VBScript Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 96 88 90
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +2
Contract jobs citing VBScript 24 17 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.984% 0.642% 0.856%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.294% 2.619% 2.874%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 8
Average daily rate £360 £325 £303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% +7.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £258 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £335 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £288
% change year-on-year
+9.37% +11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £23.38
% change year-on-year
+52.17% -1.60%
All Programming Languages
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 1046 649 835
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 42.89% 24.50% 29.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 302 421
Average daily rate £355 £313 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.60% -8.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £239
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 29 21
Average hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £31.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -12.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £16.00 £14.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £32.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VBScript
UK

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland VBScript Daily Rate Trend

VBScript
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBScript across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland VBScript Daily Rate Histogram

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the Scotland region.

Scotland VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

VBScript
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Glasgow -15 12 £360 +41.07%
Renfrewshire - 9 £370 -
Edinburgh +4 2 - -
VBScript
UK

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 26 (76.47%) Windows
2 20 (58.82%) Windows XP
2 20 (58.82%) PowerShell
3 18 (52.94%) Security Cleared
3 18 (52.94%) Microsoft
4 16 (47.06%) Security Architecture
5 15 (44.12%) Windows 7
5 15 (44.12%) MS Excel
6 14 (41.18%) SC Cleared
7 13 (38.24%) .NET Framework
7 13 (38.24%) .NET
8 12 (35.29%) XML
9 11 (32.35%) XML Schema
9 11 (32.35%) Migration
10 10 (29.41%) Microsoft App-V
10 10 (29.41%) Cryptography
10 10 (29.41%) Document Management
10 10 (29.41%) SharePoint Server
10 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
10 10 (29.41%) Java
11 9 (26.47%) MCP
11 9 (26.47%) Taxonomies
11 9 (26.47%) Finance
12 8 (23.53%) VMware
12 8 (23.53%) Service Management
12 8 (23.53%) Management Information System
12 8 (23.53%) VB
12 8 (23.53%) MS Office
12 8 (23.53%) C#

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 13 (38.24%) .NET
1 13 (38.24%) .NET Framework
2 12 (35.29%) XML
3 11 (32.35%) XML Schema
4 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET
5 2 (5.882%) SOAP
5 2 (5.882%) Spring
5 2 (5.882%) soapUI
6 1 (2.941%) Regular Expression
6 1 (2.941%) Java EE
6 1 (2.941%) Application Packaging
6 1 (2.941%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 10 (29.41%) SharePoint Server
2 7 (20.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (44.12%) MS Excel
2 8 (23.53%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) DNS
2 3 (8.824%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.882%) Network Security
3 2 (5.882%) Internet
3 2 (5.882%) SMS
4 1 (2.941%) WAN
4 1 (2.941%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.941%) SAN
4 1 (2.941%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.824%) SQL Server
1 3 (8.824%) MS Access
2 2 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) MSI
1 4 (11.76%) InstallShield
1 4 (11.76%) Wise Package Studio
2 1 (2.941%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (26.47%) Finance
2 6 (17.65%) Banking
3 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 3 (8.824%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Desktop Engineer
1 8 (23.53%) Build Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Senior Build Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Senior Desktop Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Applications Packager
5 3 (8.824%) Architect
5 3 (8.824%) Analyst Programmer
5 3 (8.824%) Programmer
5 3 (8.824%) Credit Risk Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Developer
6 2 (5.882%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Java Developer
7 1 (2.941%) .NET Developer
7 1 (2.941%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.941%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (2.941%) Server Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Storage Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Tester
7 1 (2.941%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) Cryptography
2 9 (26.47%) Taxonomies
3 8 (23.53%) Management Information System
4 3 (8.824%) Credit Risk
4 3 (8.824%) SaaS
5 1 (2.941%) Visualisation
5 1 (2.941%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.941%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 26 (76.47%) Windows
2 20 (58.82%) Windows XP
3 15 (44.12%) Windows 7
4 10 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (14.71%) Solaris
7 4 (11.76%) Linux
8 2 (5.882%) Windows 2000
8 2 (5.882%) UNIX
9 1 (2.941%) AIX
9 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Security Architecture
2 11 (32.35%) Migration
3 10 (29.41%) Document Management
4 8 (23.53%) Service Management
5 5 (14.71%) Release Management
5 5 (14.71%) Information Security
6 4 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (11.76%) Software Deployment
7 3 (8.824%) ERP
8 2 (5.882%) ETL
8 2 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (5.882%) TDD
8 2 (5.882%) Performance Testing
8 2 (5.882%) Automated Testing
9 1 (2.941%) Performance Management
9 1 (2.941%) Asset Management
9 1 (2.941%) Configuration Management
9 1 (2.941%) Change Management
9 1 (2.941%) SOA
9 1 (2.941%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 20 (58.82%) PowerShell
2 10 (29.41%) Java
3 8 (23.53%) C#
3 8 (23.53%) VB
4 7 (20.59%) Perl
5 6 (17.65%) VB.NET
6 5 (14.71%) Korn
6 5 (14.71%) Bourne shell
7 3 (8.824%) VBA
7 3 (8.824%) Shell Script
8 2 (5.882%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 14 (41.18%) SC Cleared
3 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (26.47%) MCP
5 6 (17.65%) MCSE
6 5 (14.71%) CISSP
7 1 (2.941%) Degree
7 1 (2.941%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (11.76%) XenApp
3 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
4 3 (8.824%) Terminal Services
5 2 (5.882%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) ZENworks
1 4 (11.76%) SCCM
2 2 (5.882%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (5.882%) WMI
3 1 (2.941%) NetBackup
3 1 (2.941%) SCOM
3 1 (2.941%) HP Operations Orchestration
3 1 (2.941%) HP SiteScope
3 1 (2.941%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 18 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 8 (23.53%) VMware
3 4 (11.76%) Lumension
3 4 (11.76%) HP
3 4 (11.76%) Citrix
3 4 (11.76%) Novell
4 2 (5.882%) McAfee
4 2 (5.882%) Sybase
5 1 (2.941%) NetApp
5 1 (2.941%) Intel
5 1 (2.941%) Sun
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