OpenVMS Contracts in England

OpenVMS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring OpenVMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OpenVMS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 536 651
Rank change year-on-year +55 +115 +127
Contract jobs citing OpenVMS 4 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.016% 0.004%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.12% 0.12% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £330 £315 -
25th Percentile £356 £375 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -26.09% +43.75%
75th Percentile £463 £469 £588
90th Percentile £500 - -
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +25.00%

All Operating Systems
England

OpenVMS 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,414 5,072 8,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.02% 13.64% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,320 3,461 5,863
10th Percentile £200 £181 £193
25th Percentile £313 £289 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 369 384
10th Percentile £15.26 £12.75 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.17 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%
75th Percentile £64.38 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

OpenVMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing OpenVMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for OpenVMS in England

OpenVMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OpenVMS in England.

Daily rate trend for OpenVMS in England

OpenVMS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenVMS in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OpenVMS in England

OpenVMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OpenVMS in England.

Hourly rate trend for OpenVMS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenVMS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +35 3 £413 -2.94% 1
South East - 1 £400 -
OpenVMS
UK

OpenVMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) OpenVMS Administrator
2 2 (50.00%) VMS Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Fortran Developer
3 1 (25.00%) OpenVMS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Code
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) COBOL
2 1 (25.00%) Fortran