VMware NSX Jobs

VMware NSX
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring VMware NSX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VMware NSX over the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 555 761 867
Rank change year-on-year +206 +106 +188
Permanent jobs citing VMware NSX 127 97 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the System Software category 2.40% 0.80% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 113 83 137
10th Percentile £46,250 - £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £31,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £50,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -21.88% -8.57%
75th Percentile £87,500 £53,875 £77,715
90th Percentile - £55,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +66.67% -18.18% -

All System Software Skills
UK

VMware NSX 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 5,292 12,056 16,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.25% 13.35% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,957 9,814 11,211
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -1.79%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%

VMware NSX
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware NSX over the 6 months to 24 March 2025.

Salary histogram for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware NSX within the UK over the 6 months to 24 March 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 +215 119 £75,000 +47.06% 26
UK excluding London +179 94 £75,000 +66.67% 19
South East +141 56 £85,000 +40.92% 9
North of England +96 27 £47,500 -13.64% 4
North West +39 24 £47,500 -13.64% 2
Work from Home +137 13 £62,500 +15.74% 11
London +87 13 £90,000 -7.69% 7
East of England - 7 £58,750 - 3
Yorkshire +69 3 - - 1
Midlands +28 2 - - 1
West Midlands +17 2 - - 1
South West +89 1 £45,000 -16.67% 5
Scotland +72 1 £70,000 +47.37%

VMware NSX
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 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.57%) Confluence
3 1 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 47 (37.01%) IaaS
2 36 (28.35%) Azure
3 27 (21.26%) GCP
4 7 (5.51%) AWS
5 4 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.79%) PaaS
6 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (35.43%) VSAN
2 39 (30.71%) Firewall
2 39 (30.71%) WAN
3 36 (28.35%) LAN
4 26 (20.47%) SD-WAN
5 23 (18.11%) Cisco ISE
6 22 (17.32%) Ethernet
7 20 (15.75%) DNS
8 15 (11.81%) DHCP
9 12 (9.45%) SAN
10 8 (6.30%) BGP
10 8 (6.30%) OSPF
10 8 (6.30%) TCP/IP
11 7 (5.51%) VPN
12 6 (4.72%) MPLS
12 6 (4.72%) NAS
12 6 (4.72%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (3.15%) Network Security
14 3 (2.36%) Cisco ASA
14 3 (2.36%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.30%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.94%) MongoDB
2 5 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.72%) JIRA
2 5 (3.94%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (1.57%) Bitbucket
General
1 25 (19.69%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.60%) Military
3 7 (5.51%) Banking
4 6 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.72%) Finance
5 5 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (3.94%) Retail
6 3 (2.36%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.36%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (36.22%) VMware Specialist
2 29 (22.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (20.47%) Architect
4 23 (18.11%) Network Architect
4 23 (18.11%) Network Engineer
5 10 (7.87%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (7.09%) Senior
7 8 (6.30%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) Server Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.36%) Administrator
10 3 (2.36%) Designer
10 3 (2.36%) Lead
10 3 (2.36%) Network Designer
10 3 (2.36%) Senior Network Engineer
10 3 (2.36%) VMware Engineer
11 2 (1.57%) Lead Network Engineer
11 2 (1.57%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (17.32%) JSON
2 5 (3.94%) Middleware
3 3 (2.36%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 54 (42.52%) Data Centre
2 22 (17.32%) Public Cloud
3 6 (4.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.36%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (2.36%) PKI
5 2 (1.57%) Clustering
5 2 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.32%) Windows
2 16 (12.60%) Linux
3 11 (8.66%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.30%) Windows 10
5 4 (3.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.79%) Android
8 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.79%) CentOS
8 1 (0.79%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.79%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.79%) MVS
8 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (23.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (17.32%) Due Diligence
3 13 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (8.66%) Agile
4 11 (8.66%) Network Virtualisation
5 7 (5.51%) Architectural Design
5 7 (5.51%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (5.51%) Time Management
6 6 (4.72%) Computer Science
6 6 (4.72%) Customer Service
6 6 (4.72%) Migration
7 5 (3.94%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (3.94%) Defect Management
7 5 (3.94%) Fintech
7 5 (3.94%) High Availability
7 5 (3.94%) ITSM
7 5 (3.94%) Mentoring
7 5 (3.94%) Performance Optimisation
7 5 (3.94%) Service Design
7 5 (3.94%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (61.42%) Python
2 57 (44.88%) PowerShell
3 11 (8.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (83.46%) Security Cleared
2 62 (48.82%) DV Cleared
3 46 (36.22%) SC Cleared
4 27 (21.26%) CCNP
4 27 (21.26%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (15.75%) CCNA
6 14 (11.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (8.66%) Degree
8 10 (7.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (4.72%) Azure Certification
9 6 (4.72%) CCIE
9 6 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.15%) MCSA
11 3 (2.36%) VCAP
12 2 (1.57%) MCP
12 2 (1.57%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.15%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.79%) NCSC
2 1 (0.79%) NIST
2 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 78 (61.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 53 (41.73%) vSphere
3 14 (11.02%) Active Directory
4 13 (10.24%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (5.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (3.94%) Docker
7 4 (3.15%) Firmware
8 2 (1.57%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (1.57%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.79%) GPFS
9 1 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (26.77%) Ansible
2 33 (25.98%) vCenter Server
3 29 (22.83%) Terraform
4 23 (18.11%) FortiGate
5 21 (16.54%) vRealize
6 18 (14.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 10 (7.87%) VxRail
8 9 (7.09%) Progress Chef
9 6 (4.72%) Kubernetes
10 4 (3.15%) Avamar
10 4 (3.15%) Puppet
10 4 (3.15%) WSUS
11 3 (2.36%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (2.36%) PowerCLI
11 3 (2.36%) SCCM
12 2 (1.57%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (1.57%) Packer
12 2 (1.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 126 (99.21%) VMware
2 61 (48.03%) Cisco
3 35 (27.56%) Microsoft
4 27 (21.26%) CheckPoint
4 27 (21.26%) F5
4 27 (21.26%) Google
5 22 (17.32%) Blue Coat
6 14 (11.02%) Dell
7 9 (7.09%) EMC
8 6 (4.72%) Palo Alto
9 5 (3.94%) Citrix
9 5 (3.94%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.94%) Oracle
9 5 (3.94%) SolarWinds
9 5 (3.94%) Veeam
10 4 (3.15%) Aruba
10 4 (3.15%) ServiceNow
11 3 (2.36%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.57%) BMC
12 2 (1.57%) Remedy