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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-44
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads09
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.000 %3.814 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£300
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.58£28.24
% change on same period last year+1.18 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads274236
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.389 %0.238 %
Daily rates quoted7832
Average minimum daily rate£293£258
Average daily rate£315£284
% change on same period last year+10.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Hourly rates quoted1513
Average minimum hourly rate£32.88£29.88
Average hourly rate£35.69£32.06
% change on same period last year+11.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.50£34.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.32£32.74
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
VBScript South EastVBScript
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

VBScript
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

15 (100.00 %)SQL
24 (80.00 %)Transact-SQL
33 (60.00 %).NET
33 (60.00 %)C#
33 (60.00 %)ASP
33 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (40.00 %).NET Framework
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server
51 (20.00 %)MySQL
51 (20.00 %)VB
51 (20.00 %)VB.NET
51 (20.00 %)SharePoint
51 (20.00 %)DTS
51 (20.00 %)SMS
51 (20.00 %)DNS
51 (20.00 %)Cisco
51 (20.00 %)SQL Server 7
51 (20.00 %)VMware Server
51 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (20.00 %)PostgreSQL
51 (20.00 %)Replication
51 (20.00 %)VMware
51 (20.00 %)VMware ESX
51 (20.00 %)Clustering

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (60.00 %).NET
13 (60.00 %)ASP
13 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (40.00 %).NET Framework
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)SharePoint
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)SMS
11 (20.00 %)DNS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server
21 (20.00 %)MySQL
21 (20.00 %)DTS
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 7
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2008
21 (20.00 %)PostgreSQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
21 (20.00 %)Web Developer
21 (20.00 %)Systems Engineer
21 (20.00 %)DBA
21 (20.00 %)Administrator
21 (20.00 %).NET Developer
21 (20.00 %)SQL DBA
21 (20.00 %).NET Web Developer
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Replication
11 (20.00 %)Clustering
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)SQL
24 (80.00 %)Transact-SQL
33 (60.00 %)C#
41 (20.00 %)VB
41 (20.00 %)VB.NET
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (20.00 %)VMware Server
11 (20.00 %)VMware ESX
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Cisco
11 (20.00 %)VMware