VMware ESXi Job Trends in Scotland

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 126 267
Rank change year-on-year -12 +141 -56
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.031% 0.052% 0.065%
As % of the System Software category 0.63% 0.62% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.04%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +5.00%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 160 161 747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.00% 8.34% 12.08%
Number of salaries quoted 65 135 450
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £26,225
25th Percentile £29,000 £43,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,840 £62,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £107,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% -9.09%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in Scotland

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Glasgow -12 1 £37,500 -
VMware ESXi
UK

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NX-OS
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Rocky
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware