Somerset VBScript Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) skills within the Somerset 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London County Antrim Crawley Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Huntingdon Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leek Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Preston Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Street Surrey Swindon Telford Tonbridge Twickenham UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wells West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wokingham Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	33	39
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	6	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	3.750 %	1.942 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£220	-
Average daily rate	£220	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£220	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£292	£306
% change on same period last year	-4.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£28.00
Average hourly rate	£32.50	£31.50
% change on same period last year	+3.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.36	£27.53
% change on same period last year	+10.26 %
Programming Languages Somerset
Matching contract IT job ads	160	206
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.213 %	0.206 %
Daily rates quoted	31	8
Average minimum daily rate	£263	£261
Average daily rate	£286	£305
% change on same period last year	-6.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£309	£348
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£336
% change on same period last year	-1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	74	100
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.36	£29.70
Average hourly rate	£34.91	£31.48
% change on same period last year	+10.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.47	£33.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.25	£32.93
% change on same period last year	+0.99 %
VBScript South West

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

VBScript
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VBScript across the Somerset region.

VBScript
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBScript across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VBScript
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Street	-	1	-	-
Wells	-	1	-	-

VBScript South West

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 11 (78.57 %) JavaScript 2 8 (57.14 %) HTML 2 8 (57.14 %) SQL Server 2 8 (57.14 %) Windows 3 7 (50.00 %) WebServices 3 7 (50.00 %) .NET 3 7 (50.00 %) C# 4 6 (42.86 %) .NET Framework 4 6 (42.86 %) DTS 4 6 (42.86 %) RDBMS 4 6 (42.86 %) MS Excel 4 6 (42.86 %) ADO.NET 5 5 (35.71 %) ASP 5 5 (35.71 %) SQL 6 4 (28.57 %) XML

7 3 (21.43 %) Dreamweaver 8 2 (14.29 %) Data Management 8 2 (14.29 %) AJAX 8 2 (14.29 %) SC Cleared 8 2 (14.29 %) Security Cleared 8 2 (14.29 %) Education 8 2 (14.29 %) ClearQuest 8 2 (14.29 %) ClearCase 8 2 (14.29 %) IIS 8 2 (14.29 %) Perl 9 1 (7.143 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 1 (7.143 %) ASP.NET 9 1 (7.143 %) CSS 9 1 (7.143 %) Microsoft 9 1 (7.143 %) Macromedia

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 8 (57.14 %) HTML 2 7 (50.00 %) .NET 2 7 (50.00 %) WebServices 3 6 (42.86 %) .NET Framework 3 6 (42.86 %) ADO.NET 4 5 (35.71 %) ASP 5 4 (28.57 %) XML 6 2 (14.29 %) AJAX 7 1 (7.143 %) ASP.NET 2.0 7 1 (7.143 %) ASP.NET 7 1 (7.143 %) CSS	Application Platforms 1 2 (14.29 %) IIS
Applications 1 6 (42.86 %) MS Excel	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (57.14 %) SQL Server 2 6 (42.86 %) DTS 2 6 (42.86 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 3 (21.43 %) Dreamweaver 2 2 (14.29 %) ClearQuest 2 2 (14.29 %) ClearCase 3 1 (7.143 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 2 (14.29 %) Education
Job Titles 1 12 (85.71 %) Developer 2 7 (50.00 %) .NET Developer 3 3 (21.43 %) ASP Developer 4 1 (7.143 %) Software Developer	Operating Systems 1 8 (57.14 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (14.29 %) Data Management 1 2 (14.29 %) SC Cleared 1 2 (14.29 %) Security Cleared	Programming Languages 1 11 (78.57 %) JavaScript 2 7 (50.00 %) C# 3 5 (35.71 %) SQL 4 2 (14.29 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 1 (7.143 %) Degree	Vendors 1 1 (7.143 %) Microsoft 1 1 (7.143 %) Macromedia