The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staines 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 Staines 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 16 17 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing VBScript 6 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 4.380% 3.731% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.375% 10.87% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £500 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -
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
Staines
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
64 46 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 46.72% 34.33% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 4
Average daily rate £375 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £295 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VBScript
Surrey

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staines 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 Staines region.

Staines VBScript Daily Rate Trend

VBScript
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 6 (100.00%) VB
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (50.00%) PKI
3 3 (50.00%) Migration
3 3 (50.00%) IIS
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (33.33%) MCSE
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) MCITP
4 2 (33.33%) SCCM
5 1 (16.67%) UAG
5 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) WSUS
5 1 (16.67%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (16.67%) Firewall
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) VB
2 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) MCSE
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (33.33%) MCITP
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (16.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft