The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Dorset 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank - 27 43
Contract jobs citing VBScript 0 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset - 2.536% 0.277%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 8.642% 0.990%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £425 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +54.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £305 £278
% change year-on-year
+14.75% +9.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.28% +16.66%
All Programming Languages
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
91 81 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 39.91% 29.35% 27.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 47 52
Average daily rate £363 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £338 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 2
Average hourly rate £32.00 £40.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VBScript
South West

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

VBScript
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) FTP
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) EPoS
2 2 (66.67%) Mobile Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) ATG
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
3 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 2 (66.67%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) FTP
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
1 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Support Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Help Desk Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Applications Support
3 1 (33.33%) QA Test Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) QA Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Commerce
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) ATG