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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 162 161
Rank change year-on-year -13 -1 +81
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 11 34 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.31% 0.78% 0.75%
As % of the System Software category 3.34% 5.93% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9 20 24
10th Percentile - £44,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £56,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £57,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.35% +85.48% -48.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £64,625 £51,750
90th Percentile £53,500 £93,750 £56,250
South East median annual salary £46,500 £57,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year -19.13% +31.43% -12.50%

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 329 573 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.33% 13.21% 17.32%
Number of salaries quoted 219 345 491
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £56,252 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.22% +7.15% +6.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £87,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £41,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -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 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
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 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
Berkshire +8 9 £50,000 -41.18% 6
Oxfordshire +31 2 £43,500 -14.71% 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (36.36%) AWS
4 3 (27.27%) IaaS
5 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) DHCP
1 6 (54.55%) DNS
2 5 (45.45%) SAN
3 3 (27.27%) Firewall
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (27.27%) Coordinator
1 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Support
1 3 (27.27%) Project Coordinator
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Coordinator
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Project Coordinator
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
1 9 (81.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (54.55%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 3 (27.27%) Innovative Thinking
4 3 (27.27%) Presales
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (18.18%) Security Patching
6 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Azure Certification
3 3 (27.27%) CCNA
3 3 (27.27%) CCNP
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (27.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (81.82%) Active Directory
2 7 (63.64%) Hyper-V
2 7 (63.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (18.18%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (18.18%) vSphere
4 1 (9.09%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) VMware
2 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Veeam