VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 572 | 533 | 545 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -39 | +12 | +220 |
| Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi | 162 | 410 | 393 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.27% | 0.39% | 0.45% |
| As % of the System Software category | 2.44% | 3.57% | 2.86% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 124 | 287 | 330 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,028 | £31,250 | £30,950 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,750 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £48,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | +9.38% | +1.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,125 | £63,750 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,125 | £81,250 | £71,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £48,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.09% | +7.78% | - |
All System Software Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 6,640 | 11,500 | 13,750 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 11.03% | 11.01% | 15.82% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,903 | 8,792 | 9,589 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,750 | £26,250 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £32,500 | £37,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £49,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -10.91% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £67,000 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £94,756 | £85,000 | £92,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £46,500 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VMware ESXi
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi.
VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.
VMware ESXi
Top 15 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 10 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -66 | 153 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 80 |
| UK excluding London | +10 | 116 | £50,000 | +3.09% | 69 |
| South East | +79 | 56 | £47,500 | -2.06% | 23 |
| London | +11 | 42 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 17 |
| Work from Home | +9 | 42 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 28 |
| North of England | -19 | 22 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 12 |
| South West | +56 | 19 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 16 |
| North West | +15 | 17 | £41,250 | -25.00% | 8 |
| Midlands | +52 | 13 | £56,250 | +54.11% | 9 |
| East Midlands | +57 | 11 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | -1 | 5 | £75,000 | +66.67% | 4 |
| Wales | +34 | 4 | £47,500 | +18.75% | |
| West Midlands | +19 | 2 | £50,000 | +36.99% | 6 |
| Scotland | +89 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| East of England | 0 | 1 | £62,500 | +66.67% | 5 |
VMware ESXi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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