VMS Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

VMS
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring VMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMS 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 2.01% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £575
% change year-on-year - -17.39% +2.22%

All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 33 33 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 13.25% 17.37% 16.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 18
10th Percentile £156 £141 £125
25th Percentile £175 £167 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £200 £400
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -50.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £375 £488 -
90th Percentile £380 £575 £450
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £490
% change year-on-year -5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 1
10th Percentile £16.56 - -
25th Percentile £18.42 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.00 £24.18 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +38.17% +34.62%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.25 £52.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year -53.81% +56.72% +36.73%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

VMS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

VMS
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing VMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing VMS

VMS
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 26 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
County Antrim - 5 - - 1
VMS
UK

VMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Source to Pay