VMware ESXi Contracts in the North West

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 142 163
Rank change year-on-year +14 +21 -39
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 8 7 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.29% 0.23% 0.47%
As % of the System Software category 2.94% 1.43% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 13
10th Percentile £343 £356 £407
25th Percentile £369 £401 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +2.94% +18.47%
75th Percentile £456 £469 £465
90th Percentile £483 £510 £530
England median daily rate £525 £525 £450
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £52.13 -
England median hourly rate £72.75 £66.50 £48.58
% change year-on-year +9.40% +36.89% -6.58%

All System Software Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 272 488 582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 9.72% 16.20% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 348 434
10th Percentile £200 £200 £159
25th Percentile £325 £325 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 24 27
10th Percentile - £13.97 £12.63
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.93 £15.13
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.49% +7.14% -1.73%
75th Percentile £42.88 £41.66 £20.00
90th Percentile £46.18 £61.14 £24.57
England median hourly rate £22.23 £52.13 £19.00
% change year-on-year -57.37% +174.37% +2.65%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in the North West over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 10 June 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 +13 2 £413 -8.33% 2
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 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) VLAN
2 1 (12.50%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) VMware Engineer
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 6 (75.00%) SAN Engineer
2 6 (75.00%) SAN Storage Engineer
2 6 (75.00%) Storage Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Server Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) VMS
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (12.50%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Firmware
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (12.50%) VMware NSX
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft