VMS Contracts in the North West

VMS
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for VMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 158 175
Rank change year-on-year +30 +17 -38
Contract jobs citing VMS 7 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.26% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.11% 0.99% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £375 - £465
25th Percentile £413 £325 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £513 £488 £644
90th Percentile £520 - £678
England median daily rate £450 £650 £563
% change year-on-year -30.77% +15.56% +13.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate £25.25 - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.25 £85.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -70.29% +100.00% -

All Operating Systems
North West

VMS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 332 507 791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.53% 16.30% 19.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 343 553
10th Percentile £170 £173 £158
25th Percentile £278 £313 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +5.56% +21.79%
75th Percentile £585 £575 £588
90th Percentile £825 £650 £650
England median daily rate £470 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -8.29% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 47 44
10th Percentile - £15.53 £14.65
25th Percentile £10.95 £20.62 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £29.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.39% +46.50% +23.23%
75th Percentile £18.94 £43.75 £52.03
90th Percentile £46.08 £49.52 £76.75
England median hourly rate £22.00 £38.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -42.11% +72.73% +23.80%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing VMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for VMS in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMS in the North West.

Daily rate trend for VMS in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMS in the North West over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMS in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMS in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for VMS in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
Manchester +21 6 £500 +5.26% 4
Cheshire +4 1 £350 - 7
VMS
England

VMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (57.14%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) CCTV
1 4 (57.14%) Social Media
2 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
1 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
1 1 (14.29%) DevOps
1 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (14.29%) Release Management
1 1 (14.29%) Server Virtualisation
1 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
1 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (14.29%) Docker
2 1 (14.29%) Firmware
2 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) VMware