vSphere Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

VMware vSphere
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring vSphere skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 51 80
Rank change year-on-year -19 +29 +12
Contract jobs citing vSphere 21 23 17
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.60% 2.54% 1.32%
As % of the System Software category 12.00% 13.94% 6.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 23 3
10th Percentile - £465 £286
25th Percentile £525 £538 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £438
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +31.43% -27.08%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £559
90th Percentile - - £629
South East median daily rate £550 £480 £550
% change year-on-year +14.58% -12.73% +10.00%

All System Software Skills
Hampshire

vSphere 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 175 165 256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.31% 18.21% 19.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 117 91
10th Percentile £206 £258 £206
25th Percentile £463 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £651 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 30
10th Percentile £45.14 £42.50 £18.87
25th Percentile £45.56 £56.59 £35.00
Median hourly rate £48.72 £65.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.05% +10.64% +144.79%
75th Percentile £56.42 £70.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £58.72 £75.75 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £57.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year +41.48% -4.58% +150.00%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

vSphere job vacancy trend in Hampshire

vSphere
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing vSphere.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing vSphere

vSphere
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vSphere in Hampshire over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for vSphere in Hampshire

vSphere
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing vSphere.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing vSphere

vSphere
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 vSphere within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 20 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 -6 11 £600 +4.35% 1
Portsmouth -3 4 £550 +17.02%
Farnborough -9 2 £578 +0.43% 5
Southampton - 2 £550 -
Eastleigh - 1 £525 -
vSphere
South East

vSphere
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 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) IaaS
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (47.62%) VSAN
2 8 (38.10%) Fibre Channel
2 8 (38.10%) iSCSI
3 4 (19.05%) PCoIP
4 1 (4.76%) DHCP
4 1 (4.76%) DNS
4 1 (4.76%) NAS
4 1 (4.76%) SAN
4 1 (4.76%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Architect
2 10 (47.62%) VMware Architect
3 9 (42.86%) Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Senior
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Server Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Storage Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) VMware Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Virtualisation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (52.38%) Windows
1 11 (52.38%) Windows Server
2 9 (42.86%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (19.05%) Linux
4 2 (9.52%) CentOS
4 2 (9.52%) Ubuntu
4 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 5 (23.81%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (19.05%) Operational Stability
3 4 (19.05%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (14.29%) Coaching
4 3 (14.29%) Edge Virtualization
4 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (9.52%) Agile
5 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (9.52%) Converged Infrastructure
5 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.52%) Prototyping
5 2 (9.52%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (4.76%) DevSecOps
6 1 (4.76%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Automation
6 1 (4.76%) Project Delivery
6 1 (4.76%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.76%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 10 (47.62%) DV Cleared
3 8 (38.10%) MCSE
3 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (38.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
5 3 (14.29%) VCP5
5 3 (14.29%) VCP6
6 2 (9.52%) VCDX
7 1 (4.76%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) GDPR
1 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (38.10%) NFS
4 5 (23.81%) VMware NSX
5 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
6 1 (4.76%) Firmware
6 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (4.76%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) vCenter Server
2 4 (19.05%) VxRail
3 2 (9.52%) Terraform
4 1 (4.76%) Ansible
4 1 (4.76%) Avamar
4 1 (4.76%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.76%) Nessus
4 1 (4.76%) vRealize
4 1 (4.76%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 9 (42.86%) Veeam
4 8 (38.10%) NetApp
4 8 (38.10%) Splunk
5 3 (14.29%) EMC
5 3 (14.29%) Red Hat
6 1 (4.76%) Dell