OpenVMS Contracts

OpenVMS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for OpenVMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OpenVMS over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 686 859
Rank change year-on-year +113 +173 -158
Contract jobs citing OpenVMS 6 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.014% 0.005%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.11% 0.086% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 1
10th Percentile £315 £350 -
25th Percentile £375 £399 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.50% +28.00%
75th Percentile £438 £550 £425
90th Percentile - £580 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £463 -

All Operating Systems
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,687 9,251 13,104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.37% 16.16% 14.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,850 6,458 8,915
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £338 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +0.57% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 404 594
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.08 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.74 £15.89
Median hourly rate £22.15 £39.05 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.28% +73.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £60.75 £64.13 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +50.00% +21.21%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for OpenVMS in the UK

OpenVMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for OpenVMS in the UK

OpenVMS
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenVMS within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +115 4 £400 +14.29%
London +104 4 £400 +14.29%
Work from Home +113 3 £425 -10.53%

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 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle Database
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) COBOL Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) OpenVMS Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) COBOL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) OpenVMS Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior COBOL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Oracle Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) VMS
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) COBOL
2 4 (66.67%) DCL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) NetBackup
1 1 (16.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Veeam
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Veritas