VME Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

ICL VME
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring VME skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VME 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.33% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate - - -

All Operating Systems
Shropshire

VME 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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 50 27 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 16.72% 23.89% 36.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 20 8
10th Percentile £356 £345 -
25th Percentile £400 £420 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £438 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -8.85% -10.28%
75th Percentile £536 £471 £495
90th Percentile £550 £492 £523
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £463 £375
% change year-on-year -2.70% +23.33% -24.24%

VME
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

VME job vacancy trend in Shropshire

VME
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing VME.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing VME

VME
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VME within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
Telford - 1 - - 1
VME
West Midlands

VME
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Programming
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ICL