VSAM Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VSAM in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited VSAM over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 - 741
Rank change year-on-year - - -10
Permanent jobs citing VSAM 2 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.003% - 0.021%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.012% - 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £68,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £71,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.34%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £74,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £90,000 - £71,000
% change year-on-year - - +20.34%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

VSAM falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 16,856 10,962 23,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.46% 38.68% 34.68%
Number of salaries quoted 8,375 5,419 15,168
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,346 £36,925 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

VSAM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VSAM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

VSAM job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

VSAM
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VSAM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VSAM

VSAM
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VSAM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
South East - 1 £60,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
VSAM
UK

VSAM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) ChangeMan
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Product Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior COBOL Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Code
1 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Telematics
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) COBOL
1 2 (100.00%) JCL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CA Endevor
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager