VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in Central London

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 119 134
Rank change year-on-year -14 +15 +46
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 1 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.049% 0.33% 0.23%
As % of the System Software category 0.54% 2.71% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £585 £475
25th Percentile £505 £599 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £635 £553
Median % change year-on-year -19.69% +14.93% -13.67%
75th Percentile £515 £659 £601
90th Percentile - £666 £631
London median daily rate £585 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +30.00% -18.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £112.00 -
London median hourly rate - £112.00 -

All System Software Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 184 258 289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.93% 12.07% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 166 215
10th Percentile £278 £256 £239
25th Percentile £405 £413 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +14.58% -16.52%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £609
90th Percentile £685 £702 £702
London median daily rate £537 £550 £501
% change year-on-year -2.32% +9.89% -12.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £22.22 £39.40 -
25th Percentile £24.31 £66.63 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -77.26% +258.40% +52.44%
75th Percentile - - £42.56
90th Percentile - - £47.18
London median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £32.00
% change year-on-year +5.67% -25.63% -5.88%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Central London

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 29 January 2026. 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
City of London -13 1 £510 -19.69%
VMware ESXi
London

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VCAP
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) PowerCLI
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware