VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 32 38
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 9 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 3.11% 2.03% 1.19%
As % of the System Software category 12.68% 11.76% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
75th Percentile - £550 -
90th Percentile £658 £595 -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +20.00% -0.10% -19.92%

All System Software Skills
Basingstoke

VMware ESXi 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 Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 71 34 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 24.57% 17.26% 19.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 27 8
10th Percentile - £353 £388
25th Percentile £500 £463 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +21.05% -14.61%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £513
90th Percentile £675 £725 £599
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £13.55
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
75th Percentile - - £45.00
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 £65.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year -25.05% +10.64% +144.79%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware ESXi relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing VMware ESXi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 1 (11.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) iSCSI
2 8 (88.89%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (22.22%) VSAN
General
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Architect
2 8 (88.89%) Infrastructure Architect
2 8 (88.89%) VMware Architect
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
1 8 (88.89%) Windows Server
1 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
2 3 (33.33%) Edge Virtualization
2 3 (33.33%) Operational Stability
2 3 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Coaching
3 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
4 1 (11.11%) Benchmarking
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (11.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) MCSE
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (33.33%) VCP5
3 3 (33.33%) VCP6
3 3 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) NFS
2 8 (88.89%) vSphere
3 6 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (33.33%) VMware NSX
5 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) vRealize
1 1 (11.11%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) NetApp
2 8 (88.89%) Splunk
2 8 (88.89%) Veeam