VMware ESXi Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 428 525
Rank change year-on-year +62 +97 +112
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 51 159 153
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.47% 0.36%
As % of the System Software category 2.60% 3.65% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 50 130 126
10th Percentile £42,175 £35,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £71,875 £87,500 £64,688
90th Percentile £82,500 £99,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% +5.26%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,958 4,357 6,347
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.91% 12.88% 14.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,523 3,487 4,690
10th Percentile £30,550 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £87,200 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -1.51%

VMware ESXi
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware ESXi trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VMware ESXi.

VMware ESXi salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VMware ESXi over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

VMware ESXi salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VMware ESXi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (9.80%) Apache
2 5 (9.80%) nginx
3 2 (3.92%) IIS
4 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (50.98%) Azure
2 11 (21.57%) AWS
3 8 (15.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (13.73%) IaaS
4 7 (13.73%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (9.80%) Nutanix
5 5 (9.80%) SaaS
6 4 (7.84%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (7.84%) PaaS
7 3 (5.88%) GCP
8 1 (1.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.96%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (43.14%) Firewall
2 17 (33.33%) DNS
3 11 (21.57%) DHCP
4 8 (15.69%) WAN
5 7 (13.73%) SD-WAN
5 7 (13.73%) VSAN
5 7 (13.73%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (9.80%) SAN
6 5 (9.80%) TCP/IP
7 4 (7.84%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (7.84%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (7.84%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (7.84%) VPN
8 2 (3.92%) LAN
8 2 (3.92%) NAS
8 2 (3.92%) SNMP
8 2 (3.92%) VLAN
9 1 (1.96%) ADSL
9 1 (1.96%) Ethernet
9 1 (1.96%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.80%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.84%) MariaDB
2 4 (7.84%) MySQL
2 4 (7.84%) RDBMS
2 4 (7.84%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Git
2 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 13 (25.49%) Finance
2 11 (21.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.80%) Retail
4 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.92%) Banking
6 2 (3.92%) Games
6 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (35.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (23.53%) Senior
3 10 (19.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (17.65%) Security Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Automation Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Lead
6 5 (9.80%) Windows Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Administrator
7 4 (7.84%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Linux Administrator
7 4 (7.84%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 4 (7.84%) Network Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (7.84%) VMWare Administrator
8 3 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) IT Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) IT Support
8 3 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) GraphQL
1 5 (9.80%) Middleware
1 5 (9.80%) REST
1 5 (9.80%) Web Services
2 2 (3.92%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 6 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (9.80%) Clustering
4 4 (7.84%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.84%) Security Posture
5 3 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.88%) Replication
6 2 (3.92%) PKI
6 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (82.35%) Windows
2 35 (68.63%) Linux
3 30 (58.82%) Windows Server
4 13 (25.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (23.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (15.69%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (11.76%) CentOS
7 6 (11.76%) Ubuntu
8 3 (5.88%) Windows 10
8 3 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (3.92%) Debian
9 2 (3.92%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (41.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (25.49%) ITIL
3 12 (23.53%) High Availability
3 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (19.61%) Load Balancing
5 9 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (17.65%) Patch Management
5 9 (17.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 8 (15.69%) SIEM
7 7 (13.73%) Customer Service
7 7 (13.73%) Infrastructure Management
7 7 (13.73%) Security Patching
8 6 (11.76%) Cloud Security
8 6 (11.76%) Presales
8 6 (11.76%) Project Delivery
8 6 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (11.76%) Virtual Environments
9 5 (9.80%) Hardware Maintenance
9 5 (9.80%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.49%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.80%) Bash
2 5 (9.80%) Python
3 2 (3.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (11.76%) CCNP
1 6 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (7.84%) CCSE
2 4 (7.84%) CCSM
2 4 (7.84%) CISSP
2 4 (7.84%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 3 (5.88%) DV Cleared
3 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) CCNA
4 2 (3.92%) MCP
4 2 (3.92%) MCSA
4 2 (3.92%) MCSE
4 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) SLA
2 1 (1.96%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 33 (64.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (35.29%) Active Directory
3 9 (17.65%) vSphere
4 6 (11.76%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (9.80%) VMware NSX
6 4 (7.84%) Firmware
7 3 (5.88%) Squid
7 3 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (3.92%) Hyper-V
8 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.96%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (1.96%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (21.57%) vCenter Server
2 9 (17.65%) Ansible
3 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (7.84%) ZENworks
5 3 (5.88%) HAProxy
5 3 (5.88%) SCCM
5 3 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (3.92%) Terraform
7 1 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.96%) Avamar
7 1 (1.96%) Progress Chef
7 1 (1.96%) Puppet
7 1 (1.96%) VxRail
Vendors
1 48 (94.12%) VMware
2 23 (45.10%) Microsoft
3 11 (21.57%) Cisco
4 6 (11.76%) Dell
4 6 (11.76%) Meraki
4 6 (11.76%) Veeam
5 5 (9.80%) CheckPoint
5 5 (9.80%) HP
5 5 (9.80%) ServiceNow
6 4 (7.84%) EMC
6 4 (7.84%) Fortinet
6 4 (7.84%) Palo Alto
7 3 (5.88%) IBM
7 3 (5.88%) Oracle
7 3 (5.88%) TOWER Software
8 2 (3.92%) arcserve
8 2 (3.92%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.96%) Aruba
9 1 (1.96%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (1.96%) Forcepoint