OpenVMS Engineer Contract Job Trends

OpenVMS Engineer
UK

As of 17 June 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median OpenVMS Engineer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an OpenVMS Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 46,477 27,381 40,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 92.25% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,258 17,617 25,961
10th Percentile £325 £289 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £624 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,104 1,172 2,957
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.87 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.86 £17.75 £16.37
Median hourly rate £43.61 £27.45 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.85% -26.80% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -1.45%

OpenVMS Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'OpenVMS Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

OpenVMS Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

OpenVMS Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OpenVMS Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OpenVMS Engineer job vacancies in the UK

OpenVMS Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for OpenVMS Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for OpenVMS Engineer job vacancies in the UK

OpenVMS Engineer
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenVMS Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Yorkshire - 1 - -
England - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

OpenVMS Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, OpenVMS Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring OpenVMS Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) DCL
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVMS
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) VMS

OpenVMS Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVMS
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) DCL