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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 276 398
Rank change year-on-year +86 +122 -169
Permanent jobs citing Hyper-V 1,526 1,315 1,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.54% 1.29% 0.94%
As % of the System Software category 12.61% 8.45% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,344 944 1,174
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,575 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,938 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,520 £66,250
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 12,102 15,557 28,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.20% 15.32% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,579 10,268 15,675
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,486 £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 8 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 8 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 +99 1,448 £40,000 -5.88% 324
UK excluding London +76 1,373 £39,000 -2.50% 302
Work from Home +127 513 £42,750 -10.00% 140
South East +113 403 £40,000 -5.88% 61
North of England +51 322 £37,500 -6.25% 90
Midlands +83 263 £40,750 -4.12% 64
South West -4 172 £42,000 +12.00% 40
Yorkshire +88 170 £38,500 +6.94% 29
West Midlands +105 165 £41,500 +10.67% 37
East of England +64 157 £37,500 -9.09% 41
London -25 137 £53,500 +1.90% 34
North West -2 116 £37,500 -11.76% 54
East Midlands +3 97 £41,250 -21.43% 27
North East +17 36 £32,500 -17.72% 8
Scotland -65 35 £42,500 +4.29% 6
Wales -3 14 £41,500 -24.55% 4
Northern Ireland +11 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
1 437 (28.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 262 (17.17%) SharePoint
3 41 (2.69%) OpenStack
4 31 (2.03%) IIS
5 9 (0.59%) SharePoint 2010
5 9 (0.59%) SharePoint 2013
6 8 (0.52%) CMS
6 8 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (0.26%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (0.26%) Site Server
9 3 (0.20%) Apache
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
1 159 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.38%) 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 (0.26%) Epicor Tropos
2 4 (0.26%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 915 (59.96%) Azure
2 889 (58.26%) Microsoft 365
3 275 (18.02%) AWS
4 256 (16.78%) Entra ID
5 79 (5.18%) SaaS
6 68 (4.46%) OneDrive
7 63 (4.13%) GCP
8 46 (3.01%) OpenShift
9 39 (2.56%) Serverless
10 37 (2.42%) IaaS
11 36 (2.36%) Google Workspace
11 36 (2.36%) Mimecast
12 33 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
13 31 (2.03%) Amazon ECS
14 30 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
15 24 (1.57%) Power Automate
16 23 (1.51%) PaaS
16 23 (1.51%) Power Platform
17 16 (1.05%) Nutanix
18 14 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 610 (39.97%) Firewall
2 416 (27.26%) DNS
3 394 (25.82%) DHCP
4 274 (17.96%) WAN
5 246 (16.12%) TCP/IP
6 239 (15.66%) VPN
7 220 (14.42%) LAN
8 204 (13.37%) SAN
9 178 (11.66%) VLAN
10 124 (8.13%) VoIP
11 97 (6.36%) Wi-Fi
11 97 (6.36%) Wireless
12 72 (4.72%) NAS
13 67 (4.39%) SD-WAN
14 66 (4.33%) Remote Desktop
15 60 (3.93%) MPLS
16 41 (2.69%) Network Security
17 40 (2.62%) HTTP
18 36 (2.36%) Internet
19 31 (2.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (6.88%) SQL Server
2 89 (5.83%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.10%) NoSQL
5 20 (1.31%) MySQL
6 18 (1.18%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.59%) DB2
7 9 (0.59%) Power BI
8 8 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.39%) Big Data
9 6 (0.39%) InfluxDB
9 6 (0.39%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.33%) Redis
11 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.066%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.066%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 50 (3.28%) Jenkins
2 49 (3.21%) Git
3 14 (0.92%) JIRA
4 10 (0.66%) Trac
5 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.26%) 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
1 470 (30.80%) Social Skills
2 104 (6.82%) Finance
3 94 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (5.57%) Telecoms
5 61 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (3.67%) Public Sector
7 49 (3.21%) Manufacturing
8 48 (3.15%) Legal
9 35 (2.29%) Aerospace
9 35 (2.29%) Law
10 34 (2.23%) Retail
11 33 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (1.25%) Marketing
13 18 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.05%) Games
15 12 (0.79%) Back Office
16 11 (0.72%) Automotive
16 11 (0.72%) Electronics
17 9 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 355 (23.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 310 (20.31%) Support Engineer
3 296 (19.40%) IT Engineer
4 242 (15.86%) IT Support
5 232 (15.20%) Senior
6 165 (10.81%) IT Support Engineer
7 134 (8.78%) 3rd Line Support
8 115 (7.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 108 (7.08%) 2nd Line Support
10 87 (5.70%) Systems Engineer
11 78 (5.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 76 (4.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 71 (4.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 68 (4.46%) Analyst
15 61 (4.00%) Network Engineer
16 60 (3.93%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 60 (3.93%) Lead
17 59 (3.87%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 58 (3.80%) IT Manager
19 52 (3.41%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.10%) Elastic Stack
2 31 (2.03%) AngularJS
2 31 (2.03%) Node.js
2 31 (2.03%) REST
2 31 (2.03%) Spring
2 31 (2.03%) Spring Boot
3 29 (1.90%) Apache Camel
3 29 (1.90%) JSON
3 29 (1.90%) Web Services
4 27 (1.77%) XML
5 10 (0.66%) Middleware
6 9 (0.59%) .NET
7 7 (0.46%) HTML
8 6 (0.39%) LAMP
9 5 (0.33%) LDAP
10 3 (0.20%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.20%) SAML
11 2 (0.13%) ADO
11 2 (0.13%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.13%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 137 (8.98%) Driving Licence
2 121 (7.93%) Data Centre
3 58 (3.80%) Public Cloud
4 53 (3.47%) Clustering
4 53 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
5 52 (3.41%) Management Information System
6 48 (3.15%) Replication
7 45 (2.95%) Onboarding
8 32 (2.10%) Operational Technology
9 25 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (1.57%) Client/Server
10 24 (1.57%) IoT
11 22 (1.44%) Enterprise Storage
11 22 (1.44%) PKI
12 20 (1.31%) iPad
13 17 (1.11%) CCTV
14 16 (1.05%) SCADA
15 14 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (0.92%) Private Cloud
16 13 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1,135 (74.38%) Windows
2 844 (55.31%) Windows Server
3 275 (18.02%) Linux
4 235 (15.40%) Windows 10
5 188 (12.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 154 (10.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 138 (9.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 66 (4.33%) Mac OS
9 61 (4.00%) Windows 8
10 55 (3.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 53 (3.47%) Windows 7
12 42 (2.75%) Windows Server 2008
13 36 (2.36%) Apple iOS
14 35 (2.29%) Unix
15 23 (1.51%) Android
16 18 (1.18%) Windows XP
17 16 (1.05%) Mac OS X
17 16 (1.05%) VMS
18 14 (0.92%) CentOS
19 10 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (27.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 316 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
3 290 (19.00%) ITIL
4 223 (14.61%) Customer Service
5 151 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
6 127 (8.32%) Project Management
7 125 (8.19%) DevOps
8 118 (7.73%) Disaster Recovery
9 87 (5.70%) Agile
10 86 (5.64%) Migration
11 75 (4.91%) Server Management
12 70 (4.59%) Incident Management
12 70 (4.59%) Project Delivery
13 69 (4.52%) Mentoring
14 63 (4.13%) Proactive Monitoring
15 62 (4.06%) Time Management
16 61 (4.00%) Presales
17 59 (3.87%) Continuous Improvement
18 58 (3.80%) Kalman Filter
18 58 (3.80%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 313 (20.51%) PowerShell
2 185 (12.12%) SQL
3 108 (7.08%) Python
4 76 (4.98%) Java
5 63 (4.13%) Bash
6 31 (2.03%) JavaScript
7 20 (1.31%) C#
8 12 (0.79%) VBScript
9 9 (0.59%) 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%) Bicep
13 1 (0.066%) C
13 1 (0.066%) Go
13 1 (0.066%) VB
Qualifications
1 198 (12.98%) Security Cleared
2 155 (10.16%) Degree
3 146 (9.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 128 (8.39%) SC Cleared
5 120 (7.86%) Cisco Certification
6 110 (7.21%) CCNA
7 92 (6.03%) DV Cleared
8 78 (5.11%) MCSE
9 56 (3.67%) Azure Certification
10 35 (2.29%) MCP
11 31 (2.03%) AWS Certification
12 25 (1.64%) MCSA
13 23 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 21 (1.38%) A+ Certification
14 21 (1.38%) DBS Check
15 18 (1.18%) CCNP
15 18 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
16 17 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
17 16 (1.05%) APMP
18 14 (0.92%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (4.91%) SLA
2 53 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 42 (2.75%) GDPR
4 16 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.59%) COSHH
6 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.46%) QA
7 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.26%) 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
1 931 (61.01%) Active Directory
2 824 (54.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (7.73%) Docker
4 99 (6.49%) VMware ESXi
5 73 (4.78%) Virtual Machines
6 65 (4.26%) XenApp
7 64 (4.19%) XenDesktop
8 48 (3.15%) VirtualBox
9 38 (2.49%) vSphere
10 24 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
11 22 (1.44%) pfSense
12 18 (1.18%) NFS
13 17 (1.11%) Firmware
14 16 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
15 14 (0.92%) VMware Workstation
16 13 (0.85%) Terminal Services
17 12 (0.79%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 9 (0.59%) Forefront TMG
19 7 (0.46%) KVM
20 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 245 (16.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 159 (10.42%) SCCM
3 118 (7.73%) Ansible
4 105 (6.88%) Kubernetes
5 60 (3.93%) WSUS
6 59 (3.87%) FortiGate
6 59 (3.87%) Terraform
7 55 (3.60%) Puppet
8 49 (3.21%) SCOM
9 37 (2.42%) Failover Clustering
10 28 (1.83%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 24 (1.57%) Grafana
12 22 (1.44%) SmoothWall
13 20 (1.31%) vCenter Server
14 19 (1.25%) NetBackup
14 19 (1.25%) ZABBIX
15 17 (1.11%) EMC NetWorker
15 17 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
15 17 (1.11%) SCDPM
15 17 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1,056 (69.20%) VMware
2 891 (58.39%) Microsoft
3 249 (16.32%) Cisco
4 204 (13.37%) Citrix
5 197 (12.91%) Veeam
6 135 (8.85%) HP
7 110 (7.21%) Dell
8 78 (5.11%) Google
9 74 (4.85%) Aruba
10 72 (4.72%) Meraki
11 61 (4.00%) Red Hat
12 57 (3.74%) Fortinet
13 53 (3.47%) Sophos
14 52 (3.41%) Juniper
15 48 (3.15%) Apple
16 45 (2.95%) SonicWALL
17 42 (2.75%) Datto
18 32 (2.10%) Draytek
19 30 (1.97%) McAfee
19 30 (1.97%) Oracle