VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in London

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 330 341
Rank change year-on-year -63 +11 +37
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 51 30 35
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.25% 0.22% 0.22%
As % of the System Software category 2.80% 2.05% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 18 20
10th Percentile £365 £363 £293
25th Percentile £428 £400 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -18.18%
75th Percentile £638 £538 £547
90th Percentile £646 £579 £650
England median daily rate £525 £575 £523
% change year-on-year -8.70% +10.05% -

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,823 1,462 1,742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.04% 10.77% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,230 950 1,245
10th Percentile £260 £280 £262
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +1.94% -8.04%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £721 £725 £725
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 30 19
10th Percentile £19.57 £22.45 £20.40
25th Percentile £25.85 £22.63 £20.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £26.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% +9.24% -60.33%
75th Percentile £54.63 £35.75 £24.18
90th Percentile £55.00 £54.75 £31.50
England median hourly rate £60.17 £40.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +50.41% +65.43% -35.52%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in London

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in London over the 6 months to 11 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware ESXi in London

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

VMware ESXi
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 11 August 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -9 15 £500 - 1
North London - 1 £225 -
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (11.76%) nginx
1 6 (11.76%) Tomcat
2 3 (5.88%) OpenStack
2 3 (5.88%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.96%) IIS
3 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (23.53%) Azure
2 9 (17.65%) AWS
3 6 (11.76%) IaaS
3 6 (11.76%) PaaS
4 5 (9.80%) GCP
5 4 (7.84%) Azure Stack
6 3 (5.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (5.88%) OpenShift
7 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.96%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.96%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.96%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 16 (31.37%) DNS
2 15 (29.41%) Firewall
3 12 (23.53%) VPN
4 11 (21.57%) DHCP
5 9 (17.65%) VSAN
6 7 (13.73%) SMTP
7 6 (11.76%) Network Security
8 5 (9.80%) HTTP
8 5 (9.80%) VLAN
9 3 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (5.88%) SAN
10 2 (3.92%) BGP
10 2 (3.92%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (3.92%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (3.92%) DMZ
10 2 (3.92%) NAS
10 2 (3.92%) OSPF
10 2 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (3.92%) Wireless
11 1 (1.96%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.53%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (7.84%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (5.88%) Big Data
4 2 (3.92%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.96%) GIS
5 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Git
1 2 (3.92%) Subversion
2 1 (1.96%) GitLab
2 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.84%) Finance
3 3 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.88%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.96%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (15.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 7 (13.73%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (13.73%) Platform Engineer
3 7 (13.73%) VMware Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Azure Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Support Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) Migration Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 3 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Engineering Specialist
6 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) NetApp Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Network Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Senior
6 3 (5.88%) Senior VMware Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) 802.1X
1 2 (3.92%) Middleware
1 2 (3.92%) REST
2 1 (1.96%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.96%) EJB
2 1 (1.96%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.96%) Java SE
2 1 (1.96%) JavaBeans
2 1 (1.96%) JSON
2 1 (1.96%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.53%) Clustering
2 7 (13.73%) PKI
3 6 (11.76%) Enterprise Storage
3 6 (11.76%) Legacy Applications
4 5 (9.80%) Data Centre
5 4 (7.84%) Replication
6 3 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (3.92%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 40 (78.43%) Windows
2 30 (58.82%) Windows Server
3 23 (45.10%) Linux
4 10 (19.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (15.69%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (13.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (11.76%) Solaris
7 6 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (9.80%) VMS
9 4 (7.84%) SUSE
9 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (1.96%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (1.96%) Unix
11 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
11 1 (1.96%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (19.61%) DevOps
2 10 (19.61%) High Availability
2 10 (19.61%) Platform Engineering
2 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (15.69%) CI/CD
4 7 (13.73%) Migration
5 6 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (11.76%) Validation
6 5 (9.80%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (9.80%) Server Management
7 4 (7.84%) Converged Infrastructure
7 4 (7.84%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (7.84%) ETL
7 4 (7.84%) Incident Management
7 4 (7.84%) Master Data Management
7 4 (7.84%) Refactoring
7 4 (7.84%) Remediation Plan
7 4 (7.84%) Test Automation
7 4 (7.84%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 18 (35.29%) PowerShell
2 7 (13.73%) Python
3 6 (11.76%) Java
4 5 (9.80%) Bash
5 4 (7.84%) PL/SQL
5 4 (7.84%) SQL
6 2 (3.92%) Bicep
7 1 (1.96%) Korn
7 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 16 (31.37%) SC Cleared
3 12 (23.53%) DV Cleared
4 5 (9.80%) Degree
5 3 (5.88%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.96%) CCNA
7 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.96%) CISSP
7 1 (1.96%) MCSE
7 1 (1.96%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 46 (90.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (43.14%) Active Directory
3 20 (39.22%) vSphere
4 12 (23.53%) Hyper-V
4 12 (23.53%) VMware NSX
5 11 (21.57%) Docker
6 7 (13.73%) BitLocker
6 7 (13.73%) Firmware
6 7 (13.73%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (13.73%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (9.80%) Oracle RAC
7 5 (9.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (7.84%) Terminal Services
9 3 (5.88%) UAG
10 1 (1.96%) Ceph
10 1 (1.96%) NFS
10 1 (1.96%) Samba
10 1 (1.96%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 34 (66.67%) vCenter Server
2 13 (25.49%) Ansible
2 13 (25.49%) Kubernetes
3 9 (17.65%) Puppet
4 8 (15.69%) Terraform
5 7 (13.73%) vMotion
6 5 (9.80%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (7.84%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (7.84%) Nagios
7 4 (7.84%) VxRail
8 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (3.92%) FortiGate
9 2 (3.92%) Nessus
9 2 (3.92%) PowerCLI
9 2 (3.92%) SCCM
9 2 (3.92%) vRealize
10 1 (1.96%) NetBackup
10 1 (1.96%) OpenNMS
10 1 (1.96%) SCOM
10 1 (1.96%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 50 (98.04%) VMware
2 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
3 9 (17.65%) Citrix
3 9 (17.65%) Dell
4 7 (13.73%) NetApp
4 7 (13.73%) Oracle
5 6 (11.76%) IBM
5 6 (11.76%) Red Hat
6 5 (9.80%) Cisco
6 5 (9.80%) Google
7 4 (7.84%) EMC
7 4 (7.84%) HP
7 4 (7.84%) Symantec
7 4 (7.84%) Tenable
8 3 (5.88%) Juniper
9 2 (3.92%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.96%) Commvault
10 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.96%) Pure Storage
10 1 (1.96%) WatchGuard