The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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 - - 29
Contract jobs citing VBScript 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne - - 1.026%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 2.532%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £28.50 £23.38
% change year-on-year
+22.80% +21.92%
All Programming Languages
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
34 97 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 22.67% 37.16% 40.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 55 38
Average daily rate £275 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £232 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £508 £377
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VBScript
Tyne and Wear

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne VBScript Hourly Rate Trend