VMware ESXi Job Trends in the South East

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 251 202
Rank change year-on-year -4 -49 +138
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 21 56 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.20% 0.60% 0.87%
As % of the System Software category 2.88% 4.23% 4.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7 37 60
10th Percentile £40,950 £44,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £44,250 £55,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £57,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -19.13% +36.09% -15.50%
75th Percentile £55,938 £63,750 £56,563
90th Percentile £60,125 £92,500 £59,000
England median annual salary £54,375 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.43% +9.52% +1.94%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 730 1,324 1,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.04% 14.26% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 509 761 1,151
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.04% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in the South East

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in the South East over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for VMware ESXi in the South East

VMware ESXi
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Kent -2 14 £56,750 +8.10% 1
Hampshire +38 5 £46,500 -17.33% 5
Thames Valley -21 2 £43,500 -28.98%
Oxfordshire +21 1 £43,500 -27.50%
Berkshire -2 1 - -
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
1 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (71.43%) DHCP
1 15 (71.43%) DNS
1 15 (71.43%) SAN
2 3 (14.29%) VSAN
3 2 (9.52%) NetScaler
4 1 (4.76%) PCoIP
General
1 15 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Advertising
3 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (90.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Active Directory Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 19 (90.48%) Windows
1 19 (90.48%) Windows Server
2 12 (57.14%) Windows Server 2012
2 12 (57.14%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (57.14%) DevOps
2 12 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
2 12 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (57.14%) Security Operations
3 4 (19.05%) Agile
3 4 (19.05%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (9.52%) Converged Infrastructure
4 2 (9.52%) Information Security
4 2 (9.52%) IT Governance
4 2 (9.52%) ITIL
4 2 (9.52%) Patch Management
4 2 (9.52%) Preventative Maintenance
4 2 (9.52%) Problem Management
4 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
4 2 (9.52%) Service Management
4 2 (9.52%) Storage Management
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.76%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) DV Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) PCI DSS
1 2 (9.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (90.48%) Active Directory
2 6 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.52%) VMware NSX
3 2 (9.52%) vSphere
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (90.48%) vCenter Server
2 15 (71.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (57.14%) SCCM
4 2 (9.52%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (9.52%) VxRail
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) VMware
2 17 (80.95%) NetApp
3 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
4 14 (66.67%) Veeam
5 12 (57.14%) 3PAR
5 12 (57.14%) SolarWinds
6 2 (9.52%) Citrix
6 2 (9.52%) Dell