Virtualisation Architect Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Virtualization Architect
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Virtualization Architect daily rate in Sheffield is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Virtualisation Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £650 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 588 355 309
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 86.59% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 188 208
10th Percentile £313 £259 £359
25th Percentile £400 £452 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £534 £568
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% -5.99% +8.19%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £650
90th Percentile £612 £650 £745
South Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -8.57% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.14 £14.67
25th Percentile £16.68 £15.22 £18.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £24.02 - £27.85
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year -2.50% -1.23% +6.58%

Virtualisation Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Virtualisation Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Virtualisation Architect job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Virtualisation Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 31 October 2025, Virtualisation Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Virtualisation Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) Argo
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) GitOps
2 1 (50.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Podman
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Virtualisation Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) VSAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) GitOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Argo
1 1 (50.00%) Podman
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
1 1 (50.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto