Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the London region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank235223228
Rank change year-on-year
Down-12Up+5
Matching contract IT job ads13576224
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London0.521 %0.460 %0.611 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.170 %1.281 %1.517 %
Daily rates quoted602699
Average daily rate£350£375£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£201£275£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£450£478
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£300£298
% change year-on-year
-8.330 %+0.840 %
Hourly rates quoted3817
Average hourly rate£37.50£22.75£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+64.83 %+13.75 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.70£16.31£15.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£49.10£28.50£30.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£17.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-46.15 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
11541593414763
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London44.55 %35.95 %40.28 %
Daily rates quoted653725646268
Average daily rate£475£400£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.75 %-11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£280£250£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted189184520
Average hourly rate£35.00£28.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.80 %-5.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.00£15.87£18.03
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£42.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
VBScript EnglandVBScript
England

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.

VBScript
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London VBScript Daily Rate Trend

VBScript
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBScript across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London VBScript Daily Rate Histogram

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

VBScript
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBScript across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London VBScript Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-4836£413+17.85 %
LutonNew entry-4£203-
Docklands, LondonDown-73£355-18.85 %
CroydonNew entry-2£350-
Canary WharfDown-301£380-
VBScript EnglandVBScript
England

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

194 (42.15 %)VB
285 (38.12 %)Windows
381 (36.32 %)SQL
476 (34.08 %)Banking
570 (31.39 %).NET
662 (27.80 %)SQL Server
751 (22.87 %)Microsoft
849 (21.97 %)Finance
948 (21.52 %)ASP
1041 (18.39 %)C#
1139 (17.49 %)JavaScript
1236 (16.14 %)SQL Server 2005
1335 (15.70 %)Java
1335 (15.70 %)Active Directory
1335 (15.70 %)Windows Server 2003
1433 (14.80 %)Investment Banking
1531 (13.90 %)PowerShell
1531 (13.90 %)HTML
1630 (13.45 %)Oracle
1729 (13.00 %)ASP.NET
1828 (12.56 %)XML
1828 (12.56 %)Citrix
1926 (11.66 %)QuickTest Pro
2025 (11.21 %)Perl
2124 (10.76 %)IIS
2223 (10.31 %)VB.NET
2223 (10.31 %)TCP/IP
2322 (9.865 %)SCCM
2421 (9.417 %)UNIX
2421 (9.417 %)VMware

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
170 (31.39 %).NET
248 (21.52 %)ASP
331 (13.90 %)HTML
429 (13.00 %)ASP.NET
528 (12.56 %)XML
618 (8.072 %)CSS
715 (6.726 %)Application Packaging
811 (4.933 %)DHTML
811 (4.933 %)XHTML
811 (4.933 %)jQuery
910 (4.484 %)AJAX
910 (4.484 %)Web Services
108 (3.587 %)ADO
117 (3.139 %)SOAP
117 (3.139 %)WebSphere
117 (3.139 %)WMI
126 (2.691 %)FIX Protocol
135 (2.242 %)XSL
135 (2.242 %)WSH
144 (1.794 %).NET Framework
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
124 (10.76 %)IIS
212 (5.381 %)MS Exchange
212 (5.381 %)SharePoint
37 (3.139 %)WebLogic
37 (3.139 %)BizTalk Server
46 (2.691 %)WebSphere Application Server
55 (2.242 %)Exchange Server 2003
64 (1.794 %)Exchange Server 2007
64 (1.794 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
64 (1.794 %)Rendezvous
73 (1.345 %)MTS
73 (1.345 %)CMS
73 (1.345 %)Joomla!
73 (1.345 %)Drupal
82 (0.897 %)Apache
91 (0.448 %)Site Server
91 (0.448 %)Exchange Server 5.5
91 (0.448 %)Office Communications Server
91 (0.448 %)TIBCO EMS
91 (0.448 %)SharePoint Server 2007
London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
115 (6.726 %)MS Excel
212 (5.381 %)MS Office
31 (0.448 %)Photoshop
31 (0.448 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.448 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.897 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
21 (0.448 %)Summit
21 (0.448 %)SunGard AvantGard
21 (0.448 %)SalesLogix
21 (0.448 %)Dynamics CRM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
123 (10.31 %)TCP/IP
214 (6.278 %)DNS
312 (5.381 %)DHCP
411 (4.933 %)Intranet
57 (3.139 %)Internet
66 (2.691 %)SMS
66 (2.691 %)LDAP
66 (2.691 %)SAN
73 (1.345 %)HTTP
82 (0.897 %)Firewall
82 (0.897 %)FTP
91 (0.448 %)LAN
91 (0.448 %)WAN
91 (0.448 %)SMTP
91 (0.448 %)VLAN
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
162 (27.80 %)SQL Server
236 (16.14 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (8.520 %)SQL Server 2000
414 (6.278 %)Datawarehouse
510 (4.484 %)Crystal Reports
69 (4.036 %)ETL
77 (3.139 %)SQL Server 2008
86 (2.691 %)SQL Server Integration Services
94 (1.794 %)Cognos Powerplay
94 (1.794 %)Star Schema
103 (1.345 %)DB2
103 (1.345 %)Oracle 10g
103 (1.345 %)Data Mining
112 (0.897 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
112 (0.897 %)QlikView
112 (0.897 %)Data Cleansing
112 (0.897 %)Oracle Reports
112 (0.897 %)DTS
112 (0.897 %)MS Access
112 (0.897 %)RDBMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
126 (11.66 %)QuickTest Pro
29 (4.036 %)Visual Studio
36 (2.691 %)InterDev
36 (2.691 %)LoadRunner
45 (2.242 %)ClearCase
54 (1.794 %)Team Foundation Server
54 (1.794 %)Rational Functional Tester
54 (1.794 %)Subversion
54 (1.794 %)InstallShield
54 (1.794 %)AdminStudio
63 (1.345 %)Selenium
72 (0.897 %)FrontPage
72 (0.897 %)NUnit
72 (0.897 %)WinRunner
72 (0.897 %)JUnit
81 (0.448 %)PVCS
81 (0.448 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.448 %)TestDirector
81 (0.448 %)ClearQuest
81 (0.448 %)Paros
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
176 (34.08 %)Banking
249 (21.97 %)Finance
333 (14.80 %)Investment Banking
45 (2.242 %)Front Office
45 (2.242 %)Billing
54 (1.794 %)Marketing
63 (1.345 %)Education
63 (1.345 %)Multimedia
63 (1.345 %)Retail
63 (1.345 %)Insurance
72 (0.897 %)Music
72 (0.897 %)Telecoms
72 (0.897 %)Financial Institution
72 (0.897 %)Back Office
81 (0.448 %)Government
81 (0.448 %)Health
81 (0.448 %)Law
81 (0.448 %)Advertising
81 (0.448 %)Corporate Banking
81 (0.448 %)Auditing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
155 (24.66 %)Developer
245 (20.18 %)Analyst
315 (6.726 %)Support Analyst
413 (5.830 %)Test Analyst
512 (5.381 %)Applications Support
512 (5.381 %)Administrator
512 (5.381 %)Tester
512 (5.381 %).NET Developer
512 (5.381 %)SQL Developer
611 (4.933 %)Applications Packager
611 (4.933 %)Wintel Engineer
79 (4.036 %)Web Developer
88 (3.587 %)SQL Server Developer
88 (3.587 %)ASP Developer
97 (3.139 %)Consultant
97 (3.139 %)Analyst Developer
97 (3.139 %)Web Administrator
97 (3.139 %)Windows Engineer
106 (2.691 %)Windows Server Engineer
106 (2.691 %)Applications Support Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (4.036 %)Equities
26 (2.691 %)Derivative
26 (2.691 %)Blackberry
34 (1.794 %)PKI
34 (1.794 %)Fixed Income
43 (1.345 %)Client/Server
43 (1.345 %)Credit Risk
43 (1.345 %)Open Source
52 (0.897 %)Market Risk
52 (0.897 %)W3C
52 (0.897 %)MPEG
61 (0.448 %)N-Tier
61 (0.448 %)Mainframe
61 (0.448 %)EPoS
61 (0.448 %)AS400
61 (0.448 %)Clustering
61 (0.448 %)Replication
61 (0.448 %)Interest Rate Derivative
61 (0.448 %)Equity Derivative
61 (0.448 %)Data Conversion
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
185 (38.12 %)Windows
235 (15.70 %)Windows Server 2003
321 (9.417 %)UNIX
420 (8.969 %)Windows Server 2008
519 (8.520 %)Linux
616 (7.175 %)Windows XP
714 (6.278 %)Windows 7
813 (5.830 %)Windows 2000 Server
910 (4.484 %)Windows 2000
106 (2.691 %)Windows Vista
114 (1.794 %)Red Hat Linux
123 (1.345 %)Solaris
132 (0.897 %)Windows NT
141 (0.448 %)FreeBSD
141 (0.448 %)AIX
141 (0.448 %)HPUX
141 (0.448 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (6.278 %)User Acceptance Testing
114 (6.278 %)Test Automation
213 (5.830 %)Test Scripting
312 (5.381 %)Migration
49 (4.036 %)ITIL
49 (4.036 %)Web Development
58 (3.587 %)Agile Software Development
67 (3.139 %)Business Intelligence
67 (3.139 %)Software Testing
76 (2.691 %)CRM
85 (2.242 %)OO
94 (1.794 %)Performance Management
94 (1.794 %)RAD
103 (1.345 %)PRINCE2
103 (1.345 %)Project Management
103 (1.345 %)TDD
103 (1.345 %)Business Analysis
103 (1.345 %)Load Testing
103 (1.345 %)Integration Testing
112 (0.897 %)Database Tuning
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
194 (42.15 %)VB
281 (36.32 %)SQL
341 (18.39 %)C#
439 (17.49 %)JavaScript
535 (15.70 %)Java
631 (13.90 %)PowerShell
725 (11.21 %)Perl
823 (10.31 %)VB.NET
919 (8.520 %)T-SQL
1017 (7.623 %)VBA
1116 (7.175 %)C
1215 (6.726 %)C++
1310 (4.484 %)VB6
149 (4.036 %)Korn
158 (3.587 %)Shell Script
166 (2.691 %)C-shell
166 (2.691 %)Bash shell
174 (1.794 %)Python
182 (0.897 %)PHP
182 (0.897 %)PL/SQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (5.381 %)Degree
29 (4.036 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (3.139 %)MCSE
37 (3.139 %)Security Cleared
46 (2.691 %)SC Cleared
46 (2.691 %)ISEB
55 (2.242 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
63 (1.345 %)MCP
71 (0.448 %)MCSA
71 (0.448 %)CCNA
71 (0.448 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.448 %)MCITP
71 (0.448 %)DV Cleared
71 (0.448 %)Brainbench
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (2.242 %)QA
22 (0.897 %)WAI
London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
135 (15.70 %)Active Directory
25 (2.242 %)Terminal Server
25 (2.242 %)VMware ESX
25 (2.242 %)Citrix Presentation Server
33 (1.345 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.897 %)XenApp
42 (0.897 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.448 %)MetaFrame
51 (0.448 %)VMware Workstation
51 (0.448 %)XenServer
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
122 (9.865 %)SCCM
210 (4.484 %)MSI
36 (2.691 %)NetBackup
44 (1.794 %)HP Quality Center
44 (1.794 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (1.345 %)WSUS
61 (0.448 %)Legato
61 (0.448 %)OpenView Configuration Management
61 (0.448 %)AutoSys
61 (0.448 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
61 (0.448 %)SCOM
61 (0.448 %)BMC Marimba
London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
151 (22.87 %)Microsoft
230 (13.45 %)Oracle
328 (12.56 %)Citrix
421 (9.417 %)VMware
516 (7.175 %)Sybase
615 (6.726 %)HP
713 (5.830 %)Altiris
89 (4.036 %)Dell
97 (3.139 %)IBM
105 (2.242 %)Cognos
114 (1.794 %)Red Hat
114 (1.794 %)Reuters
114 (1.794 %)Bloomberg
123 (1.345 %)Tridion
123 (1.345 %)TIBCO
123 (1.345 %)Open Text
132 (0.897 %)SunGard
132 (0.897 %)Cisco
141 (0.448 %)Business Objects
141 (0.448 %)SAP