VMware Architect Contract Job Trends in the South East

VMware Architect
England > South East

The median VMware Architect daily rate in the South East is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 169 206
Rank change year-on-year +33 +37 +62
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Architect 27 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.78% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 5 8
10th Percentile £538 £530 £535
25th Percentile £600 £575 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -1.64%
75th Percentile - £640 £652
90th Percentile - £691 £662
England median daily rate £600 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +1.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,136 4,242 5,341
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 92.28% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,028 2,531 3,613
10th Percentile £204 £243 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £595 £625 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 309 251
10th Percentile £13.40 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.41 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +11.82% +114.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £72.10 £80.00 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

VMware Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Architect in the South East

VMware Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Architect job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Architect job vacancies in the South East

VMware Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Architect in the South East

VMware Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Hampshire +34 26 £650 -2.99% 5
Berkshire +18 1 £650 +30.00%
Thames Valley +12 1 £650 +15.56%
VMware Architect
England

VMware Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 South East region featuring VMware Architect in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) VMware
2 23 (85.19%) Security Cleared
3 22 (81.48%) DV Cleared
4 20 (74.07%) vSphere
5 19 (70.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
7 16 (59.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (59.26%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (55.56%) Fibre Channel
8 15 (55.56%) Splunk
8 15 (55.56%) Windows Server
8 15 (55.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (55.56%) NetApp
8 15 (55.56%) SQL
8 15 (55.56%) Windows
8 15 (55.56%) MCSE
8 15 (55.56%) Veeam
8 15 (55.56%) NFS
8 15 (55.56%) iSCSI
9 13 (48.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (37.04%) Edge Virtualization
10 10 (37.04%) VCP5
10 10 (37.04%) Performance Analysis
10 10 (37.04%) VCP6
11 6 (22.22%) VMware NSX
12 5 (18.52%) VSAN
12 5 (18.52%) Customer Requirements
12 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
13 4 (14.81%) Operational Stability
14 3 (11.11%) VCDX

VMware Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.70%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (55.56%) Fibre Channel
1 15 (55.56%) iSCSI
2 5 (18.52%) VSAN
3 1 (3.70%) BGP
3 1 (3.70%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (3.70%) PCoIP
3 1 (3.70%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (3.70%) VLAN
3 1 (3.70%) VXLAN
General
1 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (55.56%) Windows
1 15 (55.56%) Windows Server
1 15 (55.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Edge Virtualization
1 10 (37.04%) Performance Analysis
2 5 (18.52%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
3 4 (14.81%) Operational Stability
4 2 (7.41%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (7.41%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (3.70%) Agile
5 1 (3.70%) Coaching
5 1 (3.70%) Migration
5 1 (3.70%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (3.70%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.70%) Prototyping
5 1 (3.70%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (85.19%) Security Cleared
2 22 (81.48%) DV Cleared
3 16 (59.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (55.56%) MCSE
5 13 (48.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (37.04%) VCP5
6 10 (37.04%) VCP6
7 3 (11.11%) VCDX
8 2 (7.41%) VCAP
9 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
9 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 20 (74.07%) vSphere
2 19 (70.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (59.26%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (55.56%) NFS
5 6 (22.22%) VMware NSX
6 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
6 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
6 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (3.70%) vCenter Server
1 1 (3.70%) vRealize
1 1 (3.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) VMware
2 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
3 15 (55.56%) NetApp
3 15 (55.56%) Splunk
3 15 (55.56%) Veeam