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 requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 76 74
Rank change year-on-year +16 -2 +26
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 22 11 23
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.09% 0.95% 1.72%
As % of the System Software category 13.41% 4.68% 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 8 8
10th Percentile £528 £463 £463
25th Percentile £550 £472 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £531 £575
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -7.61% -
75th Percentile £650 £607 £666
90th Percentile - £627 £756
South East median daily rate £600 £380 £510
% change year-on-year +57.89% -25.49% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -
South East median hourly rate £83.32 £80.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +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 requiring system software skills in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 164 235 286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 15.55% 20.40% 21.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 148 109
10th Percentile £197 £357 £206
25th Percentile £458 £460 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £675 £678
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 17 36
10th Percentile - £26.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £56.75 £62.50 £20.94
Median hourly rate £58.50 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.43% +27.27% +69.23%
75th Percentile £60.25 - £70.00
90th Percentile - £72.00 £77.75
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £62.50 £55.70
% change year-on-year +29.60% +12.21% +132.08%

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 31 October 2025.

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 31 October 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
Basingstoke +16 14 £650 +36.84% 1
Portsmouth - 5 £550 -
Southampton - 1 £550 - 1
VMware ESXi
South East

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 14 (63.64%) Fibre Channel
1 14 (63.64%) iSCSI
2 7 (31.82%) VSAN
3 4 (18.18%) PCoIP
4 1 (4.55%) DHCP
4 1 (4.55%) DNS
4 1 (4.55%) NAS
4 1 (4.55%) SAN
General
1 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (81.82%) Architect
2 14 (63.64%) Infrastructure Architect
2 14 (63.64%) VMware Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Server Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Storage Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Build Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Storage Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (72.73%) Windows
1 16 (72.73%) Windows Server
2 14 (63.64%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (13.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Edge Virtualization
1 8 (36.36%) Performance Analysis
2 7 (31.82%) Mentoring
3 6 (27.27%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (18.18%) Operational Stability
4 4 (18.18%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (9.09%) Coaching
5 2 (9.09%) Prototyping
6 1 (4.55%) Converged Infrastructure
6 1 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (4.55%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (4.55%) Server Management
6 1 (4.55%) Storage Management
6 1 (4.55%) Test Automation
6 1 (4.55%) Virtual Environments
6 1 (4.55%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (86.36%) Security Cleared
2 14 (63.64%) DV Cleared
2 14 (63.64%) MCSE
2 14 (63.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (54.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 8 (36.36%) VCP5
4 8 (36.36%) VCP6
5 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 20 (90.91%) vSphere
2 17 (77.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (63.64%) NFS
4 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
4 2 (9.09%) VMware NSX
5 1 (4.55%) Firmware
5 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) vCenter Server
2 1 (4.55%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) VMware
2 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
3 15 (68.18%) NetApp
4 14 (63.64%) Splunk
4 14 (63.64%) Veeam
5 1 (4.55%) EMC
5 1 (4.55%) Juniper