VMware ESXi Job Trends in the North of England

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 251 271
Rank change year-on-year -9 +20 +86
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 3 34 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.029% 0.37% 0.13%
As % of the System Software category 0.44% 3.87% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 8
10th Percentile - £35,000 £39,125
25th Percentile - £40,741 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £44,274 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.81% -31.89% +18.18%
75th Percentile - £53,750 £73,125
90th Percentile - £62,813 £79,125
England median annual salary £56,750 £59,250 £53,750
% change year-on-year -4.22% +10.23% +7.50%

All System Software Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 685 878 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.52% 9.45% 16.36%
Number of salaries quoted 512 540 1,063
10th Percentile £26,525 £27,725 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - -1.04%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,813 £62,833
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% -

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in the North of England

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 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
North West +17 2 £65,000 +46.81% 2
Yorkshire -21 1 - - 2
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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%) FactoryTalk
1 2 (66.67%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Operations Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Operations Management
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) AssetCenter
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) Terraform
2 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Kepware
2 2 (66.67%) Rockwell
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Siemens
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft