VMS
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 102 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing VMS | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh | - | - | 0.084% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | - | 0.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £350 | £358 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.23% | -28.40% | +17.65% |
All Operating Systems
Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 82 | 105 | 190 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 13.16% | 12.84% | 15.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 44 | 74 | 141 |
| 10th Percentile | £175 | £195 | £160 |
| 25th Percentile | £229 | £240 | £200 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £410 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.92% | -8.94% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £527 | £581 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £634 | £623 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £453 | £420 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.74% | -11.58% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 12 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.04 | £18.13 | £17.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.00 | £18.24 | £17.71 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £22.14 | £17.72 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.61% | +24.92% | -11.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £24.09 | £60.75 | £35.74 |
| 90th Percentile | £28.51 | - | £46.54 |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £22.00 | £39.25 | £47.73 |
| % change year-on-year | -43.95% | -17.77% | +169.36% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing VMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMS in Edinburgh.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMS in Edinburgh.