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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 476 503
Rank change year-on-year -19 +27 -153
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 288 262 418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.47% 0.55%
As % of the System Software category 3.21% 2.98% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 221 214 293
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,625 £61,250 £63,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.38% +1.05% +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 8,969 8,805 12,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.43% 15.73% 16.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6,970 5,592 8,390
10th Percentile £25,613 £25,775 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,000
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 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 +31 69 £50,000 +6.38% 10
South West +19 67 £50,000 +21.21% 16
South East -46 54 £49,250 +15.88% 19
West Midlands +28 50 £36,500 -2.67% 8
Midlands 0 50 £36,500 -23.16% 8
Yorkshire +83 48 £47,500 +26.67% 7
East of England -27 32 £32,500 -31.58% 8
North West -18 16 £60,000 +27.66% 3
Scotland -54 11 £62,500 -1.19% 2
North East -13 5 £29,500 -
Wales - 4 £40,000 - 1
Northern Ireland +17 2 £34,628 -28.97%
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 43 (14.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (9.03%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.39%) IIS
4 2 (0.69%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 133 (46.18%) Azure
2 126 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (23.61%) Entra ID
4 29 (10.07%) OneDrive
5 25 (8.68%) AWS
6 12 (4.17%) OCI
7 9 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.13%) OpenShift
8 8 (2.78%) IaaS
9 7 (2.43%) GCP
9 7 (2.43%) PaaS
10 6 (2.08%) WhatsApp
11 5 (1.74%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.69%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.69%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.69%) OpenDNS
13 1 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.35%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 105 (36.46%) Firewall
2 72 (25.00%) DNS
3 61 (21.18%) SAN
4 58 (20.14%) DHCP
5 40 (13.89%) NAS
5 40 (13.89%) VPN
6 33 (11.46%) LAN
7 29 (10.07%) VSAN
8 28 (9.72%) TCP/IP
9 22 (7.64%) WAN
10 19 (6.60%) Internet
11 18 (6.25%) iSCSI
11 18 (6.25%) VoIP
12 17 (5.90%) WLAN
13 15 (5.21%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (5.21%) Wireless
14 14 (4.86%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (4.51%) Fibre Channel
15 13 (4.51%) PBX
16 9 (3.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.42%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.51%) MySQL
3 8 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.69%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.74%) GitLab
2 2 (0.69%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 65 (22.57%) Social Skills
2 21 (7.29%) Finance
3 18 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.90%) Aerospace
5 16 (5.56%) Law
5 16 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.17%) Retail
7 8 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.43%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.74%) Games
11 3 (1.04%) Legal
11 3 (1.04%) Local Government
11 3 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.69%) Electronics
12 2 (0.69%) Military
13 1 (0.35%) Advertising
13 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 110 (38.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 58 (20.14%) Support Engineer
3 41 (14.24%) IT Engineer
4 38 (13.19%) Senior
5 35 (12.15%) IT Support
6 29 (10.07%) Infrastructure Support
7 27 (9.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 27 (9.38%) Administrator
8 26 (9.03%) IT Support Engineer
9 22 (7.64%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 22 (7.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (7.29%) VMware Engineer
10 21 (7.29%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (6.94%) 3rd Line Support
11 20 (6.94%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 19 (6.60%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 19 (6.60%) Storage Engineer
13 18 (6.25%) VMWare Administrator
14 16 (5.56%) Systems Administrator
15 15 (5.21%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.17%) JSON
2 7 (2.43%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.43%) YAML
3 4 (1.39%) .NET
3 4 (1.39%) HTML
3 4 (1.39%) Laravel
3 4 (1.39%) Node.js
3 4 (1.39%) REST
3 4 (1.39%) RESTful
3 4 (1.39%) Vue
3 4 (1.39%) XML
4 2 (0.69%) ADO
4 2 (0.69%) LAMP
4 2 (0.69%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.69%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 54 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 41 (14.24%) Replication
3 34 (11.81%) PKI
4 30 (10.42%) Public Cloud
5 23 (7.99%) Clustering
6 19 (6.60%) EMC VNX
7 14 (4.86%) Driving Licence
8 13 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.78%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.43%) Onboarding
10 7 (2.43%) Private Cloud
11 6 (2.08%) EFT
11 6 (2.08%) iPad
12 5 (1.74%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.74%) Virtual Team
13 3 (1.04%) Client/Server
14 2 (0.69%) CMDB
14 2 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
14 2 (0.69%) NHS
14 2 (0.69%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 216 (75.00%) Windows
2 172 (59.72%) Windows Server
3 92 (31.94%) Linux
4 58 (20.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 51 (17.71%) Windows 10
6 40 (13.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 38 (13.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (6.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (4.86%) CentOS
10 12 (4.17%) Windows XP
11 9 (3.13%) Ubuntu
12 8 (2.78%) Mac OS
12 8 (2.78%) Unix
13 7 (2.43%) Rocky
14 4 (1.39%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (1.04%) VMS
16 2 (0.69%) Debian
16 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
17 1 (0.35%) Solaris
17 1 (0.35%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (40.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 67 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (15.97%) ITIL
3 46 (15.97%) Mentoring
4 30 (10.42%) Customer Service
5 27 (9.38%) Migration
6 26 (9.03%) Project Management
7 23 (7.99%) Agile
8 21 (7.29%) High Availability
9 20 (6.94%) Performance Monitoring
9 20 (6.94%) Server Management
10 19 (6.60%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (6.60%) Preventative Maintenance
10 19 (6.60%) Problem Management
10 19 (6.60%) Storage Management
11 18 (6.25%) DevOps
12 16 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (5.21%) Proactive Monitoring
13 15 (5.21%) Virtual Infrastructure
14 14 (4.86%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 65 (22.57%) PowerShell
2 19 (6.60%) SQL
3 15 (5.21%) ActionScript
4 14 (4.86%) VB
5 13 (4.51%) Python
6 8 (2.78%) Java
7 6 (2.08%) Bash
7 6 (2.08%) C#
8 5 (1.74%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.39%) Lua
9 4 (1.39%) Perl
9 4 (1.39%) PHP
9 4 (1.39%) Ruby
9 4 (1.39%) Tcl
9 4 (1.39%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.69%) C++
11 1 (0.35%) C
11 1 (0.35%) Go
11 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 78 (27.08%) Security Cleared
2 49 (17.01%) Degree
3 42 (14.58%) SC Cleared
4 33 (11.46%) DV Cleared
5 27 (9.38%) CCNA
5 27 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (7.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (6.25%) CCNP
8 14 (4.86%) MCSE
8 14 (4.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (2.78%) A+ Certification
10 7 (2.43%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.74%) HND
11 5 (1.74%) RHCE
11 5 (1.74%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.39%) MCP
12 4 (1.39%) MCSA
13 3 (1.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.90%) SLA
2 6 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.08%) GDPR
2 6 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.69%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.69%) NCSC
3 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 181 (62.85%) Active Directory
2 172 (59.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (28.82%) Hyper-V
4 59 (20.49%) vSphere
5 17 (5.90%) Docker
5 17 (5.90%) VMware NSX
6 16 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (5.21%) XenApp
8 14 (4.86%) OpenSSH
9 11 (3.82%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (3.13%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (2.78%) XenDesktop
12 6 (2.08%) VMware Server
13 5 (1.74%) Firmware
14 2 (0.69%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.69%) pfSense
14 2 (0.69%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 113 (39.24%) vCenter Server
2 59 (20.49%) SCCM
3 42 (14.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 31 (10.76%) EMC NetWorker
5 25 (8.68%) WSUS
6 22 (7.64%) Ansible
7 20 (6.94%) SCOM
8 19 (6.60%) Nagios
9 15 (5.21%) Kubernetes
10 14 (4.86%) IBM BigFix
10 14 (4.86%) PowerCLI
11 13 (4.51%) Failover Clustering
11 13 (4.51%) Terraform
12 12 (4.17%) NetBackup
13 11 (3.82%) Puppet
13 11 (3.82%) ZABBIX
14 6 (2.08%) Backup Exec
15 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 5 (1.74%) Rancher
15 5 (1.74%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 268 (93.06%) VMware
2 129 (44.79%) Microsoft
3 95 (32.99%) Veeam
4 65 (22.57%) Cisco
5 55 (19.10%) Citrix
6 32 (11.11%) EMC
7 27 (9.38%) SolarWinds
8 23 (7.99%) Dell
9 22 (7.64%) HP
10 21 (7.29%) Extreme Networks
11 18 (6.25%) Aruba
12 17 (5.90%) Juniper
12 17 (5.90%) Oracle
13 15 (5.21%) IBM
14 14 (4.86%) Meraki
15 13 (4.51%) NetApp
15 13 (4.51%) Palo Alto
15 13 (4.51%) Red Hat
16 12 (4.17%) 3PAR
16 12 (4.17%) Symantec