VMS Contracts in the East of England

VMS
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.10% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £537 £450 £650
% change year-on-year +19.33% -30.77% +15.56%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 190 221 447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 19.65% 11.71% 22.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 128 302
10th Percentile £178 £175 £163
25th Percentile £219 £235 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £350 £419
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -16.42% +4.69%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £550
90th Percentile £575 £650 £676
England median daily rate £467 £470 £513
% change year-on-year -0.59% -8.29% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 44 57
10th Percentile £16.95 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £17.79 £14.00 £13.29
Median hourly rate £35.05 £36.00 £17.47
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% +106.07% -24.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £27.50
90th Percentile £83.38 £65.88 £62.00
England median hourly rate £21.28 £22.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -3.27% -41.33% +70.45%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing VMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for VMS in the East of England

VMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMS in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for VMS in the East of England

VMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMS in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for VMS in the East of England

VMS
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Hertfordshire - 1 - - 8
VMS
England

VMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (100.00%) IBM Domino
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks