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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 604 704
Rank change year-on-year +123 +100 -190
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 479 383 618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the System Software category 4.00% 2.52% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 314 314 427
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,356 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,625 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £86,750 £72,500 £68,750
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 11,977 15,223 30,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.67% 15.64% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,369 9,898 15,651
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 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%
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 28 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 28 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 +141 463 £52,500 +8.25% 70
UK excluding London +9 286 £48,500 +14.12% 51
London +223 193 £67,500 +17.39% 18
Work from Home +80 148 £52,500 +5.00% 20
North of England +48 69 £50,000 +6.38% 10
South West +18 68 £50,000 +17.65% 15
South East -25 55 £50,000 +17.65% 15
West Midlands +42 49 £36,500 -5.81% 5
Midlands +12 49 £36,500 -23.16% 5
Yorkshire +96 48 £47,500 +26.67% 6
East of England -29 30 £32,500 -32.64% 6
North West -14 16 £60,000 +27.66% 4
Scotland -51 10 £62,500 +10.62% 2
North East -3 5 £29,500 -
Wales - 4 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +19 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
1 170 (35.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (10.02%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.09%) Confluence
4 8 (1.67%) IIS
4 8 (1.67%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 248 (51.77%) Microsoft 365
2 200 (41.75%) Azure
3 114 (23.80%) Entra ID
4 39 (8.14%) AWS
5 33 (6.89%) OneDrive
6 17 (3.55%) IaaS
7 15 (3.13%) GCP
8 13 (2.71%) Nutanix
9 12 (2.51%) OCI
9 12 (2.51%) PaaS
10 11 (2.30%) Amazon S3
10 11 (2.30%) SaaS
11 10 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.09%) OpenShift
12 6 (1.25%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (0.63%) Azure Storage
13 3 (0.63%) GitHub
13 3 (0.63%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.42%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 166 (34.66%) Firewall
2 121 (25.26%) WAN
3 116 (24.22%) DNS
4 97 (20.25%) Wireless
5 89 (18.58%) DHCP
6 75 (15.66%) Cisco IOS
6 75 (15.66%) SD-WAN
7 72 (15.03%) SAN
7 72 (15.03%) WebEx
8 66 (13.78%) VPN
9 58 (12.11%) LAN
10 41 (8.56%) NAS
10 41 (8.56%) TCP/IP
11 33 (6.89%) Wi-Fi
12 32 (6.68%) Remote Desktop
13 31 (6.47%) VSAN
14 29 (6.05%) Internet
15 26 (5.43%) PBX
15 26 (5.43%) VLAN
16 21 (4.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.93%) SQL Server
2 32 (6.68%) MySQL
3 11 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (1.88%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.67%) DB2
7 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.42%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.42%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.21%) Big Data
8 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.21%) Redis
8 1 (0.21%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 40 (8.35%) JIRA
2 21 (4.38%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.09%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.04%) GitLab
General
1 212 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 42 (8.77%) Finance
3 37 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (5.64%) Telecoms
5 24 (5.01%) Law
6 19 (3.97%) Legal
7 18 (3.76%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.55%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.51%) Retail
10 10 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.25%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.04%) Games
14 3 (0.63%) Banking
14 3 (0.63%) Local Government
14 3 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.42%) Electronics
15 2 (0.42%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 129 (26.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 106 (22.13%) IT Support
3 81 (16.91%) Support Engineer
4 72 (15.03%) IT Support Specialist
4 72 (15.03%) Support Specialist
5 59 (12.32%) Senior
6 47 (9.81%) IT Engineer
7 38 (7.93%) Infrastructure Support
8 34 (7.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (6.68%) Administrator
10 31 (6.47%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 30 (6.26%) Systems Engineer
12 28 (5.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 27 (5.64%) IT Support Engineer
14 26 (5.43%) Lead
15 25 (5.22%) VMware Engineer
16 23 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (4.38%) Storage Engineer
18 20 (4.18%) 3rd Line Support
18 20 (4.18%) Infrastructure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.55%) YAML
2 13 (2.71%) JSON
3 11 (2.30%) ARM Templates
4 9 (1.88%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.67%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (1.04%) HTML
7 4 (0.84%) .NET
7 4 (0.84%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.84%) Laravel
7 4 (0.84%) Node.js
7 4 (0.84%) REST
7 4 (0.84%) RESTful
7 4 (0.84%) Vue
7 4 (0.84%) XML
8 2 (0.42%) ADO
8 2 (0.42%) LAMP
8 2 (0.42%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.42%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.21%) ActiveMQ
9 1 (0.21%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 92 (19.21%) Data Centre
2 73 (15.24%) Video Conferencing
3 72 (15.03%) Wiki
4 56 (11.69%) Replication
5 54 (11.27%) Clustering
6 48 (10.02%) Public Cloud
7 38 (7.93%) PKI
8 20 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (3.97%) EMC VNX
10 15 (3.13%) Driving Licence
11 13 (2.71%) Private Cloud
12 11 (2.30%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.67%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.67%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.46%) EFT
15 6 (1.25%) AS400
15 6 (1.25%) iPad
15 6 (1.25%) Virtual Team
16 3 (0.63%) Client/Server
16 3 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 376 (78.50%) Windows
2 224 (46.76%) Windows Server
3 132 (27.56%) Windows 10
4 128 (26.72%) Linux
5 73 (15.24%) Android
5 73 (15.24%) Windows Server 2012
6 48 (10.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 48 (10.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 28 (5.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (3.76%) Mac OS
9 15 (3.13%) CentOS
10 12 (2.51%) Windows XP
11 9 (1.88%) Unix
12 8 (1.67%) Ubuntu
13 5 (1.04%) Rocky
14 4 (0.84%) VMS
14 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.42%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
16 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (29.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 104 (21.71%) Business Continuity
3 98 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (17.33%) BCP
5 82 (17.12%) Business Continuity Planning
6 81 (16.91%) Computer Science
7 75 (15.66%) Mobile Device Management
8 72 (15.03%) Application Virtualisation
8 72 (15.03%) Contract Negotiation
9 62 (12.94%) ITIL
10 57 (11.90%) Mentoring
11 56 (11.69%) Project Management
12 51 (10.65%) Agile
13 45 (9.39%) High Availability
14 43 (8.98%) Migration
15 41 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (8.14%) Disaster Recovery
17 36 (7.52%) DevOps
18 34 (7.10%) Performance Tuning
19 33 (6.89%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 117 (24.43%) PowerShell
2 24 (5.01%) Bash
3 23 (4.80%) SQL
4 22 (4.59%) Python
5 14 (2.92%) ActionScript
6 13 (2.71%) Perl
6 13 (2.71%) VB
7 10 (2.09%) RPG
8 9 (1.88%) Java
9 7 (1.46%) C#
10 6 (1.25%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.84%) Lua
11 4 (0.84%) PHP
11 4 (0.84%) Ruby
11 4 (0.84%) Tcl
11 4 (0.84%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.63%) C++
13 2 (0.42%) C
14 1 (0.21%) Go
14 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 134 (27.97%) Degree
2 78 (16.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 76 (15.87%) Security Cleared
4 75 (15.66%) Master's Degree
5 43 (8.98%) SC Cleared
6 38 (7.93%) CCNA
6 38 (7.93%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (6.89%) DV Cleared
8 26 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (4.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (3.76%) CCNP
11 16 (3.34%) APMP
11 16 (3.34%) MCSE
12 10 (2.09%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.67%) A+ Certification
14 7 (1.46%) MCSA
15 5 (1.04%) HND
15 5 (1.04%) RHCA
15 5 (1.04%) RHCE
15 5 (1.04%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.55%) SLA
2 7 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.46%) PMO
3 6 (1.25%) GDPR
4 5 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.42%) NCSC
5 2 (0.42%) 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
1 337 (70.35%) Active Directory
2 240 (50.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 103 (21.50%) Hyper-V
4 86 (17.95%) XenApp
5 80 (16.70%) XenDesktop
6 78 (16.28%) vSphere
7 72 (15.03%) Microsoft App-V
8 28 (5.85%) Docker
9 18 (3.76%) Firmware
9 18 (3.76%) Virtual Desktop
9 18 (3.76%) VMware NSX
10 15 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
11 13 (2.71%) OpenSSH
11 13 (2.71%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (1.25%) VMware Server
13 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.42%) KVM
14 2 (0.42%) pfSense
14 2 (0.42%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 168 (35.07%) vCenter Server
2 136 (28.39%) SCCM
3 72 (15.03%) AirWatch
3 72 (15.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (8.56%) WSUS
5 34 (7.10%) SCOM
6 31 (6.47%) EMC NetWorker
7 29 (6.05%) Ansible
7 29 (6.05%) Nagios
8 27 (5.64%) Single Sign-On
9 23 (4.80%) Terraform
10 20 (4.18%) Microsoft Clustering
11 19 (3.97%) Puppet
12 17 (3.55%) PowerCLI
13 15 (3.13%) Failover Clustering
13 15 (3.13%) Kubernetes
14 14 (2.92%) vRealize
15 13 (2.71%) IBM BigFix
15 13 (2.71%) NetBackup
16 11 (2.30%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 378 (78.91%) VMware
2 238 (49.69%) Microsoft
3 172 (35.91%) Cisco
4 148 (30.90%) Citrix
5 115 (24.01%) Veeam
6 37 (7.72%) Dell
7 33 (6.89%) NetApp
7 33 (6.89%) SolarWinds
8 31 (6.47%) EMC
9 29 (6.05%) HP
9 29 (6.05%) IBM
9 29 (6.05%) ServiceNow
10 28 (5.85%) Commvault
11 24 (5.01%) Juniper
11 24 (5.01%) Red Hat
12 23 (4.80%) Oracle
12 23 (4.80%) Palo Alto
13 21 (4.38%) Extreme Networks
14 20 (4.18%) 3PAR
14 20 (4.18%) Sun