The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 85 91 96
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +5
Contract jobs citing VBScript 14 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.901% 0.435% 0.435%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.258% 1.176% 1.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 4
Average daily rate £300 £356 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% +9.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £36.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% +9.52%
All Programming Languages
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
620 595 735
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 39.90% 36.96% 40.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 270 287
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 84 98
Average hourly rate £36.00 £36.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £22.95 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
VBScript
South East

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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
Farnborough - 3 £325 -
Southampton - 2 £290 -
Havant - 1 - -
VBScript
South East

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 17 (73.91%) Windows
2 16 (69.57%) Security Cleared
3 13 (56.52%) MSI
4 12 (52.17%) VB
4 12 (52.17%) SCCM
5 11 (47.83%) Application Packaging
6 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
6 10 (43.48%) Windows 7
7 9 (39.13%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (39.13%) InstallShield
8 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
9 7 (30.43%) OpenView Configuration Management
10 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
10 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
11 5 (21.74%) Software Distribution
12 4 (17.39%) Windows Vista
12 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
13 3 (13.04%) Windows XP
13 3 (13.04%) C
13 3 (13.04%) Oracle
13 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
13 3 (13.04%) SCOM
13 3 (13.04%) Migration
13 3 (13.04%) Windows 8
13 3 (13.04%) Wise Package Studio
14 2 (8.696%) Oracle OWB
14 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
14 2 (8.696%) Workflow
14 2 (8.696%) Red Hat

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 11 (47.83%) Application Packaging
2 1 (4.348%) XML Schema
2 1 (4.348%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (4.348%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.348%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) SMS
1 1 (4.348%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle OWB
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 13 (56.52%) MSI
2 9 (39.13%) InstallShield
3 3 (13.04%) Wise Package Studio
4 2 (8.696%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (8.696%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (4.348%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Applications Packager
2 2 (8.696%) Oracle Developer
2 2 (8.696%) Deployment Engineer
2 2 (8.696%) Developer
3 1 (4.348%) Architect
3 1 (4.348%) Technical Architect
3 1 (4.348%) MSI Packager
3 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 17 (73.91%) Windows
2 10 (43.48%) Windows 7
3 4 (17.39%) Windows Vista
4 3 (13.04%) Windows XP
4 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (13.04%) Windows 8
5 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (8.696%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (8.696%) Linux
6 1 (4.348%) Windows 2000
6 1 (4.348%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Software Distribution
2 3 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (13.04%) Migration
3 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
3 2 (8.696%) Workflow
3 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.348%) ITIL
4 1 (4.348%) Security Architecture
4 1 (4.348%) Fault Management
4 1 (4.348%) Problem Management
4 1 (4.348%) Document Management
4 1 (4.348%) Validation
4 1 (4.348%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) VB
2 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
3 3 (13.04%) C
4 2 (8.696%) Shell Script
4 2 (8.696%) PL/SQL
4 2 (8.696%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (69.57%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) MCSE
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.348%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft App-V
2 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.348%) XenApp
3 1 (4.348%) VMware ESX
3 1 (4.348%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (52.17%) SCCM
2 7 (30.43%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 3 (13.04%) SCOM
4 1 (4.348%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Oracle
3 2 (8.696%) Red Hat
3 2 (8.696%) Serena
3 2 (8.696%) Citrix
4 1 (4.348%) Intel
4 1 (4.348%) Altiris
4 1 (4.348%) VMware