VMware ESXi Job Trends in Devon

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 52 51
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +20
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 1 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.17% 0.67% 1.11%
As % of the System Software category 2.00% 3.06% 5.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.09% +21.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £42,500 £58,625 £38,750
90th Percentile - £63,950 -
South West median annual salary £42,500 £50,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.42% +34.00% -20.21%

All System Software Skills
Devon

VMware ESXi falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 50 98 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 8.62% 21.78% 18.89%
Number of salaries quoted 45 42 60
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £25,563
25th Percentile £25,000 £30,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £49,000 £41,024
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% +19.44% +7.17%
75th Percentile £47,500 £71,875 £51,500
90th Percentile £58,250 £89,875 £58,750
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.14% +3.16%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware ESXi relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Devon.

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Devon

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the Devon region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Exeter - 1 £40,000 - 3
VMware ESXi
South West

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware