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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 421 418
Rank change year-on-year +30 -3 +153
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 33 83 113
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.35% 0.46%
As % of the System Software category 1.66% 2.97% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 25 57 108
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,875
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,238 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,500 £49,658
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -2.33% +0.32%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £61,563
90th Percentile £76,250 £63,750 £105,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £49,565
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.92% +0.13%

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 1,986 2,790 3,907
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.18% 11.90% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,098 1,746 3,367
10th Percentile £28,925 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £56,763 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% -5.40% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -

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 Hybrid Work Options

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

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

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 19 September 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 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.06%) IIS
3 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (51.52%) Azure
2 9 (27.27%) IaaS
3 7 (21.21%) AWS
3 7 (21.21%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (18.18%) Nutanix
5 4 (12.12%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (12.12%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (12.12%) GCP
5 4 (12.12%) PaaS
5 4 (12.12%) SaaS
6 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
6 2 (6.06%) PowerApps
7 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.03%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (45.45%) SAN
2 14 (42.42%) DHCP
2 14 (42.42%) DNS
3 9 (27.27%) Firewall
4 6 (18.18%) SD-WAN
4 6 (18.18%) WAN
4 6 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (12.12%) TCP/IP
6 2 (6.06%) NAS
7 1 (3.03%) VLAN
7 1 (3.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Power BI
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) MariaDB
2 1 (3.03%) MySQL
2 1 (3.03%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
3 2 (6.06%) Games
3 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) Windows Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Support
4 4 (12.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Platform Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) PowerShell Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Server Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Windows Server Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) IT Support
6 2 (6.06%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 2 (6.06%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) IT Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Clustering
1 6 (18.18%) PKI
1 6 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (12.12%) Replication
2 4 (12.12%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (93.94%) Windows
2 27 (81.82%) Windows Server
3 16 (48.48%) Windows Server 2019
4 14 (42.42%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (36.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (27.27%) Linux
7 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (9.09%) CentOS
9 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
10 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (3.03%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (36.36%) DevOps
4 8 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (24.24%) Performance Tuning
4 8 (24.24%) Security Operations
5 6 (18.18%) Virtual Environments
6 5 (15.15%) Customer Service
6 5 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (15.15%) Innovative Thinking
6 5 (15.15%) Presales
6 5 (15.15%) Project Management
6 5 (15.15%) SIEM
7 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
7 4 (12.12%) Cloud Security
7 4 (12.12%) High Availability
7 4 (12.12%) ITIL
7 4 (12.12%) Patch Management
7 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
7 4 (12.12%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (15.15%) Azure Certification
2 5 (15.15%) CCNA
2 5 (15.15%) CCNP
2 5 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (9.09%) MCP
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) MCSA
4 2 (6.06%) MCSE
4 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.03%) Degree
5 1 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) SLA
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (78.79%) Active Directory
2 17 (51.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (15.15%) Hyper-V
4 3 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (9.09%) vSphere
5 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (6.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (6.06%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (30.30%) vCenter Server
2 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (24.24%) SCCM
4 5 (15.15%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (12.12%) Ansible
5 4 (12.12%) ZENworks
6 1 (3.03%) Nessus
6 1 (3.03%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) VMware
2 27 (81.82%) Microsoft
3 17 (51.52%) Veeam
4 8 (24.24%) 3PAR
4 8 (24.24%) NetApp
4 8 (24.24%) SolarWinds
5 7 (21.21%) Meraki
6 4 (12.12%) EMC
6 4 (12.12%) Oracle
6 4 (12.12%) TOWER Software
7 3 (9.09%) Cisco
8 2 (6.06%) arcserve
8 2 (6.06%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (3.03%) IBM
9 1 (3.03%) Salesforce