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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 597 684 850
Rank change year-on-year +87 +166 -122
Contract jobs citing OpenVMS 2 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.013% 0.005%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.034% 0.078% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £350 -
25th Percentile £275 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £449 £400
Median % change year-on-year -33.25% +12.36% +28.00%
75th Percentile £325 £544 £425
90th Percentile - £581 -
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 5,829 8,984 12,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.46% 16.13% 14.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,891 6,255 8,890
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £309 £338 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £615
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 407 393 572
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.42 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.08 £15.86
Median hourly rate £22.50 £43.75 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year -48.57% +96.63% +27.14%
75th Percentile £62.25 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £39.05 £20.00
% change year-on-year -38.08% +95.25% +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 2 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 8 June 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 +93 2 £300 -14.29%
London +79 2 £300 -14.29%

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 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) VMS
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (50.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas