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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 69 67
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 +27
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 17 8 22
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.29% 0.88% 1.70%
As % of the System Software category 9.44% 4.73% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 6
10th Percentile - - £463
25th Percentile £550 £463 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -0.10% -19.92%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £603
90th Percentile £660 £615 £704
South East median daily rate £600 £380 £500
% change year-on-year +57.89% -24.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £32.00
25th Percentile - £77.50 £49.25
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +45.79%
75th Percentile - £82.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £83.32 £80.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +4.14% +2.56% +45.79%

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 180 169 256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.66% 18.49% 19.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 121 91
10th Percentile £222 £263 £206
25th Percentile £467 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -1.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 31
10th Percentile £45.14 £22.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £45.56 £49.81 £31.00
Median hourly rate £48.72 £62.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.05% +8.70% +139.58%
75th Percentile £56.42 £70.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £58.72 £75.00 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £57.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year +42.11% -2.98% +144.79%

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 16 December 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 16 December 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 -2 10 £650 +33.33% 1
Portsmouth - 4 £550 -
Farnborough -10 1 £650 +18.18% 4
Southampton - 1 £550 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (58.82%) iSCSI
2 9 (52.94%) Fibre Channel
3 7 (41.18%) VSAN
4 4 (23.53%) PCoIP
5 1 (5.88%) NAS
5 1 (5.88%) SAN
General
1 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (82.35%) Architect
2 10 (58.82%) VMware Architect
3 9 (52.94%) Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Server Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Storage Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Storage Manager
5 1 (5.88%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Windows
1 10 (58.82%) Windows Server
2 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (17.65%) Linux
4 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Mentoring
2 5 (29.41%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (23.53%) Edge Virtualization
3 4 (23.53%) Performance Analysis
3 4 (23.53%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (17.65%) Operational Stability
5 2 (11.76%) Coaching
5 2 (11.76%) Prototyping
6 1 (5.88%) Benchmarking
6 1 (5.88%) Converged Infrastructure
6 1 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Automation
6 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
6 1 (5.88%) Server Management
6 1 (5.88%) SIEM
6 1 (5.88%) Storage Management
6 1 (5.88%) Test Automation
6 1 (5.88%) Virtual Environments
6 1 (5.88%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Bash
2 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (88.24%) Security Cleared
2 11 (64.71%) DV Cleared
3 9 (52.94%) MCSE
3 9 (52.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (47.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) VCP5
5 4 (23.53%) VCP6
System Software
1 15 (88.24%) vSphere
2 13 (76.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (58.82%) NFS
4 3 (17.65%) VMware NSX
5 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
5 1 (5.88%) Firmware
5 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.88%) vRealize
2 1 (5.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 1 (5.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) VMware
2 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
3 9 (52.94%) NetApp
3 9 (52.94%) Splunk
3 9 (52.94%) Veeam
4 1 (5.88%) EMC
4 1 (5.88%) Red Hat