VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in Leeds

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 52 64
Rank change year-on-year -22 +12 -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.13% 0.44% 0.23%
As % of the System Software category 0.87% 2.56% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £375 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £370
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +8.11% -
75th Percentile £388 £425 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £375 £400 £339
% change year-on-year -6.25% +18.08% +50.56%

All System Software Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 115 78 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 14.72% 17.29% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 45 92
10th Percentile £214 £221 £263
25th Percentile £378 £313 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -7.37% -13.44%
75th Percentile £526 £538 £575
90th Percentile £575 £590 £695
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - £14.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £14.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.92%
75th Percentile £28.75 - £15.19
90th Percentile - - £38.59
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 - £14.63
% change year-on-year - - -76.60%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Leeds

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware