VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring VMware ESXi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware ESXi over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 80 | 76 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -4 | +15 |
| Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | - | 1.21% | 0.60% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | 8.19% | 5.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £674 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £603 | £691 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £605 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -13.57% | +40.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £608 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £575 | £605 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.96% | +16.35% | +10.93% |
All System Software Skills
Reading
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 Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 68 | 171 | 117 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 11.39% | 14.83% | 11.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 46 | 129 | 91 |
| 10th Percentile | £230 | £205 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £496 | £525 | £473 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | £605 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.44% | +10.00% | +13.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £638 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £675 | £700 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £575 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.00% | +9.52% | +14.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £47.77 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £48.18 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | +500.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £72.84 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £77.96 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £56.66 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +14.73% | +37.35% |
VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
VMware ESXi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi in Reading.
VMware ESXi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi in Reading.