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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 371 381
Rank change year-on-year +22 +10 +125
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 20 64 144
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.41% 0.52%
As % of the System Software category 1.51% 2.55% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9 47 129
10th Percentile £42,500 £51,732 £38,700
25th Percentile £48,100 £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.84% +19.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £87,500
90th Percentile - £93,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +10.00%

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 1,321 2,508 4,146
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.15% 16.00% 15.01%
Number of salaries quoted 933 1,573 3,578
10th Percentile £29,025 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £112,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 11 February 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 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Azure
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (20.00%) AWS
4 3 (15.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (15.00%) IBM Cloud
5 2 (10.00%) OpenShift
6 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 13 (65.00%) DNS
2 11 (55.00%) DHCP
3 10 (50.00%) SAN
4 5 (25.00%) Firewall
4 5 (25.00%) VPN
5 4 (20.00%) VLAN
6 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) GitLab
1 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Network Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Network Security Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Senior
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Server Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Wintel Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Server Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Wintel Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (15.00%) PKI
2 2 (10.00%) Clustering
2 2 (10.00%) Replication
3 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Windows Server
3 10 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 10 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (5.00%) CentOS
4 1 (5.00%) Linux
4 1 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (5.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (60.00%) DevOps
2 12 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (55.00%) Performance Tuning
4 10 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (50.00%) Security Operations
5 5 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (15.00%) Business Continuity
6 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
6 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (15.00%) Incident Response
6 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Security Management
6 3 (15.00%) SIEM
6 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 3 (15.00%) Zero Trust
7 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
8 1 (5.00%) Containerisation
8 1 (5.00%) Storage Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) Bash
3 1 (5.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (15.00%) AWS Certification
2 3 (15.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) GDPR
1 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (85.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (35.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (15.00%) vSphere
4 2 (10.00%) DFS Replication
5 1 (5.00%) Docker
5 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (5.00%) KVM
5 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (75.00%) vCenter Server
2 12 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (50.00%) SCCM
4 3 (15.00%) Nessus
4 3 (15.00%) Proxmox
5 2 (10.00%) Ansible
5 2 (10.00%) Terraform
6 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
6 1 (5.00%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (50.00%) 3PAR
3 10 (50.00%) NetApp
3 10 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 10 (50.00%) Veeam
4 3 (15.00%) IBM
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco
5 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto