VMware ESXi (formerly ESX Server)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 465 624 712
Rank change year-on-year +159 +88 -211
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 503 378 606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.38% 0.38%
As % of the System Software category 4.20% 2.46% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 328 311 421
10th Percentile £31,025 £30,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £36,356 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.78% - +5.88%

All System Software Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11,980 15,379 29,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.99% 15.51% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,464 10,075 15,564
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,860 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

VMware ESXi
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware ESXi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware ESXi in the UK

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware ESXi.

Salary trend for VMware ESXi in the UK

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware ESXi over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VMware ESXi in the UK

VMware ESXi
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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
England +183 488 £52,500 +7.14% 88
UK excluding London -5 284 £48,500 +7.78% 70
London +208 216 £67,500 +17.39% 23
Work from Home +88 155 £52,500 +5.00% 25
North of England +55 70 £50,000 +6.38% 16
South West +17 66 £50,000 +21.21% 17
South East -24 57 £48,500 +14.12% 20
West Midlands +45 50 £36,500 -5.81% 7
Midlands +9 50 £36,500 -23.16% 8
Yorkshire +103 48 £50,000 +33.33% 13
East of England -19 29 £32,500 -35.00% 5
North West -18 17 £60,000 +26.98% 2
Scotland -58 7 £65,000 +15.04% 4
North East - 5 £29,500 - 1
Wales - 4 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +20 2 £34,628 -27.10%

VMware ESXi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 186 (36.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (9.94%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.78%) Confluence
4 10 (1.99%) IIS
5 8 (1.59%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.40%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 269 (53.48%) Microsoft 365
2 209 (41.55%) Azure
3 114 (22.66%) Entra ID
4 40 (7.95%) AWS
5 33 (6.56%) OneDrive
6 23 (4.57%) IaaS
7 17 (3.38%) PaaS
8 15 (2.98%) GCP
8 15 (2.98%) Nutanix
9 13 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.58%) SaaS
10 12 (2.39%) OCI
11 11 (2.19%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.79%) OpenShift
13 6 (1.19%) WhatsApp
14 4 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 4 (0.80%) Azure Storage
15 3 (0.60%) GitHub
15 3 (0.60%) Mimecast
16 2 (0.40%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 170 (33.80%) Firewall
2 138 (27.44%) WAN
3 117 (23.26%) DNS
4 110 (21.87%) Wireless
5 91 (18.09%) DHCP
6 90 (17.89%) SD-WAN
7 89 (17.69%) Cisco IOS
8 86 (17.10%) WebEx
9 73 (14.51%) SAN
10 69 (13.72%) VPN
11 60 (11.93%) LAN
12 40 (7.95%) NAS
13 39 (7.75%) TCP/IP
14 34 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
15 33 (6.56%) Remote Desktop
15 33 (6.56%) VSAN
16 30 (5.96%) PBX
17 27 (5.37%) Internet
17 27 (5.37%) VLAN
18 21 (4.17%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 35 (6.96%) MySQL
3 14 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (1.79%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.59%) DB2
8 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.40%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.20%) Big Data
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 44 (8.75%) JIRA
2 25 (4.97%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.78%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.99%) GitLab
General
1 231 (45.92%) Social Skills
2 42 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (7.55%) Finance
4 27 (5.37%) Telecoms
5 25 (4.97%) Law
6 20 (3.98%) Legal
7 18 (3.58%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.38%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.39%) Retail
10 11 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.19%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.99%) Games
15 4 (0.80%) Banking
16 3 (0.60%) Local Government
16 3 (0.60%) Military
16 3 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
17 2 (0.40%) Electronics
17 2 (0.40%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 130 (25.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 122 (24.25%) IT Support
3 89 (17.69%) Support Engineer
4 86 (17.10%) IT Support Specialist
4 86 (17.10%) Support Specialist
5 61 (12.13%) Senior
6 49 (9.74%) IT Engineer
7 37 (7.36%) Infrastructure Support
8 34 (6.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 33 (6.56%) Administrator
9 33 (6.56%) Systems Engineer
10 32 (6.36%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 29 (5.77%) IT Support Engineer
12 28 (5.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 27 (5.37%) Lead
14 23 (4.57%) Architect
14 23 (4.57%) VMware Engineer
15 22 (4.37%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 21 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
16 21 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.98%) YAML
2 16 (3.18%) JSON
3 15 (2.98%) ARM Templates
4 9 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.59%) WebSphere MQ
6 4 (0.80%) .NET
6 4 (0.80%) 802.1X
6 4 (0.80%) HTML
6 4 (0.80%) Laravel
6 4 (0.80%) Node.js
6 4 (0.80%) REST
6 4 (0.80%) RESTful
6 4 (0.80%) Vue
6 4 (0.80%) XML
7 2 (0.40%) ADO
7 2 (0.40%) LAMP
7 2 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.40%) V-Ray
8 1 (0.20%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 91 (18.09%) Data Centre
2 87 (17.30%) Video Conferencing
3 86 (17.10%) Wiki
4 56 (11.13%) Replication
5 53 (10.54%) Public Cloud
6 52 (10.34%) Clustering
7 36 (7.16%) PKI
8 20 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (3.38%) EMC VNX
10 16 (3.18%) Private Cloud
11 15 (2.98%) Driving Licence
12 11 (2.19%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.59%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.59%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.39%) EFT
15 6 (1.19%) AS400
15 6 (1.19%) iPad
15 6 (1.19%) Virtual Team
16 3 (0.60%) Cloud Native
16 3 (0.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 394 (78.33%) Windows
2 225 (44.73%) Windows Server
3 148 (29.42%) Windows 10
4 131 (26.04%) Linux
5 87 (17.30%) Android
6 73 (14.51%) Windows Server 2012
7 49 (9.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 47 (9.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 28 (5.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 22 (4.37%) Mac OS
11 14 (2.78%) CentOS
12 12 (2.39%) Windows XP
13 7 (1.39%) Ubuntu
13 7 (1.39%) Unix
14 4 (0.80%) Rocky
14 4 (0.80%) VMS
14 4 (0.80%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.40%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
16 1 (0.20%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (28.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 117 (23.26%) Business Continuity
3 100 (19.88%) Problem-Solving
4 97 (19.28%) BCP
5 96 (19.09%) Business Continuity Planning
6 93 (18.49%) Computer Science
6 93 (18.49%) Mobile Device Management
7 86 (17.10%) Application Virtualisation
7 86 (17.10%) Contract Negotiation
8 61 (12.13%) ITIL
8 61 (12.13%) Project Management
9 58 (11.53%) Mentoring
10 53 (10.54%) Agile
11 46 (9.15%) Migration
12 44 (8.75%) High Availability
13 42 (8.35%) CI/CD
13 42 (8.35%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (8.15%) DevOps
15 38 (7.55%) Disaster Recovery
15 38 (7.55%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 125 (24.85%) PowerShell
2 28 (5.57%) Bash
3 23 (4.57%) SQL
4 21 (4.17%) Python
5 13 (2.58%) Perl
6 12 (2.39%) ActionScript
7 11 (2.19%) VB
8 10 (1.99%) RPG
9 8 (1.59%) Java
10 6 (1.19%) C#
11 5 (0.99%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.80%) Lua
12 4 (0.80%) PHP
12 4 (0.80%) Ruby
12 4 (0.80%) Tcl
12 4 (0.80%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.40%) C++
14 1 (0.20%) C
14 1 (0.20%) Go
14 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 149 (29.62%) Degree
2 90 (17.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 89 (17.69%) Master's Degree
4 76 (15.11%) Security Cleared
5 45 (8.95%) SC Cleared
6 43 (8.55%) CCNA
6 43 (8.55%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (6.16%) DV Cleared
8 26 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (5.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 18 (3.58%) CCNP
10 17 (3.38%) MCSE
11 16 (3.18%) APMP
12 9 (1.79%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.59%) A+ Certification
14 6 (1.19%) MCSA
15 5 (0.99%) HND
15 5 (0.99%) RHCA
15 5 (0.99%) RHCE
15 5 (0.99%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.98%) SLA
2 8 (1.59%) PMO
3 7 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.19%) GDPR
5 5 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.40%) NCSC
6 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 358 (71.17%) Active Directory
2 251 (49.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 99 (19.68%) Hyper-V
4 98 (19.48%) XenApp
5 94 (18.69%) XenDesktop
6 86 (17.10%) Microsoft App-V
7 82 (16.30%) vSphere
8 27 (5.37%) Docker
9 23 (4.57%) Virtual Desktop
10 20 (3.98%) Firmware
11 18 (3.58%) VMware NSX
12 15 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
13 13 (2.58%) Virtual Servers
14 11 (2.19%) OpenSSH
15 7 (1.39%) VMware Server
16 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 2 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 2 (0.40%) NFS
17 2 (0.40%) pfSense
17 2 (0.40%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 167 (33.20%) vCenter Server
2 150 (29.82%) SCCM
3 86 (17.10%) AirWatch
4 74 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 44 (8.75%) WSUS
6 33 (6.56%) SCOM
7 29 (5.77%) EMC NetWorker
8 28 (5.57%) Ansible
8 28 (5.57%) Single Sign-On
9 27 (5.37%) Nagios
10 26 (5.17%) Terraform
11 20 (3.98%) Microsoft Clustering
12 19 (3.78%) Puppet
13 16 (3.18%) PowerCLI
13 16 (3.18%) vRealize
14 15 (2.98%) Failover Clustering
15 13 (2.58%) Kubernetes
15 13 (2.58%) NetBackup
16 11 (2.19%) Grafana
16 11 (2.19%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 391 (77.73%) VMware
2 255 (50.70%) Microsoft
3 190 (37.77%) Cisco
4 167 (33.20%) Citrix
5 112 (22.27%) Veeam
6 36 (7.16%) Dell
7 33 (6.56%) NetApp
7 33 (6.56%) SolarWinds
8 31 (6.16%) HP
9 29 (5.77%) Commvault
9 29 (5.77%) EMC
9 29 (5.77%) Palo Alto
9 29 (5.77%) ServiceNow
10 26 (5.17%) IBM
11 24 (4.77%) Red Hat
12 23 (4.57%) Juniper
13 22 (4.37%) 3PAR
13 22 (4.37%) Oracle
14 21 (4.17%) Extreme Networks
15 20 (3.98%) Sun