VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in the North East

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.36% - -
As % of the System Software category 3.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £615 - -
90th Percentile £654 - -
England median daily rate £538 £575 £518
% change year-on-year -6.52% +11.11% -5.05%

All System Software Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 95 27 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 11.43% 9.54% 7.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 19 12
10th Percentile £272 £186 -
25th Percentile £363 £200 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £305
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +39.34% -23.75%
75th Percentile £462 £475 £563
90th Percentile £500 £531 £624
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.66 - -
Median hourly rate £37.08 - -
75th Percentile £49.06 - -
90th Percentile £49.63 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £36.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +80.56% +48.88% -49.48%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in the North East

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VMware ESXi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in the North East over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware ESXi in the North East

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VMware ESXi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Tyne and Wear - 2 £553 - 1
Durham - 1 £500 -
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DMZ
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
2 1 (33.33%) Server Building
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Nessus
1 2 (66.67%) VxRail
2 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Dell
2 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Tenable
3 1 (33.33%) Carbon Black
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) McAfee
3 1 (33.33%) Zscaler