VME Job Trends in South Yorkshire

ICL VME
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring VME skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing VME 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.10% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,447 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £44,447 - -

All Operating Systems
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 47 51 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 4.89% 14.17% 14.78%
Number of salaries quoted 39 31 137
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £24,900
25th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,922 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.20% +7.90% +4.52%
75th Percentile £42,500 £50,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £51,500 £70,000 £57,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £33,000 £34,375 £40,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -14.06% -7.32%

VME
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

VME job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

VME
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing VME.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing VME

VME
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VME within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Sheffield - 1 £44,447 -
VME
Yorkshire

VME
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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:

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