vSphere Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

VMware vSphere
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring vSphere skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 30 42
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 -8
Contract jobs citing vSphere 14 10 1
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 4.95% 4.65% 0.41%
As % of the System Software category 18.42% 26.32% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 0
10th Percentile £536 £463 -
25th Percentile £600 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 -
75th Percentile £650 £638 -
90th Percentile - £725 -
Hampshire median daily rate £588 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -6.00% -3.85% +13.04%

All System Software Skills
Basingstoke

vSphere 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 76 38 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 26.86% 17.67% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 28 10
10th Percentile - £448 £388
25th Percentile £500 £521 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +17.50% -10.11%
75th Percentile £619 £647 £569
90th Percentile £650 £725 £622
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £13.88
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
75th Percentile - - £37.88
90th Percentile - - £45.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 £70.00 £56.95
% change year-on-year -30.40% +22.91% +57.10%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

vSphere job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

vSphere
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing vSphere.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing vSphere

vSphere
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 (7.14%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) Fibre Channel
1 11 (78.57%) iSCSI
2 4 (28.57%) VSAN
3 1 (7.14%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Architect
2 12 (85.71%) VMware Architect
3 11 (78.57%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Virtualisation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
1 11 (78.57%) Windows Server
1 11 (78.57%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Customer Requirements
1 6 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 5 (35.71%) Edge Virtualization
2 5 (35.71%) Performance Analysis
3 4 (28.57%) Operational Stability
4 2 (14.29%) Coaching
4 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (14.29%) Prototyping
4 2 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Automation
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) DV Cleared
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 11 (78.57%) MCSE
2 11 (78.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (42.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (35.71%) VCP5
4 5 (35.71%) VCP6
5 2 (14.29%) VCDX
6 1 (7.14%) VCAP
System Software
1 11 (78.57%) NFS
1 11 (78.57%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (35.71%) VMware NSX
4 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) vRealize
1 1 (7.14%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 11 (78.57%) NetApp
2 11 (78.57%) Splunk
2 11 (78.57%) Veeam