OpenVMS Job Trends

OpenVMS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring OpenVMS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 675 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing OpenVMS 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.047% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Operating Systems
UK

OpenVMS 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6,422 9,794 10,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.01% 12.58% 16.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,150 6,050 8,333
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,250 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,325 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -14.83% -3.23% +3.33%

OpenVMS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OpenVMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OpenVMS in the UK

OpenVMS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenVMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenVMS

OpenVMS
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenVMS within the UK over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
England - 3 £32,500 - 1
London - 2 £32,500 -
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 1
Work from Home - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - - 1

OpenVMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) VMS
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) NetBackup
1 2 (66.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) Veeam
1 2 (66.67%) Veritas
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat