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The table 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. 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
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank239210
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-29
Matching contract IT job ads179547
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.521 %0.710 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.569 %2.150 %
Daily rates quoted76165
Average daily rate£275£325
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-15.38 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£468
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£300
% change on same period last year-8.330 %
Hourly rates quoted1869
Average hourly rate£18.75£26.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-29.24 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.90£17.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.58£33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.75£22.50
% change on same period last year-16.66 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1141125447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK33.22 %33.05 %
Daily rates quoted45608324
Average daily rate£365£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-8.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted7631682
Average hourly rate£29.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandDown-27168£275-15.38 %
LondonDown-570£269-23.21 %
South EastUp+3354£275-15.38 %
BerkshireUp+327£313-3.84 %
ReadingUp+1023£275-26.66 %
City of LondonUp+822£313+4.16 %
West MidlandsUp+4616£210-42.06 %
East MidlandsUp+4810£288-6.12 %
LeicestershireNew entry-9£300-
BuckinghamshireUp+488--
ScotlandUp+468£258+60.93 %
HampshireUp+348£275-38.88 %
South WestUp+228£305+38.63 %
Milton KeynesUp+337--
KentUp+217£261-
North WestUp+275£280-
EdinburghUp+115£258+60.93 %
SolihullNew entry-5£210-
LeicesterNew entry-5£300-
Canary WharfUp+234£200-54.54 %
BristolUp+134£310-6.06 %
CoventryNew entry-4--
YorkshireUp+343£240-19.32 %
North EastUp+253£313-
BirminghamUp+193--
LivingstonNew entry-3--
West LothianNew entry-3--
CheshireUp+422£248-
ManchesterUp+272£300-
MiddlesexUp+212--

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1190 (52.20 %)VB
2170 (46.70 %)Windows
3147 (40.38 %)SQL
4123 (33.79 %).NET
5100 (27.47 %)JavaScript
689 (24.45 %)Windows Server 2003
788 (24.18 %)SQL Server
884 (23.08 %)Microsoft
976 (20.88 %)Oracle
1073 (20.05 %)HTML
1168 (18.68 %)XML
1266 (18.13 %)ASP
1362 (17.03 %)ASP.NET
1454 (14.84 %)UNIX
1550 (13.74 %)VB.NET
1550 (13.74 %)HP
1649 (13.46 %)Security Cleared
1748 (13.19 %)CSS
1846 (12.64 %)Perl
1945 (12.36 %)C#
2044 (12.09 %)Banking
2142 (11.54 %)Active Directory
2142 (11.54 %)Finance
2142 (11.54 %)Configuration Management
2241 (11.26 %)IIS
2340 (10.99 %)OpenView Configuration Management
2438 (10.44 %)Windows 2000
2537 (10.16 %)SC Cleared
2636 (9.890 %)VB6
2735 (9.615 %)TCP/IP

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1123 (33.79 %).NET
273 (20.05 %)HTML
368 (18.68 %)XML
466 (18.13 %)ASP
562 (17.03 %)ASP.NET
648 (13.19 %)CSS
722 (6.044 %)Software Packaging
821 (5.769 %)WSH
920 (5.495 %)XHTML
920 (5.495 %)XSLT
1015 (4.121 %)Application Packaging
1114 (3.846 %).NET Framework
1114 (3.846 %)WebServices
1213 (3.571 %)XSL
1311 (3.022 %)CGI
1311 (3.022 %)WebSphere
1410 (2.747 %)AJAX
159 (2.473 %)WMI
168 (2.198 %)Flash
177 (1.923 %)DHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
141 (11.26 %)IIS
212 (3.297 %)SharePoint
38 (2.198 %)MS Exchange
38 (2.198 %)Apache
38 (2.198 %)CMS
38 (2.198 %)SharePoint Server 2007
47 (1.923 %)Lotus Domino
56 (1.648 %)Lotus Notes
56 (1.648 %)TIBCO EMS
65 (1.374 %)Exchange Server 2003
74 (1.099 %)BizTalk Server
83 (0.824 %)Tomcat
83 (0.824 %)Exchange Server 5.5
83 (0.824 %)Exchange Server 2007
92 (0.549 %)Exchange Server 2000
92 (0.549 %)WebLogic
92 (0.549 %)Documentum
101 (0.275 %)TeamSite
101 (0.275 %)LiveLink
101 (0.275 %)Rendezvous
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
132 (8.791 %)MS Excel
228 (7.692 %)MS Office
39 (2.473 %)Photoshop
43 (0.824 %)MS Visio
52 (0.549 %)MS Project
61 (0.275 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (1.099 %)SoftGrid
22 (0.549 %)SAP ERP
31 (0.275 %)Siebel Analytics
31 (0.275 %)AWD
31 (0.275 %)Summit
31 (0.275 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.275 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.275 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
135 (9.615 %)TCP/IP
213 (3.571 %)DHCP
312 (3.297 %)DNS
410 (2.747 %)SSL
410 (2.747 %)HTTP
410 (2.747 %)SMS
410 (2.747 %)Internet
58 (2.198 %)LDAP
66 (1.648 %)WAN
66 (1.648 %)Intranet
75 (1.374 %)LAN
75 (1.374 %)FTP
84 (1.099 %)VPN
84 (1.099 %)Firewall
92 (0.549 %)RTSP
92 (0.549 %)SAN
92 (0.549 %)SNMP
101 (0.275 %)ADSL
101 (0.275 %)Broadband
101 (0.275 %)DMZ
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
188 (24.18 %)SQL Server
224 (6.593 %)SQL Server 2005
321 (5.769 %)SQL Server 2000
48 (2.198 %)MS Access
57 (1.923 %)Datawarehouse
57 (1.923 %)MySQL
57 (1.923 %)Crystal Reports
66 (1.648 %)Oracle Reports
66 (1.648 %)DTS
66 (1.648 %)TOAD
66 (1.648 %)Oracle 10g
66 (1.648 %)BusinessObjects
75 (1.374 %)BusinessObjects XI
75 (1.374 %)Oracle 9i
84 (1.099 %)ETL
84 (1.099 %)Data Cleansing
93 (0.824 %)SQL Server Integration Services
93 (0.824 %)Oracle OWB
93 (0.824 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (0.824 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (5.769 %)StarTeam
220 (5.495 %)QuickTest Pro
317 (4.670 %)MSI
415 (4.121 %)InstallShield
514 (3.846 %)Visual Studio
612 (3.297 %)TestDirector
710 (2.747 %)VSS/SourceSafe
88 (2.198 %)ClearQuest
96 (1.648 %)FrontPage
105 (1.374 %)LoadRunner
114 (1.099 %)Dreamweaver
114 (1.099 %)WinRunner
114 (1.099 %)InterDev
122 (0.549 %)Oracle Forms
122 (0.549 %)ClearCase
122 (0.549 %)AdminStudio
131 (0.275 %)JIRA
131 (0.275 %)QARun
131 (0.275 %)Oracle Designer/2000
131 (0.275 %)Talend Open Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
144 (12.09 %)Banking
242 (11.54 %)Finance
334 (9.341 %)Investment Banking
419 (5.220 %)Government
510 (2.747 %)Retail
69 (2.473 %)Local Government
74 (1.099 %)Insurance
74 (1.099 %)Publishing
74 (1.099 %)Back Office
74 (1.099 %)Telecoms
83 (0.824 %)Games
83 (0.824 %)Health
83 (0.824 %)International Banking
83 (0.824 %)Front Office
92 (0.549 %)Marketing
92 (0.549 %)Automotive
101 (0.275 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.275 %)Graphic Design
101 (0.275 %)Online Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1129 (35.44 %)Developer
271 (19.51 %)Analyst
339 (10.71 %)Support Analyst
429 (7.967 %)Web Developer
527 (7.418 %).NET Developer
622 (6.044 %)Consultant
719 (5.220 %)Applications Packager
815 (4.121 %)Software Developer
914 (3.846 %)Tester
1012 (3.297 %)Senior Analyst
1012 (3.297 %)VB Developer
1110 (2.747 %)Applications Support
129 (2.473 %)Applications Developer
138 (2.198 %)Programmer
138 (2.198 %)Technical Analyst
147 (1.923 %)Senior Support Analyst
147 (1.923 %)C# Developer
147 (1.923 %)Applications Support Analyst
147 (1.923 %)Administrator
156 (1.648 %)ASP Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
120 (5.495 %)Equities
218 (4.945 %)Derivative
314 (3.846 %)Equity Derivative
410 (2.747 %)Client/Server
56 (1.648 %)Clustering
65 (1.374 %)N-Tier
65 (1.374 %)Mainframe
74 (1.099 %)Replication
74 (1.099 %)Market Risk
83 (0.824 %)Computer Science
83 (0.824 %)W3C
83 (0.824 %)EPoS
92 (0.549 %)Management Information System
92 (0.549 %)NHS
92 (0.549 %)IBM Mainframe
92 (0.549 %)Mathematics
92 (0.549 %)iPhone
101 (0.275 %)Video Conferencing
101 (0.275 %)Credit Risk
101 (0.275 %)Multithreading
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1170 (46.70 %)Windows
289 (24.45 %)Windows Server 2003
354 (14.84 %)UNIX
438 (10.44 %)Windows 2000
533 (9.066 %)Windows XP
627 (7.418 %)Linux
720 (5.495 %)Windows Vista
814 (3.846 %)Windows Server 2008
814 (3.846 %)Solaris
96 (1.648 %)AIX
105 (1.374 %)Windows 2000 Server
113 (0.824 %)Windows NT
122 (0.549 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.275 %)Red Hat Linux
131 (0.275 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
142 (11.54 %)Configuration Management
227 (7.418 %)ITIL
326 (7.143 %)Migration
418 (4.945 %)Project Management
418 (4.945 %)Web Development
516 (4.396 %)E-Commerce
612 (3.297 %)Release Management
79 (2.473 %)Test Scripting
88 (2.198 %)User Acceptance Testing
88 (2.198 %)OO
97 (1.923 %)SEO
97 (1.923 %)Content Management
97 (1.923 %)Incident Management
97 (1.923 %)Performance Management
97 (1.923 %)Web Accessibility
106 (1.648 %)Data Migration
106 (1.648 %)Time Management
106 (1.648 %)Validation
106 (1.648 %)Business Analysis
106 (1.648 %)RAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1190 (52.20 %)VB
2147 (40.38 %)SQL
3100 (27.47 %)JavaScript
450 (13.74 %)VB.NET
546 (12.64 %)Perl
645 (12.36 %)C#
736 (9.890 %)VB6
830 (8.242 %)VBA
929 (7.967 %)PL/SQL
1028 (7.692 %)T-SQL
1123 (6.319 %)Java
1123 (6.319 %)PowerShell
1216 (4.396 %)C++
1311 (3.022 %)C
1410 (2.747 %)Tcl
1410 (2.747 %)Shell Script
156 (1.648 %)PHP
165 (1.374 %)Korn
173 (0.824 %)ActionScript
182 (0.549 %)Objective-C
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
149 (13.46 %)Security Cleared
237 (10.16 %)SC Cleared
318 (4.945 %)Degree
417 (4.670 %)Microsoft Certification
512 (3.297 %)MCSE
67 (1.923 %)ISEB
74 (1.099 %)MCP
83 (0.824 %)BC Cleared
83 (0.824 %)MOS
92 (0.549 %)ISEB Practitioner
92 (0.549 %)DV Cleared
101 (0.275 %)CIW
101 (0.275 %)MCTS
101 (0.275 %)MCITP
101 (0.275 %)ISTQB
101 (0.275 %)Cisco Certification
101 (0.275 %)CCNP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.198 %)QA
21 (0.275 %)HL7
21 (0.275 %)ISO9000
21 (0.275 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
142 (11.54 %)Active Directory
211 (3.022 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (1.374 %)VMware ESX
44 (1.099 %)VMware Workstation
52 (0.549 %)MetaFrame
52 (0.549 %)ISA Server
61 (0.275 %)VMware GSX
61 (0.275 %)Terminal Services
61 (0.275 %)NetBackup
61 (0.275 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.275 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.275 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (0.275 %)XenApp
61 (0.275 %)MSMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
140 (10.99 %)OpenView Configuration Management
217 (4.670 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
315 (4.121 %)SCCM
412 (3.297 %)Tivoli
57 (1.923 %)MOM
57 (1.923 %)MIIS
65 (1.374 %)CONTROL-M
65 (1.374 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
65 (1.374 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
65 (1.374 %)SCOM
73 (0.824 %)ServiceCenter
73 (0.824 %)WSUS
82 (0.549 %)BMC Marimba
82 (0.549 %)HP NNM
82 (0.549 %)ZENworks
82 (0.549 %)MIMEsweeper
91 (0.275 %)DameWare
91 (0.275 %)OpenView
91 (0.275 %)Tivoli Monitoring
91 (0.275 %)AutoSys
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
184 (23.08 %)Microsoft
276 (20.88 %)Oracle
350 (13.74 %)HP
424 (6.593 %)VMware
521 (5.769 %)Borland
612 (3.297 %)Lotus
711 (3.022 %)Citrix
711 (3.022 %)BMC
711 (3.022 %)IBM
711 (3.022 %)Sophis
89 (2.473 %)Sybase
98 (2.198 %)Altiris
107 (1.923 %)CheckPoint
107 (1.923 %)TIBCO
116 (1.648 %)Business Objects
125 (1.374 %)Cisco
134 (1.099 %)Dell
134 (1.099 %)Adobe
134 (1.099 %)Northgate
134 (1.099 %)LANDesk