VMware ESXi Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for VMware ESXi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMware ESXi over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 499 495
Rank change year-on-year +14 -4 -160
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 278 273 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.44% 0.56%
As % of the System Software category 3.11% 2.89% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 226 228 274
10th Percentile £27,625 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% +4.44% +7.14%
75th Percentile £59,000 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £68,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

VMware ESXi is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,927 9,438 12,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.74% 15.27% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7,160 5,994 8,402
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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
North of England +47 68 £50,000 +6.38% 10
South East +5 65 £48,500 +14.12% 19
South West +39 62 £50,000 +17.65% 13
Yorkshire +113 47 £47,500 +15.15% 6
West Midlands +54 47 £37,000 -12.94% 10
Midlands +21 47 £37,000 -26.00% 12
East of England -16 27 £32,500 -35.00% 10
North West -17 18 £61,250 +28.95% 2
Scotland -64 5 £65,000 -6.40% 2
North East +1 4 £29,500 -28.05% 2
Wales - 4 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +31 2 £34,628 -27.10%
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 45 (16.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (9.71%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.80%) IIS
4 2 (0.72%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 138 (49.64%) Azure
2 125 (44.96%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (22.66%) Entra ID
4 28 (10.07%) OneDrive
5 26 (9.35%) AWS
6 15 (5.40%) IaaS
7 13 (4.68%) PaaS
8 12 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (4.32%) OCI
9 8 (2.88%) OpenShift
10 6 (2.16%) GCP
11 5 (1.80%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.80%) WhatsApp
12 3 (1.08%) SaaS
13 2 (0.72%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.72%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.72%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.72%) OpenDNS
14 1 (0.36%) Azure Stack
14 1 (0.36%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 95 (34.17%) Firewall
2 68 (24.46%) DNS
3 55 (19.78%) DHCP
4 53 (19.06%) SAN
5 42 (15.11%) VPN
6 36 (12.95%) NAS
7 31 (11.15%) LAN
8 25 (8.99%) TCP/IP
8 25 (8.99%) VSAN
9 23 (8.27%) WAN
10 17 (6.12%) iSCSI
11 16 (5.76%) WLAN
12 15 (5.40%) Internet
12 15 (5.40%) VoIP
13 14 (5.04%) Remote Desktop
14 13 (4.68%) PBX
14 13 (4.68%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (4.68%) Wireless
15 12 (4.32%) Fibre Channel
16 11 (3.96%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.79%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.32%) MySQL
3 8 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.72%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.80%) GitLab
2 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) JIRA
General
1 61 (21.94%) Social Skills
2 17 (6.12%) Public Sector
3 15 (5.40%) Telecoms
4 14 (5.04%) Aerospace
4 14 (5.04%) Finance
4 14 (5.04%) Law
5 12 (4.32%) Retail
6 9 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.16%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.16%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.80%) Games
10 3 (1.08%) Legal
10 3 (1.08%) Local Government
10 3 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.72%) Electronics
11 2 (0.72%) Military
12 1 (0.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 108 (38.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 65 (23.38%) Support Engineer
3 44 (15.83%) IT Engineer
4 37 (13.31%) Senior
5 35 (12.59%) IT Support
6 28 (10.07%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 28 (10.07%) IT Support Engineer
7 24 (8.63%) Infrastructure Support
8 22 (7.91%) 2nd Line Support
8 22 (7.91%) Administrator
8 22 (7.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (7.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 21 (7.55%) 3rd Line Support
10 20 (7.19%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 20 (7.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 19 (6.83%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (6.47%) Storage Engineer
13 17 (6.12%) Infrastructure Specialist
13 17 (6.12%) VMware Engineer
13 17 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.40%) JSON
2 10 (3.60%) ARM Templates
2 10 (3.60%) YAML
3 4 (1.44%) .NET
3 4 (1.44%) HTML
3 4 (1.44%) Laravel
3 4 (1.44%) Node.js
3 4 (1.44%) REST
3 4 (1.44%) RESTful
3 4 (1.44%) Vue
3 4 (1.44%) XML
4 2 (0.72%) ADO
4 2 (0.72%) LAMP
4 2 (0.72%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.72%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.36%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 49 (17.63%) Data Centre
2 38 (13.67%) Replication
3 35 (12.59%) Public Cloud
4 26 (9.35%) PKI
5 18 (6.47%) Clustering
5 18 (6.47%) EMC VNX
6 14 (5.04%) Driving Licence
7 10 (3.60%) Private Cloud
7 10 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.88%) EFT
8 8 (2.88%) Operational Technology
9 6 (2.16%) iPad
9 6 (2.16%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.80%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.08%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.08%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.08%) NHS
11 3 (1.08%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.72%) CMDB
12 2 (0.72%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 208 (74.82%) Windows
2 166 (59.71%) Windows Server
3 96 (34.53%) Linux
4 52 (18.71%) Windows Server 2012
5 50 (17.99%) Windows 10
6 36 (12.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 34 (12.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (6.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (5.04%) CentOS
10 12 (4.32%) Windows XP
11 8 (2.88%) Mac OS
12 7 (2.52%) Ubuntu
13 6 (2.16%) Unix
14 4 (1.44%) Rocky
14 4 (1.44%) VMS
15 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (40.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 62 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (15.83%) ITIL
4 40 (14.39%) Mentoring
5 29 (10.43%) Customer Service
6 27 (9.71%) Migration
7 26 (9.35%) Project Management
8 25 (8.99%) Problem Management
9 24 (8.63%) DevOps
10 22 (7.91%) Agile
10 22 (7.91%) Infrastructure as Code
10 22 (7.91%) Server Management
11 19 (6.83%) Performance Monitoring
11 19 (6.83%) Storage Management
12 18 (6.47%) Change Management
12 18 (6.47%) High Availability
13 17 (6.12%) CI/CD
13 17 (6.12%) Incident Management
14 16 (5.76%) Preventative Maintenance
14 16 (5.76%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (22.30%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.76%) SQL
3 12 (4.32%) Python
4 11 (3.96%) ActionScript
5 10 (3.60%) VB
6 8 (2.88%) Java
7 6 (2.16%) C#
8 5 (1.80%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.44%) Bash
9 4 (1.44%) Lua
9 4 (1.44%) Perl
9 4 (1.44%) PHP
9 4 (1.44%) Ruby
9 4 (1.44%) Tcl
9 4 (1.44%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.72%) C++
11 1 (0.36%) C
11 1 (0.36%) Go
Qualifications
1 76 (27.34%) Security Cleared
2 48 (17.27%) SC Cleared
3 41 (14.75%) Degree
4 31 (11.15%) DV Cleared
5 27 (9.71%) CCNA
5 27 (9.71%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (6.47%) CCNP
6 18 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (4.68%) MCSE
8 11 (3.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (2.88%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.80%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.80%) HND
10 5 (1.80%) RHCE
10 5 (1.80%) RHCSA
11 4 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.44%) MCP
12 3 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.08%) MCSA
12 3 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.68%) SLA
2 6 (2.16%) GDPR
2 6 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.72%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.72%) NCSC
4 2 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 176 (63.31%) Active Directory
2 173 (62.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 80 (28.78%) Hyper-V
4 54 (19.42%) vSphere
5 18 (6.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 17 (6.12%) Docker
7 12 (4.32%) VMware NSX
8 11 (3.96%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (3.96%) XenApp
9 10 (3.60%) OpenSSH
10 8 (2.88%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (2.52%) VMware Server
11 7 (2.52%) XenDesktop
12 6 (2.16%) Firmware
13 2 (0.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.72%) pfSense
13 2 (0.72%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 110 (39.57%) vCenter Server
2 57 (20.50%) SCCM
3 44 (15.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (10.79%) EMC NetWorker
5 23 (8.27%) WSUS
6 18 (6.47%) Ansible
6 18 (6.47%) Nagios
7 15 (5.40%) SCOM
8 14 (5.04%) Terraform
9 13 (4.68%) Failover Clustering
10 12 (4.32%) Kubernetes
10 12 (4.32%) NetBackup
11 10 (3.60%) IBM BigFix
11 10 (3.60%) PowerCLI
11 10 (3.60%) ZABBIX
12 9 (3.24%) Puppet
13 6 (2.16%) Backup Exec
14 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 5 (1.80%) SCDPM
14 5 (1.80%) vRealize
Vendors
1 261 (93.88%) VMware
2 125 (44.96%) Microsoft
3 86 (30.94%) Veeam
4 65 (23.38%) Cisco
5 57 (20.50%) Citrix
6 30 (10.79%) EMC
7 27 (9.71%) SolarWinds
8 21 (7.55%) Dell
8 21 (7.55%) Extreme Networks
8 21 (7.55%) HP
9 17 (6.12%) Aruba
9 17 (6.12%) Juniper
10 16 (5.76%) Oracle
11 13 (4.68%) Meraki
11 13 (4.68%) NetApp
11 13 (4.68%) Red Hat
12 12 (4.32%) 3PAR
12 12 (4.32%) Palo Alto
12 12 (4.32%) Symantec
13 10 (3.60%) IBM