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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 493 502 492
Rank change year-on-year +9 -10 -136
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 285 258 409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.44% 0.56%
As % of the System Software category 3.24% 2.77% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 227 217 287
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,998 £32,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £59,000 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,625 £61,250 £63,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% +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 8,793 9,314 12,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.27% 15.75% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,022 5,785 8,388
10th Percentile £25,625 £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 £73,700 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 20 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 20 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 +38 70 £50,000 +6.38% 16
South West +23 68 £50,000 +21.21% 16
South East -16 56 £48,500 +14.12% 21
West Midlands +45 49 £36,500 -5.81% 9
Midlands +10 49 £36,500 -23.16% 10
Yorkshire +101 48 £50,000 +33.33% 13
East of England -17 30 £32,500 -35.00% 5
North West -24 17 £60,000 +26.98% 2
Scotland -60 7 £65,000 +15.04% 4
North East - 5 £29,500 - 1
Wales - 4 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +30 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 45 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (9.47%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.75%) IIS
4 2 (0.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 140 (49.12%) Azure
2 129 (45.26%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (23.86%) Entra ID
4 30 (10.53%) OneDrive
5 25 (8.77%) AWS
6 14 (4.91%) IaaS
7 12 (4.21%) OCI
7 12 (4.21%) PaaS
8 11 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.81%) OpenShift
10 6 (2.11%) GCP
10 6 (2.11%) WhatsApp
11 5 (1.75%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.05%) SaaS
13 2 (0.70%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.70%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.70%) OpenDNS
14 1 (0.35%) Azure Stack
14 1 (0.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 103 (36.14%) Firewall
2 70 (24.56%) DNS
3 57 (20.00%) DHCP
4 56 (19.65%) SAN
5 43 (15.09%) VPN
6 38 (13.33%) NAS
7 32 (11.23%) LAN
8 27 (9.47%) VSAN
9 25 (8.77%) TCP/IP
10 24 (8.42%) WAN
11 17 (5.96%) VoIP
12 16 (5.61%) Internet
12 16 (5.61%) iSCSI
12 16 (5.61%) PBX
12 16 (5.61%) WLAN
13 14 (4.91%) Remote Desktop
13 14 (4.91%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (4.91%) Wireless
14 12 (4.21%) Fibre Channel
15 10 (3.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.21%) MySQL
3 8 (2.81%) 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 (23.16%) Social Skills
2 18 (6.32%) Telecoms
3 17 (5.96%) Aerospace
3 17 (5.96%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.61%) Law
5 15 (5.26%) Finance
6 12 (4.21%) Retail
7 9 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.11%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.11%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.75%) Games
11 3 (1.05%) Legal
11 3 (1.05%) Local Government
11 3 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.70%) Electronics
12 2 (0.70%) Military
13 1 (0.35%) Advertising
13 1 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 108 (37.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 61 (21.40%) Support Engineer
3 45 (15.79%) IT Engineer
4 38 (13.33%) Senior
5 36 (12.63%) IT Support
6 29 (10.18%) IT Support Engineer
7 27 (9.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 26 (9.12%) Administrator
9 24 (8.42%) Infrastructure Support
10 22 (7.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (7.02%) 3rd Line Support
11 20 (7.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 19 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 19 (6.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 19 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (6.32%) 2nd Line Support
13 18 (6.32%) Storage Engineer
13 18 (6.32%) VMWare Administrator
13 18 (6.32%) VMware Engineer
13 18 (6.32%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.91%) JSON
2 9 (3.16%) ARM Templates
2 9 (3.16%) 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 52 (18.25%) Data Centre
2 42 (14.74%) Replication
3 35 (12.28%) Public Cloud
4 31 (10.88%) PKI
5 19 (6.67%) Clustering
6 17 (5.96%) EMC VNX
7 14 (4.91%) Driving Licence
8 10 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (3.16%) Private Cloud
10 8 (2.81%) Operational Technology
11 7 (2.46%) EFT
11 7 (2.46%) Onboarding
12 6 (2.11%) iPad
12 6 (2.11%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.40%) Management Information System
14 3 (1.05%) Client/Server
14 3 (1.05%) Cloud Native
14 3 (1.05%) NHS
14 3 (1.05%) Security Posture
15 2 (0.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 212 (74.39%) Windows
2 167 (58.60%) Windows Server
3 94 (32.98%) Linux
4 59 (20.70%) Windows Server 2012
5 53 (18.60%) Windows 10
6 38 (13.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 37 (12.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 18 (6.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (4.91%) CentOS
10 12 (4.21%) Windows XP
11 8 (2.81%) Mac OS
11 8 (2.81%) Unix
12 7 (2.46%) Ubuntu
13 4 (1.40%) Rocky
13 4 (1.40%) VMS
13 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.35%) Solaris
14 1 (0.35%) SUSE
14 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 66 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (16.14%) ITIL
4 44 (15.44%) Mentoring
5 29 (10.18%) Customer Service
6 28 (9.82%) Migration
7 26 (9.12%) Agile
7 26 (9.12%) Project Management
8 24 (8.42%) Infrastructure as Code
9 23 (8.07%) DevOps
10 21 (7.37%) Server Management
11 20 (7.02%) Problem Management
12 19 (6.67%) High Availability
12 19 (6.67%) Performance Monitoring
12 19 (6.67%) Storage Management
13 18 (6.32%) Preventative Maintenance
14 16 (5.61%) CI/CD
15 15 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
15 15 (5.26%) Service Management
15 15 (5.26%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 63 (22.11%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.61%) SQL
3 12 (4.21%) ActionScript
3 12 (4.21%) Python
4 11 (3.86%) VB
5 8 (2.81%) Java
6 6 (2.11%) C#
7 5 (1.75%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.40%) Bash
8 4 (1.40%) Lua
8 4 (1.40%) Perl
8 4 (1.40%) PHP
8 4 (1.40%) Ruby
8 4 (1.40%) Tcl
8 4 (1.40%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.70%) C++
10 1 (0.35%) C
10 1 (0.35%) Go
10 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 75 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 44 (15.44%) Degree
2 44 (15.44%) SC Cleared
3 33 (11.58%) DV Cleared
4 28 (9.82%) CCNA
4 28 (9.82%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (7.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (6.32%) CCNP
7 14 (4.91%) MCSE
8 12 (4.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (2.81%) A+ Certification
10 7 (2.46%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.75%) HND
11 5 (1.75%) RHCE
11 5 (1.75%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.40%) MCP
13 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.05%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.91%) SLA
2 6 (2.11%) GDPR
2 6 (2.11%) 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 (63.51%) Active Directory
2 175 (61.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (29.82%) Hyper-V
4 56 (19.65%) vSphere
5 17 (5.96%) Docker
5 17 (5.96%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (5.26%) VMware NSX
7 12 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (4.21%) XenApp
8 11 (3.86%) OpenSSH
9 8 (2.81%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (2.81%) XenDesktop
10 6 (2.11%) Firmware
10 6 (2.11%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.70%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.70%) pfSense
11 2 (0.70%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 106 (37.19%) vCenter Server
2 62 (21.75%) SCCM
3 47 (16.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (10.18%) EMC NetWorker
5 23 (8.07%) WSUS
6 19 (6.67%) Ansible
6 19 (6.67%) SCOM
7 17 (5.96%) Nagios
8 13 (4.56%) Failover Clustering
8 13 (4.56%) Kubernetes
8 13 (4.56%) Terraform
9 12 (4.21%) NetBackup
10 11 (3.86%) IBM BigFix
10 11 (3.86%) PowerCLI
11 10 (3.51%) ZABBIX
12 9 (3.16%) Puppet
13 6 (2.11%) Backup Exec
14 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 5 (1.75%) Rancher
14 5 (1.75%) vRealize
Vendors
1 268 (94.04%) VMware
2 128 (44.91%) Microsoft
3 90 (31.58%) Veeam
4 68 (23.86%) Cisco
5 57 (20.00%) Citrix
6 29 (10.18%) EMC
7 26 (9.12%) SolarWinds
8 23 (8.07%) Dell
9 22 (7.72%) HP
10 21 (7.37%) Extreme Networks
11 18 (6.32%) Juniper
12 17 (5.96%) Aruba
13 16 (5.61%) Oracle
14 14 (4.91%) Red Hat
15 13 (4.56%) Meraki
15 13 (4.56%) NetApp
15 13 (4.56%) Palo Alto
16 12 (4.21%) 3PAR
16 12 (4.21%) IBM
16 12 (4.21%) Symantec