OpenVMS Contracts with Work from Home Options

OpenVMS
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 338 467 -
Rank change year-on-year +129 - -
Contract jobs citing OpenVMS 6 4 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.039% 0.016% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.38% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £390 £449 -
25th Percentile £413 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - -
75th Percentile £469 £538 -
90th Percentile - £560 -
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% +28.00%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,589 3,529 5,465
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.42% 13.75% 12.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,106 2,488 3,858
10th Percentile £219 £250 £298
25th Percentile £350 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £680 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £465 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -7.74% +0.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 104 164
10th Percentile £13.10 £19.00 £14.33
25th Percentile £14.27 £39.60 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.15 £55.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.00% +29.41% +13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £39.30 £22.50
% change year-on-year -44.02% +74.67% +25.80%

OpenVMS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing OpenVMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OpenVMS trend for jobs with a WFH option

OpenVMS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing OpenVMS.

OpenVMS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

OpenVMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) COBOL Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Developer
3 2 (33.33%) COBOL Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) OpenVMS Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) OpenVMS Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior COBOL Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Oracle Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) VMS
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Migration
3 4 (66.67%) ITIL
3 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) COBOL
1 6 (100.00%) DCL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle