VMS Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

VMS
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring VMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMS 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 2.10% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate - - -

All Operating Systems
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 32 32 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 13.45% 19.28% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 15
10th Percentile £156 £141 £139
25th Percentile £175 £167 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £200 £400
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -50.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £375 £488 -
90th Percentile £380 £575 £430
Northern Ireland median daily rate £250 £200 £400
% change year-on-year +25.00% -50.00% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 1
10th Percentile £16.56 - -
25th Percentile £18.42 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.00 £24.18 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +38.17% +34.62%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £23.00 £24.18 £17.50
% change year-on-year -4.88% +38.17% +34.62%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

VMS job vacancy trend in County Antrim

VMS
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 26 October 2025. 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
Belfast - 5 - - 1
VMS
Northern Ireland

VMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Source to Pay