The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 19 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 East of England 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 99 77 101
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +24
Contract jobs citing VBScript 19 60 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.859% 1.987% 1.044%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.088% 4.762% 2.738%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 17 12
Average daily rate £200 £265 £219
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.52% +21.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £158 £240 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £360 £267
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £305 £280
% change year-on-year
+14.75% +8.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 5
Average hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +169.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.28% +16.66%
All Programming Languages
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
910 1260 1059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 41.16% 41.72% 38.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 620 474
Average daily rate £325 £325 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +5.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £213 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £438 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 120 112
Average hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £19.63 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £50.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VBScript
England

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England VBScript Daily Rate Trend

VBScript
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBScript across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England VBScript Daily Rate Histogram

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Essex -6 13 £175 -33.96% 2
Cambridgeshire +4 2 £425 +82.79% 1
Hertfordshire -7 2 - - 1
Suffolk +14 1 - - 1
Norfolk - - - -
VBScript
England

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 49 (92.45%) Windows
2 33 (62.26%) Microsoft
3 24 (45.28%) VB
3 24 (45.28%) SQL Server
4 20 (37.74%) Windows Server 2003
5 19 (35.85%) SQL
6 18 (33.96%) Windows Server 2008
7 16 (30.19%) PowerShell
7 16 (30.19%) VMware
8 15 (28.30%) Citrix
9 14 (26.42%) VMware Infrastructure
10 13 (24.53%) SCCM
10 13 (24.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (24.53%) Active Directory
10 13 (24.53%) Validation
10 13 (24.53%) Microsoft App-V
11 12 (22.64%) SLA
11 12 (22.64%) MSI
11 12 (22.64%) .NET
11 12 (22.64%) MCSE
12 11 (20.75%) DTS
12 11 (20.75%) VB.NET
12 11 (20.75%) T-SQL
12 11 (20.75%) DHTML
12 11 (20.75%) HTML
12 11 (20.75%) JavaScript
12 11 (20.75%) ASP.NET
12 11 (20.75%) Migration
12 11 (20.75%) Ajax
12 11 (20.75%) jQuery

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 12 (22.64%) .NET
2 11 (20.75%) DHTML
2 11 (20.75%) HTML
2 11 (20.75%) ASP.NET
2 11 (20.75%) Ajax
2 11 (20.75%) jQuery
3 10 (18.87%) WinForms
3 10 (18.87%) ADO.NET
3 10 (18.87%) Web Services
4 9 (16.98%) .NET Framework
5 4 (7.547%) ASP
6 1 (1.887%) Silverlight
6 1 (1.887%) XML
6 1 (1.887%) XSLT
6 1 (1.887%) SOAP
6 1 (1.887%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (11.32%) Exchange Server 2010
1 6 (11.32%) Exchange Server 2007
1 6 (11.32%) MS Exchange
1 6 (11.32%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (7.547%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (18.87%) MS Office
2 2 (3.774%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.887%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.887%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.98%) FTP
2 7 (13.21%) SAN
3 6 (11.32%) TCP/IP
4 5 (9.434%) Ethernet
5 2 (3.774%) DHCP
5 2 (3.774%) DNS
5 2 (3.774%) LDAP
6 1 (1.887%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.887%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (45.28%) SQL Server
2 11 (20.75%) DTS
3 10 (18.87%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (18.87%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (18.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (11.32%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.887%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.887%) MS Access
5 1 (1.887%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (22.64%) MSI
2 10 (18.87%) InstallShield
3 5 (9.434%) AdminStudio
4 2 (3.774%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (1.887%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 9 (16.98%) Telecoms
2 5 (9.434%) Finance
3 2 (3.774%) Banking
4 1 (1.887%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.887%) Automotive
4 1 (1.887%) Electronics
4 1 (1.887%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (20.75%) Developer
1 11 (20.75%) Applications Packager
2 10 (18.87%) Web Developer
3 8 (15.09%) Consultant
4 4 (7.547%) Software Packager
5 3 (5.660%) Analyst
5 3 (5.660%) Support Analyst
6 2 (3.774%) Citrix Administrator
6 2 (3.774%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 2 (3.774%) Citrix Support
6 2 (3.774%) Senior Citrix Support
6 2 (3.774%) Senior Support Analyst
6 2 (3.774%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (3.774%) Systems Support
6 2 (3.774%) Administrator
6 2 (3.774%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.774%) Citrix Support Analyst
7 1 (1.887%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (1.887%) Designer
7 1 (1.887%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Clustering
1 6 (11.32%) PACS
2 2 (3.774%) NHS
3 1 (1.887%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 49 (92.45%) Windows
2 20 (37.74%) Windows Server 2003
3 18 (33.96%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (15.09%) Windows 7
5 5 (9.434%) Windows XP
6 3 (5.660%) Windows 8
6 3 (5.660%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (5.660%) Windows Vista
7 2 (3.774%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.53%) Validation
2 11 (20.75%) Migration
3 8 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (11.32%) Performance Management
4 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (9.434%) PRINCE2
6 4 (7.547%) Service Delivery
7 2 (3.774%) ITIL
7 2 (3.774%) Load Balancing
7 2 (3.774%) Test Strategy
7 2 (3.774%) Test Scripting
7 2 (3.774%) Investment Management
8 1 (1.887%) Time Management
8 1 (1.887%) Manual Testing
8 1 (1.887%) Test Automation
8 1 (1.887%) ITIL V3
8 1 (1.887%) Waterfall
8 1 (1.887%) Software Distribution
8 1 (1.887%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (1.887%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (45.28%) VB
2 19 (35.85%) SQL
3 16 (30.19%) PowerShell
4 11 (20.75%) VB.NET
4 11 (20.75%) T-SQL
4 11 (20.75%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.774%) C#
6 1 (1.887%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (24.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (22.64%) MCSE
3 6 (11.32%) CCA
3 6 (11.32%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (1.887%) Degree
4 1 (1.887%) MCITP
4 1 (1.887%) MCTS
4 1 (1.887%) HNC
4 1 (1.887%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.64%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (26.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (24.53%) Active Directory
2 13 (24.53%) Microsoft App-V
3 8 (15.09%) XenApp
3 8 (15.09%) XenServer
4 7 (13.21%) XenDesktop
5 6 (11.32%) Forefront TMG
5 6 (11.32%) ISA Server
5 6 (11.32%) Terminal Services
6 3 (5.660%) VMware ESX
7 1 (1.887%) Xen
7 1 (1.887%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 13 (24.53%) SCCM
2 6 (11.32%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.887%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.887%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 33 (62.26%) Microsoft
2 16 (30.19%) VMware
3 15 (28.30%) Citrix
4 9 (16.98%) AppSense
5 8 (15.09%) Oracle
6 7 (13.21%) HP
7 6 (11.32%) ADIC
7 6 (11.32%) CommVault
7 6 (11.32%) Compaq
7 6 (11.32%) Dell
7 6 (11.32%) Remedy
7 6 (11.32%) Veritas
7 6 (11.32%) Wyse
8 3 (5.660%) Symantec
9 2 (3.774%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.887%) LANDesk
10 1 (1.887%) McAfee
Witham, South East
To be successful in this role you will need to have experience with Classic ASP, VBScript, Windows Server 2000 - 2003, MS SQL Server 8, DTS and IIS 6.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £125 - £175 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
Active Directory 2008... -Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010. -Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008. -Windows Server 2008 Clustering Technology. -HP EVA and P4000 SAN technologies. -CommVault Simpana...
Skye Group
Rate: £25 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
Suffolk
Global Engineering company based in Suffolk is urgently seeking a Senior Systems Validation Engineer to develop test strategy, test plans and carry out testing of new and legacy...
Roc Search
Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
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