The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 21 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 Middlesex 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 25 27 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing VBScript 2 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.971% 1.286% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.082% 7.018% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £425 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £28.50 £23.38
% change year-on-year
+22.80% +21.92%
All Programming Languages
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
49 57 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 23.79% 18.33% 26.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 22 42
Average daily rate £325 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 7
Average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +34.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VBScript
South East

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

VBScript
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) WSUS
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) iPhone
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) iPad
2 1 (50.00%) Office 365

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) iPhone
1 1 (50.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) WSUS
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
Middlesex
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