WSH Contracts in England

Windows Script Host (WSH)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for WSH skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WSH over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 648 779
Rank change year-on-year +114 +131 -150
Contract jobs citing WSH 2 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.005% 0.012% 0.004%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.027% 0.052% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile - £430 -
25th Percentile - £456 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £165
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +203.03% -26.67%
75th Percentile - - £183
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £258
% change year-on-year -10.00% +94.17% +14.44%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

WSH is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,503 11,586 19,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.23% 23.08% 27.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,336 8,569 14,399
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 138 211
10th Percentile £22.42 £28.73 £22.50
25th Percentile £42.81 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +31.31% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.08 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -28.95% +31.31% +10.00%

WSH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing WSH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for WSH in England

WSH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WSH in England.

Daily rate trend for WSH in England

WSH
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WSH in England.

Hourly rate trend for WSH in England

WSH
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSH within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
London - 2 £450 - 4
WSH
UK

WSH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Packager
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft