VMware ESXi Job Trends in Leicestershire

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire 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 50 - 61
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.53% - 0.20%
As % of the System Software category 8.11% - 1.06%
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 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

All System Software Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 37 34 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 6.57% 7.78% 18.43%
Number of salaries quoted 37 19 79
10th Percentile £24,100 - £30,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £28,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.86% -43.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £40,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £55,450 £56,600 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £30,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% -14.29% +16.67%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Leicester - 3 £45,000 - 1
VMware ESXi
East Midlands

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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