The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for VMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMS over the 6 months to 18 September 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
VMS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills
746
3,192
3,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East
20.21%
21.92%
21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted
416
1,866
1,920
Median daily rate
£400
£406
£413
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.54%
-1.52%
+3.13%
10th Percentile
£139
£153
£163
90th Percentile
£550
£575
£563
England median daily rate
£450
£425
£438
% change year-on-year
+5.88%
-2.86%
+2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted
78
238
322
Median hourly rate
£20.00
£18.08
£18.60
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.62%
-2.80%
+6.29%
10th Percentile
£11.08
£11.25
£11.17
90th Percentile
£48.75
£53.75
£51.00
Median hourly rate
£20.00
£17.50
£17.50
% change year-on-year
+14.29%
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VMS Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing VMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
VMS Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMS in the South East.
VMS Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMS in the South East.
VMS 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 VMS within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 September 2020. 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
VMS Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East
For the 6 months to 18 September 2020, IT contractor jobs citing VMS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region with a requirement for VMS.
VMS Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
