The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Blackpool requiring VMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMS over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
6 months to 21 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
Rank |
8 |
- |
- |
Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
DemandTrendContract jobs citing VMS |
1 |
0 |
0 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Blackpool |
5.26% |
- |
- |
As % of the Operating Systems category |
16.67% |
- |
- |
Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
25th Percentile |
£375 |
- |
- |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£400 |
- |
- |
75th Percentile |
£425 |
- |
- |
90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
Lancashire median daily rate |
£400 |
- |
- |
VMS 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 Blackpool.
DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills |
6 |
1 |
15 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool |
31.58% |
5.88% |
17.44% |
Number of daily rates quoted |
3 |
1 |
5 |
10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£625 |
25th Percentile |
- |
- |
£663 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£153 |
£220 |
£675 |
Median % change year-on-year |
-30.45% |
-67.41% |
+3.85% |
75th Percentile |
£289 |
- |
£688 |
90th Percentile |
£371 |
- |
- |
Lancashire median daily rate |
£463 |
£435 |
£425 |
% change year-on-year |
+6.32% |
+2.35% |
-5.56% |
Number of hourly rates quoted |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Median hourly rate |
£18.87 |
- |
- |
Lancashire median hourly rate |
£18.87 |
£27.50 |
£42.50 |
% change year-on-year |
-31.38% |
-35.29% |
+4.74% |