VMware ESXi Jobs in the UK excluding London

VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for VMware ESXi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMware ESXi over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 508 501
Rank change year-on-year +9 -7 -143
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 286 263 411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.45% 0.56%
As % of the System Software category 3.24% 2.85% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 224 219 289
10th Percentile £29,450 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,938 £32,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% -5.56% +6.51%
75th Percentile £59,000 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,625 £63,750 £63,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% +5.56%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

VMware ESXi is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,837 9,232 12,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.94% 15.89% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,999 5,688 8,383
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VMware ESXi in the UK excluding London

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for VMware ESXi in the UK excluding London

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VMware ESXi in the UK excluding London

VMware ESXi
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +48 69 £50,000 +6.38% 10
South West +18 68 £50,000 +17.65% 15
South East -25 55 £50,000 +17.65% 15
West Midlands +42 49 £36,500 -5.81% 5
Midlands +12 49 £36,500 -23.16% 5
Yorkshire +96 48 £47,500 +26.67% 6
East of England -29 30 £32,500 -32.64% 6
North West -14 16 £60,000 +27.66% 4
Scotland -51 10 £62,500 +10.62% 2
North East -3 5 £29,500 -
Wales - 4 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +19 2 £34,628 -27.10%
VMware ESXi
UK

VMware ESXi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 44 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (9.09%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.40%) IIS
4 2 (0.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 137 (47.90%) Azure
2 127 (44.41%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (24.48%) Entra ID
4 30 (10.49%) OneDrive
5 24 (8.39%) AWS
6 12 (4.20%) OCI
7 11 (3.85%) IaaS
8 10 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (3.15%) OpenShift
9 9 (3.15%) PaaS
10 6 (2.10%) GCP
10 6 (2.10%) WhatsApp
11 5 (1.75%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.70%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.70%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.70%) OpenDNS
13 1 (0.35%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.35%) GitHub
13 1 (0.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 104 (36.36%) Firewall
2 72 (25.17%) DNS
3 59 (20.63%) SAN
4 58 (20.28%) DHCP
5 42 (14.69%) VPN
6 39 (13.64%) NAS
7 31 (10.84%) LAN
8 28 (9.79%) VSAN
9 27 (9.44%) TCP/IP
10 22 (7.69%) WAN
11 18 (6.29%) Internet
11 18 (6.29%) VoIP
12 17 (5.94%) iSCSI
12 17 (5.94%) WLAN
13 16 (5.59%) PBX
14 15 (5.24%) Wireless
15 14 (4.90%) Remote Desktop
15 14 (4.90%) Wi-Fi
16 13 (4.55%) Fibre Channel
17 10 (3.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.49%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.55%) MySQL
3 8 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.70%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.75%) GitLab
2 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 66 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 19 (6.64%) Finance
3 18 (6.29%) Telecoms
4 17 (5.94%) Aerospace
4 17 (5.94%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.59%) Law
6 12 (4.20%) Retail
7 8 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.10%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.10%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.75%) Games
10 3 (1.05%) Legal
10 3 (1.05%) Local Government
10 3 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.70%) Electronics
11 2 (0.70%) Military
12 1 (0.35%) Advertising
12 1 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 109 (38.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 58 (20.28%) Support Engineer
3 43 (15.03%) IT Engineer
4 38 (13.29%) Senior
5 34 (11.89%) IT Support
6 28 (9.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 27 (9.44%) IT Support Engineer
8 26 (9.09%) Administrator
8 26 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support
9 22 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (6.99%) 3rd Line Support
10 20 (6.99%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 20 (6.99%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 20 (6.99%) VMware Engineer
10 20 (6.99%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (6.64%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 19 (6.64%) Storage Engineer
12 18 (6.29%) VMWare Administrator
13 16 (5.59%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (5.59%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.55%) JSON
2 8 (2.80%) ARM Templates
2 8 (2.80%) YAML
3 4 (1.40%) .NET
3 4 (1.40%) HTML
3 4 (1.40%) Laravel
3 4 (1.40%) Node.js
3 4 (1.40%) REST
3 4 (1.40%) RESTful
3 4 (1.40%) Vue
3 4 (1.40%) XML
4 2 (0.70%) ADO
4 2 (0.70%) LAMP
4 2 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.70%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 53 (18.53%) Data Centre
2 43 (15.03%) Replication
3 34 (11.89%) PKI
4 32 (11.19%) Public Cloud
5 21 (7.34%) Clustering
6 19 (6.64%) EMC VNX
7 14 (4.90%) Driving Licence
8 10 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.80%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.80%) Private Cloud
10 7 (2.45%) EFT
10 7 (2.45%) Onboarding
11 6 (2.10%) iPad
11 6 (2.10%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.75%) Management Information System
13 3 (1.05%) Client/Server
14 2 (0.70%) Algorithms
14 2 (0.70%) CMDB
14 2 (0.70%) NHS
14 2 (0.70%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 216 (75.52%) Windows
2 171 (59.79%) Windows Server
3 92 (32.17%) Linux
4 59 (20.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 52 (18.18%) Windows 10
6 39 (13.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 37 (12.94%) Windows Server 2016
8 18 (6.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (5.24%) CentOS
10 12 (4.20%) Windows XP
11 8 (2.80%) Mac OS
11 8 (2.80%) Unix
12 7 (2.45%) Ubuntu
13 5 (1.75%) Rocky
14 4 (1.40%) VMS
14 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
15 1 (0.35%) Solaris
15 1 (0.35%) SUSE
15 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (40.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 67 (23.43%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (16.43%) Mentoring
4 46 (16.08%) ITIL
5 27 (9.44%) Customer Service
5 27 (9.44%) Migration
6 26 (9.09%) Project Management
7 25 (8.74%) Agile
8 21 (7.34%) Infrastructure as Code
8 21 (7.34%) Server Management
9 20 (6.99%) DevOps
9 20 (6.99%) High Availability
10 19 (6.64%) Performance Monitoring
10 19 (6.64%) Preventative Maintenance
10 19 (6.64%) Problem Management
10 19 (6.64%) Storage Management
11 16 (5.59%) Disaster Recovery
12 15 (5.24%) Proactive Monitoring
12 15 (5.24%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 14 (4.90%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 63 (22.03%) PowerShell
2 17 (5.94%) SQL
3 14 (4.90%) ActionScript
4 13 (4.55%) VB
5 12 (4.20%) Python
6 8 (2.80%) Java
7 6 (2.10%) C#
8 5 (1.75%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.40%) Bash
9 4 (1.40%) Lua
9 4 (1.40%) Perl
9 4 (1.40%) PHP
9 4 (1.40%) Ruby
9 4 (1.40%) Tcl
9 4 (1.40%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.70%) C++
11 1 (0.35%) C
11 1 (0.35%) Go
11 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 74 (25.87%) Security Cleared
2 47 (16.43%) Degree
3 41 (14.34%) SC Cleared
4 33 (11.54%) DV Cleared
5 27 (9.44%) CCNA
5 27 (9.44%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (6.29%) CCNP
8 14 (4.90%) MCSE
9 12 (4.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (2.80%) A+ Certification
11 7 (2.45%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.75%) HND
12 5 (1.75%) RHCE
12 5 (1.75%) RHCSA
13 4 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.40%) MCP
13 4 (1.40%) MCSA
14 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.59%) SLA
2 6 (2.10%) GDPR
2 6 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.70%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.70%) NCSC
4 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 181 (63.29%) Active Directory
2 171 (59.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 86 (30.07%) Hyper-V
4 57 (19.93%) vSphere
5 18 (6.29%) Docker
6 16 (5.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (5.24%) VMware NSX
8 14 (4.90%) XenApp
9 13 (4.55%) OpenSSH
10 11 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
11 9 (3.15%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (2.80%) XenDesktop
13 6 (2.10%) VMware Server
14 5 (1.75%) Firmware
15 2 (0.70%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.70%) pfSense
15 2 (0.70%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 110 (38.46%) vCenter Server
2 62 (21.68%) SCCM
3 46 (16.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 31 (10.84%) EMC NetWorker
5 23 (8.04%) WSUS
6 19 (6.64%) Ansible
6 19 (6.64%) Nagios
6 19 (6.64%) SCOM
7 14 (4.90%) Kubernetes
8 13 (4.55%) Failover Clustering
8 13 (4.55%) IBM BigFix
8 13 (4.55%) PowerCLI
9 12 (4.20%) NetBackup
9 12 (4.20%) Terraform
10 11 (3.85%) ZABBIX
11 9 (3.15%) Puppet
12 6 (2.10%) Backup Exec
13 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 5 (1.75%) SCDPM
13 5 (1.75%) vRealize
Vendors
1 267 (93.36%) VMware
2 128 (44.76%) Microsoft
3 95 (33.22%) Veeam
4 67 (23.43%) Cisco
5 57 (19.93%) Citrix
6 31 (10.84%) EMC
7 28 (9.79%) SolarWinds
8 23 (8.04%) Dell
9 22 (7.69%) HP
10 21 (7.34%) Extreme Networks
11 18 (6.29%) Aruba
11 18 (6.29%) Juniper
12 17 (5.94%) Oracle
13 14 (4.90%) IBM
13 14 (4.90%) Meraki
13 14 (4.90%) NetApp
13 14 (4.90%) Red Hat
14 13 (4.55%) Palo Alto
15 12 (4.20%) 3PAR
15 12 (4.20%) Symantec