VME Job Trends in Lancashire

ICL VME
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire 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 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing VME 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.072% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.52% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,447 - -
North West median annual salary £44,447 - -

All Operating Systems
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 66 60 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 4.74% 11.09% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 62 43 119
10th Percentile £25,250 £24,989 £22,614
25th Percentile £25,875 £37,125 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £42,500 £44,274
Median % change year-on-year -36.47% -4.01% +11.38%
75th Percentile £35,000 £52,125 £55,000
90th Percentile £49,725 £57,000 £67,968
North West median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +5.88%

VME
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

VME job vacancy trend in Lancashire

VME
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing VME.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing VME

VME
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VME within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Blackpool - 1 £44,447 -
VME
North West

VME
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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