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This section looks at the demand for VMS skills across the UK with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMS over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 VMS
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank617547
Rank change on same period last yearDown-70
Matching permanent IT job ads327561
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.176 %0.234 %
As % of the category below0.721 %0.929 %
Salaries quoted283464
Average minimum salary£42,909£39,713
Average salary£45,693£42,356
% change on same period last year+7.87 %
Average maximum salary£48,476£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,002£33,713
% change on same period last year+33.48 %
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4537060361
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.42 %25.16 %
Salaries quoted3811447564
Average minimum salary£35,756£37,196
Average salary£38,630£40,204
% change on same period last year-3.91 %
Average maximum salary£41,503£43,211
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %

VMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VMS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

VMS Demand Trend

VMS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VMS within the UK.

VMS Salary Trend

VMS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMS over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

VMS Salary Histogram

VMS
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-59326£45,693+6.48 %
LondonDown-79178£46,310+0.87 %
City of LondonDown-13852£37,880-16.64 %
South EastUp+939£42,265+18.11 %
West MidlandsUp+3437£51,366+35.39 %
Docklands, LondonUp+6735£57,909+6.89 %
North WestUp+2632£39,846+57.13 %
Canary WharfUp+4027£59,640+86.37 %
CheshireNew entry-24£38,250-
StaffordshireUp+1423£66,625+56.76 %
YorkshireUp+218£42,359+69.43 %
South WestDown-1314£31,923-16.16 %
BerkshireUp+1712£46,292+15.77 %
OxfordshireUp+512£31,550+14.13 %
OxfordUp+510£29,688+7.56 %
LeedsUp+259£50,625-
ChesterNew entry-9£41,250-
West YorkshireUp+199£49,500-
WiltshireDown-69£27,063-21.55 %
East MidlandsUp+138£66,591+104.89 %
UttoxeterUp+27£69,643+63.86 %
BirminghamDown-57£21,917-21.72 %
ChippenhamNew entry-6£26,750-
CoventryNew entry-6£21,917-
South YorkshireDown-66£28,950+15.80 %
HampshireDown-215£43,375+25.42 %
HertfordshireUp+185£24,000-
DerbyshireNew entry-5£64,000-
SloughDown-15£43,000+5.84 %
East of EnglandUp+215£24,000+4.34 %

VMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing VMS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited VMS.

1379 (60.06 %)UNIX
2270 (42.79 %)Finance
3180 (28.53 %)Banking
4155 (24.56 %)Solaris
5140 (22.19 %)Windows
6139 (22.03 %)Oracle
7138 (21.87 %)C
8130 (20.60 %)OpenVMS
9119 (18.86 %)Linux
10117 (18.54 %)ClearCase
11109 (17.27 %)SQL
12108 (17.12 %)DCL
13103 (16.32 %)C++
1499 (15.69 %)ITIL
1598 (15.53 %)OO
1686 (13.63 %)VB
1784 (13.31 %)Shell Script
1784 (13.31 %)WebSphere
1877 (12.20 %)Ingres
1973 (11.57 %)Sybase
2072 (11.41 %)WebSphere MQ
2169 (10.94 %)TIBCO
2266 (10.46 %)Equities
2363 (9.984 %)Software Engineering
2459 (9.350 %)VAX
2555 (8.716 %)TCP/IP
2654 (8.558 %)OOD
2752 (8.241 %)Derivative
2849 (7.765 %)Degree
2849 (7.765 %)OOA/OOD

VMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing VMS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited VMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
184 (13.31 %)WebSphere
225 (3.962 %).NET
320 (3.170 %)WCF
419 (3.011 %)FIX Protocol
58 (1.268 %)XML
67 (1.109 %)J2EE
74 (0.634 %)ADO.NET
74 (0.634 %)ASP.NET
83 (0.475 %)CSS
83 (0.475 %)HTML
83 (0.475 %).NET Framework
92 (0.317 %)WAP
92 (0.317 %)CGI
92 (0.317 %)ASP
101 (0.158 %)JDBC
101 (0.158 %)JSP
101 (0.158 %)STL
101 (0.158 %)WinForms
101 (0.158 %)DOM
101 (0.158 %)JMS
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
172 (11.41 %)WebSphere MQ
236 (5.705 %)WebLogic
320 (3.170 %)MQSeries
415 (2.377 %)Apache
56 (0.951 %)Rendezvous
65 (0.792 %)SAS
65 (0.792 %)OpenROAD
74 (0.634 %)MS Exchange
74 (0.634 %)Tomcat
83 (0.475 %)iFIX
92 (0.317 %)CMS
101 (0.158 %)Live Communications Server
101 (0.158 %)Exchange Server 2007
101 (0.158 %)WebSphere Message Broker
101 (0.158 %)WebSphere Application Server
101 (0.158 %)IIS
101 (0.158 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (4.913 %)MS Excel
212 (1.902 %)MS Office
31 (0.158 %)MS Visio
31 (0.158 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (1.426 %)SAP SD
19 (1.426 %)Summit
19 (1.426 %)RMDS
27 (1.109 %)Temenos T24
27 (1.109 %)Kondor+
27 (1.109 %)Misys Opics
27 (1.109 %)SunGard AvantGard
27 (1.109 %)Temenos Globus
33 (0.475 %)SAP MM
42 (0.317 %)SAP PP
51 (0.158 %)SAP FI/CO
51 (0.158 %)SAP APO
51 (0.158 %)SAP FI
51 (0.158 %)Navision
51 (0.158 %)SAP CO
51 (0.158 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
51 (0.158 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
155 (8.716 %)TCP/IP
228 (4.437 %)SAN
325 (3.962 %)GSM
325 (3.962 %)LAN
422 (3.487 %)Firewall
516 (2.536 %)SSH
615 (2.377 %)GPRS
714 (2.219 %)SMS
714 (2.219 %)LDAP
813 (2.060 %)Internet
813 (2.060 %)DECnet
813 (2.060 %)GGSN
912 (1.902 %)SS7
912 (1.902 %)DNS
1011 (1.743 %)WAN
1011 (1.743 %)SGSN
1110 (1.585 %)3GPP
1110 (1.585 %)X.500
126 (0.951 %)Cisco PIX
126 (0.951 %)VLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
177 (12.20 %)Ingres
221 (3.328 %)Oracle 8/8i
314 (2.219 %)SQL Server
411 (1.743 %)Reference Data
58 (1.268 %)Oracle 10g
58 (1.268 %)Oracle 9i
67 (1.109 %)Oracle Reports
76 (0.951 %)MySQL
84 (0.634 %)RDBMS
92 (0.317 %)SQL Server 7
92 (0.317 %)DB2
101 (0.158 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.158 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.158 %)DTS
101 (0.158 %)WebFOCUS
101 (0.158 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.158 %)SAP BW
101 (0.158 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1117 (18.54 %)ClearCase
233 (5.230 %)WinRunner
233 (5.230 %)TestDirector
35 (0.792 %)Ant
35 (0.792 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.158 %)Rational Rose
41 (0.158 %)ClearQuest
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1270 (42.79 %)Finance
2180 (28.53 %)Banking
346 (7.290 %)Back Office
429 (4.596 %)Manufacturing
528 (4.437 %)Telecoms
624 (3.803 %)Financial Institution
721 (3.328 %)Automotive
721 (3.328 %)Investment Banking
818 (2.853 %)Education
917 (2.694 %)Billing
1016 (2.536 %)Pensions
1111 (1.743 %)Insurance
1210 (1.585 %)Health
1210 (1.585 %)Construction
139 (1.426 %)Front Office
146 (0.951 %)Government
155 (0.792 %)Publishing
164 (0.634 %)Marketing
173 (0.475 %)Retail
173 (0.475 %)Aerospace
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1150 (23.77 %)Analyst
297 (15.37 %)Developer
377 (12.20 %)Applications Support
449 (7.765 %)Team Leader
547 (7.448 %)C++ Developer
641 (6.498 %)Support Analyst
737 (5.864 %)Administrator
834 (5.388 %)Technical Analyst
834 (5.388 %)Consultant
933 (5.230 %)Test Analyst
1032 (5.071 %)Software Engineer
1127 (4.279 %)Systems Engineer
1225 (3.962 %)UNIX Administrator
1225 (3.962 %)SAP Manager
1324 (3.803 %)Systems Administrator
1423 (3.645 %)Programme Manager
1423 (3.645 %)Support Engineer
1423 (3.645 %)SAP Programme Manager
1521 (3.328 %)Development Team Leader
1620 (3.170 %)Operations Analyst
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
166 (10.46 %)Equities
259 (9.350 %)VAX
352 (8.241 %)Derivative
439 (6.181 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
523 (3.645 %)Client/Server
523 (3.645 %)Clustering
621 (3.328 %)Mainframe
712 (1.902 %)Fixed Income
811 (1.743 %)AS400
910 (1.585 %)Tandem
109 (1.426 %)SCADA
118 (1.268 %)Wiki
125 (0.792 %)Computer Science
133 (0.475 %)Equity Derivative
133 (0.475 %)Statistics
133 (0.475 %)Blackberry
133 (0.475 %)N-Tier
142 (0.317 %)EPoS
142 (0.317 %)Thin Client
142 (0.317 %)Fat Client
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1379 (60.06 %)UNIX
2155 (24.56 %)Solaris
3140 (22.19 %)Windows
4130 (20.60 %)OpenVMS
5119 (18.86 %)Linux
638 (6.022 %)Windows 2000
734 (5.388 %)AIX
829 (4.596 %)Windows Server 2003
921 (3.328 %)Tru64
1020 (3.170 %)HPUX
1117 (2.694 %)Red Hat Linux
129 (1.426 %)Windows 2000 Server
138 (1.268 %)Windows XP
145 (0.792 %)Windows NT
154 (0.634 %)SUSE
154 (0.634 %)zOS
163 (0.475 %)Windows Vista
172 (0.317 %)GCOS
181 (0.158 %)MVS
181 (0.158 %)OS/2
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
199 (15.69 %)ITIL
298 (15.53 %)OO
363 (9.984 %)Software Engineering
454 (8.558 %)OOD
549 (7.765 %)OOA/OOD
637 (5.864 %)Electronic Trading
731 (4.913 %)CRM
823 (3.645 %)Service Delivery
920 (3.170 %)SOA
1018 (2.853 %)Performance Testing
1018 (2.853 %)Project Planning
1117 (2.694 %)PRINCE2
1216 (2.536 %)Problem Management
1315 (2.377 %)System Testing
1315 (2.377 %)Change Management
1414 (2.219 %)Project Management
1414 (2.219 %)Agile Software Development
1511 (1.743 %)Incident Management
168 (1.268 %)SAP Implementation
168 (1.268 %)Test Scripting
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1138 (21.87 %)C
2109 (17.27 %)SQL
3108 (17.12 %)DCL
4103 (16.32 %)C++
586 (13.63 %)VB
684 (13.31 %)Shell Script
745 (7.132 %)Java
841 (6.498 %)Perl
937 (5.864 %)C#
1028 (4.437 %)COBOL
1117 (2.694 %)Pascal
1214 (2.219 %)ABAP
1313 (2.060 %)PowerHouse
1412 (1.902 %)VBA
1510 (1.585 %)Korn
167 (1.109 %)VB6
175 (0.792 %)Fortran
175 (0.792 %)Assembly Language
175 (0.792 %)PL/SQL
175 (0.792 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
149 (7.765 %)Degree
233 (5.230 %)ISEB
37 (1.109 %)Cisco Certification
37 (1.109 %)PRINCE2 Certification
45 (0.792 %)CCNP
53 (0.475 %)HND
53 (0.475 %)MCSE
53 (0.475 %)CCSP
53 (0.475 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (0.317 %)CCSA
62 (0.317 %)CCIE
62 (0.317 %)CCNA
62 (0.317 %)CCDA
62 (0.317 %)CCDP
62 (0.317 %)CCDE
71 (0.158 %)HP ASE
71 (0.158 %)HNC
71 (0.158 %)RHCT
71 (0.158 %)RHCE
71 (0.158 %)PMP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (2.060 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
27 (1.109 %)QA
27 (1.109 %)SLA
35 (0.792 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (2.219 %)Active Directory
26 (0.951 %)NetBackup
33 (0.475 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.317 %)Oracle RAC
42 (0.317 %)Backup Exec
42 (0.317 %)Snort
51 (0.158 %)Cronacle
51 (0.158 %)Xen
51 (0.158 %)Intellisync
51 (0.158 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
51 (0.158 %)Samba
51 (0.158 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.158 %)Oracle RMAN
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
121 (3.328 %)OpenView
216 (2.536 %)Unicenter
311 (1.743 %)Tivoli
410 (1.585 %)Legato
410 (1.585 %)BMC PATROL
57 (1.109 %)AutoSys
65 (0.792 %)Nessus
73 (0.475 %)ServiceCenter
73 (0.475 %)CONTROL-M
73 (0.475 %)CiscoWorks
82 (0.317 %)Tivoli NetView
82 (0.317 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
82 (0.317 %)Norton AntiVirus
91 (0.158 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1139 (22.03 %)Oracle
273 (11.57 %)Sybase
369 (10.94 %)TIBCO
445 (7.132 %)HP
543 (6.815 %)SAP
636 (5.705 %)Microsoft
731 (4.913 %)BEA
822 (3.487 %)IBM
920 (3.170 %)Intel
1018 (2.853 %)Cisco
1018 (2.853 %)Red Hat
1113 (2.060 %)VERITAS
129 (1.426 %)BMC
129 (1.426 %)Remedy
129 (1.426 %)Trema
129 (1.426 %)Calypso
129 (1.426 %)IT2
137 (1.109 %)Patsystems
137 (1.109 %)GL TRADE
137 (1.109 %)EccoWare