OpenVMS Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

OpenVMS
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 142 110 -
Rank change year-on-year -32 - -
Contract jobs citing OpenVMS 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.080% 0.061% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.53% 0.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -
South East median daily rate £600 £400 -
% change year-on-year +50.00% - -

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 377 243 444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.11% 14.79% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 159 331
10th Percentile £204 £200 £164
25th Percentile £268 £250 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £519 £545 £575
90th Percentile £600 £651 £608
South East median daily rate £456 £454 £431
% change year-on-year +0.44% +5.28% -11.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 37
10th Percentile £17.36 £34.02 £17.30
25th Percentile £20.13 £48.07 £22.50
Median hourly rate £21.40 £56.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.30% +89.15% -40.00%
75th Percentile £27.34 £57.62 £54.56
90th Percentile £77.60 - £65.90
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.75 £54.53
% change year-on-year -64.00% +5.91% +77.33%

OpenVMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

OpenVMS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

OpenVMS
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing OpenVMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing OpenVMS

OpenVMS
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing OpenVMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing OpenVMS

OpenVMS
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenVMS within the Thames Valley 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
OpenVMS
South East

OpenVMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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