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 Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 17 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 Surrey region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank635985
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+26
Matching contract IT job ads13417
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey1.142 %0.430 %0.749 %
As % of the Programming Languages category2.863 %1.235 %2.000 %
Daily rates quoted8210
Average daily rate£400£250£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+60.00 %-37.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£222£210£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£411£290£453
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£300£300
% change year-on-year
+0.830 %-
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£18.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+8.100 %-43.07 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
454324850
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey39.89 %34.80 %37.44 %
Daily rates quoted198127277
Average daily rate£330£280£320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.85 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£413£400£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4229113
Average hourly rate£30.00£31.75£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.510 %-15.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£22.50£12.50£25.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£50.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-8.060 %-11.42 %
VBScript South EastVBScript
South East

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey VBScript Daily Rate Trend

VBScript
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBScript across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

Surrey VBScript Daily Rate Histogram

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
GuildfordNew entry-4£400-
LeatherheadNew entry-1£413-
RedhillNew entry-1--
EpsomNew entry-1£250-
FarnhamNew entry-1£250-
VBScript South EastVBScript
South East

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

18 (53.33 %)VB
27 (46.67 %)QuickTest Pro
36 (40.00 %)CRM
45 (33.33 %)JavaScript
54 (26.67 %)SQL
54 (26.67 %).NET
54 (26.67 %)C#
54 (26.67 %)ASP.NET
63 (20.00 %)Microsoft
63 (20.00 %)C
63 (20.00 %)LoadRunner
63 (20.00 %)SQL Server
63 (20.00 %)XML
63 (20.00 %)XSLT
63 (20.00 %)DHTML
63 (20.00 %)HTML
63 (20.00 %)T-SQL
63 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
63 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
63 (20.00 %)Dynamics CRM
63 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
63 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
63 (20.00 %).NET Framework
72 (13.33 %)System Testing
72 (13.33 %)Integration Testing
72 (13.33 %)Test Automation
72 (13.33 %)Insurance
72 (13.33 %)Oracle
72 (13.33 %)C++
72 (13.33 %)MS Project

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (26.67 %).NET
14 (26.67 %)ASP.NET
23 (20.00 %)XML
23 (20.00 %)XSLT
23 (20.00 %)DHTML
23 (20.00 %)HTML
23 (20.00 %).NET Framework
31 (6.667 %)ASP
31 (6.667 %)COM+
31 (6.667 %)AJAX
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (13.33 %)MS Project
12 (13.33 %)MS Excel
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (20.00 %)Dynamics CRM
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)Wireless
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (20.00 %)SQL Server
13 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (46.67 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (20.00 %)LoadRunner
31 (6.667 %)TestComplete
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (13.33 %)Insurance
21 (6.667 %)Marketing
21 (6.667 %)Publishing
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (26.67 %)Developer
23 (20.00 %)Consultant
23 (20.00 %)Dynamics CRM Developer
23 (20.00 %)CRM Developer
32 (13.33 %)Test Architect
32 (13.33 %)Test Consultant
32 (13.33 %)Architect
32 (13.33 %)Tester
41 (6.667 %)Software Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Test Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Support Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Field Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Embedded Software Engineer
41 (6.667 %)ASP Developer
41 (6.667 %)Test Specialist
41 (6.667 %)Field Support Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Verification Engineer
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)Mainframe
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (6.667 %)Windows XP
11 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (6.667 %)Windows
11 (6.667 %)Windows 2000
11 (6.667 %)Windows 2000 Server
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (40.00 %)CRM
23 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
32 (13.33 %)System Testing
32 (13.33 %)Integration Testing
32 (13.33 %)Test Automation
32 (13.33 %)E-Commerce
41 (6.667 %)OO
41 (6.667 %)Regression Testing
41 (6.667 %)Scrum
41 (6.667 %)Test Scripting
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (53.33 %)VB
25 (33.33 %)JavaScript
34 (26.67 %)SQL
34 (26.67 %)C#
43 (20.00 %)C
43 (20.00 %)T-SQL
52 (13.33 %)C++
61 (6.667 %)VB6
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
13 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (6.667 %)Active Directory
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (20.00 %)Microsoft
22 (13.33 %)Oracle
31 (6.667 %)Motorola
31 (6.667 %)Salesforce.com