VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 616 701
Rank change year-on-year +163 +85 -222
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 517 395 603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.38% 0.38%
As % of the System Software category 4.25% 2.49% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 338 323 423
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,000 £31,600
25th Percentile £41,063 £37,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.19% +4.44% +7.14%

All System Software Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,175 15,870 28,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.36% 15.34% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,652 10,469 15,801
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,666
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.20% +1.21%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware ESXi in the UK

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi.

Salary trend for VMware ESXi in the UK

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VMware ESXi in the UK

VMware ESXi
Top 16 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 5 May 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
England +189 501 £52,500 +5.00% 86
UK excluding London 0 281 £48,500 +3.19% 63
London +234 232 £67,500 +17.39% 24
Work from Home +73 159 £54,000 +8.00% 72
North of England +44 68 £50,000 +6.38% 10
South West +14 63 £50,000 +21.21% 17
South East +2 62 £48,500 +14.12% 18
West Midlands +49 49 £36,500 -14.12% 7
Midlands +30 49 £36,500 -27.00% 8
Yorkshire +104 47 £47,500 +18.75% 6
East of England -13 27 £32,500 -35.00% 8
North West -12 17 £60,000 +26.32% 3
Scotland -60 7 £65,000 +3.22% 3
North East -4 4 £29,500 -28.05% 1
Wales - 4 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +25 2 £34,628 -27.10%

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:

Application Platforms
1 196 (37.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (9.86%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.09%) Confluence
4 9 (1.74%) IIS
5 8 (1.55%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.39%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.19%) CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 280 (54.16%) Microsoft 365
2 212 (41.01%) Azure
3 112 (21.66%) Entra ID
4 40 (7.74%) AWS
5 33 (6.38%) OneDrive
6 25 (4.84%) IaaS
7 18 (3.48%) PaaS
8 16 (3.09%) GCP
9 15 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.90%) Nutanix
10 14 (2.71%) SaaS
11 13 (2.51%) OCI
12 12 (2.32%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.74%) OpenShift
14 6 (1.16%) WhatsApp
15 4 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 4 (0.77%) Azure Storage
16 3 (0.58%) GitHub
16 3 (0.58%) Mimecast
17 2 (0.39%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 171 (33.08%) Firewall
2 150 (29.01%) WAN
3 120 (23.21%) Wireless
4 116 (22.44%) DNS
5 100 (19.34%) SD-WAN
6 98 (18.96%) Cisco IOS
7 96 (18.57%) WebEx
8 90 (17.41%) DHCP
9 72 (13.93%) SAN
9 72 (13.93%) VPN
10 62 (11.99%) LAN
11 39 (7.54%) NAS
11 39 (7.54%) TCP/IP
12 35 (6.77%) Remote Desktop
13 33 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
14 31 (6.00%) PBX
14 31 (6.00%) VSAN
15 29 (5.61%) VLAN
16 27 (5.22%) Internet
17 23 (4.45%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.35%) MySQL
2 34 (6.58%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.93%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.55%) DB2
8 2 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.39%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.19%) Big Data
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 45 (8.70%) JIRA
2 28 (5.42%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.09%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.97%) GitLab
General
1 242 (46.81%) Social Skills
2 46 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (6.77%) Finance
4 27 (5.22%) Telecoms
5 23 (4.45%) Law
6 19 (3.68%) Legal
7 18 (3.48%) Public Sector
8 16 (3.09%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.32%) Retail
10 11 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.16%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.97%) Games
15 4 (0.77%) Banking
16 3 (0.58%) Local Government
16 3 (0.58%) Military
16 3 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
17 2 (0.39%) Electronics
17 2 (0.39%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 131 (25.34%) IT Support
2 126 (24.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 96 (18.57%) IT Support Specialist
3 96 (18.57%) Support Specialist
4 94 (18.18%) Support Engineer
5 63 (12.19%) Senior
6 46 (8.90%) IT Engineer
7 36 (6.96%) Infrastructure Support
8 34 (6.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 33 (6.38%) Systems Engineer
10 31 (6.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 30 (5.80%) Administrator
12 28 (5.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 28 (5.42%) IT Support Engineer
13 26 (5.03%) Lead
14 25 (4.84%) Architect
15 23 (4.45%) 2nd Line Support
16 22 (4.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 22 (4.26%) Project Manager
16 22 (4.26%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.45%) YAML
2 18 (3.48%) JSON
3 17 (3.29%) ARM Templates
4 10 (1.93%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.55%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (0.97%) REST
7 4 (0.77%) .NET
7 4 (0.77%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.77%) HTML
7 4 (0.77%) Laravel
7 4 (0.77%) Node.js
7 4 (0.77%) RESTful
7 4 (0.77%) Vue
7 4 (0.77%) XML
8 2 (0.39%) ADO
8 2 (0.39%) LAMP
8 2 (0.39%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.39%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.19%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 97 (18.76%) Video Conferencing
2 96 (18.57%) Wiki
3 89 (17.21%) Data Centre
4 55 (10.64%) Public Cloud
5 54 (10.44%) Replication
6 51 (9.86%) Clustering
7 32 (6.19%) PKI
8 20 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (3.48%) EMC VNX
9 18 (3.48%) Private Cloud
10 15 (2.90%) Driving Licence
11 12 (2.32%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.55%) EFT
12 8 (1.55%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.55%) Operational Technology
13 6 (1.16%) AS400
13 6 (1.16%) iPad
14 5 (0.97%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.58%) Cloud Native
15 3 (0.58%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 408 (78.92%) Windows
2 227 (43.91%) Windows Server
3 155 (29.98%) Windows 10
4 137 (26.50%) Linux
5 97 (18.76%) Android
6 70 (13.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 43 (8.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 42 (8.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 26 (5.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 24 (4.64%) Mac OS
11 14 (2.71%) CentOS
12 12 (2.32%) Windows XP
13 7 (1.35%) Ubuntu
14 6 (1.16%) Unix
15 5 (0.97%) VMS
16 4 (0.77%) Rocky
17 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
18 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
18 1 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
18 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (26.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 128 (24.76%) Business Continuity
3 106 (20.50%) BCP
3 106 (20.50%) Business Continuity Planning
4 103 (19.92%) Computer Science
4 103 (19.92%) Mobile Device Management
5 101 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
6 96 (18.57%) Application Virtualisation
6 96 (18.57%) Contract Negotiation
7 63 (12.19%) Project Management
8 59 (11.41%) ITIL
9 58 (11.22%) Mentoring
10 56 (10.83%) Agile
11 48 (9.28%) Migration
12 47 (9.09%) CI/CD
13 45 (8.70%) High Availability
14 43 (8.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 43 (8.32%) DevOps
15 40 (7.74%) Disaster Recovery
16 39 (7.54%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 126 (24.37%) PowerShell
2 31 (6.00%) Bash
3 23 (4.45%) SQL
4 22 (4.26%) Python
5 14 (2.71%) Perl
6 11 (2.13%) ActionScript
7 10 (1.93%) RPG
7 10 (1.93%) VB
8 8 (1.55%) Java
9 6 (1.16%) C#
10 5 (0.97%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.77%) Lua
11 4 (0.77%) PHP
11 4 (0.77%) Ruby
11 4 (0.77%) Tcl
11 4 (0.77%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.39%) C++
13 1 (0.19%) C
13 1 (0.19%) Go
Qualifications
1 158 (30.56%) Degree
2 100 (19.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 99 (19.15%) Master's Degree
4 79 (15.28%) Security Cleared
5 50 (9.67%) SC Cleared
6 45 (8.70%) CCNA
6 45 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (6.00%) DV Cleared
8 26 (5.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 24 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (3.48%) CCNP
11 16 (3.09%) APMP
11 16 (3.09%) MCSE
12 8 (1.55%) A+ Certification
12 8 (1.55%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.97%) MCSA
13 5 (0.97%) RHCA
13 5 (0.97%) RHCE
13 5 (0.97%) RHCSA
13 5 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.71%) SLA
2 8 (1.55%) PMO
3 6 (1.16%) GDPR
3 6 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.39%) NCSC
5 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 367 (70.99%) Active Directory
2 260 (50.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 107 (20.70%) XenApp
4 104 (20.12%) XenDesktop
5 100 (19.34%) Hyper-V
6 96 (18.57%) Microsoft App-V
7 80 (15.47%) vSphere
8 28 (5.42%) Docker
9 26 (5.03%) Virtual Desktop
10 19 (3.68%) Firmware
11 16 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
11 16 (3.09%) VMware NSX
12 13 (2.51%) Virtual Servers
13 10 (1.93%) OpenSSH
14 7 (1.35%) VMware Server
15 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 2 (0.39%) KVM
16 2 (0.39%) pfSense
16 2 (0.39%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 171 (33.08%) vCenter Server
2 158 (30.56%) SCCM
3 96 (18.57%) AirWatch
4 75 (14.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 46 (8.90%) WSUS
6 30 (5.80%) EMC NetWorker
6 30 (5.80%) SCOM
7 29 (5.61%) Ansible
7 29 (5.61%) Nagios
7 29 (5.61%) Terraform
8 27 (5.22%) Single Sign-On
9 20 (3.87%) Microsoft Clustering
9 20 (3.87%) Puppet
10 16 (3.09%) vRealize
11 15 (2.90%) Failover Clustering
11 15 (2.90%) PowerCLI
12 13 (2.51%) Kubernetes
12 13 (2.51%) NetBackup
13 12 (2.32%) Grafana
14 11 (2.13%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 394 (76.21%) VMware
2 262 (50.68%) Microsoft
3 200 (38.68%) Cisco
4 178 (34.43%) Citrix
5 109 (21.08%) Veeam
6 34 (6.58%) SolarWinds
7 33 (6.38%) Dell
7 33 (6.38%) NetApp
8 31 (6.00%) HP
8 31 (6.00%) Palo Alto
9 30 (5.80%) EMC
10 29 (5.61%) Commvault
11 27 (5.22%) ServiceNow
12 25 (4.84%) IBM
13 24 (4.64%) Red Hat
14 23 (4.45%) Juniper
15 22 (4.26%) 3PAR
15 22 (4.26%) Oracle
16 21 (4.06%) Extreme Networks
17 20 (3.87%) Sun