VMS Contract Job Trends in Reading

VMS
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring VMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 94 84
Rank change year-on-year +22 -10 -
Contract jobs citing VMS 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.15% 0.090% 0.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.59% 1.10% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £313 £738
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £750
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -56.67% -
75th Percentile £488 £338 £763
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £350 £725
% change year-on-year +39.29% -51.72% -

All Operating Systems
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 63 91 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 9.32% 8.23% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 53 131
10th Percentile £250 £263 £205
25th Percentile £255 £406 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £600 £420
Median % change year-on-year -36.25% +42.86% -18.05%
75th Percentile £536 £638 £615
90th Percentile £598 £695 £623
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £71.20 - £59.38
25th Percentile £73.00 £69.06 £60.31
Median hourly rate £79.50 £69.38 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.59% +11.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £84.50 £69.69 £64.06
90th Percentile £85.40 - £64.63
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £55.28
% change year-on-year -63.36% +2.65% -23.75%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

VMS job vacancy trend in Reading

VMS
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing VMS

VMS
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing VMS

VMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Platform Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform