Engineer
4 241 (16.00%) IT Support
5 224 (14.87%) Senior
6 166 (11.02%) IT Support Engineer
7 135 (8.96%) 3rd Line Support
8 117 (7.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 109 (7.24%) 2nd Line Support
10 86 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
11 80 (5.31%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 79 (5.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 70 (4.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 66 (4.38%) Analyst
15 62 (4.12%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 61 (4.05%) Lead
17 60 (3.98%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 58 (3.85%) Network Engineer
19 57 (3.78%) IT Manager
20 52 (3.45%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.12%) Elastic Stack
2 31 (2.06%) AngularJS
2 31 (2.06%) Node.js
2 31 (2.06%) REST
2 31 (2.06%) Spring
2 31 (2.06%) Spring Boot
3 29 (1.93%) Apache Camel
3 29 (1.93%) JSON
3 29 (1.93%) Web Services
4 27 (1.79%) XML
5 10 (0.66%) Middleware
6 9 (0.60%) .NET
7 6 (0.40%) LAMP
8 5 (0.33%) HTML
8 5 (0.33%) LDAP
9 3 (0.20%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.20%) SAML
10 2 (0.13%) ServiceStack
10 2 (0.13%) V-Ray
10 2 (0.13%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 138 (9.16%) Driving Licence
2 119 (7.90%) Data Centre
3 54 (3.59%) Public Cloud
4 52 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 52 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 51 (3.39%) Clustering
6 49 (3.25%) Replication
7 44 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 32 (2.12%) Operational Technology
9 25 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
9 25 (1.66%) IoT
10 23 (1.53%) Client/Server
10 23 (1.53%) Enterprise Storage
11 21 (1.39%) PKI
12 20 (1.33%) iPad
13 17 (1.13%) CCTV
14 16 (1.06%) SCADA
15 14 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (0.93%) Private Cloud
15 14 (0.93%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1,114 (73.97%) Windows
2 825 (54.78%) Windows Server
3 274 (18.19%) Linux
4 234 (15.54%) Windows 10
5 183 (12.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 151 (10.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 136 (9.03%) Windows Server 2012
8 62 (4.12%) Mac OS
9 57 (3.78%) Windows 8
10 53 (3.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 51 (3.39%) Windows 7
12 41 (2.72%) Windows Server 2008
13 38 (2.52%) Apple iOS
14 34 (2.26%) Unix
15 26 (1.73%) Android
16 18 (1.20%) Windows XP
17 16 (1.06%) Mac OS X
17 16 (1.06%) VMS
18 14 (0.93%) CentOS
19 10 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (27.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 313 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
3 285 (18.92%) ITIL
4 223 (14.81%) Customer Service
5 148 (9.83%) Cybersecurity
6 127 (8.43%) Project Management
7 122 (8.10%) DevOps
8 111 (7.37%) Disaster Recovery
9 90 (5.98%) Agile
10 83 (5.51%) Migration
11 72 (4.78%) Server Management
12 70 (4.65%) Mentoring
12 70 (4.65%) Project Delivery
13 67 (4.45%) Incident Management
14 62 (4.12%) Presales
14 62 (4.12%) Time Management
15 60 (3.98%) Proactive Monitoring
16 58 (3.85%) Line Management
17 57 (3.78%) Continuous Improvement
17 57 (3.78%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 303 (20.12%) PowerShell
2 182 (12.08%) SQL
3 105 (6.97%) Python
4 74 (4.91%) Java
5 56 (3.72%) Bash
6 31 (2.06%) JavaScript
7 19 (1.26%) C#
8 12 (0.80%) VBScript
9 9 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.33%) Perl
11 3 (0.20%) R
12 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.066%) C
13 1 (0.066%) Go
13 1 (0.066%) VB
Qualifications
1 194 (12.88%) Security Cleared
2 152 (10.09%) Degree
3 148 (9.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 129 (8.57%) SC Cleared
5 118 (7.84%) Cisco Certification
6 109 (7.24%) CCNA
7 88 (5.84%) DV Cleared
8 80 (5.31%) MCSE
9 54 (3.59%) Azure Certification
10 36 (2.39%) MCP
11 31 (2.06%) AWS Certification
12 25 (1.66%) MCSA
13 23 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 21 (1.39%) A+ Certification
14 21 (1.39%) DBS Check
15 18 (1.20%) CCNP
16 17 (1.13%) MCITP
16 17 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
17 16 (1.06%) APMP
17 16 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (4.91%) SLA
2 54 (3.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (2.86%) GDPR
4 16 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.60%) COSHH
6 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.46%) QA
7 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.27%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.066%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.066%) NCSC
10 1 (0.066%) NIST
10 1 (0.066%) PMO
System Software
1 917 (60.89%) Active Directory
2 808 (53.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (7.64%) Docker
4 99 (6.57%) VMware ESXi
5 70 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
6 67 (4.45%) XenApp
7 66 (4.38%) XenDesktop
8 46 (3.05%) VirtualBox
9 39 (2.59%) vSphere
10 23 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
11 22 (1.46%) pfSense
12 18 (1.20%) NFS
13 16 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
14 15 (1.00%) Firmware
15 14 (0.93%) VMware Workstation
16 13 (0.86%) Terminal Services
17 12 (0.80%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 9 (0.60%) Forefront TMG
19 8 (0.53%) KVM
20 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 242 (16.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 158 (10.49%) SCCM
3 116 (7.70%) Ansible
4 102 (6.77%) Kubernetes
5 59 (3.92%) WSUS
6 58 (3.85%) Terraform
7 56 (3.72%) FortiGate
8 53 (3.52%) Puppet
9 47 (3.12%) SCOM
10 35 (2.32%) Failover Clustering
11 25 (1.66%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 23 (1.53%) Grafana
13 21 (1.39%) SmoothWall
14 20 (1.33%) vCenter Server
15 19 (1.26%) NetBackup
15 19 (1.26%) ZABBIX
16 17 (1.13%) Autotask
16 17 (1.13%) EMC NetWorker
16 17 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
17 16 (1.06%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 1,040 (69.06%) VMware
2 873 (57.97%) Microsoft
3 246 (16.33%) Cisco
4 205 (13.61%) Citrix
5 194 (12.88%) Veeam
6 138 (9.16%) HP
7 112 (7.44%) Dell
8 76 (5.05%) Google
9 70 (4.65%) Aruba
10 67 (4.45%) Meraki
11 59 (3.92%) Red Hat
12 56 (3.72%) Fortinet
13 51 (3.39%) Sophos
14 50 (3.32%) Juniper
15 44 (2.92%) Apple
15 44 (2.92%) SonicWALL
16 41 (2.72%) Datto
17 33 (2.19%) Symantec
18 32 (2.12%) Draytek
19 30 (1.99%) McAfee