VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Farnborough requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 23 25
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 1.61% 2.41% 0.68%
As % of the System Software category 11.76% 14.29% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £515 - -
25th Percentile £538 - £626
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £653
75th Percentile £675 - £679
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £600 £501
% change year-on-year -4.17% +19.76% -19.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £81.25 -
Hampshire median hourly rate - £81.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year - +286.90% -60.75%

All System Software Skills
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 34 14 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 13.65% 16.87% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 11 17
10th Percentile £411 £425 £263
25th Percentile £468 £551 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £585 £537
Median % change year-on-year -7.05% +8.94% +10.15%
75th Percentile £616 £628 £650
90th Percentile £678 £725 £692
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £81.25 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 £62.50 £61.25
% change year-on-year -22.05% +2.04% +53.13%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Farnborough

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

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

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Histogram in Farnborough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in Farnborough over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware ESXi in Farnborough

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

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

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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 (50.00%) VLAN
1 2 (50.00%) VSAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) Security Hardening
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) RBAC
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (75.00%) vSphere
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (25.00%) UAG
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) vCenter Server
2 2 (50.00%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Veeam
2 2 (50.00%) Zerto
3 1 (25.00%) Becrypt
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat