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 Newcastle region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 15 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 Newcastle region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank-16-
Matching contract IT job ads020
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle-1.961 %-
As % of the Programming Languages category-8.696 %-
Daily rates quoted000
Average daily rate---
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£300£300
% change year-on-year
+3.330 %-
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£18.00£33.50
% change year-on-year
+11.11 %-46.26 %
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Newcastle
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
52376
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle20.83 %22.55 %36.19 %
Daily rates quoted3519
Average daily rate£300£250£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00 %-37.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£168£250£284
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£310£324£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted0513
Average hourly rate-£20.00£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--50.00 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %-10.00 %
VBScript Tyne and WearVBScript
Tyne and Wear

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 Newcastle region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Newcastle 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 Newcastle region.

Newcastle 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 Newcastle region.

Newcastle VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

14 (100.00 %)SQL
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)MS Excel
32 (50.00 %)Datawarehouse
32 (50.00 %)Windows XP
32 (50.00 %)Data Modelling
32 (50.00 %)TOAD
32 (50.00 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
32 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
32 (50.00 %)BusinessObjects
32 (50.00 %)Genesys
32 (50.00 %)Red Hat
32 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (50.00 %)Business Objects
32 (50.00 %)MS Office
32 (50.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (50.00 %)VB
32 (50.00 %)MySQL
32 (50.00 %)Oracle
32 (50.00 %)Solaris
32 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
32 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
32 (50.00 %)VMware
32 (50.00 %)VMware Workstation
32 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
32 (50.00 %)BusinessObjects XI
32 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
32 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (75.00 %)MS Excel
22 (50.00 %)MS Office
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
22 (50.00 %)Datawarehouse
22 (50.00 %)TOAD
22 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
22 (50.00 %)BusinessObjects
22 (50.00 %)BusinessObjects XI
22 (50.00 %)MySQL
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)DBA
21 (25.00 %)Quality Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Test Engineer
21 (25.00 %)SQL DBA
21 (25.00 %)Senior DBA
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Test Analyst
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Solaris
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
22 (50.00 %)Windows XP
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Data Modelling
21 (25.00 %)Service Management
21 (25.00 %)Time Management
21 (25.00 %)ITIL
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)VB
22 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (50.00 %)VMware Workstation
12 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (50.00 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (50.00 %)Oracle
12 (50.00 %)Business Objects
12 (50.00 %)Genesys
12 (50.00 %)Red Hat
12 (50.00 %)VMware