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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 228 329
Rank change year-on-year -34 +101 -25
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 20 45 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.14% 0.58% 0.35%
As % of the System Software category 2.51% 5.10% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 16 42 54
10th Percentile - £34,000 £28,625
25th Percentile £27,000 £40,375 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% +8.25% +14.12%
75th Percentile £60,031 £58,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £76,313 £59,875 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +5.00%

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 797 883 2,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.56% 11.44% 14.60%
Number of salaries quoted 620 655 1,947
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £69,063 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

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 12 May 2026.

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 12 May 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
Kent -25 10 £33,500 -39.09%
Surrey -13 6 £27,000 -53.04% 2
Hampshire -43 3 £85,000 +47.83% 5
Thames Valley -2 1 £60,000 +71.43% 4
Buckinghamshire -10 1 £60,000 +71.43% 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 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 14 (70.00%) Azure
2 12 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (30.00%) AWS
4 6 (30.00%) SaaS
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) SAN
2 9 (45.00%) DHCP
2 9 (45.00%) DNS
3 6 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (20.00%) NAS
5 3 (15.00%) VSAN
6 2 (10.00%) NetScaler
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (5.00%) Firewall
7 1 (5.00%) Network Security
7 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
7 1 (5.00%) VLAN
7 1 (5.00%) VPN
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) IT Support
2 7 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) IT Support Technician
3 6 (30.00%) IT Technician
3 6 (30.00%) Support Technician
4 5 (25.00%) IT Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) VMware Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Active Directory Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Lead
6 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) NOC Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Windows Server
3 9 (45.00%) Linux
4 6 (30.00%) Apple iOS
4 6 (30.00%) Mac OS
5 4 (20.00%) Ubuntu
5 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (30.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 4 (20.00%) DevOps
5 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 4 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 4 (20.00%) Service Management
5 4 (20.00%) User Experience
6 3 (15.00%) ITIL
7 2 (10.00%) Change Control
7 2 (10.00%) Information Security
7 2 (10.00%) IT Governance
7 2 (10.00%) Patch Management
7 2 (10.00%) Problem Management
7 2 (10.00%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.00%) CCNP
2 1 (5.00%) CCSE
2 1 (5.00%) CCSM
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) SLA
2 2 (10.00%) NCSC
2 2 (10.00%) NIST
2 2 (10.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (30.00%) vSphere
4 2 (10.00%) UAG
4 2 (10.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (70.00%) vCenter Server
2 12 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (30.00%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (20.00%) SCCM
5 2 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (10.00%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (10.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) VMware
2 19 (95.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (30.00%) Apple
3 6 (30.00%) NetApp
3 6 (30.00%) Veeam
4 4 (20.00%) 3PAR
4 4 (20.00%) Cisco
4 4 (20.00%) Facebook
4 4 (20.00%) Instagram
4 4 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 2 (10.00%) Becrypt
5 2 (10.00%) Citrix
5 2 (10.00%) Dell
6 1 (5.00%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto