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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) skills within the Home Counties region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£292£308
% change on same period last year-5.02 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£27.95
% change on same period last year+8.79 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads2792
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.092 %
Daily rates quoted228
Average minimum daily rate£210£359
Average daily rate£210£367
% change on same period last year-42.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£210£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted012
Average minimum hourly rate-£37.33
Average hourly rate-£38.26
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£39.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.42£32.94
% change on same period last year+1.47 %
VBScript South EastVBScript
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VBScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Home Counties VBScript Demand Trend

VBScript
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VBScript across the Home Counties region.

Home Counties VBScript Daily Rate Trend

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the Home Counties region.

Home Counties VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

VBScript
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

16 (100.00 %)HTML
16 (100.00 %)Content Management
25 (83.33 %)FrontPage
25 (83.33 %)Incident Management
25 (83.33 %)Migration
25 (83.33 %)Java
25 (83.33 %)JavaScript
25 (83.33 %)ASP
25 (83.33 %)WebServices
25 (83.33 %)XML
25 (83.33 %)UNIX
25 (83.33 %)AIX
25 (83.33 %)Intranet
33 (50.00 %)Internet
33 (50.00 %)Windows NT
33 (50.00 %)Windows
33 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (50.00 %)Management Information System
42 (33.33 %)WebSphere
51 (16.67 %)CMS
51 (16.67 %)Perl
51 (16.67 %)IBM
51 (16.67 %)Interwoven
51 (16.67 %)OpenDeploy
51 (16.67 %)TeamSite
51 (16.67 %)Solaris

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)HTML
25 (83.33 %)ASP
25 (83.33 %)WebServices
25 (83.33 %)XML
32 (33.33 %)WebSphere
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)TeamSite
11 (16.67 %)CMS
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (83.33 %)Intranet
23 (50.00 %)Internet
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (83.33 %)FrontPage
21 (16.67 %)OpenDeploy
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Analyst
15 (83.33 %)Support Analyst
15 (83.33 %)Web Analyst
15 (83.33 %)Junior Analyst
15 (83.33 %)Junior Support Analyst
15 (83.33 %)Junior
21 (16.67 %)Developer
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)Management Information System
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (83.33 %)UNIX
15 (83.33 %)AIX
23 (50.00 %)Windows
23 (50.00 %)Windows NT
23 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (16.67 %)Solaris
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (100.00 %)Content Management
25 (83.33 %)Incident Management
25 (83.33 %)Migration
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)Java
15 (83.33 %)JavaScript
21 (16.67 %)Perl
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)IBM
11 (16.67 %)Interwoven