VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 36 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.76% 0.31% -
As % of the System Software category 8.57% 3.85% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £443 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 - -
75th Percentile £474 - -
90th Percentile £490 - -
East of England median daily rate £500 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -28.57% +12.00% -

All System Software Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 35 26 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 8.91% 8.05% 6.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 6 12
10th Percentile £213 £338 £145
25th Percentile £356 £358 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £469 £485
Median % change year-on-year -5.07% -3.35% +7.78%
75th Percentile £619 £500 £546
90th Percentile £675 £550 £570
East of England median daily rate £413 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +3.13% -20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +50.60% -1.72%
75th Percentile - - £14.75
90th Percentile - £35.88 £15.28
East of England median hourly rate £54.00 £54.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -16.92% +282.35%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

VMware ESXi
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge -11 2 £445 - 1
Peterborough - 1 £500 -
VMware ESXi
East of England

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix Specialist
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Network Management
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Server Management
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Dell
2 2 (66.67%) Intel
2 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) NVIDIA