VMware ESXi Jobs

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VMware ESXi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMware ESXi over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 496 594 722
Rank change year-on-year +98 +128 -205
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 470 382 616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.40% 0.36%
As % of the System Software category 3.90% 2.62% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 312 315 421
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,356 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,625 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £84,875 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +14.12% -5.56% +6.51%

All System Software Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,037 14,602 31,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.44% 15.40% 18.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9,350 9,782 15,548
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,638 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware ESXi in the UK

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi.

Salary trend for VMware ESXi in the UK

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for VMware ESXi in the UK

VMware ESXi
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +143 454 £52,500 +9.38% 79
UK excluding London -20 286 £48,500 +14.12% 64
London +177 184 £66,250 +15.22% 16
Work from Home +63 145 £52,500 +5.00% 20
North of England +33 69 £50,000 +8.70% 9
South West +15 67 £50,000 +17.65% 16
South East -39 53 £49,250 +15.88% 22
West Midlands +26 52 £36,500 -2.67% 10
Midlands +11 52 £36,500 -23.16% 10
Yorkshire +76 48 £47,500 +26.67% 6
East of England -31 30 £32,500 -31.58% 7
North West -30 16 £60,000 +27.66% 3
Scotland -61 10 £62,500 -1.19% 3
North East -8 5 £29,500 -
Wales - 4 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +18 2 £34,628 -28.97%

VMware ESXi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 159 (33.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (10.21%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.13%) Confluence
4 8 (1.70%) IIS
4 8 (1.70%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.43%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 238 (50.64%) Microsoft 365
2 198 (42.13%) Azure
3 114 (24.26%) Entra ID
4 39 (8.30%) AWS
5 32 (6.81%) OneDrive
6 15 (3.19%) GCP
6 15 (3.19%) IaaS
7 13 (2.77%) Nutanix
8 12 (2.55%) OCI
9 11 (2.34%) PaaS
10 10 (2.13%) Amazon S3
10 10 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.13%) OpenShift
10 10 (2.13%) SaaS
11 6 (1.28%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.64%) Azure Storage
12 3 (0.64%) GitHub
12 3 (0.64%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.43%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 166 (35.32%) Firewall
2 113 (24.04%) DNS
3 110 (23.40%) WAN
4 89 (18.94%) DHCP
5 87 (18.51%) Wireless
6 72 (15.32%) SAN
7 65 (13.83%) Cisco IOS
8 64 (13.62%) SD-WAN
8 64 (13.62%) VPN
9 62 (13.19%) WebEx
10 58 (12.34%) LAN
11 41 (8.72%) NAS
12 39 (8.30%) TCP/IP
13 33 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
14 32 (6.81%) Remote Desktop
14 32 (6.81%) VSAN
15 28 (5.96%) Internet
16 26 (5.53%) PBX
16 26 (5.53%) VLAN
17 20 (4.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.09%) SQL Server
2 31 (6.60%) MySQL
3 11 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (1.70%) DB2
5 8 (1.70%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.43%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.21%) Big Data
7 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.21%) Redis
7 1 (0.21%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 40 (8.51%) JIRA
2 20 (4.26%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.13%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.06%) GitLab
General
1 200 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 42 (8.94%) Finance
3 37 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (5.53%) Telecoms
5 24 (5.11%) Law
6 19 (4.04%) Legal
6 19 (4.04%) Public Sector
7 17 (3.62%) Aerospace
8 12 (2.55%) Retail
9 10 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.28%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.06%) Games
13 3 (0.64%) Banking
13 3 (0.64%) Local Government
13 3 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.43%) Electronics
14 2 (0.43%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.43%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 129 (27.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 97 (20.64%) IT Support
3 81 (17.23%) Support Engineer
4 62 (13.19%) IT Support Specialist
4 62 (13.19%) Support Specialist
5 58 (12.34%) Senior
6 48 (10.21%) IT Engineer
7 38 (8.09%) Infrastructure Support
8 34 (7.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (6.81%) Administrator
10 31 (6.60%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 30 (6.38%) Systems Engineer
12 28 (5.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 27 (5.74%) IT Support Engineer
13 27 (5.74%) Lead
13 27 (5.74%) VMware Engineer
14 25 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (4.47%) Storage Engineer
16 20 (4.26%) 3rd Line Support
16 20 (4.26%) Infrastructure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.40%) YAML
2 13 (2.77%) JSON
3 11 (2.34%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.70%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (1.70%) WebSphere MQ
5 5 (1.06%) HTML
6 4 (0.85%) .NET
6 4 (0.85%) 802.1X
6 4 (0.85%) Laravel
6 4 (0.85%) Node.js
6 4 (0.85%) REST
6 4 (0.85%) RESTful
6 4 (0.85%) Vue
6 4 (0.85%) XML
7 2 (0.43%) ADO
7 2 (0.43%) LAMP
7 2 (0.43%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.43%) V-Ray
8 1 (0.21%) CSS
8 1 (0.21%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 91 (19.36%) Data Centre
2 63 (13.40%) Video Conferencing
3 62 (13.19%) Wiki
4 56 (11.91%) Replication
5 53 (11.28%) Clustering
6 47 (10.00%) Public Cloud
7 37 (7.87%) PKI
8 21 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (4.04%) EMC VNX
10 15 (3.19%) Driving Licence
11 13 (2.77%) Private Cloud
12 11 (2.34%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.70%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.70%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.28%) AS400
14 6 (1.28%) EFT
14 6 (1.28%) iPad
15 5 (1.06%) Virtual Team
16 3 (0.64%) Client/Server
16 3 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 367 (78.09%) Windows
2 225 (47.87%) Windows Server
3 127 (27.02%) Linux
4 123 (26.17%) Windows 10
5 74 (15.74%) Windows Server 2012
6 63 (13.40%) Android
7 51 (10.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 50 (10.64%) Windows Server 2016
9 28 (5.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 18 (3.83%) Mac OS
11 15 (3.19%) CentOS
12 12 (2.55%) Windows XP
13 9 (1.91%) Unix
14 8 (1.70%) Ubuntu
15 5 (1.06%) Rocky
16 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
17 3 (0.64%) VMS
18 2 (0.43%) Windows 7
19 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
19 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (29.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 98 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (19.79%) Business Continuity
4 73 (15.53%) BCP
5 72 (15.32%) Business Continuity Planning
6 70 (14.89%) Computer Science
7 65 (13.83%) Mobile Device Management
8 62 (13.19%) Application Virtualisation
8 62 (13.19%) Contract Negotiation
8 62 (13.19%) ITIL
9 57 (12.13%) Mentoring
10 56 (11.91%) Project Management
11 49 (10.43%) Agile
12 43 (9.15%) High Availability
13 42 (8.94%) Migration
14 38 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (8.09%) Disaster Recovery
15 34 (7.23%) DevOps
16 33 (7.02%) Performance Tuning
17 31 (6.60%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 115 (24.47%) PowerShell
2 23 (4.89%) Bash
2 23 (4.89%) SQL
3 22 (4.68%) Python
4 14 (2.98%) ActionScript
5 13 (2.77%) VB
6 12 (2.55%) Perl
7 10 (2.13%) RPG
8 9 (1.91%) Java
9 7 (1.49%) C#
10 6 (1.28%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.85%) Lua
11 4 (0.85%) PHP
11 4 (0.85%) Ruby
11 4 (0.85%) Tcl
11 4 (0.85%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.64%) C++
13 2 (0.43%) C
14 1 (0.21%) Go
14 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 124 (26.38%) Degree
2 79 (16.81%) Security Cleared
3 68 (14.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 65 (13.83%) Master's Degree
5 43 (9.15%) SC Cleared
6 38 (8.09%) CCNA
6 38 (8.09%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (7.23%) DV Cleared
8 26 (5.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (5.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (3.83%) CCNP
11 16 (3.40%) APMP
11 16 (3.40%) MCSE
12 10 (2.13%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.70%) A+ Certification
14 7 (1.49%) MCSA
15 5 (1.06%) HND
15 5 (1.06%) RHCA
15 5 (1.06%) RHCE
15 5 (1.06%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.62%) SLA
2 7 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.49%) PMO
3 6 (1.28%) GDPR
4 5 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.43%) NCSC
5 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 327 (69.57%) Active Directory
2 242 (51.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 103 (21.91%) Hyper-V
4 82 (17.45%) vSphere
5 76 (16.17%) XenApp
6 70 (14.89%) XenDesktop
7 62 (13.19%) Microsoft App-V
8 26 (5.53%) Docker
9 19 (4.04%) VMware NSX
10 18 (3.83%) Firmware
10 18 (3.83%) Virtual Desktop
11 17 (3.62%) Virtual Machines
12 13 (2.77%) OpenSSH
12 13 (2.77%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (1.28%) VMware Server
14 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.43%) NFS
15 2 (0.43%) pfSense
15 2 (0.43%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 167 (35.53%) vCenter Server
2 125 (26.60%) SCCM
3 71 (15.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 62 (13.19%) AirWatch
5 41 (8.72%) WSUS
6 34 (7.23%) SCOM
7 31 (6.60%) EMC NetWorker
8 29 (6.17%) Ansible
9 28 (5.96%) Nagios
10 27 (5.74%) Single Sign-On
11 22 (4.68%) Terraform
12 20 (4.26%) Microsoft Clustering
13 18 (3.83%) Puppet
14 17 (3.62%) PowerCLI
15 15 (3.19%) Failover Clustering
16 14 (2.98%) Kubernetes
16 14 (2.98%) vRealize
17 13 (2.77%) IBM BigFix
17 13 (2.77%) NetBackup
18 11 (2.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 380 (80.85%) VMware
2 229 (48.72%) Microsoft
3 161 (34.26%) Cisco
4 137 (29.15%) Citrix
5 115 (24.47%) Veeam
6 37 (7.87%) Dell
7 33 (7.02%) NetApp
8 32 (6.81%) SolarWinds
9 31 (6.60%) EMC
10 30 (6.38%) HP
11 29 (6.17%) IBM
11 29 (6.17%) ServiceNow
12 28 (5.96%) Commvault
13 24 (5.11%) Red Hat
14 23 (4.89%) Juniper
14 23 (4.89%) Oracle
14 23 (4.89%) Palo Alto
15 21 (4.47%) Extreme Networks
16 20 (4.26%) 3PAR
16 20 (4.26%) Sun