VMware Architect Contract Job Trends in England

VMware Architect
UK > England

The median VMware Architect daily rate in England is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 498 580
Rank change year-on-year +26 +82 +156
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Architect 36 31 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.094% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.10% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 22 21
10th Percentile £550 - £550
25th Percentile £575 £505 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% +5.26%
75th Percentile - £639 £675
90th Percentile - £673 £719
UK median daily rate £650 £563 £619
% change year-on-year +15.56% -9.09% +2.27%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,398 30,670 40,684
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 93.04% 94.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,400 19,713 28,591
10th Percentile £281 £301 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,364 1,634 1,321
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.16 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.33 £20.74 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.60% +68.69%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

VMware Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured VMware Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Architect in England

VMware Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Architect job vacancies in England

VMware Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Architect in England over the 6 months to 30 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Architect in England

VMware Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Architect job vacancies in England

VMware Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 30 August 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +35 26 £650 +2.77% 2
Midlands -12 4 £550 -14.06%
East Midlands - 4 £550 -
London +11 3 £550 +7.84%
South West +27 2 - -
East of England +3 1 - -
VMware Architect
UK

VMware Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 August 2025, VMware Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring VMware Architect in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) VMware
2 32 (88.89%) Security Cleared
3 31 (86.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (69.44%) DV Cleared
5 23 (63.89%) vSphere
6 22 (61.11%) Microsoft
7 18 (50.00%) NetApp
8 17 (47.22%) Windows
8 17 (47.22%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (47.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (47.22%) Windows Server
9 16 (44.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (44.44%) Veeam
9 16 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 16 (44.44%) iSCSI
9 16 (44.44%) Fibre Channel
9 16 (44.44%) Splunk
9 16 (44.44%) SQL
9 16 (44.44%) MCSE
9 16 (44.44%) NFS
10 12 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
10 12 (33.33%) VCP5
10 12 (33.33%) Edge Virtualization
10 12 (33.33%) VCP6
11 9 (25.00%) Data Centre
12 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
13 6 (16.67%) Azure
13 6 (16.67%) Mentoring
14 5 (13.89%) VSAN
14 5 (13.89%) VMware NSX

VMware Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.78%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (8.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 3 (8.33%) IaaS
3 2 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.78%) Cohesity
4 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (44.44%) Fibre Channel
1 16 (44.44%) iSCSI
2 5 (13.89%) VSAN
3 2 (5.56%) DHCP
3 2 (5.56%) DNS
3 2 (5.56%) Firewall
3 2 (5.56%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (5.56%) VLAN
3 2 (5.56%) VPN
3 2 (5.56%) WAN
4 1 (2.78%) PCoIP
4 1 (2.78%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) GitLab
General
1 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.78%) French Language
3 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.56%) Public Cloud
2 2 (5.56%) Replication
3 1 (2.78%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.78%) PKI
3 1 (2.78%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 17 (47.22%) Windows
1 17 (47.22%) Windows Server
2 16 (44.44%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (2.78%) Linux
3 1 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) Edge Virtualization
1 12 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
2 6 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 4 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (11.11%) Operational Stability
4 3 (8.33%) Migration
5 2 (5.56%) Agile
5 2 (5.56%) Architectural Design
5 2 (5.56%) Data Protection
5 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (5.56%) High Availability
5 2 (5.56%) Network Virtualisation
5 2 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.56%) Roadmaps
5 2 (5.56%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.56%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (5.56%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (5.56%) User Experience
6 1 (2.78%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (2.78%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 16 (44.44%) SQL
2 3 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 25 (69.44%) DV Cleared
3 17 (47.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (44.44%) MCSE
4 16 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 12 (33.33%) VCP5
5 12 (33.33%) VCP6
6 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 2 (5.56%) Azure Certification
7 2 (5.56%) VCAP
8 1 (2.78%) CCDP
8 1 (2.78%) CCNP
8 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.78%) Degree
8 1 (2.78%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 31 (86.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (63.89%) vSphere
3 17 (47.22%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (44.44%) NFS
5 5 (13.89%) VMware NSX
6 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
7 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
7 1 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) vRealize
1 2 (5.56%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 1 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.78%) Ansible
2 1 (2.78%) SCOM
2 1 (2.78%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 36 (100.00%) VMware
2 22 (61.11%) Microsoft
3 18 (50.00%) NetApp
4 16 (44.44%) Splunk
4 16 (44.44%) Veeam
5 1 (2.78%) HP
5 1 (2.78%) Red Hat