VMS Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

VMS
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring VMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMS 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 3.40% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £351 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £351 - -
75th Percentile £352 - -
90th Percentile £353 - -
East of England median daily rate £351 £475 £225
% change year-on-year -26.07% +111.11% -65.38%

All Operating Systems
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 30 19 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 14.56% 38.00% 25.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 15
10th Percentile £250 £192 £193
25th Percentile £350 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £225 £220
Median % change year-on-year +60.11% +2.27% +51.72%
75th Percentile £400 £475 £314
90th Percentile £422 £565 £395
East of England median daily rate £250 £445 £450
% change year-on-year -43.82% -1.11% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £15.41 - -
25th Percentile £15.63 - -
Median hourly rate £17.12 £17.79 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% - -
75th Percentile £18.22 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £68.75 £42.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +61.76% -34.62% +209.52%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

VMS job vacancy trend in Suffolk

VMS
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing VMS

VMS
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Ipswich - 7 £351 - 7
VMS
East of England

VMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) 4G
1 7 (100.00%) 5G
1 7 (100.00%) Broadband
1 7 (100.00%) IPv4
1 7 (100.00%) IPv6
1 7 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 7 (100.00%) xDSL
2 6 (85.71%) PPP
2 6 (85.71%) UPnP
2 6 (85.71%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Git
1 7 (100.00%) GitLab
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) Robot Framework
General
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Broadband Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 7 (100.00%) Scrum
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (85.71%) Issue Tracking
3 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
3 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
4 4 (57.14%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (57.14%) Workflow
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) QA Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) QA
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Docker