Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 9 February 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.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank253254253
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Down-1
Matching contract IT job ads238257482
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.544 %0.559 %0.589 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.436 %1.793 %1.690 %
Daily rates quoted9683173
Average daily rate£335£314£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.770 %-3.460 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£123£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£425£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£240£300
% change year-on-year
+20.83 %-20.00 %
Hourly rates quoted173860
Average hourly rate£20.88£21.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.570 %-23.63 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.55£13.00£19.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.64£33.25£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£33.75
% change year-on-year
--40.74 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
165781433028524
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK37.87 %31.16 %34.85 %
Daily rates quoted807247888851
Average daily rate£401£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.57 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£305£325
% change year-on-year
-1.630 %-6.150 %
Hourly rates quoted83212302017
Average hourly rate£30.00£32.50£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %-1.510 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.88£16.00£19.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.00£32.50£33.50
% change year-on-year
-13.84 %-2.980 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VBScript within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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 within the UK.

VBScript Daily Rate Trend

VBScript
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBScript within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

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 within the UK.

VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

VBScript
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBScript within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

VBScript Hourly Rate Histogram

VBScript
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandUp+2236£335+3.07 %
LondonDown-41106£350-
South EastUp+2757£375+25.00 %
City of LondonDown-3434£388-6.06 %
BerkshireUp+2626£375+25.00 %
South WestUp+2620£225-2.17 %
YorkshireUp+1216£310+36.26 %
WiltshireUp+2314£225-
SwindonUp+1913£225-
ReadingUp+913£381+21.03 %
BuckinghamshireUp+913£350+62.79 %
West YorkshireUp+512£330+45.05 %
LeedsUp+1910£330+10.00 %
North EastUp+1110£325+66.66 %
East of EnglandUp+149£265-12.39 %
SurreyDown-29£400+100.00 %
North WestDown-18--
EssexUp+146£265+6.00 %
Tyne and WearUp+65£190-2.56 %
East MidlandsUp+45£325+120.33 %
GloucestershireUp+224--
KentUp+134£240+6.66 %
GuildfordUp+124£400-
Milton KeynesUp+24£350+12.90 %
BracknellDown-14£490-
HertfordshireUp+193--
NewcastleUp+103£190-
LancashireUp+63--
West MidlandsUp+53--
North YorkshireUp+43£238-

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1207 (47.37 %)Windows
2187 (42.79 %)VB
3162 (37.07 %)SQL
4138 (31.58 %)Microsoft
5131 (29.98 %)SQL Server
6121 (27.69 %).NET
7108 (24.71 %)Windows Server 2003
899 (22.65 %)Active Directory
985 (19.45 %)Security Cleared
1076 (17.39 %)JavaScript
1174 (16.93 %)Finance
1174 (16.93 %)Banking
1268 (15.56 %)HTML
1367 (15.33 %)IIS
1466 (15.10 %)SC Cleared
1564 (14.65 %)C#
1564 (14.65 %)ASP.NET
1661 (13.96 %)ASP
1757 (13.04 %)XML
1757 (13.04 %)PowerShell
1855 (12.59 %)T-SQL
1953 (12.13 %)Citrix
2050 (11.44 %)VB.NET
2050 (11.44 %)Oracle
2149 (11.21 %)VMware
2248 (10.98 %)MS Excel
2347 (10.76 %)CSS
2347 (10.76 %)HP
2446 (10.53 %)Java
2544 (10.07 %)SQL Server 2005

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1121 (27.69 %).NET
268 (15.56 %)HTML
364 (14.65 %)ASP.NET
461 (13.96 %)ASP
557 (13.04 %)XML
647 (10.76 %)CSS
721 (4.805 %)Application Packaging
721 (4.805 %)XSLT
721 (4.805 %)ADO
816 (3.661 %)XHTML
816 (3.661 %)WMI
910 (2.288 %).NET Framework
109 (2.059 %)XSL
118 (1.831 %)DHTML
118 (1.831 %)Web Services
126 (1.373 %)JSP
126 (1.373 %)WebSphere
126 (1.373 %)Software Packaging
135 (1.144 %)AJAX
135 (1.144 %)jQuery
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
167 (15.33 %)IIS
242 (9.611 %)MS Exchange
336 (8.238 %)SharePoint
419 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 2003
59 (2.059 %)Exchange Server 2007
59 (2.059 %)Apache
68 (1.831 %)WebLogic
77 (1.602 %)Exchange Server 2000
77 (1.602 %)Tomcat
85 (1.144 %)WebSphere Application Server
85 (1.144 %)MTS
85 (1.144 %)BizTalk Server
94 (0.915 %)Rendezvous
94 (0.915 %)Lotus Domino
94 (0.915 %)CMS
94 (0.915 %)Exchange Server 5.5
103 (0.686 %)WebSphere Portal
103 (0.686 %)Drupal
103 (0.686 %)TIBCO EMS
103 (0.686 %)Joomla!
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
148 (10.98 %)MS Excel
217 (3.890 %)MS Office
34 (0.915 %)Photoshop
42 (0.458 %)MS Project
42 (0.458 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (0.229 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.229 %)InfoPath
51 (0.229 %)CATIA
51 (0.229 %)AutoCAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.915 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.686 %)SoftGrid
32 (0.458 %)Retail-J
32 (0.458 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
41 (0.229 %)SalesLogix
41 (0.229 %)SunGard AvantGard
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
140 (9.153 %)DNS
231 (7.094 %)DHCP
330 (6.865 %)TCP/IP
429 (6.636 %)LDAP
515 (3.432 %)SAN
614 (3.204 %)Firewall
711 (2.517 %)Intranet
89 (2.059 %)FTP
98 (1.831 %)Internet
98 (1.831 %)HTTP
107 (1.602 %)SMS
115 (1.144 %)WAN
115 (1.144 %)X.500
124 (0.915 %)LAN
124 (0.915 %)SSL
133 (0.686 %)Connectrix
142 (0.458 %)SMTP
142 (0.458 %)HTTPS
142 (0.458 %)BIG-IP
142 (0.458 %)NAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1131 (29.98 %)SQL Server
244 (10.07 %)SQL Server 2005
330 (6.865 %)SQL Server 2000
426 (5.950 %)MySQL
519 (4.348 %)Datawarehouse
614 (3.204 %)MS Access
712 (2.746 %)SQL Server Integration Services
712 (2.746 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
712 (2.746 %)SQL Server 2008
810 (2.288 %)ETL
99 (2.059 %)Crystal Reports
99 (2.059 %)RDBMS
107 (1.602 %)Cognos Powerplay
107 (1.602 %)Oracle Reports
116 (1.373 %)QlikView
124 (0.915 %)TOAD
133 (0.686 %)BusinessObjects XI
133 (0.686 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
133 (0.686 %)Data Cleansing
133 (0.686 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
140 (9.153 %)Visual Studio
237 (8.467 %)QuickTest Pro
314 (3.204 %)InstallShield
47 (1.602 %)LoadRunner
55 (1.144 %)Subversion
55 (1.144 %)VSS/SourceSafe
55 (1.144 %)AdminStudio
64 (0.915 %)WinRunner
64 (0.915 %)Oracle Forms
64 (0.915 %)NUnit
64 (0.915 %)InterDev
64 (0.915 %)Selenium
64 (0.915 %)Team Foundation Server
64 (0.915 %)Rational Functional Tester
73 (0.686 %)TortoiseSVN
73 (0.686 %)JUnit
73 (0.686 %)TestDirector
82 (0.458 %)PeopleTools
82 (0.458 %)ClearCase
82 (0.458 %)Dreamweaver
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
174 (16.93 %)Finance
174 (16.93 %)Banking
230 (6.865 %)Investment Banking
323 (5.263 %)Government
413 (2.975 %)Retail
58 (1.831 %)Health
58 (1.831 %)Insurance
67 (1.602 %)Manufacturing
67 (1.602 %)Telecoms
76 (1.373 %)Front Office
84 (0.915 %)Financial Institution
84 (0.915 %)Education
84 (0.915 %)Marketing
93 (0.686 %)Pensions
102 (0.458 %)Military
102 (0.458 %)Legal
102 (0.458 %)Automotive
102 (0.458 %)Music
102 (0.458 %)Retail Banking
102 (0.458 %)Billing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1100 (22.88 %)Developer
274 (16.93 %)Analyst
332 (7.323 %)Applications Packager
429 (6.636 %)Consultant
525 (5.721 %)Support Analyst
621 (4.805 %)Web Developer
717 (3.890 %)Test Analyst
816 (3.661 %)Applications Developer
915 (3.432 %)Applications Support
915 (3.432 %)Administrator
915 (3.432 %)Tester
1014 (3.204 %)Systems Engineer
1112 (2.746 %)DBA
1112 (2.746 %).NET Developer
1211 (2.517 %)Applications Support Analyst
1211 (2.517 %)Server Support
1310 (2.288 %)Wintel Engineer
148 (1.831 %)Support Engineer
148 (1.831 %)C# Developer
148 (1.831 %)SQL DBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (3.432 %)PKI
29 (2.059 %)NHS
38 (1.831 %)Client/Server
38 (1.831 %)Derivative
47 (1.602 %)Equities
47 (1.602 %)Fixed Income
56 (1.373 %)Mainframe
56 (1.373 %)Clustering
56 (1.373 %)FMCG
64 (0.915 %)Replication
64 (0.915 %)Symmetrix
64 (0.915 %)PDA
64 (0.915 %)Symmetrix DMX
73 (0.686 %)Video Conferencing
73 (0.686 %)N-Tier
73 (0.686 %)Blackberry
82 (0.458 %)Smartcard
82 (0.458 %)Thin Client
82 (0.458 %)EPoS
82 (0.458 %)Chip and PIN
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1207 (47.37 %)Windows
2108 (24.71 %)Windows Server 2003
343 (9.840 %)UNIX
440 (9.153 %)Windows XP
537 (8.467 %)Windows Server 2008
631 (7.094 %)Windows 2000 Server
730 (6.865 %)Linux
819 (4.348 %)Windows 2000
914 (3.204 %)Windows Vista
1012 (2.746 %)Windows 7
118 (1.831 %)Red Hat Linux
127 (1.602 %)Solaris
132 (0.458 %)Windows CE
132 (0.458 %)Windows NT
132 (0.458 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
141 (0.229 %)HPUX
141 (0.229 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
125 (5.721 %)Test Automation
224 (5.492 %)Test Scripting
224 (5.492 %)User Acceptance Testing
320 (4.577 %)ITIL
320 (4.577 %)Migration
411 (2.517 %)Business Intelligence
510 (2.288 %)CRM
510 (2.288 %)Agile Software Development
510 (2.288 %)Software Testing
69 (2.059 %)Validation
69 (2.059 %)Project Management
69 (2.059 %)Configuration Management
78 (1.831 %)OO
87 (1.602 %)Integration Testing
87 (1.602 %)Data Modelling
87 (1.602 %)Service Delivery
96 (1.373 %)TDD
96 (1.373 %)Web Development
96 (1.373 %)Logistics
96 (1.373 %)Content Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1187 (42.79 %)VB
2162 (37.07 %)SQL
376 (17.39 %)JavaScript
464 (14.65 %)C#
557 (13.04 %)PowerShell
655 (12.59 %)T-SQL
750 (11.44 %)VB.NET
846 (10.53 %)Java
938 (8.696 %)Perl
1032 (7.323 %)VBA
1131 (7.094 %)C
1220 (4.577 %)VB6
1314 (3.204 %)PL/SQL
1412 (2.746 %)C++
1510 (2.288 %)Shell Script
165 (1.144 %)PHP
172 (0.458 %)PeopleCode
172 (0.458 %)Python
172 (0.458 %)Bourne shell
181 (0.229 %)Korn
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
185 (19.45 %)Security Cleared
266 (15.10 %)SC Cleared
325 (5.721 %)Microsoft Certification
420 (4.577 %)MCSE
514 (3.204 %)Degree
610 (2.288 %)MCP
77 (1.602 %)ISEB
85 (1.144 %)BC Cleared
85 (1.144 %)DV Cleared
85 (1.144 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
93 (0.686 %)MCITP
102 (0.458 %)ITIL Certification
102 (0.458 %)MCSA
102 (0.458 %)MCTS
111 (0.229 %)Brainbench
111 (0.229 %)MOS
111 (0.229 %)MCDST
111 (0.229 %)ISTQB
111 (0.229 %)CCNA
111 (0.229 %)Cisco Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.831 %)QA
23 (0.686 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.458 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.229 %)WAI
41 (0.229 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
199 (22.65 %)Active Directory
227 (6.178 %)VMware Infrastructure
320 (4.577 %)NetBackup
419 (4.348 %)VMware ESX
56 (1.373 %)Citrix Presentation Server
65 (1.144 %)XenApp
74 (0.915 %)SRDF
83 (0.686 %)VMware Workstation
83 (0.686 %)Terminal Server
83 (0.686 %)Terminal Services
92 (0.458 %)MetaFrame
92 (0.458 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
92 (0.458 %)Hyper-V
101 (0.229 %)XenServer
101 (0.229 %)Xen
101 (0.229 %)Backup Exec
101 (0.229 %)NFS
101 (0.229 %)ISA Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
143 (9.840 %)MSI
234 (7.780 %)SCCM
328 (6.407 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
426 (5.950 %)OpenView Configuration Management
57 (1.602 %)MIIS
66 (1.373 %)OpenView
66 (1.373 %)MOM
66 (1.373 %)Sysprep
75 (1.144 %)Tivoli
83 (0.686 %)SCOM
83 (0.686 %)WSUS
92 (0.458 %)Legato
92 (0.458 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
92 (0.458 %)BMC PATROL
92 (0.458 %)CONTROL-M
92 (0.458 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
92 (0.458 %)RepliStor
92 (0.458 %)BMC Performance Manager
92 (0.458 %)OVPI
92 (0.458 %)OVPM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1138 (31.58 %)Microsoft
253 (12.13 %)Citrix
350 (11.44 %)Oracle
449 (11.21 %)VMware
547 (10.76 %)HP
626 (5.950 %)Altiris
718 (4.119 %)IBM
813 (2.975 %)Red Hat
912 (2.746 %)Dell
1011 (2.517 %)Sybase
118 (1.831 %)Compaq
118 (1.831 %)Cognos
126 (1.373 %)Cisco
135 (1.144 %)TIBCO
135 (1.144 %)BMC
144 (0.915 %)Reuters
144 (0.915 %)Bloomberg
144 (0.915 %)Veritas
144 (0.915 %)SAP
144 (0.915 %)Alterian