The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 23 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 Hertfordshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 61 47 56
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +9
Contract jobs citing VBScript 2 24 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.314% 2.472% 0.906%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.760% 5.755% 2.589%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £23.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% +9.52%
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
263 417 309
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 41.29% 42.95% 34.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 165 112
Average daily rate £375 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 40 53
Average hourly rate £20.00 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £19.84 £30.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.80 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VBScript
East of England

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hemel Hempstead +6 1 - -
VBScript
East of England

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 20 (100.00%) SQL
2 19 (95.00%) T-SQL
2 19 (95.00%) JavaScript
2 19 (95.00%) .NET
2 19 (95.00%) SQL Server
2 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 19 (95.00%) Ajax
3 18 (90.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (90.00%) jQuery
3 18 (90.00%) ASP.NET
3 18 (90.00%) Web Services
3 18 (90.00%) DHTML
3 18 (90.00%) HTML
4 17 (85.00%) ADO.NET
4 17 (85.00%) VB.NET
5 16 (80.00%) WinForms
5 16 (80.00%) .NET Framework
5 16 (80.00%) DTS
5 16 (80.00%) FTP
6 15 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
8 12 (60.00%) MS Office
9 11 (55.00%) Telecoms
10 6 (30.00%) Migration
10 6 (30.00%) Ethernet
10 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (15.00%) C#
11 3 (15.00%) VB
12 2 (10.00%) VBA
12 2 (10.00%) ASP

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 19 (95.00%) .NET
1 19 (95.00%) Ajax
2 18 (90.00%) jQuery
2 18 (90.00%) ASP.NET
2 18 (90.00%) Web Services
2 18 (90.00%) DHTML
2 18 (90.00%) HTML
3 17 (85.00%) ADO.NET
4 16 (80.00%) WinForms
4 16 (80.00%) .NET Framework
5 2 (10.00%) ASP
6 1 (5.000%) Silverlight
6 1 (5.000%) XML
6 1 (5.000%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (60.00%) MS Office
2 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (80.00%) FTP
2 6 (30.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (5.000%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (95.00%) SQL Server
2 18 (90.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (80.00%) DTS
4 2 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) LoadRunner
General
1 11 (55.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.000%) Retail
2 1 (5.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (95.00%) Developer
2 17 (85.00%) Web Developer
3 1 (5.000%) SCCM Consultant
3 1 (5.000%) Designer
3 1 (5.000%) Technical Leader
3 1 (5.000%) .NET Developer
3 1 (5.000%) Web Designer
3 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (5.000%) Consultant
3 1 (5.000%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Mathematics
1 1 (5.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 15 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.000%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Migration
1 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (5.000%) Software Distribution
3 1 (5.000%) Web Development
3 1 (5.000%) Time Management
3 1 (5.000%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) SQL
2 19 (95.00%) T-SQL
2 19 (95.00%) JavaScript
3 17 (85.00%) VB.NET
4 3 (15.00%) C#
4 3 (15.00%) VB
5 2 (10.00%) VBA
6 1 (5.000%) PowerShell
6 1 (5.000%) F#
6 1 (5.000%) PL/SQL
6 1 (5.000%) C++
6 1 (5.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (5.000%) MCITP
1 1 (5.000%) Degree
1 1 (5.000%) MCTS
1 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.000%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.000%) VMware
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle
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