Cambridgeshire VBScript Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bolton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Huntingdon Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leek Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Street Surrey Telford Tiverton Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire Wokingham Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	57	59
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	2	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.019 %
As % of the category below	0.573 %	3.310 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£223
Average daily rate	-	£233
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£243
UK excluding London average daily rate	£284	£301
% change on same period last year	-5.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	7
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£32.00
Average hourly rate	-	£33.86
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.04	£28.14
% change on same period last year	-0.34 %
Programming Languages Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	349	574
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.491 %	0.580 %
Daily rates quoted	77	92
Average minimum daily rate	£285	£294
Average daily rate	£310	£310
% change on same period last year	-0.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£334	£327
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£334
% change on same period last year	-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted	48	111
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.24	£31.86
Average hourly rate	£38.65	£34.39
% change on same period last year	+12.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£41.07	£36.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.24	£32.80
% change on same period last year	-1.70 %
VBScript East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VBScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

VBScript
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VBScript across the Cambridgeshire region.

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the Cambridgeshire region.

VBScript
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Huntingdon	-	1	-	-
Cambridge	+10	1	-	-

VBScript East of England

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing VBScript also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VBScript.

1 6 (75.00 %) VB 2 4 (50.00 %) .NET 3 3 (37.50 %) C 3 3 (37.50 %) HTML 3 3 (37.50 %) JavaScript 3 3 (37.50 %) Bugzilla 3 3 (37.50 %) PowerShell 4 2 (25.00 %) Business Analysis 4 2 (25.00 %) Northgate 4 2 (25.00 %) Front Office 4 2 (25.00 %) Back Office 4 2 (25.00 %) CRM 4 2 (25.00 %) Microsoft 4 2 (25.00 %) Windows Server 2003 4 2 (25.00 %) C#

4 2 (25.00 %) ASP 4 2 (25.00 %) JSP 4 2 (25.00 %) Windows 5 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel 5 1 (12.50 %) XML 5 1 (12.50 %) SQL Server 5 1 (12.50 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (12.50 %) Visual Studio 5 1 (12.50 %) VB.NET 5 1 (12.50 %) VBA 5 1 (12.50 %) SQL 5 1 (12.50 %) Transact-SQL 5 1 (12.50 %) Configuration Management 5 1 (12.50 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (12.50 %) Workflow

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing VBScript also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VBScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (50.00 %) .NET 2 3 (37.50 %) HTML 3 2 (25.00 %) ASP 3 2 (25.00 %) JSP 4 1 (12.50 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 1 (12.50 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (12.50 %) SQL Server 1 1 (12.50 %) Crystal Reports
Development Applications 1 3 (37.50 %) Bugzilla 2 1 (12.50 %) Visual Studio	General 1 2 (25.00 %) Front Office 1 2 (25.00 %) Back Office
Job Titles 1 3 (37.50 %) Tester 2 2 (25.00 %) Developer 2 2 (25.00 %) Analyst 2 2 (25.00 %) 2nd Line Support 2 2 (25.00 %) .NET Developer 3 1 (12.50 %) C# Developer 3 1 (12.50 %) CRM Consultant 3 1 (12.50 %) 2nd Line Support Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Consultant 3 1 (12.50 %) Programmer 3 1 (12.50 %) Support Analyst	Operating Systems 1 2 (25.00 %) Windows 1 2 (25.00 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (25.00 %) CRM 1 2 (25.00 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (12.50 %) WFM 2 1 (12.50 %) Time Management 2 1 (12.50 %) Configuration Management 2 1 (12.50 %) Workflow	Programming Languages 1 6 (75.00 %) VB 2 3 (37.50 %) PowerShell 2 3 (37.50 %) C 2 3 (37.50 %) JavaScript 3 2 (25.00 %) C# 4 1 (12.50 %) SQL 4 1 (12.50 %) Transact-SQL 4 1 (12.50 %) VB.NET 4 1 (12.50 %) VBA
Vendors 1 2 (25.00 %) Microsoft 1 2 (25.00 %) Northgate