VME Job Trends in Blackpool

ICL VME
Lancashire > Blackpool

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Blackpool requiring VME skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing VME 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackpool 0.59% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,447 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £44,447 - -

All Operating Systems
Blackpool

VME falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Blackpool.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9 1 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackpool 5.33% 1.85% 11.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 9
10th Percentile £43,208 - -
25th Percentile £44,972 - £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +91.49%
75th Percentile £67,749 - £67,968
90th Percentile £69,390 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £27,000 £42,500 £44,274
% change year-on-year -36.47% -4.01% +11.38%

VME
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VME relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Blackpool.

VME job vacancy trend in Blackpool

VME
Salary Trend in Blackpool

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing VME.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing VME

VME
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool 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%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA