VMware ESXi Job Trends in England

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England 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 558 488 329
Rank change year-on-year -70 -159 +262
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 59 199 414
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.41% 0.84%
As % of the System Software category 1.57% 3.22% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 40 99 242
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,700 £27,500
25th Percentile £44,938 £51,250 £36,413
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £69,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £106,250
UK median annual salary £54,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.71% +9.09% +10.00%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3,760 6,177 7,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.12% 12.83% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,748 3,693 6,511
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,790 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in England

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware ESXi in England

VMware ESXi
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the England 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
South East +2 22 £46,500 -19.13% 8
London +2 16 £70,000 - 5
South West +2 10 £42,500 -15.42% 9
Midlands +14 6 £51,250 +48.55% 3
North of England -17 3 £65,000 +23.81% 10
East Midlands - 3 £45,000 - 2
East of England +14 2 £46,160 -26.14% 2
West Midlands +9 2 £57,500 +66.67% 1
North West +8 2 £65,000 +44.44% 7
Yorkshire -24 1 - - 3
VMware ESXi
UK

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (10.17%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.78%) IIS
4 2 (3.39%) FactoryTalk
4 2 (3.39%) WinCC
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (49.15%) Azure
2 18 (30.51%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (20.34%) AWS
3 12 (20.34%) Entra ID
4 5 (8.47%) PaaS
5 3 (5.08%) IaaS
5 3 (5.08%) IBM Cloud
5 3 (5.08%) SaaS
6 2 (3.39%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (3.39%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.39%) Mimecast
6 2 (3.39%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.69%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (38.98%) DNS
2 22 (37.29%) DHCP
3 19 (32.20%) SAN
4 18 (30.51%) Firewall
5 11 (18.64%) VLAN
6 10 (16.95%) VPN
7 4 (6.78%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (6.78%) IPsec
7 4 (6.78%) LAN
7 4 (6.78%) NetScaler
7 4 (6.78%) VoIP
7 4 (6.78%) VSAN
7 4 (6.78%) WAN
7 4 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (6.78%) Wireless
8 3 (5.08%) NAS
8 3 (5.08%) TCP/IP
9 2 (3.39%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.69%) DMZ
10 1 (1.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.78%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) GitLab
1 2 (3.39%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (38.98%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (13.56%) Finance
2 8 (13.56%) Public Sector
3 6 (10.17%) Manufacturing
4 5 (8.47%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.78%) Electronics
5 4 (6.78%) Marketing
5 4 (6.78%) Retail
6 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 33 (55.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (15.25%) Senior
3 6 (10.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 6 (10.17%) Platform Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) IT Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) IT Support
4 5 (8.47%) VMware Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 4 (6.78%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (6.78%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (6.78%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Senior IT Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Senior IT Support
5 4 (6.78%) Senior Support Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (6.78%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (1.69%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Clustering
2 4 (6.78%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.08%) PKI
4 2 (3.39%) CCTV
4 2 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.39%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.39%) SCADA
5 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.69%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 49 (83.05%) Windows
2 45 (76.27%) Windows Server
3 23 (38.98%) Linux
4 17 (28.81%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (23.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (8.47%) Mac OS
7 3 (5.08%) Ubuntu
8 2 (3.39%) Debian
8 2 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.69%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.69%) CentOS
9 1 (1.69%) VMS
9 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (59.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (37.29%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (33.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (33.90%) DevOps
4 17 (28.81%) Security Operations
5 15 (25.42%) ITIL
6 13 (22.03%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (22.03%) Performance Tuning
7 9 (15.25%) Containerisation
8 8 (13.56%) Agile
8 8 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (11.86%) Business Continuity
9 7 (11.86%) Migration
9 7 (11.86%) Proactive Monitoring
10 6 (10.17%) CI/CD
10 6 (10.17%) Information Security
10 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Automation
10 6 (10.17%) IT Strategy
10 6 (10.17%) Platform Engineering
10 6 (10.17%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.42%) PowerShell
2 7 (11.86%) SQL
3 5 (8.47%) Python
4 1 (1.69%) Bash
4 1 (1.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (25.42%) Security Cleared
2 12 (20.34%) DV Cleared
3 10 (16.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (11.86%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.78%) ACMT
6 3 (5.08%) AWS Certification
6 3 (5.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.08%) MCP
7 2 (3.39%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.39%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (3.39%) Degree
7 2 (3.39%) MCSA
8 1 (1.69%) CCNA
8 1 (1.69%) CCNP
8 1 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.69%) Dell Certification
8 1 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) GDPR
1 6 (10.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (6.78%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.69%) NIST
System Software
1 39 (66.10%) Active Directory
2 35 (59.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (30.51%) vSphere
4 9 (15.25%) Docker
5 8 (13.56%) Hyper-V
6 4 (6.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (6.78%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (5.08%) VMware NSX
8 2 (3.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (3.39%) vCloud
8 2 (3.39%) XenDesktop
9 1 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 36 (61.02%) vCenter Server
2 23 (38.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (25.42%) SCCM
4 10 (16.95%) Kubernetes
5 9 (15.25%) Terraform
6 8 (13.56%) Ansible
7 4 (6.78%) Autotask
7 4 (6.78%) Prometheus
8 3 (5.08%) Nessus
8 3 (5.08%) Proxmox
8 3 (5.08%) VxRail
9 2 (3.39%) AssetCenter
9 2 (3.39%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (3.39%) FortiGate
10 1 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (1.69%) PowerCLI
10 1 (1.69%) SCOM
10 1 (1.69%) WSUS
10 1 (1.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 56 (94.92%) VMware
2 38 (64.41%) Microsoft
3 25 (42.37%) Veeam
4 18 (30.51%) NetApp
4 18 (30.51%) SolarWinds
5 13 (22.03%) 3PAR
5 13 (22.03%) Cisco
6 6 (10.17%) Red Hat
7 5 (8.47%) Apple
7 5 (8.47%) Citrix
7 5 (8.47%) Dell
8 4 (6.78%) Datto
8 4 (6.78%) Foundry
8 4 (6.78%) Meraki
8 4 (6.78%) Oracle
8 4 (6.78%) Palantir
8 4 (6.78%) SAP
8 4 (6.78%) ServiceNow
8 4 (6.78%) Sophos
9 3 (5.08%) NVIDIA