Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VSAM in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VSAM over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing VSAM | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland | - | - | 5.00% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 16.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| UK median daily rate | £358 | - | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +11.11% |
All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland
VSAM falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Northern Ireland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 82 | 52 | 48 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 32.93% | 27.08% | 30.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 31 | 18 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £144 | £159 |
| 25th Percentile | £361 | £159 | £255 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £275 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +81.82% | -31.25% | -20.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £597 | £480 | £523 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £549 | £638 |
| UK median daily rate | £513 | £526 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.57% | -4.36% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £12.31 | £21.19 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £15.05 | £22.56 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.29% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £15.33 | £23.94 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £16.23 | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £27.21 | £40.00 | £43.92 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.98% | -8.93% | +62.79% |
VSAM
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VSAM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
VSAM
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing VSAM.
