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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 168 183
Rank change year-on-year +40 +15 -34
Contract jobs citing VMS 5 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.22% 0.14% 0.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.73% 0.98% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £724 £515
25th Percentile - £728 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £775 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +29.17% +41.18%
75th Percentile - £833 £619
90th Percentile - £855 £630
Central London median daily rate £565 £775 £600
% change year-on-year -27.10% +29.17% +41.18%

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 289 512 559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 12.98% 13.84% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 355 430
10th Percentile £197 £160 £185
25th Percentile £312 £264 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% +2.38% +7.47%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £622
90th Percentile £725 £728 £700
Central London median daily rate £450 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% +2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 15
10th Percentile £19.63 £20.95 -
25th Percentile £20.67 £28.75 £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +42.86% +6.52%
75th Percentile £24.56 £36.25 £31.38
90th Percentile £26.03 £64.75 £67.25
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -30.77% +32.65% +6.52%

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 (40.00%) IIS
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (20.00%) iSCSI
3 1 (20.00%) NAS
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) SAN
3 1 (20.00%) SSL
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) ARM Templates
1 1 (20.00%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (20.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Solaris
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (20.00%) OpenVMS
4 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Database Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) RBAC
3 1 (20.00%) Runbook
3 1 (20.00%) Storage Management
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) KVM
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) Veeam
4 1 (20.00%) Aruba
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (20.00%) ProCurve
4 1 (20.00%) Synology
4 1 (20.00%) Veritas
4 1 (20.00%) Zerto