VMware ESXi Job Trends in Gloucestershire

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 86 94
Rank change year-on-year +36 +8 +31
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 4 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.79% 0.41% 0.54%
As % of the System Software category 6.35% 2.44% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £52,250 £43,500 £51,500
25th Percentile £55,625 £45,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.19% -12.50% +29.03%
75th Percentile £73,125 £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £74,250 £65,500 £82,000
South West median annual salary £42,500 £54,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -21.30% +44.00% -19.35%

All System Software Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 63 164 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 12.50% 16.94% 29.98%
Number of salaries quoted 52 78 160
10th Percentile - £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,750 £82,500 £78,525
South West median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £47,595
% change year-on-year -19.05% +10.31% -4.81%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Salary histogram for VMware ESXi in Gloucestershire

VMware ESXi
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 24 October 2025. 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
Tewkesbury - 2 £67,500 -
Cheltenham - 1 £67,500 - 1
VMware ESXi
South West

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) OpenShift
4 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) GitLab
1 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (25.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Ubuntu
3 2 (50.00%) Debian
4 1 (25.00%) CentOS
4 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) BCP
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) RBAC
3 1 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (25.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Terraform
2 2 (50.00%) Ansible
2 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (50.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Meraki
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds