VMware Architect Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

VMware Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median VMware Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 336 465
Rank change year-on-year +37 +129 +154
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Architect 5 9 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.059% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.063% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 6
10th Percentile £536 £500 £541
25th Percentile £571 £553 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £625 £655
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -4.58% +19.20%
75th Percentile - £642 £721
90th Percentile - £646 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £613 £700
% change year-on-year -2.04% -12.50% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

VMware Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured VMware Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

VMware Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VMware Architect.

VMware Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

VMware Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring VMware Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) VMware NSX
3 3 (60.00%) VSAN
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) PaaS
3 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) PKI
4 2 (40.00%) Requirements Management
4 2 (40.00%) Zachman Framework
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (40.00%) Use Case
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) MCSE
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco
4 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (40.00%) vSphere
4 2 (40.00%) SaaS
4 2 (40.00%) IaaS
4 2 (40.00%) Microservices
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Containerisation

VMware Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) PaaS
2 2 (40.00%) IaaS
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VSAN
2 1 (20.00%) iSCSI
2 1 (20.00%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) PKI
2 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (20.00%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Environments
2 2 (40.00%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) MCSE
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (40.00%) NCSC
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware NSX
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (40.00%) vSphere
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) SCOM
1 1 (20.00%) vRealize
1 1 (20.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
1 1 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat