VMS Contracts in Merton

VMS
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merton 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 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 7 6 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing VMS 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merton 4.17% 10.53% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.67% 66.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £216 -
25th Percentile £250 £222 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £251 £238 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% - -
75th Percentile £251 £247 -
90th Percentile - £249 -
South London median daily rate £251 £238 £500
% change year-on-year +5.47% -52.50% +11.11%

All Operating Systems
Merton

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 Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 25.00% 15.79% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £231 £216 £170
25th Percentile £266 £222 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £238 £265
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -10.38% -19.70%
75th Percentile £338 £247 £300
90th Percentile £438 £249 £345
South London median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £40.82 -
Median hourly rate - £43.84 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year - -13.05% +3.79%
75th Percentile - £46.86 -
90th Percentile - - £51.95
South London median hourly rate £34.00 £41.00 £50.42
% change year-on-year -17.07% -18.69% +3.79%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

Job postings citing VMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merton.

Job vacancy trend for VMS in Merton

VMS
Contract Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the Merton 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
Morden +3 1 £251 +11.33%
VMS
South London

VMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft