VMware ESXi Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 412 467
Rank change year-on-year -114 +55 +24
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 55 80 272
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.30% 0.41%
As % of the System Software category 1.80% 2.27% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 46 63 225
10th Percentile £27,000 £34,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +1.06%
75th Percentile £56,687 £61,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £81,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +5.00%

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 3,058 3,522 8,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.83% 13.24% 13.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,240 2,494 7,265
10th Percentile £27,375 £26,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,092 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +6.87% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,024 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% +10.00% -9.09%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware ESXi relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VMware ESXi

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 20 April 2026.

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 20 April 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
South East -57 17 £33,500 -39.09% 14
East of England -32 8 £55,000 -27.87% 4
South West -56 8 £40,000 -33.33% 8
North of England -59 7 £50,000 -4.76% 6
Wales -30 6 £65,000 +34.57% 1
Isle of Man - 6 £45,000 -
Yorkshire -59 5 £50,000 -21.57% 2
North West -28 2 £50,000 +42.86% 4
Midlands -37 2 £45,000 +38.46% 4
East Midlands - 2 £45,000 - 1
Scotland - 1 £37,500 -
VMware ESXi
UK

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 18 (32.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (16.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.27%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 27 (49.09%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (43.64%) Azure
3 12 (21.82%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.91%) SaaS
5 5 (9.09%) AWS
6 2 (3.64%) IaaS
7 1 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.82%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.82%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.82%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (45.45%) DNS
2 17 (30.91%) DHCP
3 13 (23.64%) WAN
4 11 (20.00%) SAN
4 11 (20.00%) VPN
4 11 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (18.18%) Firewall
6 9 (16.36%) LAN
7 8 (14.55%) BGP
7 8 (14.55%) MPLS
8 5 (9.09%) NAS
8 5 (9.09%) VLAN
9 4 (7.27%) Asterisk PBX
9 4 (7.27%) SD-WAN
9 4 (7.27%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (7.27%) VoIP
9 4 (7.27%) VPLS
10 3 (5.45%) SSL
10 3 (5.45%) TCP/IP
10 3 (5.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (10.91%) GitLab
2 2 (3.64%) JIRA
General
1 11 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.36%) Finance
3 4 (7.27%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Retail
6 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (29.09%) IT Support
3 14 (25.45%) IT Engineer
4 10 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
4 10 (18.18%) Support Engineer
5 7 (12.73%) Wintel Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) IT Support Technician
6 6 (10.91%) IT Technician
6 6 (10.91%) Senior
6 6 (10.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Support Technician
6 6 (10.91%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Network Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) Server Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) VMware Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.36%) Replication
2 8 (14.55%) PKI
3 6 (10.91%) Data Centre
4 5 (9.09%) Algorithms
4 5 (9.09%) Clustering
5 3 (5.45%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.82%) CCTV
6 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 51 (92.73%) Windows
2 35 (63.64%) Windows Server
3 28 (50.91%) Linux
4 12 (21.82%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (21.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (10.91%) Apple iOS
5 6 (10.91%) Mac OS
5 6 (10.91%) Ubuntu
5 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (7.27%) Unix
7 1 (1.82%) CentOS
7 1 (1.82%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (30.91%) ITIL
3 12 (21.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (16.36%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (16.36%) SIEM
6 8 (14.55%) Change Management
7 6 (10.91%) Data Loss Prevention
7 6 (10.91%) Information Security
7 6 (10.91%) Mobile Device Management
7 6 (10.91%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (10.91%) Process Improvement
7 6 (10.91%) Service Delivery
8 5 (9.09%) Cloud Security
8 5 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
8 5 (9.09%) Project Delivery
8 5 (9.09%) Software License Management
8 5 (9.09%) Threat Detection
9 4 (7.27%) Observability
9 4 (7.27%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.09%) SQL
3 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (30.91%) Security Cleared
2 15 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 8 (14.55%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (12.73%) CCNA
5 6 (10.91%) SC Cleared
6 4 (7.27%) CCNP
6 4 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (7.27%) Degree
7 2 (3.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.82%) CCSE
8 1 (1.82%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.91%) GDPR
2 5 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.45%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (3.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.82%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (78.18%) Active Directory
2 36 (65.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (40.00%) vSphere
4 10 (18.18%) VMware NSX
5 9 (16.36%) Hyper-V
6 6 (10.91%) DFS Replication
7 3 (5.45%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (3.64%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (1.82%) KVM
Systems Management
1 30 (54.55%) vCenter Server
2 20 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (18.18%) SCCM
4 9 (16.36%) Ansible
5 6 (10.91%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (10.91%) SCOM
6 5 (9.09%) FortiGate
6 5 (9.09%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 4 (7.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (7.27%) WSUS
8 2 (3.64%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (3.64%) VxRail
9 1 (1.82%) PowerCLI
9 1 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (100.00%) VMware
2 32 (58.18%) Microsoft
3 13 (23.64%) Dell
4 9 (16.36%) Veeam
5 8 (14.55%) Splunk
6 7 (12.73%) NetApp
7 6 (10.91%) Apple
7 6 (10.91%) HP
7 6 (10.91%) IBM
7 6 (10.91%) McAfee
8 5 (9.09%) SolarWinds
9 4 (7.27%) 3PAR
9 4 (7.27%) Facebook
9 4 (7.27%) Fortinet
9 4 (7.27%) Instagram
10 3 (5.45%) Cisco
10 3 (5.45%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (5.45%) Red Hat
11 2 (3.64%) Citrix
11 2 (3.64%) NVIDIA