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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 468 602 702
Rank change year-on-year +134 +100 -194
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 491 386 612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the System Software category 4.09% 2.52% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 318 315 424
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £36,356 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £74,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.78% - +5.88%

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 11,994 15,343 30,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.88% 15.58% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,423 10,001 15,538
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £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 23 May 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 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +166 477 £52,500 +7.14% 81
UK excluding London +15 283 £48,500 +7.78% 67
London +212 207 £67,500 +17.39% 24
Work from Home +71 151 £52,500 +5.00% 22
North of England +37 69 £50,000 +6.38% 9
South West +28 67 £50,000 +17.65% 17
South East -19 55 £48,500 +14.12% 24
West Midlands +41 50 £36,500 -5.81% 7
Midlands +9 50 £36,500 -23.16% 8
Yorkshire +97 47 £47,500 +26.67% 6
East of England -16 30 £32,500 -35.00% 7
North West -21 17 £60,000 +27.66% 3
Scotland -55 7 £65,000 +15.04% 4
North East -3 5 £29,500 -
Wales - 4 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +26 2 £34,628 -27.10%

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
1 180 (36.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (9.98%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.44%) Confluence
4 8 (1.63%) IIS
4 8 (1.63%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 258 (52.55%) Microsoft 365
2 202 (41.14%) Azure
3 113 (23.01%) Entra ID
4 41 (8.35%) AWS
5 32 (6.52%) OneDrive
6 20 (4.07%) IaaS
7 15 (3.05%) GCP
7 15 (3.05%) PaaS
8 14 (2.85%) Nutanix
9 13 (2.65%) SaaS
10 12 (2.44%) OCI
11 11 (2.24%) Amazon S3
11 11 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.83%) OpenShift
13 6 (1.22%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 3 (0.61%) Azure Storage
14 3 (0.61%) GitHub
14 3 (0.61%) Mimecast
15 2 (0.41%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 166 (33.81%) Firewall
2 132 (26.88%) WAN
3 116 (23.63%) DNS
4 106 (21.59%) Wireless
5 89 (18.13%) DHCP
6 85 (17.31%) Cisco IOS
6 85 (17.31%) SD-WAN
7 82 (16.70%) WebEx
8 70 (14.26%) SAN
9 67 (13.65%) VPN
10 59 (12.02%) LAN
11 40 (8.15%) NAS
12 38 (7.74%) TCP/IP
13 34 (6.92%) Wi-Fi
14 33 (6.72%) Remote Desktop
15 32 (6.52%) VSAN
16 28 (5.70%) Internet
16 28 (5.70%) PBX
17 26 (5.30%) VLAN
18 21 (4.28%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.54%) SQL Server
2 33 (6.72%) MySQL
3 13 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (1.83%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.63%) DB2
8 2 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.41%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.41%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.20%) Big Data
9 1 (0.20%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.20%) Redis
9 1 (0.20%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 42 (8.55%) JIRA
2 23 (4.68%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.44%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.02%) GitLab
General
1 225 (45.82%) Social Skills
2 39 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (7.94%) Finance
3 27 (5.50%) Telecoms
4 24 (4.89%) Law
5 20 (4.07%) Legal
6 17 (3.46%) Aerospace
6 17 (3.46%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.44%) Retail
8 11 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.22%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.02%) Games
12 3 (0.61%) Banking
12 3 (0.61%) Local Government
12 3 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.41%) Electronics
13 2 (0.41%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 127 (25.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 117 (23.83%) IT Support
3 84 (17.11%) Support Engineer
4 82 (16.70%) IT Support Specialist
4 82 (16.70%) Support Specialist
5 61 (12.42%) Senior
6 47 (9.57%) IT Engineer
7 36 (7.33%) Infrastructure Support
8 34 (6.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (6.52%) Administrator
10 31 (6.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 31 (6.31%) Systems Engineer
11 28 (5.70%) IT Support Engineer
12 27 (5.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 26 (5.30%) Lead
14 24 (4.89%) VMware Engineer
15 22 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 21 (4.28%) Architect
17 20 (4.07%) Analyst
17 20 (4.07%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.67%) YAML
2 14 (2.85%) JSON
3 12 (2.44%) ARM Templates
4 9 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.63%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (1.02%) HTML
7 4 (0.81%) .NET
7 4 (0.81%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.81%) Laravel
7 4 (0.81%) Node.js
7 4 (0.81%) REST
7 4 (0.81%) RESTful
7 4 (0.81%) Vue
7 4 (0.81%) XML
8 2 (0.41%) ADO
8 2 (0.41%) LAMP
8 2 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.41%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.20%) ActiveMQ
9 1 (0.20%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 91 (18.53%) Data Centre
2 83 (16.90%) Video Conferencing
3 82 (16.70%) Wiki
4 55 (11.20%) Replication
5 53 (10.79%) Clustering
6 51 (10.39%) Public Cloud
7 36 (7.33%) PKI
8 20 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (3.46%) EMC VNX
10 15 (3.05%) Driving Licence
11 14 (2.85%) Private Cloud
12 10 (2.04%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.63%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.63%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.43%) EFT
15 6 (1.22%) AS400
15 6 (1.22%) iPad
15 6 (1.22%) Virtual Team
16 3 (0.61%) Cloud Native
16 3 (0.61%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 385 (78.41%) Windows
2 223 (45.42%) Windows Server
3 142 (28.92%) Windows 10
4 129 (26.27%) Linux
5 83 (16.90%) Android
6 73 (14.87%) Windows Server 2012
7 47 (9.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 47 (9.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 28 (5.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 20 (4.07%) Mac OS
10 14 (2.85%) CentOS
11 12 (2.44%) Windows XP
12 9 (1.83%) Unix
13 8 (1.63%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.81%) Rocky
14 4 (0.81%) VMS
14 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.41%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
16 1 (0.20%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (28.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 113 (23.01%) Business Continuity
3 99 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (18.94%) BCP
5 92 (18.74%) Business Continuity Planning
6 90 (18.33%) Computer Science
7 86 (17.52%) Mobile Device Management
8 82 (16.70%) Application Virtualisation
8 82 (16.70%) Contract Negotiation
9 62 (12.63%) ITIL
10 59 (12.02%) Project Management
11 56 (11.41%) Mentoring
12 55 (11.20%) Agile
13 44 (8.96%) High Availability
14 43 (8.76%) Migration
15 42 (8.55%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (7.94%) DevOps
17 38 (7.74%) CI/CD
17 38 (7.74%) Disaster Recovery
18 36 (7.33%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 120 (24.44%) PowerShell
2 26 (5.30%) Bash
3 22 (4.48%) Python
4 21 (4.28%) SQL
5 13 (2.65%) ActionScript
5 13 (2.65%) Perl
6 12 (2.44%) VB
7 10 (2.04%) RPG
8 9 (1.83%) Java
9 7 (1.43%) C#
10 6 (1.22%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.81%) Lua
11 4 (0.81%) PHP
11 4 (0.81%) Ruby
11 4 (0.81%) Tcl
11 4 (0.81%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.61%) C++
13 2 (0.41%) C
14 1 (0.20%) Go
14 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 144 (29.33%) Degree
2 87 (17.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 85 (17.31%) Master's Degree
4 77 (15.68%) Security Cleared
5 44 (8.96%) SC Cleared
6 41 (8.35%) CCNA
6 41 (8.35%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (6.72%) DV Cleared
8 25 (5.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (4.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (3.67%) CCNP
11 16 (3.26%) APMP
11 16 (3.26%) MCSE
12 10 (2.04%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.63%) A+ Certification
14 6 (1.22%) MCSA
15 5 (1.02%) HND
15 5 (1.02%) RHCA
15 5 (1.02%) RHCE
15 5 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.26%) SLA
2 8 (1.63%) PMO
3 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.22%) GDPR
5 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.41%) NCSC
6 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 350 (71.28%) Active Directory
2 244 (49.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 102 (20.77%) Hyper-V
4 95 (19.35%) XenApp
5 90 (18.33%) XenDesktop
6 82 (16.70%) Microsoft App-V
7 78 (15.89%) vSphere
8 27 (5.50%) Docker
9 19 (3.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 18 (3.67%) Firmware
10 18 (3.67%) VMware NSX
11 15 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
12 12 (2.44%) OpenSSH
12 12 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (1.22%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.41%) KVM
15 2 (0.41%) NFS
15 2 (0.41%) pfSense
15 2 (0.41%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 167 (34.01%) vCenter Server
2 145 (29.53%) SCCM
3 82 (16.70%) AirWatch
4 72 (14.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 42 (8.55%) WSUS
6 34 (6.92%) SCOM
7 29 (5.91%) Ansible
7 29 (5.91%) EMC NetWorker
8 27 (5.50%) Nagios
8 27 (5.50%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (4.89%) Terraform
10 20 (4.07%) Microsoft Clustering
11 19 (3.87%) Puppet
12 16 (3.26%) PowerCLI
13 15 (3.05%) Failover Clustering
13 15 (3.05%) vRealize
14 14 (2.85%) Kubernetes
15 13 (2.65%) NetBackup
16 12 (2.44%) IBM BigFix
17 11 (2.24%) Grafana
Vendors
1 382 (77.80%) VMware
2 247 (50.31%) Microsoft
3 183 (37.27%) Cisco
4 158 (32.18%) Citrix
5 111 (22.61%) Veeam
6 37 (7.54%) Dell
7 32 (6.52%) NetApp
8 31 (6.31%) SolarWinds
9 30 (6.11%) HP
10 29 (5.91%) EMC
10 29 (5.91%) ServiceNow
11 28 (5.70%) Commvault
11 28 (5.70%) IBM
12 26 (5.30%) Palo Alto
13 24 (4.89%) Juniper
13 24 (4.89%) Red Hat
14 22 (4.48%) Oracle
15 21 (4.28%) 3PAR
15 21 (4.28%) Extreme Networks
16 20 (4.07%) Sun