DEC VAX
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VAX in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VAX 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 597 - 861
Rank change year-on-year - - -162
Contract jobs citing VAX 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - 0.002%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.023% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £398 - -
25th Percentile £403 - £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £225
Median % change year-on-year - - -52.63%
75th Percentile £438 - £263
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £225

All Generic Skills
UK

VAX 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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,086 19,646 29,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.26% 33.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,417 13,497 20,479
10th Percentile £263 £309 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £676 £657
90th Percentile £798 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 902 642 722
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -17.49% +3.52%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +28.41% +10.00% -16.67%

VAX
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VAX in the UK

VAX
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for VAX in the UK

VAX
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for VAX in the UK

VAX
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 VAX within the UK 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
Work from Home - 2 £425 -
London - 1 £425 -
England - 1 £425 -

VAX
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) COBOL Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) OpenVMS Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) COBOL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) OpenVMS Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior COBOL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Oracle Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior SQL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) OpenVMS
1 3 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) COBOL
1 3 (100.00%) DCL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle