OpenVMS Contract Job Trends in the South East

OpenVMS
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring OpenVMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 159 -
Rank change year-on-year -34 - -
Contract jobs citing OpenVMS 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.041% 0.032% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.26% 0.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -
England median daily rate £420 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -18.18%

All Operating Systems
South East

OpenVMS 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 760 554 1,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.43% 17.69% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 377 664
10th Percentile £200 £200 £175
25th Percentile £273 £288 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £454 £431
Median % change year-on-year +0.44% +5.28% -11.99%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £642 £653 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 25 84
10th Percentile £12.50 £18.92 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £28.00 £23.91
Median hourly rate £20.79 £57.75 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -64.00% +5.91% +77.33%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £69.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.50 £76.53
England median hourly rate £22.81 £44.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -48.74% +78.00% -9.09%

OpenVMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenVMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

OpenVMS job vacancy trend in the South East

OpenVMS
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OpenVMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OpenVMS

OpenVMS
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OpenVMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OpenVMS

OpenVMS
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenVMS within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
Berkshire -23 2 £600 +50.00% 3
Thames Valley -32 2 £600 +50.00% 3
OpenVMS
England

OpenVMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Release Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) Fortran
1 1 (50.00%) Korn
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) ProC
1 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat