OpenVMS Contracts

OpenVMS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for OpenVMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OpenVMS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 700 827
Rank change year-on-year +121 +127 -124
Contract jobs citing OpenVMS 8 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.010% 0.005%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.14% 0.064% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 1
10th Percentile £325 £449 -
25th Percentile £380 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +25.00% +28.00%
75th Percentile £438 £575 £425
90th Percentile £453 £583 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £575 -

All Operating Systems
UK

OpenVMS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,681 9,357 13,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.31% 16.23% 14.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,836 6,548 8,958
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £338 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.24% +0.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 413 611
10th Percentile £12.73 £14.05 £13.38
25th Percentile £15.31 £18.03 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £39.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.59% +73.33% +26.62%
75th Percentile £60.56 £64.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.25 £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.83% +50.00% +21.21%

OpenVMS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OpenVMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OpenVMS in the UK

OpenVMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OpenVMS.

Daily rate trend for OpenVMS in the UK

OpenVMS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenVMS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OpenVMS in the UK

OpenVMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OpenVMS.

Hourly rate trend for OpenVMS in the UK

OpenVMS
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenVMS within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +117 5 £413 -28.26%
Work from Home +116 5 £425 -10.53%
London - 5 £413 -

OpenVMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) COBOL Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) COBOL Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) OpenVMS Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) OpenVMS Developer
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Developer
3 1 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior COBOL Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Oracle Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior SQL Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) VMS
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (25.00%) Windows
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Migration
3 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 6 (75.00%) COBOL
2 6 (75.00%) DCL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) NetBackup
1 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) Veeam
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Veritas