VMS Contracts in the City of London

VMS
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for VMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMS over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 168 178
Rank change year-on-year +42 +10 -26
Contract jobs citing VMS 4 5 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.18% 0.14% 0.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.41% 1.02% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 6
10th Percentile - £723 £450
25th Percentile - £726 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £775 £531
Median % change year-on-year - +45.88% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £820 £594
90th Percentile - - £619
Central London median daily rate £565 £775 £531
% change year-on-year -27.10% +45.88% +25.00%

All Operating Systems
City of London

VMS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 284 490 552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 13.03% 13.72% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 352 424
10th Percentile £195 £160 £190
25th Percentile £321 £264 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £535 £524
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +2.10% +5.33%
75th Percentile £670 £664 £620
90th Percentile £730 £738 £700
Central London median daily rate £450 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +42.86% +76.58%
75th Percentile £25.38 £59.38 £31.38
90th Percentile £26.35 £74.00 £67.25
Central London median hourly rate £22.75 £35.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -35.00% +42.86% +76.58%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing VMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for VMS in the City of London

VMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMS in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for VMS in the City of London

VMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMS in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for VMS in the City of London

VMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (25.00%) IIS
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) iSCSI
2 1 (25.00%) NAS
2 1 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Solaris
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (25.00%) OpenVMS
3 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Database Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) KVM
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) Veeam
4 1 (25.00%) Aruba
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (25.00%) ProCurve
4 1 (25.00%) Synology
4 1 (25.00%) Veritas
4 1 (25.00%) Zerto