VMware ESXi Job Trends in Leicester

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.89% - 0.33%
As % of the System Software category 21.43% - 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile £50,625 - £53,750
90th Percentile £52,500 - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +16.67%

All System Software Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 14 23 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 4.17% 12.30% 24.01%
Number of salaries quoted 14 12 62
10th Percentile £41,450 - £34,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £25,000 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £25,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -51.43% +19.32%
75th Percentile £56,938 £46,750 £62,188
90th Percentile £69,025 £59,575 £67,250
Leicestershire median annual salary £41,000 £28,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +43.86% -43.00% +25.00%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Leicester

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) IaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Presales
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) IT Audit
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (66.67%) vSphere
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Veeam