Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VSAM in contract job vacancies in County Antrim. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VSAM over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing VSAM | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim | - | - | 5.71% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 18.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | - | - | £500 |
All Generic Skills
County Antrim
VSAM falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in County Antrim.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 77 | 50 | 44 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim | 32.35% | 29.94% | 31.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 31 | 18 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £144 | £156 |
| 25th Percentile | £361 | £159 | £253 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £275 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +81.82% | -35.29% | -17.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £597 | £480 | £524 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £549 | £638 |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | £500 | £275 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | +81.82% | -31.25% | -20.40% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £12.31 | £21.19 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £13.68 | £22.56 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.36% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £15.33 | £23.94 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £16.55 | - | - |
| Northern Ireland median hourly rate | £15.05 | £22.56 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -33.29% | - | - |
VSAM
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VSAM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.
VSAM
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing VSAM.
