VSAM Contracts in the Thames Valley

Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VSAM in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VSAM over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 151 161
Rank change year-on-year +16 +10 -
Contract jobs citing VSAM 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.038% 0.035% 0.085%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.11% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £581 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £588 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +30.56% -
75th Percentile - £594 £500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate - £588 £450
% change year-on-year - +30.56% -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

VSAM is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 783 930 1,093
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.46% 32.09% 31.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 611 697
10th Percentile £205 £280 £210
25th Percentile £295 £408 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £665
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 24 32
10th Percentile £11.79 £18.08 £17.43
25th Percentile £22.50 £19.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +143.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £60.39 £70.90 £27.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.93 £67.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -37.68%

VSAM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing VSAM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for VSAM in the Thames Valley

VSAM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VSAM in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for VSAM in the Thames Valley

VSAM
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 VSAM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
VSAM
South East

VSAM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL