VMware ESXi Job Trends in London

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 350 417
Rank change year-on-year -83 +67 -19
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 14 36 51
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.057% 0.30% 0.27%
As % of the System Software category 1.01% 2.43% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9 30 29
10th Percentile £60,500 £46,125 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £102,500 £84,063 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,000 £97,125 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% +5.92%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,380 1,483 2,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.59% 12.35% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 919 1,056 1,318
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £93,750 £87,813 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% -1.82%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in London

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in London over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware ESXi in London

VMware ESXi
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the London region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Central London -5 4 £70,000 -6.67% 2
West London -16 3 - - 2
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) AWS
3 3 (21.43%) AWS Direct Connect
3 3 (21.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (7.14%) Amazon S3
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
4 1 (7.14%) Rubrik
4 1 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) LAN
1 8 (57.14%) WAN
2 5 (35.71%) DHCP
2 5 (35.71%) DNS
3 4 (28.57%) Firewall
4 3 (21.43%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (21.43%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (21.43%) SAN
4 3 (21.43%) SD-WAN
4 3 (21.43%) VSAN
4 3 (21.43%) Wireless
5 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Technical Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) CCTV
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows Server
3 5 (35.71%) Linux
4 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (21.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) AI
2 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Bill of Materials
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) DDoS Mitigation
3 3 (21.43%) Defect Management
3 3 (21.43%) Presales
3 3 (21.43%) Product Management
3 3 (21.43%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
3 3 (21.43%) SIEM
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (21.43%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (21.43%) Zero Trust
4 2 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Java
2 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
3 2 (14.29%) Python
4 1 (7.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) DV Cleared
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) AWS Certification
3 3 (21.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Azure Certification
3 3 (21.43%) CCIE
3 3 (21.43%) CCNP
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (21.43%) CISSP
3 3 (21.43%) Dell Certification
3 3 (21.43%) MCSA
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) GRC
1 3 (21.43%) NIST
1 3 (21.43%) RMADS
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (78.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (64.29%) Active Directory
3 6 (42.86%) vSphere
4 4 (28.57%) VMware NSX
5 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) SCOM
2 3 (21.43%) vCenter Server
2 3 (21.43%) WSUS
3 1 (7.14%) Ansible
3 1 (7.14%) FortiGate
3 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (7.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) VMware
2 7 (50.00%) Cisco
3 6 (42.86%) Juniper
4 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
5 3 (21.43%) Aruba
5 3 (21.43%) Dell
5 3 (21.43%) Fujitsu
5 3 (21.43%) HP
5 3 (21.43%) Red Hat
5 3 (21.43%) Zscaler
6 2 (14.29%) Veeam
7 1 (7.14%) Avaya
7 1 (7.14%) Bloomberg
7 1 (7.14%) EMC
7 1 (7.14%) Logitech
7 1 (7.14%) Murex
7 1 (7.14%) Refinitiv
7 1 (7.14%) Zerto