VMS Contracts in Manchester

VMS
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for VMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 106 141
Rank change year-on-year +15 +35 -42
Contract jobs citing VMS 6 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.42% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.53% 1.13% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £478 £393 -
25th Percentile £481 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £519 £488 £625
90th Percentile £523 - £670
North West median daily rate £500 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.25 - -
North West median hourly rate £25.25 - -

All Operating Systems
Manchester

VMS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 170 266 492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 11.79% 14.96% 18.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 190 368
10th Percentile £300 £189 £159
25th Percentile £375 £357 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £476 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.10% -4.90% +30.55%
75th Percentile £800 £575 £625
90th Percentile £850 £650 £663
North West median daily rate £431 £475 £456
% change year-on-year -9.21% +4.11% +21.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 23
10th Percentile £18.40 £13.18 £15.25
25th Percentile - £15.88 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.25 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.89% -5.00% +23.23%
75th Percentile £48.00 £26.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £68.50 £35.26 £79.80
North West median hourly rate £15.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -45.45% +37.50% +25.00%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing VMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for VMS in Manchester

VMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMS in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for VMS in Manchester

VMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMS in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for VMS in Manchester

VMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Server Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) CCTV
1 4 (66.67%) Social Media
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (16.67%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (16.67%) Server Virtualisation
1 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (16.67%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) VMware