The first 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 19 June 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 Surrey 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 61 89 78
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -11
Contract jobs citing VBScript 17 9 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.393% 0.560% 1.294%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.602% 1.505% 3.733%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 10
Average daily rate £400 £306 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.61% -5.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £251 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £361 £353
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £305 £280
% change year-on-year
+14.75% +8.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
Average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.28% +16.66%
All Programming Languages
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
472 598 643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 38.69% 37.21% 34.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 287 329
Average daily rate £343 £350 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.14% +7.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £257 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £460 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 59 33
Average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.30 £27.50 £23.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.10 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VBScript
South East

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Surrey 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 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 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Caterham - - - -
Dorking - - - -
Epsom - - - -
Guildford - - - -
Horley - - - -
Redhill - - - -
Reigate - - - -
VBScript
South East

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 16 (84.21%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (78.95%) PowerShell
4 12 (63.16%) VB
5 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
5 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (42.11%) XML
6 8 (42.11%) C#
6 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (42.11%) Windows 7
7 7 (36.84%) WMI
7 7 (36.84%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (36.84%) DOM
7 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
7 7 (36.84%) VMware
8 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (21.05%) ITIL
8 4 (21.05%) IIS
8 4 (21.05%) SQL
8 4 (21.05%) Migration
8 4 (21.05%) PKI
9 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
9 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
9 3 (15.79%) Finance
10 2 (10.53%) Project Management
10 2 (10.53%) MCSE
10 2 (10.53%) VPN
10 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (10.53%) SCCM
10 2 (10.53%) MCITP

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 8 (42.11%) XML
2 7 (36.84%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) VPN
2 1 (5.263%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (5.263%) SAN
2 1 (5.263%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Software Engineer
2 8 (42.11%) Integration Engineer
2 8 (42.11%) Software Integration Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Active Directory Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Security Specialist
4 1 (5.263%) Verification Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (5.263%) Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (5.263%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) PKI
2 1 (5.263%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 16 (84.21%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2012
4 8 (42.11%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
5 1 (5.263%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) ITIL
1 4 (21.05%) Migration
2 2 (10.53%) Project Management
3 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (5.263%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) PowerShell
2 12 (63.16%) VB
3 8 (42.11%) C#
4 4 (21.05%) SQL
5 1 (5.263%) C
5 1 (5.263%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) MCSE
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (10.53%) MCITP
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) VMware ESXi
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.263%) UAG
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) WMI
2 2 (10.53%) SCCM
3 1 (5.263%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 7 (36.84%) VMware
3 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.263%) HP
4 1 (5.263%) EMC