VMware ESXi Jobs in the UK excluding London

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring VMware ESXi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VMware ESXi over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 470 428 522
Rank change year-on-year -42 +94 -95
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 246 260 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.54% 0.50%
As % of the System Software category 3.54% 3.25% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 182 213 311
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -3.23% +9.41%
75th Percentile £57,000 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £51,000 £48,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% +1.05% +5.56%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 6,954 7,997 12,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.65% 16.61% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,246 5,183 8,566
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,769 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VMware ESXi in the UK excluding London

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for VMware ESXi in the UK excluding London

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for VMware ESXi in the UK excluding London

VMware ESXi
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South West +31 60 £50,500 +22.42% 5
North of England +8 58 £45,000 -4.26% 12
South East -29 50 £48,500 +14.79% 13
Midlands -21 41 £34,000 -31.40% 3
West Midlands +10 40 £34,000 -13.87% 3
Yorkshire +61 36 £45,000 +5.88% 7
East of England -18 27 £49,500 +32.00% 1
North West -17 14 £51,750 +10.11% 4
North East -6 8 £40,887 - 1
Scotland -40 7 £52,500 -
Northern Ireland +19 2 £34,628 -28.97% 5
Wales - 2 £45,000 -
East Midlands -41 1 £55,000 +4.76%
VMware ESXi
UK

VMware ESXi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (10.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (6.91%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 107 (43.50%) Microsoft 365
2 94 (38.21%) Azure
3 63 (25.61%) Entra ID
4 24 (9.76%) OneDrive
5 19 (7.72%) AWS
6 10 (4.07%) Nutanix
7 6 (2.44%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.63%) GCP
8 4 (1.63%) OCI
9 3 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.22%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.81%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.41%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.41%) IaaS
11 1 (0.41%) PaaS
11 1 (0.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 79 (32.11%) Firewall
2 59 (23.98%) DNS
3 49 (19.92%) SAN
4 39 (15.85%) DHCP
5 32 (13.01%) NAS
6 30 (12.20%) VSAN
7 29 (11.79%) LAN
8 25 (10.16%) TCP/IP
8 25 (10.16%) VPN
9 20 (8.13%) Internet
10 18 (7.32%) VoIP
10 18 (7.32%) WAN
11 15 (6.10%) Wireless
12 12 (4.88%) iSCSI
13 11 (4.47%) Fibre Channel
13 11 (4.47%) PBX
13 11 (4.47%) WLAN
14 10 (4.07%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (3.25%) VLAN
16 7 (2.85%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.38%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (3.25%) MySQL
3 2 (0.81%) RDBMS
3 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.03%) GitLab
2 2 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 44 (17.89%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.76%) Public Sector
3 20 (8.13%) Finance
4 17 (6.91%) Law
5 13 (5.28%) Aerospace
6 12 (4.88%) Retail
7 11 (4.47%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.85%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.03%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.22%) Games
12 3 (1.22%) Local Government
12 3 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.81%) Electronics
13 2 (0.81%) Military
14 1 (0.41%) Advertising
14 1 (0.41%) Legal
14 1 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 92 (37.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 47 (19.11%) Support Engineer
3 29 (11.79%) Administrator
4 28 (11.38%) Infrastructure Support
5 25 (10.16%) Senior
6 23 (9.35%) IT Engineer
7 21 (8.54%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 21 (8.54%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 18 (7.32%) VMWare Administrator
9 17 (6.91%) IT Support
9 17 (6.91%) Systems Administrator
10 16 (6.50%) VMware Engineer
10 16 (6.50%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (6.10%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (6.10%) Network Engineer
11 15 (6.10%) VMware Support Engineer
12 13 (5.28%) Analyst
12 13 (5.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (5.28%) Storage Engineer
12 13 (5.28%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.07%) REST
2 3 (1.22%) JSON
3 2 (0.81%) .NET
3 2 (0.81%) ADO
3 2 (0.81%) HTML
3 2 (0.81%) Laravel
3 2 (0.81%) Node.js
3 2 (0.81%) RESTful
3 2 (0.81%) Vue
3 2 (0.81%) XML
4 1 (0.41%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.41%) Middleware
4 1 (0.41%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (17.89%) Data Centre
2 38 (15.45%) Replication
3 35 (14.23%) Clustering
4 34 (13.82%) PKI
5 13 (5.28%) EMC VNX
6 12 (4.88%) Public Cloud
7 10 (4.07%) Enterprise Cloud
7 10 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.25%) Driving Licence
8 8 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (3.25%) Operational Technology
9 6 (2.44%) Algorithms
9 6 (2.44%) Management Information System
10 5 (2.03%) EFT
11 3 (1.22%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.22%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.81%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.81%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 198 (80.49%) Windows
2 154 (62.60%) Windows Server
3 74 (30.08%) Linux
4 52 (21.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 41 (16.67%) Windows 10
6 26 (10.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (10.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (8.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (6.10%) CentOS
10 10 (4.07%) Ubuntu
11 8 (3.25%) Rocky
11 8 (3.25%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (2.44%) Unix
13 4 (1.63%) Mac OS
13 4 (1.63%) Windows XP
14 3 (1.22%) Debian
14 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.81%) Solaris
15 2 (0.81%) SUSE
15 2 (0.81%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (39.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (18.29%) Mentoring
4 37 (15.04%) ITIL
5 24 (9.76%) Change Management
6 23 (9.35%) Customer Service
7 22 (8.94%) Problem Management
8 20 (8.13%) Agile
9 19 (7.72%) Migration
9 19 (7.72%) Preventative Maintenance
10 18 (7.32%) Proactive Monitoring
11 17 (6.91%) Customer Requirements
11 17 (6.91%) High Availability
11 17 (6.91%) Service Management
12 15 (6.10%) Business Continuity
12 15 (6.10%) Project Management
12 15 (6.10%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 14 (5.69%) Load Balancing
14 13 (5.28%) Infrastructure as Code
15 12 (4.88%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 59 (23.98%) PowerShell
2 20 (8.13%) SQL
3 17 (6.91%) ActionScript
3 17 (6.91%) VB
4 9 (3.66%) Python
5 7 (2.85%) Bash
6 6 (2.44%) Java
7 5 (2.03%) C#
8 2 (0.81%) C++
8 2 (0.81%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.81%) Lua
8 2 (0.81%) Perl
8 2 (0.81%) PHP
8 2 (0.81%) Ruby
8 2 (0.81%) Tcl
8 2 (0.81%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.41%) C
9 1 (0.41%) Go
9 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 69 (28.05%) Security Cleared
2 32 (13.01%) Degree
3 29 (11.79%) SC Cleared
4 25 (10.16%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.47%) CCNA
6 11 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (4.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (4.07%) CCNP
8 8 (3.25%) A+ Certification
8 8 (3.25%) MCSE
9 5 (2.03%) HND
9 5 (2.03%) RHCE
9 5 (2.03%) RHCSA
10 4 (1.63%) MCP
10 4 (1.63%) MCSA
11 3 (1.22%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.32%) SLA
2 6 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.44%) GDPR
3 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 172 (69.92%) Active Directory
2 156 (63.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (23.98%) Hyper-V
4 55 (22.36%) vSphere
5 18 (7.32%) VMware NSX
6 17 (6.91%) OpenSSH
6 17 (6.91%) XenApp
7 9 (3.66%) Docker
8 8 (3.25%) Firmware
8 8 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (3.25%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (2.85%) VMware Server
10 5 (2.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (1.63%) XenDesktop
12 3 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 99 (40.24%) vCenter Server
2 48 (19.51%) SCCM
3 33 (13.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (10.57%) Ansible
5 21 (8.54%) Failover Clustering
6 17 (6.91%) EMC NetWorker
6 17 (6.91%) IBM BigFix
6 17 (6.91%) PowerCLI
6 17 (6.91%) SCOM
7 16 (6.50%) WSUS
8 14 (5.69%) Nagios
9 12 (4.88%) Kubernetes
10 10 (4.07%) Puppet
11 7 (2.85%) ZABBIX
12 6 (2.44%) Terraform
12 6 (2.44%) Tivoli Identity Manager
13 4 (1.63%) NetBackup
13 4 (1.63%) Rancher
14 3 (1.22%) FortiGate
15 2 (0.81%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 233 (94.72%) VMware
2 102 (41.46%) Microsoft
3 66 (26.83%) Veeam
4 41 (16.67%) Cisco
5 28 (11.38%) Citrix
6 23 (9.35%) IBM
7 20 (8.13%) Dell
7 20 (8.13%) EMC
8 19 (7.72%) SolarWinds
9 18 (7.32%) HP
10 13 (5.28%) Red Hat
11 12 (4.88%) Meraki
12 10 (4.07%) Extreme Networks
12 10 (4.07%) Oracle
13 9 (3.66%) Aruba
13 9 (3.66%) Juniper
13 9 (3.66%) NetApp
13 9 (3.66%) Palo Alto
14 8 (3.25%) ServiceNow
15 7 (2.85%) Brocade