VMware ESXi Job Trends in the Thames Valley

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley citing VMware ESXi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	192	184	164
Rank change year-on-year	-8	-20	-1
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi	16	14	33
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley	0.21%	0.37%	0.76%
As % of the System Software category	4.09%	4.20%	5.72%
Number of salaries quoted	15	12	19
10^th Percentile	-	-	£44,500
25^th Percentile	£66,250	£31,250	£56,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£67,500	£44,250	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+52.54%	-23.04%	+81.10%
75^th Percentile	£69,375	£52,500	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£83,500	-	£93,750
South East median annual salary	£67,500	£47,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+43.62%	-18.26%	+27.78%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 citing system software skills in the Thames Valley.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing system software skills	391	333	577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley	5.05%	8.77%	13.25%
Number of salaries quoted	265	217	352
10^th Percentile	£29,500	£31,250	£28,250
25^th Percentile	£38,500	£35,000	£39,313
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	£43,500	£56,252
Median % change year-on-year	+20.69%	-22.67%	+7.15%
75^th Percentile	£68,750	£67,500	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£76,708	£81,250	£85,900
South East median annual salary	£57,500	£41,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+38.55%	-24.55%	+10.00%

VMware ESXi Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

VMware ESXi Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VMware ESXi.

VMware ESXi Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 October 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware ESXi in the Thames Valley

VMware ESXi Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Buckinghamshire	-	9	£67,500	-	1
Berkshire	0	7	£70,000	+47.37%	2
VMware ESXi South East

VMware ESXi Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 26 October 2026, job vacancies citing VMware ESXi also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region citing VMware ESXi.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Linux	100.0%	16
1	VMware	100.0%	16
3	VMware Infrastructure	93.8%	15
3	Windows	93.8%	15
5	Windows Server	87.5%	14
6	Apache	62.5%	10
6	Continuous Improvement	62.5%	10
6	High Availability	62.5%	10
6	Microsoft	62.5%	10
6	Microsoft Certification	62.5%	10
6	nginx	62.5%	10
6	Systems Engineering	62.5%	10
6	Veeam	62.5%	10
6	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	62.5%	10
15	Windows 10	56.3%	9
16	Security Cleared	50.0%	8
17	Problem-Solving	43.8%	7
18	Azure	37.5%	6
18	Firewall	37.5%	6
18	Load Balancing	37.5%	6
21	Azure Certification	31.3%	5
21	Customer Service	31.3%	5
21	Disaster Recovery	31.3%	5
21	DNS	31.3%	5
21	HAProxy	31.3%	5
21	Infrastructure Engineering	31.3%	5
21	Microsoft Intune	31.3%	5
21	SC Cleared	31.3%	5
21	Squid	31.3%	5
21	Stakeholder Management	31.3%	5

VMware ESXi Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

System Software

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	VMware Infrastructure	93.8%	15
2	Squid	31.3%	5
3	vSphere	18.8%	3
4	Virtual Machines	12.5%	2