Hybrid/Remote VMware ESXi Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring VMware ESXi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 382 369
Rank change year-on-year +24 -13 +167
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 18 87 118
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.44% 0.56%
As % of the System Software category 1.44% 3.07% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8 62 116
10th Percentile £41,800 £42,238 £38,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,303 £45,489
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,650 £57,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.74% +5.50% +9.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £68,125
90th Percentile - £85,750 £106,250
UK median annual salary £53,125 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.61% +15.00% -

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 1,253 2,833 3,521
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.22% 14.26% 16.74%
Number of salaries quoted 963 1,731 3,029
10th Percentile £28,942 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware ESXi and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

VMware ESXi job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware ESXi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware ESXi over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

VMware ESXi salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

VMware ESXi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) AWS
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 3 (16.67%) IBM Cloud
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 2 (11.11%) PowerApps
4 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) DHCP
1 12 (66.67%) DNS
1 12 (66.67%) SAN
2 5 (27.78%) Firewall
3 4 (22.22%) VLAN
3 4 (22.22%) VPN
4 2 (11.11%) NAS
5 1 (5.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) GitLab
1 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Network Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Network Security Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Security Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Manager
4 1 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.56%) ERP Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (16.67%) PKI
2 1 (5.56%) Clustering
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (94.44%) Windows
2 15 (83.33%) Windows Server
3 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (5.56%) CentOS
5 1 (5.56%) Linux
5 1 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (5.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (61.11%) DevOps
2 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (55.56%) Performance Tuning
3 10 (55.56%) Security Operations
4 3 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 3 (16.67%) Business Strategy
4 3 (16.67%) CRM
4 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 3 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Security Management
4 3 (16.67%) SIEM
4 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 3 (16.67%) Zero Trust
5 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) Bash
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (16.67%) AWS Certification
2 3 (16.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (16.67%) MCP
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) GDPR
1 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (16.67%) vSphere
4 1 (5.56%) Docker
4 1 (5.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (61.11%) vCenter Server
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (55.56%) SCCM
3 3 (16.67%) Nessus
3 3 (16.67%) Proxmox
4 1 (5.56%) Ansible
4 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 13 (72.22%) Veeam
4 10 (55.56%) 3PAR
4 10 (55.56%) NetApp
4 10 (55.56%) SolarWinds
5 4 (22.22%) Cisco
6 3 (16.67%) IBM
7 2 (11.11%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
8 1 (5.56%) Meraki
8 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
8 1 (5.56%) Salesforce