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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 378 397
Rank change year-on-year -52 +19 +40
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 32 40 105
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.24% 0.43%
As % of the System Software category 1.69% 1.91% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 29 35 80
10th Percentile £43,500 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,875 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -5.94% +1.89%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £57,000
90th Percentile - £73,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% +7.84% +4.08%

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 1,890 2,094 2,846
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.28% 12.61% 11.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,412 1,229 2,038
10th Percentile £31,277 £29,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,600 £87,150
UK median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -10.71%

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 17 August 2026.

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 12 (37.50%) nginx
2 11 (34.38%) Apache
3 9 (28.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (18.75%) SharePoint
5 3 (9.38%) IIS
6 1 (3.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (3.13%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (46.88%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (9.38%) AWS
3 3 (9.38%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (3.13%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.13%) Rubrik
5 1 (3.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (68.75%) DNS
2 14 (43.75%) Firewall
3 9 (28.13%) DHCP
3 9 (28.13%) VLAN
3 9 (28.13%) VPN
4 6 (18.75%) WAN
5 4 (12.50%) BGP
5 4 (12.50%) MPLS
6 3 (9.38%) TCP/IP
7 2 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (6.25%) LAN
7 2 (6.25%) Network Security
7 2 (6.25%) OSPF
7 2 (6.25%) Wireshark
8 1 (3.13%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (3.13%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (3.13%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (3.13%) HTTP
8 1 (3.13%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (3.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Git
1 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (56.25%) Finance
2 12 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 12 (37.50%) Retail
3 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
6 2 (6.25%) Military
7 1 (3.13%) Police
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) NOC Manager
1 11 (34.38%) Operations Manager
2 8 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) Senior
3 7 (21.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) IT Manager
7 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Field Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Field Service Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Network Systems Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Automation Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.75%) Web Services
2 1 (3.13%) Java SE
2 1 (3.13%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Driving Licence
2 5 (15.63%) PKI
3 4 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 4 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (9.38%) Replication
5 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (3.13%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (84.38%) Windows
2 23 (71.88%) Windows Server
3 17 (53.13%) Linux
4 8 (25.00%) Windows 10
5 4 (12.50%) Unix
6 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
7 1 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (3.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (40.63%) Systems Engineering
3 12 (37.50%) High Availability
4 11 (34.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (31.25%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (21.88%) Load Balancing
8 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
9 5 (15.63%) ITIL
9 5 (15.63%) SIEM
10 4 (12.50%) Change Advisory Board
10 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
10 4 (12.50%) Task Automation
10 4 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
11 3 (9.38%) Cost Optimisation
11 3 (9.38%) Data Loss Prevention
11 3 (9.38%) Roadmaps
11 3 (9.38%) Technology Roadmap
12 2 (6.25%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 9 (28.13%) PowerShell
2 4 (12.50%) SQL
3 3 (9.38%) T-SQL
4 2 (6.25%) Python
5 1 (3.13%) Bash
5 1 (3.13%) Bicep
5 1 (3.13%) Java
5 1 (3.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (46.88%) SC Cleared
1 15 (46.88%) Security Cleared
2 11 (34.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (34.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 8 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 7 (21.88%) Azure Certification
5 6 (18.75%) Degree
6 4 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (9.38%) CCNA
8 2 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (6.25%) HNC
8 2 (6.25%) HND
9 1 (3.13%) CCNP
9 1 (3.13%) CCSE
9 1 (3.13%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (78.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (53.13%) Active Directory
3 8 (25.00%) vSphere
4 6 (18.75%) Squid
5 4 (12.50%) Hyper-V
5 4 (12.50%) VMware NSX
6 3 (9.38%) DFS Replication
7 2 (6.25%) Firmware
8 1 (3.13%) Docker
8 1 (3.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (28.13%) vCenter Server
3 5 (15.63%) Ansible
3 5 (15.63%) HAProxy
4 2 (6.25%) Terraform
5 1 (3.13%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (3.13%) SCCM
5 1 (3.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 32 (100.00%) VMware
2 24 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 19 (59.38%) Veeam
4 7 (21.88%) Cisco
5 4 (12.50%) Splunk
6 2 (6.25%) SolarWinds
7 1 (3.13%) Apple
7 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.13%) Citrix
7 1 (3.13%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.13%) Oracle
7 1 (3.13%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.13%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.13%) Zerto