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 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 319 357 492
Rank change year-on-year +38 +135 -168
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 24 109 137
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.44% 0.31%
As % of the System Software category 1.69% 3.59% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 85 94
10th Percentile £312 £413 £275
25th Percentile £382 £450 £369
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 £642 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £449
% change year-on-year +2.44% +14.21% +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 £61.32 £52.56
% change year-on-year +18.65% +16.67% +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 1,422 3,037 5,436
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.61% 12.34% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,052 2,171 4,056
10th Percentile £275 £300 £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 £687 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 102 94
10th Percentile - £18.13 £14.55
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% -26.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £53.44
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% -8.05%

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 17 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 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) AWS
2 4 (16.67%) OpenShift
3 2 (8.33%) GitHub
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.33%) Nutanix
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) IaaS
4 1 (4.17%) Mimecast
4 1 (4.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) Firewall
2 7 (29.17%) DNS
3 5 (20.83%) DHCP
3 5 (20.83%) SAN
3 5 (20.83%) TCP/IP
4 3 (12.50%) LAN
4 3 (12.50%) WAN
5 2 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (8.33%) VPN
6 1 (4.17%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (4.17%) NetScaler
6 1 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
6 1 (4.17%) Unified Communications
6 1 (4.17%) VLAN
6 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) JIRA
2 4 (16.67%) Bitbucket
3 1 (4.17%) Git
3 1 (4.17%) Subversion
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Finance
2 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
1 4 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
1 4 (16.67%) Senior
1 4 (16.67%) Senior Integration Engineer
1 4 (16.67%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
1 4 (16.67%) Senior Test Engineer
1 4 (16.67%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 4 (16.67%) Test Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Administrator
3 2 (8.33%) Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Lead
3 2 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (4.17%) Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) REST
2 2 (8.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) PKI
2 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.17%) FMCG
2 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (66.67%) Windows
2 13 (54.17%) Linux
3 11 (45.83%) Windows Server
4 3 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (8.33%) Apple iOS
5 2 (8.33%) Unix
5 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (4.17%) Android
6 1 (4.17%) CentOS
6 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
6 1 (4.17%) Solaris
6 1 (4.17%) Ubuntu
6 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) CI/CD
1 4 (16.67%) Containerisation
1 4 (16.67%) DevOps
1 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 3 (12.50%) Patch Management
2 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (8.33%) Capacity Management
3 2 (8.33%) Change Control
3 2 (8.33%) Load Balancing
3 2 (8.33%) Migration
3 2 (8.33%) Server Patching
3 2 (8.33%) Service Migration
3 2 (8.33%) Task Automation
3 2 (8.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Security
4 1 (4.17%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (4.17%) Customer Service
4 1 (4.17%) Server Migrations
4 1 (4.17%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) PowerShell
2 8 (33.33%) Python
3 6 (25.00%) Bash
4 4 (16.67%) C
5 2 (8.33%) ActionScript
5 2 (8.33%) Java
5 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 1 (4.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (54.17%) VMware Infrastructure
1 13 (54.17%) vSphere
2 10 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 10 (41.67%) VMware NSX
3 2 (8.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.17%) vCloud
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (4.17%) VMware Server
4 1 (4.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 12 (50.00%) Ansible
2 7 (29.17%) Terraform
3 6 (25.00%) Kubernetes
3 6 (25.00%) vCenter Server
4 3 (12.50%) Nessus
4 3 (12.50%) SCCM
5 2 (8.33%) WSUS
6 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (4.17%) SELinux
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) VMware
2 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.67%) Atlassian
3 4 (16.67%) Citrix
3 4 (16.67%) CyberArk
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco
4 2 (8.33%) F5
4 2 (8.33%) Qualys
4 2 (8.33%) Red Hat
4 2 (8.33%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.17%) Apple
5 1 (4.17%) Avaya
5 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.17%) HP
5 1 (4.17%) Juniper
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle
5 1 (4.17%) Symantec
5 1 (4.17%) Veritas