VME Contracts in the North of England

ICL VME
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing VME 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.025% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £375 £563 -
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

All Operating Systems
North of 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 the North of England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 628 536 723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.59% 12.80% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 344 480
10th Percentile £176 £188 £165
25th Percentile £268 £313 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £471 £440
Median % change year-on-year -15.07% +7.05% +0.57%
75th Percentile £538 £589 £570
90th Percentile £623 £796 £651
England median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 60 60
10th Percentile £13.00 - £13.16
25th Percentile £15.93 £10.95 £16.44
Median hourly rate £18.10 £15.46 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +17.09% -27.45% +13.05%
75th Percentile £18.87 £18.86 £35.21
90th Percentile £19.77 £24.18 £49.52
England median hourly rate £24.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.43% -12.50% +67.29%

VME
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for VME in the North of England

VME
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VME.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VME

VME
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VME.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VME

VME
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 23 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 1 - -
VME
England

VME
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL