The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 17 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 Merseyside 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VBScript 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.435% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.000% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £288
% change year-on-year
+9.37% +11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £23.38
% change year-on-year
+52.17% -1.60%
All Programming Languages
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
75 96 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 35.89% 36.92% 26.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 49 33
Average daily rate £350 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £260 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 1
Average hourly rate £16.72 £21.86 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.51% +45.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VBScript
North West

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

VBScript
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (100.00%) ASP
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) NHS
1 4 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) Twitter

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) ASP
1 4 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (100.00%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VB
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Twitter