VMware ESXi Contracts in Dorset

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 5.10% - -
As % of the System Software category 15.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £521 - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.44%

All System Software Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 32 8 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 32.65% 4.85% 23.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 3 28
10th Percentile £223 £238 £200
25th Percentile £409 £299 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £472 £520
90th Percentile £675 £485 £538
South West median daily rate £550 £508 £500
% change year-on-year +8.37% +1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 19
10th Percentile £15.45 - £13.25
25th Percentile £15.90 £14.00 £17.06
Median hourly rate £16.78 £42.33 £54.83
Median % change year-on-year -60.36% -22.80% +8.00%
75th Percentile £17.65 £70.66 £61.35
90th Percentile £18.08 - £63.23
South West median hourly rate £40.63 £68.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -40.91% +14.58% +21.24%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for VMware ESXi in Dorset

VMware ESXi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for VMware ESXi in Dorset

VMware ESXi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for VMware ESXi in Dorset

VMware ESXi
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Blandford Forum - 5 £550 -
VMware ESXi
South West

VMware ESXi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) High Availability
2 4 (80.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (80.00%) NsoIT
2 4 (80.00%) Power Management
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) System Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Atlassian