The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Cambridgeshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 50 62 40
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -22
Contract jobs citing VBScript 1 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.182% 0.429% 1.544%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.394% 0.787% 2.996%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £425 £300 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% +140.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +169.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% +9.52%
All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
254 381 267
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 46.35% 54.43% 51.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 197 121
Average daily rate £303 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.20% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 38 38
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.35 £32.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
VBScript
East of England

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VBScript Jobs Demand Trend

VBScript
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VBScript Daily Rate Trend

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

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 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +12 1 £425 -
VBScript
East of England

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (93.33%) MSI
2 14 (93.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 13 (86.67%) VMware
3 13 (86.67%) InstallShield
3 13 (86.67%) VB
4 12 (80.00%) SLA
4 12 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (73.33%) Validation
5 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
6 9 (60.00%) Citrix
7 8 (53.33%) SCCM
8 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (40.00%) Terminal Services
8 6 (40.00%) MCSE
8 6 (40.00%) Remedy
9 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
9 4 (26.67%) AdminStudio
10 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
11 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
11 2 (13.33%) Wise Package Studio
11 2 (13.33%) Windows Vista
11 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
12 1 (6.667%) ITIL
12 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
12 1 (6.667%) PRINCE
12 1 (6.667%) AppSense
12 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
12 1 (6.667%) VMware ESX
12 1 (6.667%) ITIL V3

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 14 (93.33%) MSI
2 13 (86.67%) InstallShield
3 4 (26.67%) AdminStudio
4 2 (13.33%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Applications Packager
2 4 (26.67%) Software Packager
3 1 (6.667%) Architect
3 1 (6.667%) Technical Architect
3 1 (6.667%) Citrix Architect
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Vista
3 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Validation
2 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (6.667%) ITIL
3 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.667%) PRINCE
3 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.667%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) VB
2 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (40.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (80.00%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 12 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (40.00%) Terminal Services
4 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
5 1 (6.667%) VMware ESX
5 1 (6.667%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) VMware
2 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
3 9 (60.00%) Citrix
4 6 (40.00%) Remedy
5 1 (6.667%) AppSense