OpenVMS Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

OpenVMS
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring OpenVMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 87 -
Rank change year-on-year -28 - -
Contract jobs citing OpenVMS 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.11% 0.085% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.83% 0.63% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £533 - -
25th Percentile £544 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% - -
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile £598 - -
South East median daily rate £575 £400 -
% change year-on-year +43.75% - -

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

OpenVMS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 242 158 253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.06% 13.46% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 100 176
10th Percentile £204 £212 £205
25th Percentile £360 £400 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% +11.11% -12.62%
75th Percentile £494 £663 £600
90th Percentile £580 £700 £608
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £463
% change year-on-year -3.06% +5.95% -0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 7
10th Percentile - - £56.40
25th Percentile £31.25 - £56.50
Median hourly rate £48.35 £24.66 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +96.08% -59.97% +13.29%
75th Percentile £74.00 - £63.30
90th Percentile £81.80 - £66.50
South East median hourly rate £47.52 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +69.71% -41.05% -13.64%

OpenVMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenVMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

OpenVMS job vacancy trend in Berkshire

OpenVMS
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing OpenVMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing OpenVMS

OpenVMS
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing OpenVMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing OpenVMS

OpenVMS
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenVMS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 May 2026. 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
Wokingham - 2 £575 -
OpenVMS
South East

OpenVMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (50.00%) Oracle Workflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) DBA
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle DBA
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Korn
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat