VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham requiring VMware ESXi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware ESXi over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 16 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | - | 32 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -9 |
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi | 0 | 0 | 2 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham | - | - | 1.09% |
As % of the System Software category | - | - | 7.14% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
10th Percentile | - | - | £566 |
25th Percentile | - | - | £572 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £613 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.00% |
75th Percentile | - | - | £672 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £689 |
Gloucestershire median daily rate | - | £600 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | - | +20.00% | -21.63% |
All System Software Skills
Cheltenham
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 Cheltenham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 13 | 61 | 28 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 19.40% | 24.70% | 15.22% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 44 | 19 |
10th Percentile | £278 | £519 | £465 |
25th Percentile | £516 | £525 | £506 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £588 | £600 |
Median % change year-on-year | -6.38% | -2.08% | +26.98% |
75th Percentile | £623 | £638 | £688 |
90th Percentile | £685 | £701 | £718 |
Gloucestershire median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £513 |
% change year-on-year | - | +7.32% | +2.50% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Median hourly rate | - | - | £90.00 |
Gloucestershire median hourly rate | - | - | £78.00 |
% change year-on-year | - | - | +90.10% |
VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

VMware ESXi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi in Cheltenham.