VMS Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

VMS
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring VMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.34% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £530 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +16.50%

All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 76 19 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 25.59% 18.10% 19.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 17 35
10th Percentile £190 £232 £128
25th Percentile £231 £250 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £275 £300
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £438 £488 £456
90th Percentile £506 £575 £538
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 5
10th Percentile £12.78 - £16.10
25th Percentile £20.13 £20.85 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.71 £21.90 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.19% +25.14% -3.21%
75th Percentile £51.89 £22.95 £48.75
90th Percentile £53.75 - £49.50
South East median hourly rate £47.52 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +69.71% -41.05% -11.21%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

VMS job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

VMS
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing VMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing VMS

VMS
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing VMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing VMS

VMS
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Bicester - 1 £540 - 1
VMS
South East

VMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP GTS
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (100.00%) SAP SD
1 1 (100.00%) SAP VC
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP