VMS Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

VMS
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring VMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMS 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 1.40% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate £400 £500 £385
% change year-on-year -20.00% +29.87% -23.00%

All Operating Systems
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 42 71 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 19.53% 31.70% 25.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 30 27
10th Percentile £134 £149 £185
25th Percentile £162 £165 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £238 £375
Median % change year-on-year -17.89% -36.67% -3.85%
75th Percentile £400 £466 £444
90th Percentile £467 £509 £534
North West median daily rate £375 £425 £438
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 7
10th Percentile - £15.35 -
25th Percentile - £16.88 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £17.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -6.57% +8.57%
75th Percentile - £22.91 £20.75
90th Percentile - £24.06 £21.50
North West median hourly rate £18.87 £19.86 £22.50
% change year-on-year -4.98% -11.73% -45.17%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

VMS job vacancy trend in Merseyside

VMS
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing VMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing VMS

VMS
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 27 October 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
Liverpool - 3 - - 1
VMS
North West

VMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Source to Pay