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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 141 196
Rank change year-on-year -22 +55 +43
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 2 20 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.041% 0.73% 0.54%
As % of the System Software category 0.77% 5.59% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1 20 32
10th Percentile - £34,000 -
25th Percentile - £34,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +11.11% -3.72%
75th Percentile - £67,313 £59,000
90th Percentile - £92,625 -
South East median annual salary £27,000 £57,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -53.04% +18.56% +14.12%

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 259 358 1,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.32% 13.01% 16.34%
Number of salaries quoted 173 268 845
10th Percentile £28,200 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,375 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +14.29% +20.69%
75th Percentile £63,750 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +18.28% -2.11%

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 30 March 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
Berkshire +2 1 - - 1
Buckinghamshire -27 1 £60,000 +4.35% 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (50.00%) VSAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) NOC Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Presales
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) CCSE
1 1 (50.00%) CCSM
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto