VMware Architect Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

VMware Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median VMware Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London 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 341 354 411
Rank change year-on-year +13 +57 +93
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Architect 33 20 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.11% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.12% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 13 13
10th Percentile £550 - £510
25th Percentile £600 £513 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -0.83%
75th Percentile - £646 £675
90th Percentile - £649 £719
UK median daily rate £650 £563 £619
% change year-on-year +15.56% -9.09% +2.27%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,932 16,635 20,391
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 92.38% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,508 9,936 13,712
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,261 1,573 1,155
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £18.40 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.84% +10.00% +86.05%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.00
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Architect in the UK excluding London

VMware Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

VMware Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for VMware Architect in the UK excluding London

VMware Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

VMware Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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% 3
Midlands -12 4 £550 -14.06%
East Midlands - 4 £550 -
South West +27 2 - -
East of England +3 1 - -
VMware Architect
UK

VMware Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring VMware Architect in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) VMware
2 32 (96.97%) Security Cleared
3 29 (87.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (75.76%) DV Cleared
5 21 (63.64%) vSphere
6 19 (57.58%) Microsoft
7 17 (51.52%) Windows
7 17 (51.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (51.52%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (51.52%) Windows Server
8 16 (48.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (48.48%) Fibre Channel
8 16 (48.48%) Splunk
8 16 (48.48%) Veeam
8 16 (48.48%) NetApp
8 16 (48.48%) SQL
8 16 (48.48%) MCSE
8 16 (48.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 16 (48.48%) NFS
8 16 (48.48%) iSCSI
9 12 (36.36%) VCP5
9 12 (36.36%) Performance Analysis
9 12 (36.36%) VCP6
9 12 (36.36%) Edge Virtualization
10 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
11 7 (21.21%) Data Centre
12 6 (18.18%) Mentoring
13 4 (12.12%) Operational Stability
13 4 (12.12%) Customer Requirements
14 3 (9.09%) VMware NSX

VMware Architect Skill Set
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 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.03%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) IaaS
3 1 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (3.03%) Cohesity
3 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (48.48%) Fibre Channel
1 16 (48.48%) iSCSI
2 3 (9.09%) VSAN
3 2 (6.06%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (3.03%) PCoIP
4 1 (3.03%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) GitLab
General
1 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.03%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.03%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.03%) PKI
2 1 (3.03%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 17 (51.52%) Windows
1 17 (51.52%) Windows Server
2 16 (48.48%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (3.03%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Edge Virtualization
1 12 (36.36%) Performance Analysis
2 6 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 4 (12.12%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (12.12%) Operational Stability
4 2 (6.06%) Agile
4 2 (6.06%) Architectural Design
4 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.06%) Roadmaps
4 2 (6.06%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (6.06%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (6.06%) User Experience
5 1 (3.03%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (3.03%) Migration
5 1 (3.03%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (48.48%) SQL
2 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (96.97%) Security Cleared
2 25 (75.76%) DV Cleared
3 17 (51.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (48.48%) MCSE
4 16 (48.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 12 (36.36%) VCP5
5 12 (36.36%) VCP6
6 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
7 2 (6.06%) VCAP
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 29 (87.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (63.64%) vSphere
3 17 (51.52%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (48.48%) NFS
5 3 (9.09%) VMware NSX
6 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
7 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
7 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) vRealize
1 2 (6.06%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 1 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) SCOM
2 1 (3.03%) vCenter Server
2 1 (3.03%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) VMware
2 19 (57.58%) Microsoft
3 16 (48.48%) NetApp
3 16 (48.48%) Splunk
3 16 (48.48%) Veeam
4 1 (3.03%) HP
4 1 (3.03%) Red Hat