VMS Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

VMS
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring VMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 63 78
Rank change year-on-year -12 +15 +41
Contract jobs citing VMS 7 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.77% 0.70% 0.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.43% 6.10% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £368 £438
25th Percentile - £376 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £410 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -15.90% -
75th Percentile - £440 £506
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £417 £448 £488
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.21% -

All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire

VMS 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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 158 82 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 17.44% 11.55% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 53 92
10th Percentile £183 £180 £187
25th Percentile £290 £243 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +3.65% +6.13%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £532
90th Percentile £594 £738 £588
Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £465 £430
% change year-on-year -8.60% +8.14% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 6
10th Percentile - £20.28 £15.05
25th Percentile £21.30 £27.86 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.40 £41.00 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year -40.49% +113.85% -14.79%
75th Percentile £71.56 £48.88 £21.31
90th Percentile £148.63 £53.30 £21.64
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £17.50 £21.31
% change year-on-year +43.71% -17.88% -2.02%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

VMS job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

VMS
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing VMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing VMS

VMS
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
Leeds -11 6 - -
VMS
Yorkshire

VMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (14.29%) Oracle Database
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Source to Pay
2 1 (14.29%) Batch Scheduling
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Control-M
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle