VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in the City of London

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 121 137
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 +44
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 1 7 10
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.059% 0.33% 0.36%
As % of the System Software category 0.65% 2.80% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - £589
25th Percentile - £513 £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -22.22% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £581 £759
90th Percentile - £608 £866
Central London median daily rate - £525 £675
% change year-on-year - -22.22% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £112.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £112.00 -

All System Software Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 155 250 337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.08% 11.94% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 158 240
10th Percentile £284 £333 £260
25th Percentile £425 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £546 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +4.05% -8.70%
75th Percentile £656 £663 £681
90th Percentile £688 £730 £801
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £84.40 £23.88
25th Percentile £26.75 £94.75 £27.81
Median hourly rate £28.50 £112.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -74.55% +208.97% +76.83%
75th Percentile £30.25 - £45.31
90th Percentile - - £49.63
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -77.26% +208.97% +79.01%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in the City of London

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware ESXi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware ESXi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (100.00%) vMotion
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware