VMS Contract Job Trends in the North East

VMS
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring VMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 39 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing VMS 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.18% 0.31% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.56% 2.22% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £325 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
75th Percentile £388 £375 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £540 £450
% change year-on-year -7.41% +20.00% -33.33%

All Operating Systems
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 39 45 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 7.16% 14.11% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 33 29
10th Percentile £110 £180 £146
25th Percentile £175 £188 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £325 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -18.75% -23.81%
75th Percentile £506 £488 £550
90th Percentile £600 £615 £650
England median daily rate £450 £475 £460
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% -10.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £26.37 - -
25th Percentile £26.56 £18.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.08 £18.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.43% +7.14% -64.47%
75th Percentile £34.06 £19.38 £18.75
90th Percentile £43.63 - -
England median hourly rate £41.94 £24.66 £22.00
% change year-on-year +70.07% +12.09% -37.14%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

VMS job vacancy trend in the North East

VMS
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VMS

VMS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VMS

VMS
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the North East region over the 6 months to 24 April 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear -20 1 £375 +7.14% 2
VMS
England

VMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL