VMware ESXi Contracts with Work from Home Options

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for VMware ESXi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware ESXi over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 355 480
Rank change year-on-year +32 +125 -160
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 26 111 140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.44% 0.32%
As % of the System Software category 1.82% 3.56% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 87 97
10th Percentile £315 £413 £275
25th Percentile £350 £445 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.57% +6.68% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £625 £644 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £506 £449
% change year-on-year +3.70% +12.81% +2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 6
10th Percentile - £65.35 £46.04
25th Percentile - £65.50 £52.19
Median hourly rate - £72.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £78.00 £65.25
90th Percentile - £81.60 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £72.75 £55.50 £52.56
% change year-on-year +31.08% +5.60% +1.07%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

VMware ESXi is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,430 3,115 5,447
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.57% 12.37% 12.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,054 2,232 4,057
10th Percentile £270 £296 £319
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £631 £625
90th Percentile £680 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 102 97
10th Percentile - £18.13 £14.74
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +165.31% -27.94%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.95 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.40 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.52% +170.00% -9.09%

VMware ESXi
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware ESXi trend for jobs with a WFH option

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware ESXi.

VMware ESXi daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware ESXi over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

VMware ESXi daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware ESXi.

VMware ESXi hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

VMware ESXi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (15.38%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) AWS
2 4 (15.38%) OpenShift
3 3 (11.54%) GitHub
4 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.69%) Nutanix
5 1 (3.85%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) IaaS
5 1 (3.85%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (42.31%) Firewall
2 8 (30.77%) DNS
3 6 (23.08%) DHCP
4 5 (19.23%) SAN
4 5 (19.23%) TCP/IP
5 3 (11.54%) LAN
5 3 (11.54%) WAN
6 2 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (7.69%) VPN
7 1 (3.85%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (3.85%) NetScaler
7 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
7 1 (3.85%) SNA
7 1 (3.85%) Unified Communications
7 1 (3.85%) VLAN
7 1 (3.85%) VSAN
7 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) JIRA
2 4 (15.38%) Bitbucket
3 2 (7.69%) Git
4 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 1 (3.85%) Subversion
General
1 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (3.85%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (15.38%) Integration Engineer
1 4 (15.38%) Platform Engineer
1 4 (15.38%) Senior
1 4 (15.38%) Senior Integration Engineer
1 4 (15.38%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
1 4 (15.38%) Senior Test Engineer
1 4 (15.38%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 4 (15.38%) Test Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Administrator
2 3 (11.54%) Lead
3 2 (7.69%) Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) IT Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Network Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Server Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (15.38%) REST
2 2 (7.69%) JSON
3 1 (3.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 2 (7.69%) PKI
2 1 (3.85%) FMCG
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Replication
2 1 (3.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (65.38%) Windows
2 13 (50.00%) Linux
3 11 (42.31%) Windows Server
4 3 (11.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (7.69%) Apple iOS
5 2 (7.69%) Unix
5 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.85%) Android
6 1 (3.85%) CentOS
6 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
6 1 (3.85%) Solaris
6 1 (3.85%) Ubuntu
6 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
6 1 (3.85%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
2 4 (15.38%) Containerisation
2 4 (15.38%) DevOps
2 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (11.54%) Migration
3 3 (11.54%) Patch Management
4 2 (7.69%) Capacity Management
4 2 (7.69%) Change Control
4 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (7.69%) Load Balancing
4 2 (7.69%) Server Patching
4 2 (7.69%) Service Migration
4 2 (7.69%) Task Automation
4 2 (7.69%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.85%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (3.85%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 12 (46.15%) PowerShell
2 9 (34.62%) Python
3 6 (23.08%) Bash
4 4 (15.38%) C
5 2 (7.69%) ActionScript
5 2 (7.69%) Java
5 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.85%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) DV Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) Degree
4 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.85%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.85%) CCNA
5 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) GDPR
1 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 14 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (50.00%) vSphere
3 11 (42.31%) Active Directory
3 11 (42.31%) VMware NSX
4 3 (11.54%) Hyper-V
5 2 (7.69%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (3.85%) KVM
6 1 (3.85%) vCloud
6 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (3.85%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 13 (50.00%) Ansible
2 8 (30.77%) Terraform
2 8 (30.77%) vCenter Server
3 6 (23.08%) Kubernetes
4 3 (11.54%) Nessus
4 3 (11.54%) SCCM
5 2 (7.69%) WSUS
6 1 (3.85%) Progress Chef
6 1 (3.85%) Puppet
6 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (3.85%) SELinux
6 1 (3.85%) vRealize
6 1 (3.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 20 (76.92%) VMware
2 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 4 (15.38%) Atlassian
3 4 (15.38%) Citrix
3 4 (15.38%) CyberArk
4 3 (11.54%) SolarWinds
5 2 (7.69%) Cisco
5 2 (7.69%) F5
5 2 (7.69%) Qualys
5 2 (7.69%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.85%) Apple
6 1 (3.85%) Avaya
6 1 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.85%) Dell
6 1 (3.85%) HP
6 1 (3.85%) Juniper
6 1 (3.85%) LogRhythm
6 1 (3.85%) Oracle
6 1 (3.85%) Symantec
6 1 (3.85%) Veritas