Virtualisation Architect Contract Job Trends in the South West

Virtualization Architect
England > South West

The median Virtualization Architect daily rate in the South West is £938, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 - 159
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Virtualisation Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.028% - 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% - 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £919 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £938 - -
75th Percentile £956 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £938 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,305 1,674 2,916
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 89.28% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,763 1,001 1,858
10th Percentile £325 £235 £250
25th Percentile £419 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £613
90th Percentile £705 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 561 180 434
10th Percentile £17.25 £15.24 £14.00
25th Percentile £32.50 £18.51 £31.60
Median hourly rate £57.50 £31.13 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +84.74% -45.87% -8.73%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.25 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.70 £40.00
% change year-on-year +64.46% -30.75% -6.98%

Virtualisation Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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 the South West.

Virtualisation Architect job vacancy trend in the South West

Virtualisation Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Architect job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Architect job vacancies in the South West

Virtualisation Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 17 July 2026, 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 South West region featuring Virtualisation Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collibra
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Denodo
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Dremio
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Cloud

Virtualisation Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) JBoss
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Collibra
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Dremio
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Fabric
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Physical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Denodo
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) TIBCO