VMS contracts in Croydon, contractor rates and trends for VMS skills

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Croydon 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 20 June 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

VMS South London > Croydon
Location	6 months to 20 Jun 2019	Same period 2018	Same period 2017
Rank	-	82	-
Contract jobs citing VMS	0	19	0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon	-	1.75%	-
As % of the Operating Systems category	-	8.30%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	0	15	0
Croydon median daily rate	-	£550	-
South London median daily rate	-	£550	£375
% change year-on-year	-	+46.67%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	0
Croydon median hourly rate	-	-	-
South London median hourly rate	-	-	-

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 Croydon with a requirement for operating system skills.

All Operating Systems Croydon
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	122	229	98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon	17.21%	21.11%	26.20%
Number of daily rates quoted	81	162	53
Croydon median daily rate	£500	£491	£463
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+1.78%	+6.22%	+12.80%
10th Percentile	£213	£281	£353
90th Percentile	£688	£600	£538
South London median daily rate	£451	£475	£400
% change year-on-year	-5.00%	+18.75%	-2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	3	0
Croydon median hourly rate	-	£17.50	-
South London median hourly rate	£44.92	£43.92	£47.67
% change year-on-year	+2.28%	-7.87%	+150.87%