VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in North Wales

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
Wales > North Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in North Wales requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in North Wales 2.13% - -
As % of the System Software category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £158 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 - -
75th Percentile £173 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £165 £200 -
% change year-on-year -17.50% - -

All System Software Skills
North Wales

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 North Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Wales 21.28% 16.67% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 4
10th Percentile - - £433
25th Percentile £155 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% -17.95% +170.83%
75th Percentile £170 - £541
90th Percentile £190 - £546
Wales median daily rate £290 £400 £425
% change year-on-year -27.50% -5.88% -10.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
Wales median hourly rate £82.50 £32.50 £13.33
% change year-on-year +153.85% +143.81% -11.13%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in North Wales

VMware ESXi
Contract Job Locations in North Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
Wrexham - 1 £165 -
VMware ESXi
Wales

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware