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 requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 156 145
Rank change year-on-year -19 -11 +89
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 4 38 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.10% 0.96% 0.98%
As % of the System Software category 1.31% 6.57% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2 24 30
10th Percentile - £44,500 -
25th Percentile £42,750 £56,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £61,250 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.98% +97.58% -48.33%
75th Percentile £44,250 £64,625 £46,563
90th Percentile - £93,375 £56,250
South East median annual salary £46,500 £57,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -19.13% +36.90% -16.00%

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 requiring system software skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 305 578 607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.98% 14.62% 18.56%
Number of salaries quoted 197 369 511
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,400 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £44,500 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.83% +14.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £93,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £56,252 £48,000
% change year-on-year -28.89% +17.19% -4.00%

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 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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 13 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
Oxfordshire +26 2 £43,500 -27.50%
Berkshire -3 2 - - 1
VMware ESXi
South East

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) Security Patching
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft