VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.97% 0.62% -
As % of the System Software category 8.33% 9.09% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £443 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 - -
75th Percentile £448 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £445 - -

All System Software Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 24 11 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 11.59% 6.83% 9.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 10
10th Percentile - £435 £134
25th Percentile £406 £459 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.09% +2.11%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £537
90th Percentile £728 £580 £572
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £445 £469 £485
% change year-on-year -5.07% -3.35% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - +243.75% -8.41%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £14.25
% change year-on-year -25.44% +50.60% -1.72%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Cambridge

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

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

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing VMware ESXi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Administrator
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps Administrator
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Intel
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) VMware