VMware ESXi Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.28% - -
As % of the System Software category 2.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £451 - -
25th Percentile £489 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 - -
75th Percentile £616 - -
90th Percentile £655 - -
North East median daily rate £500 - -

All System Software Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 89 24 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 12.50% 10.62% 8.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 17 7
10th Percentile £275 £195 £240
25th Percentile £363 £313 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -22.73% +12.82%
75th Percentile £450 £500 £613
90th Percentile £500 £542 £636
North East median daily rate £400 £425 £305
% change year-on-year -5.88% +39.34% -23.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £26.66 - -
75th Percentile £38.33 - -
90th Percentile £45.33 - -
North East median hourly rate £37.08 - -

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing VMware ESXi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware ESXi in Tyne and Wear

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing VMware ESXi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £553 - 1
VMware ESXi
North East

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
2 1 (50.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (50.00%) Server Building
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) VxRail
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (50.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Carbon Black
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee
2 1 (50.00%) Tenable