VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire citing VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 60 75
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 0
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 50 21 11
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.62% 1.96% 0.97%
As % of the System Software category 16.56% 13.04% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 21 8
10th Percentile £506 - £463
25th Percentile £519 £550 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £531
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +12.94% -7.61%
75th Percentile £591 £650 £607
90th Percentile £725 - £627
South East median daily rate £538 £600 £365
% change year-on-year -10.42% +64.38% -27.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.50 - £77.50
Median hourly rate £85.00 - £80.00
75th Percentile £92.50 - £82.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £67.47 £83.32 £80.00
% change year-on-year -19.02% +4.14% +2.56%

All System Software Skills
Hampshire

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 citing system software skills in Hampshire.

6 months to
3 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing system software skills 302 161 231
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 15.81% 15.05% 20.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 135 145
10th Percentile £263 £194 £354
25th Percentile £450 £454 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.44% -8.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £646 £600 £638
90th Percentile £730 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £535 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +8.74% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 1 16
10th Percentile £16.00 - £26.25
25th Percentile £30.12 £56.75 £60.53
Median hourly rate £60.00 £58.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -16.43% +27.27%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.25 -
90th Percentile £96.00 - £72.50
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £81.00 £60.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +33.90% +7.26%

VMware ESXi Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Hampshire

VMware ESXi Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

VMware ESXi Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in Hampshire over the 6 months to 3 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware ESXi in Hampshire

VMware ESXi Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

VMware ESXi Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basingstoke +1 38 £538 -17.31% 1
Farnborough - 5 £575 - 2
Fareham - 2 £413 -
Portsmouth -16 1 £375 -31.82%
VMware ESXi
South East

VMware ESXi Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

System Software

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Active Directory70.0%35
2VMware Infrastructure64.0%32
3VMware NSX52.0%26
4vCloud46.0%23
5vSphere18.0%9
6VMware Server8.0%4
7Hyper-V6.0%3
8Virtual Machines4.0%2