VME Contracts in England

ICL VME
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring VME skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VME over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 530 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Contract jobs citing VME 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.007% 0.009% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.054% 0.063% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £556 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £563 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
75th Percentile £388 £569 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £463 £563 -
% change year-on-year -17.78% - -

All Operating Systems
England

VME 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 3,692 4,737 7,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.33% 14.21% 15.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,446 3,143 4,974
10th Percentile £191 £200 £188
25th Percentile £308 £331 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £586 £588 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 293 342
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.43 £14.78
25th Percentile £18.13 £17.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -12.50% +73.50%
75th Percentile £58.75 £68.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -12.73% -31.25% +73.91%

VME
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VME in England

VME
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for VME in England

VME
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for VME in England

VME
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 VME within the England region over the 6 months to 12 August 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 +5 1 £375 -33.33% 1
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
VME
UK

VME
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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Fujitsu