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 citing VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 356 332
Rank change year-on-year -57 -24 +19
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 46 23 44
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.23% 0.17% 0.28%
As % of the System Software category 2.42% 1.47% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 11 18
10th Percentile £378 £331 £278
25th Percentile £425 £391 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -2.70% -15.91%
75th Percentile £638 £492 £566
90th Percentile £639 £575 £608
England median daily rate £538 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -2.27% +10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £112.00
England median hourly rate £67.47 £83.32 £112.00
% change year-on-year -19.02% -25.61% +43.59%

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 citing system software skills in London.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing system software skills 1,902 1,565 1,619
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 9.31% 11.41% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,314 980 1,077
10th Percentile £263 £300 £263
25th Percentile £414 £419 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £713 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 31 13
10th Percentile £18.29 £21.00 £20.20
25th Percentile £24.04 £22.50 £23.59
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +35.42% +0.84% -52.34%
75th Percentile £44.69 £28.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £55.00 £35.75 £108.10
England median hourly rate £63.14 £30.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year +110.45% -41.46% +17.14%

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 4 November 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 4 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -18 12 £625 - 1
East London - 1 £550 -
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

System Software

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1VMware Infrastructure91.3%42
2vSphere47.8%22
3Active Directory41.3%19
4VMware NSX21.7%10
5Virtual Desktop13.0%6
6Docker8.7%4
6Hyper-V8.7%4
6Virtual Machines8.7%4
9BitLocker6.5%3
9Firmware6.5%3
9Microsoft App-V6.5%3
9Terminal Services6.5%3
9UAG6.5%3
14Oracle RAC4.3%2
15Ceph2.2%1
15NFS2.2%1
15Samba2.2%1
15VMware Server2.2%1