VMware ESXi Contracts in the North West

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 144 162
Rank change year-on-year +14 +18 -44
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 8 11 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.30% 0.36% 0.57%
As % of the System Software category 3.17% 2.19% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 19
10th Percentile - £371 £357
25th Percentile - £410 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +19.72%
75th Percentile - £506 £462
90th Percentile - £553 £508
England median daily rate £525 £520 £450
% change year-on-year +0.96% +15.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £52.13 -
England median hourly rate £72.75 £52.13 £46.79
% change year-on-year +39.55% +11.41% -10.02%

All System Software Skills
North West

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 advertised in the North West with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 252 503 577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 9.42% 16.35% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 357 427
10th Percentile £177 £204 £159
25th Percentile £301 £337 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £463
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +5.95% +23.33%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £608
90th Percentile £691 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 27 28
10th Percentile - £13.98 £14.78
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.22 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £20.00 £18.12
Median % change year-on-year -11.40% +10.41% -51.69%
75th Percentile £35.81 £52.13 £20.03
90th Percentile £46.18 £65.00 £32.35
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year -58.00% +166.67% -6.25%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for VMware ESXi in the North West

VMware ESXi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi in the North West.

Daily rate trend for VMware ESXi in the North West

VMware ESXi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for VMware ESXi in the North West

VMware ESXi
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
Cheshire - 6 - - 1
Manchester +5 2 £500 +9.59% 1
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) SAN
2 2 (25.00%) DHCP
2 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) SAN Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) SAN Storage Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) Storage Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) VMware Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Server Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) VMS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Server Virtualisation
2 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Firmware
2 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (12.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) vCenter Server
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) VxRail
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) Dell
4 1 (12.50%) EMC