VMware ESXi Job Trends in Leeds

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 74 106
Rank change year-on-year -27 +32 +68
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 1 17 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.074% 1.56% 0.30%
As % of the System Software category 0.65% 12.41% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 4
10th Percentile - £42,238 £48,500
25th Percentile - £46,744 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -19.23% +8.33%
75th Percentile - £65,625 £68,438
90th Percentile - - £70,125
West Yorkshire median annual salary - £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -19.23% +18.18%

All System Software Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 153 137 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 11.33% 12.55% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 105 107 134
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,463
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -3.41% -6.82%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £82,500 - £83,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £49,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +21.21% +3.13% -8.57%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Leeds

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware